Nexus Validation Test (NVT)
Purpose and Scope of NVT
The Cisco Nexus line of datacenter product hardware and software releases must pass Cisco's comprehensive quality assurance process, which includes a multistage approach comprising extensive unit test, feature test, and system-level test. Each successive stage in the process adds increasingly higher levels of complexity in a multidimensional mix of features and topology.
Nexus Validation Test (NVT) has been established as an additional quality assurance stage in order to leverage customer feedback and requirements into the product development cycle. NVT will validate and publish guidelines for deploying NX-OS switching and UCS solutions for datacenter networks.
These documents describe the NVT topologies, hardware & software configurations, test procedures and findings. Addendums to the documents are published when NVT completes additional test cycles using the same test topology and procedures.
NVT Phase 1
This document describes the first phase of NVT, which includes IOS to NX-OS migration. The Nexus 7000 is featured throughout the multi-tiered test network topology at every Places-in-the-Network (PIN). IOS on Catalyst 6k and 4k are also deployed side-by-side with the Nexus 7000 to ensure that customers with IOS experience will be able to successfully transition to NX-OS platforms. NVT will provide recommendations and guidelines to ensure that the hardware and features used in this network will behave and perform similarly between the platforms.
NVT Phase 2
NVT Phase 3
NVT Phase 4