Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches

Data Sheets and Product Information

Data Sheets

• Cisco Nexus 3408-S Switch Data Sheet 12-Feb-2021
• Cisco Nexus 3432D-S Switch Data Sheet 12-Feb-2021
• Cisco 10GBASE SFP+ Modules Data Sheet 30-Oct-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3016 Switch Data Sheet 04-Sep-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3048 Switch Data Sheet 04-Sep-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3064-X, 3064-T, and 3064-32T Switches Data Sheet 04-Sep-2020
• Cisco Nexus 31128PQ Switch Data Sheet 04-Sep-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3132C-Z Switches Data Sheet 04-Sep-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3132Q, 3132Q-X, and 3132Q-XL Switches Data Sheet 03-Sep-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3164Q Switch Data Sheet 03-Sep-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3264C-E Switch Data Sheet 29-Aug-2020
• Cisco Nexus C36180YC-R Switch Data Sheet 29-Aug-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3232C Switch Data Sheet 29-Aug-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3636C-R Switch Data Sheet 29-Aug-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3264Q Switch Data Sheet 29-Aug-2020

End-of-Life and End-of-Sale Notices

• End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus N3K-C31128PQ, N3K-C3132C-Z and N3K-C3264C-E Switches 25-Feb-2021
• End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus N3K-C3172TQ and N3K-C3172TQ-XL Switches 25-Feb-2021
• End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus N3K-C3172PQ and N3K-C3172PQ-XL Switches 25-Feb-2021
• End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the CiscoONE (C1) Legacy PIDs - C1-N9000, C1-N7000, C1-N5000, C1-N3000, C1-MDS 9000 04-Sep-2020
• Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco ONE (C1) Legacy PIDs - C1-N9000, C1-N7000, C1-N5000, C1-N3000, C1-MDS 9000 01-Sep-2020
• End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 3048 Switch 12-Aug-2020
• Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 3048 Switch 12-Aug-2020
• End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 3464C switch 27-Apr-2020
• End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 34180YC switch 27-Apr-2020
• Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 34180YC switch 27-Apr-2020
• Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 3464C switch 27-Apr-2020
• End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 3500 Releases 6.0(2)A8(x) 23-Jan-2020
• Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 3500 Releases 6.0(2)A8(x) 23-Jan-2020
• End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 3264Q Switch 29-Oct-2019
• Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 3264Q Switch 29-Oct-2019

Security Notices

Field Notices

• Field Notice: FN - 72015 - Specific Releases of Data Center Network Manager Release 7.X Affected by Adobe Flash End-of-Life - Software Upgrade Recommended 19-Jan-2021
• Field Notice: FN - 72015 - Specific Releases of Data Center Network Manager Release 7.X Affected by Adobe Flash End-of-Life - Software Upgrade Recommended 19-Jan-2021
• Field Notice: FN - 72015 - Specific Releases of Data Center Network Manager Release 7.X Affected by Adobe Flash End-of-Life - Software Upgrade Recommended 19-Jan-2021
• Field Notice: FN - 72015 - Specific Releases of Data Center Network Manager Release 7.X Affected by Adobe Flash End-of-Life - Software Upgrade Recommended 19-Jan-2021
• Field Notice: FN - 72015 - Specific Releases of Data Center Network Manager Release 7.X Affected by Adobe Flash End-of-Life - Software Upgrade Recommended 19-Jan-2021
• Field Notice: FN - 70320 - Nexus 3000, 3500, and 9000 BIOS Upgrade Might Fail at Install - Software Upgrade Recommended 18-Jan-2019
• Field Notice: FN - 70320 - Nexus 3000, 3500, and 9000 BIOS Upgrade Might Fail at Install - Software Upgrade Recommended 18-Jan-2019
• Field Notice: FN - 70016 - Nexus 3000/9000 Switch Might Reload Due to Software Issue - BIOS/Firmware Upgrade Recommended 27-Sep-2018
• Field Notice: FN - 70016 - Nexus 3000/9000 Switch Might Reload Due to Software Issue - BIOS/Firmware Upgrade Recommended 27-Sep-2018
• Field Notice: FN - 70016 - Nexus 3000/9000 Switch Might Reload Due to Software Issue - BIOS/Firmware Upgrade Recommended 27-Sep-2018
• Field Notice: FN - 70016 - Nexus 3000/9000 Switch Might Reload Due to Software Issue - BIOS/Firmware Upgrade Recommended 27-Sep-2018
• Field Notice: FN - 70082 - Nexus 3000 Series Platforms Might Observe an eUSB Failure - Software Upgrade Recommended 21-Feb-2018
• Field Notice: FN - 70082 - Nexus 3000 Series Platforms Might Observe an eUSB Failure - Software Upgrade Recommended 21-Feb-2018
• Field Notice: FN - 70082 - Nexus 3000 Series Platforms Might Observe an eUSB Failure - Software Upgrade Recommended 21-Feb-2018
• Field Notice: FN - 70082 - Nexus 3000 Series Platforms Might Observe an eUSB Failure - Software Upgrade Recommended 21-Feb-2018

