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Exploring Command Abbreviations – Cisco Describing the Cisco Nexus Family and Cisco NX-OS Software
Cisco Applications in Education, Cisco Data Center Architectures, Cisco NX-OS Software, Cisco Unified Data Center Platform, Standards for Data Center InfrastructureLMS
Exploring Command Abbreviations You can abbreviate commands and keywords by entering the first few characters of a command. The abbreviation must include sufficient characters to make it unique from other commands or keywords. If you are having trouble entering a command, check the system prompt and enter the question mark (?) for a list of…
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Exploring Cisco Nexus Device Configuration – Cisco Describing the Cisco Nexus Family and Cisco NX-OS Software
Exploring Cisco Nexus Device Configuration The Cisco NX-OS software has two types of configuration files: running configuration and startup configuration. The device uses the startup configuration (startup-config) during device startup to configure the software features. The running configuration (running-config) contains the current changes you make to the startup configuration file. The two configuration files can…
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Exploring Command Aliases – Cisco Describing the Cisco Nexus Family and Cisco NX-OS Software
Exploring Command Aliases You can define command aliases to replace frequently used commands. The command aliases can represent all or part of the command syntax. Command aliases are global and enabled for all user sessions on an NX-OS device and persist across reboots if you save them to the startup configuration. You can define command…
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FEX Forwarding – Cisco Describing the Cisco Nexus Family and Cisco NX-OS Software
FEX Forwarding The Cisco Nexus 2000 (that is, the 2200 or 2300 platform) Series fabric extender does not perform any local switching. All traffic is sent to the parent switch, which provides central forwarding and policy enforcement, including host-to-host communications between two systems that are connected to the same fabric extender, as shown in Figure…
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Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches – Cisco Describing the Cisco Nexus Family and Cisco NX-OS Software
Cisco Applications in Education, Cisco Unified Data Center Platform, Standards for Data Center InfrastructureLMS
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches The Cisco Nexus 9000 Series switches operate in one of two modes: Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI) or Cisco NX-OS. In Cisco ACI mode, these switches provide a turnkey, fully automated, policy-based architecture to design and manage data center fabrics. In Cisco NX-OS mode, these switches provide the capability…