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This preface describes the audience, organization and conventions of the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Fundamentals Configuration Guide. It also provides information on how to obtain related documentation.
This publication is for experienced users who configure and maintain Cisco NX-OS devices.
Command descriptions use the following conventions:
Convention | Description |
---|---|
bold |
Bold text indicates the commands and keywords that you enter literally as shown. |
Italic |
Italic text indicates arguments for which the user supplies the values. |
[x] |
Square brackets enclose an optional element (keyword or argument). |
[x | y] |
Square brackets enclosing keywords or arguments separated by a vertical bar indicate an optional choice. |
{x | y} |
Braces enclosing keywords or arguments separated by a vertical bar indicate a required choice. |
[x {y | z}] |
Nested set of square brackets or braces indicate optional or required choices within optional or required elements. Braces and a vertical bar within square brackets indicate a required choice within an optional element. |
variable |
Indicates a variable for which you supply values, in context where italics cannot be used. |
string | A nonquoted set of characters. Do not use quotation marks around the string or the string will include the quotation marks. |
Examples use the following conventions:
Convention | Description |
---|---|
screen font |
Terminal sessions and information the switch displays are in screen font. |
boldface screen font |
Information you must enter is in boldface screen font. |
italic screen font |
Arguments for which you supply values are in italic screen font. |
< > |
Nonprinting characters, such as passwords, are in angle brackets. |
[ ] |
Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets. |
!, # |
An exclamation point (!) or a pound sign (#) at the beginning of a line of code indicates a comment line. |
This document uses the following conventions:
![]() Note | Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in the manual. |
![]() Caution | Means reader be careful. In this situation, you might do something that could result in equipment damage or loss of data. |
The entire Cisco NX-OS 5000 Series documentation set is available at the following URL:
The release notes are available at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9670/prod_release_notes_list.html
These guides are available at the following URL:
The documents in this category include:
Adapter-FEX Configuration Guide
Cisco Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Software Configuration Guide
Configuration Limits for Cisco NX-OS
FabricPath Configuration Guide
Fibre Channel over Ethernet Configuration Guide
Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide
Multicast Routing Configuration Guide
Operations Guide
SAN Switching Configuration Guide
Quality of Service Configuration Guide
Security Configuration Guide
System Management Configuration Guide
Unicast Routing Configuration Guide
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Operations Guides for various features are available at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9670/prod_maintenance_guides_list.html.
These guides are available at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9670/prod_installation_guides_list.html
The documents in this category include:
The License and Copyright Information for Cisco NX-OS Software is available at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/sw/4_0/nx-os/license_agreement/nx-ossw_lisns.html.
These guides are available at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9670/prod_command_reference_list.html
The documents in this category include:
Command Reference Master Index
Fabric Extender Command Reference
FabricPath Command Reference
Fibre Channel Command Reference
Fundamentals Command Reference
Layer 2 Interfaces Command Reference
Multicast Routing Command Reference
QoS Command Reference
Security Command Reference
System Management Command Reference
TrustSec Command Reference
Unicast Routing Command Reference
vPC Command Reference
The Cisco Nexus 5000 and Cisco Nexus 2000 MIBs Reference is available at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus5000/sw/mib/reference/NX5000_MIBRef.html.
The Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS System Message Reference is available at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus5000/sw/system_messages/reference/sl_nxos_book.html.
The Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Troubleshooting Guide is available at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus5000/sw/troubleshooting/guide/N5K_Troubleshooting_Guide.html.
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