Release and Compatibility

Release Notes

• Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS Release Notes, Release 10.1(1) 16-Feb-2021
• Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS Release Notes, Release 9.2(4) 20-Jan-2021
• Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS Release Notes, Release 9.3(4) 18-Jan-2021
• Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS Release Notes, Release 9.3(5) 18-Jan-2021
• Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS Release Notes, Release 7.0(3)I7(8) 18-Jan-2021
• Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS Release Notes, Release 7.0(3)I7(9) 17-Jan-2021
• Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS Release Notes, Release 9.3(6) 17-Jan-2021
• Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS Release Notes, Release 9.2(3) 02-Nov-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS Release Notes, Release 9.3(3) 02-Nov-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS Release Notes, Release 9.3(2) 02-Nov-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS Release Notes, Release 9.3(1) 02-Nov-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS Release Notes, Release 7.0(3)I7(7) 30-Oct-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3548 Switch NX-OS Release Notes, Release 9.2(1) 17-Oct-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3548 Switch NX-OS Release Notes, Release 9.2(2) 17-Oct-2020
• Recommended Cisco NX-OS Releases for Cisco Nexus 3000, 3100, 3200, and 3500 Series Switches 17-Sep-2020

Reference

Command References

• Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS N3K Mode Command Reference (Configuration Commands), Release 9.3(1) 24-Sep-2019
• Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS N3K Mode Command Reference (Show Commands), Release 9.3(1) 24-Sep-2019
• Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS N9K Mode Command Reference (Configuration Commands), Release 9.3(1) 24-Sep-2019
• Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS N9K Mode Command Reference (Show Commands), Release 9.3(1) 24-Sep-2019
• Cisco Nexus 3548 NX-OS Command Reference (Configuration Commands), Release 9.3(1) 24-Sep-2019
• Cisco Nexus 3548 NX-OS Command Reference (Show Commands), Release 9.3(1) 24-Sep-2019
• Cisco Nexus 3400-S Series NX-OS Command Reference (Configuration Commands), Release 9.2(2) 03-Jul-2019
• Cisco Nexus 3400-S Series NX-OS Command Reference (Show Commands), Release 9.2(2) 03-Jul-2019
• Cisco Nexus 3600 Series NX-OS Command Reference (Configuration Commands), Release 7.0(3)F3(4) 06-Jul-2018
• Cisco Nexus 3600 Series NX-OS Command Reference (Show Commands), Release 7.0(3)F3(4) 06-Jul-2018
• Cisco Nexus 3548 NX-OS Command Reference (Configuration Commands), Release 7.0(3)i7(4) 25-Jun-2018
• Cisco Nexus 3548 NX-OS Command Reference (Show Commands), Release 7.0(3)i7(4) 25-Jun-2018
• Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS N9K Mode Command Reference (Configuration Commands), Release 7.0(3)I7(4) 20-Jun-2018
• Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS N9K Mode Command Reference (Show Commands), Release 7.0(3)I7(4) 20-Jun-2018
• Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS Command Reference (Configuration Commands), Release 7.0(3)I7(4) 18-Jun-2018

Licensing Information

• Notices

  • Announcing Transition to Mandatory Smart Account for Data Center Networking Products 17-Apr-2020

