Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS SAN Switching Configuration Guide, Release 7.x - Preface [Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches]

Contents
Preface
Audience
Document Conventions
Related Documentation for Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Software
Documentation Feedback
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Preface

This preface contains the following sections:

Audience
Document Conventions
Related Documentation for Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Software
Documentation Feedback
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Audience

This publication is for network administrators who configure and maintain Cisco Nexus devices and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders.

Document Conventions

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.

Related Documentation for Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Software

The entire Cisco NX-OS 5500 Series documentation set is available at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9670/tsd_products_support_series_home.html

Release Notes

The release notes are available at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9670/prod_release_notes_list.html

Configuration Guides

These guides are available at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9670/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_list.html

The documents in this category include:

Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Adapter-FEX Configuration Guide

Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS FabricPath Configuration Guide

Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS FCoE Configuration Guide

Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Fundamentals Configuration Guide

Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide

Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide

Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Multicast Routing Configuration Guide

Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Quality of Service Configuration Guide

Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS SAN Switching Configuration Guide

Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Security Configuration Guide

Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide

Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Unicast Routing Configuration Guide

Installation and Upgrade Guides
These guides are available at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9670/prod_installation_guides_list.html

The document in this category include:

Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guides

Licensing Guide
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.

Command References
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:

Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Fabric Extender Command Reference

Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS FabricPath Command Reference

Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Fundamentals Command Reference

Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Interfaces Command Reference

Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Interfaces Command Reference

Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Multicast Routing Command Reference

Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Quality of Service Command Reference

Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Security Command Reference

Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS System Management Command Reference

Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS TrustSec Command Reference

Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Unicast Routing Command Reference

Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Virtual Port Channel Command Reference

Technical References
The Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS MIB Reference is available at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus5500/sw/mib/reference/NX5500_MIBRef.html.

Error and System Messages
The Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS System Message Guide is available at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus5500/sw/system_messages/reference/sl_nxos_book.html.

Troubleshooting Guide
The Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Troubleshooting Guide is available at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus5500/sw/troubleshooting/guide/N5K_Troubleshooting_Guide.html.

Documentation Feedback

To provide technical feedback on this document, or to report an error or omission, please send your comments to one of the following:
nexus5k-docfeedback@cisco.com

We appreciate your feedback.

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