• Licensing Guides

  • Cisco NX-OS Licensing Guide 25-Mar-2020
  • License and Copyright Information for Cisco NX-OS Software 05-May-2009
  • Cisco Nexus 9000 and 3000 Series NX-OS Switch License Navigator

• Open Source Documentation

  • Open Source Notices and Documentation for Cisco Products

Technical References

• 08-Jan-2014 (PDF - 1 MB)

Install and Upgrade

Install and Upgrade Guides

• Cisco Nexus 3600 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 10.1(x) 16-Feb-2021
• Cisco Nexus 3500 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 10.1(x) 16-Feb-2021
• Cisco Nexus 3500 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 6.x 13-Sep-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3600 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 9.3(x) 20-Aug-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3600 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 9.2(x) 20-Aug-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3400-S NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 9.3(x) 09-Aug-2020
• Taxonomy for Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Part Numbers 06-Aug-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3400 Hardware Installation Guide 01-May-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3000 Switch Hardware Installation Guide 01-May-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3400-S Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 9.2(2) 14-Nov-2019
• Cisco Nexus 3500 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 9.2(x) 21-Aug-2019
• Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 9.2(x) 21-Aug-2019
• Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.x 24-Jul-2019
• Cisco Nexus 3500 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 9.3(x) 20-Jul-2019
• Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 9.3(x) 20-Jul-2019

Install and Upgrade TechNotes

• Upgrade Nexus 3524 and 3548 NX-OS Software 28-Jan-2021
• Upgrade Nexus 3000 and 3100 NX-OS Software 28-Jan-2021
• Upgrade Nexus 3048 NX-OS Software 28-Jan-2021
• Nexus 3000, 3100, and 3500 NX-OS Compact Image Procedure 27-Jan-2021

Configuration

Configuration Examples and TechNotes

• Deploy Layer3 EVPN over Segment Routing MPLS [Ospf / iBGP] in Nexus 3000 13-Jul-2020
• Configure VXLAN 25-Mar-2020
• Configure and Verify Maximum Transmission Unit on Cisco Nexus Platforms 05-Aug-2019
• Nexus 3000/9000: Consolidated Interface Breakout configuration 14-Apr-2016

Configuration Guides

• Cisco Nexus 3600 NX-OS VXLAN Routing Configuration Guide, Release 10.1(x) 17-Feb-2021
• Cisco Nexus 3600 NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide, Release 10.1(x) 17-Feb-2021
• Cisco Nexus 3600 NX-OS Multicast Routing Configuration Guide, Release 10.1(x) 17-Feb-2021
• Cisco Nexus 3600 NX-OS Fundamentals Configuration Guide, Release 10.1(x) 17-Feb-2021
• Cisco Nexus 3548 Switch NX-OS Multicast Routing Configuration Guide, Release 10.1(x) 17-Feb-2021
• Cisco Nexus 3548 Switch NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide, Release 10.1(x) 17-Feb-2021
• Cisco Nexus 3548 Switch NX-OS Fundamentals Configuration Guide, Release 10.1(x) 17-Feb-2021
• Cisco Nexus 3600 NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide, Release 10.1(x) 16-Feb-2021
• Cisco Nexus 3548 Switch NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide, Release 10.1(x) 16-Feb-2021
• Cisco Nexus 3600 NX-OS Security Configuration Guide, Release 10.1(x) 16-Feb-2021
• Cisco Nexus 3600 NX-OS Quality of Service Configuration Guide, Release 10.1(x) 16-Feb-2021
• Cisco Nexus 3600 NX-OS Verified Scalability Guide, Release 10.1(1) 16-Feb-2021
• Cisco Nexus 3548 Switch NX-OS Security Configuration Guide, Release 10.1(x) 16-Feb-2021
• Cisco Nexus 3548 Switch NX-OS Quality of Service Configuration Guide, Release 10.1(x) 16-Feb-2021
• Cisco Nexus 3600 Series NX-OS Intelligent Traffic Director Configuration Guide, Release 10.1(x) 16-Feb-2021

Programming Guides

• Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS Programmability Guide, Release 9.3(x) 17-Sep-2020
• Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Programmability Guide, Release 7.x 03-Sep-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS Programmability Guide, Release 9.2(x) 02-Sep-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3500 Series NX-OS Programmability Guide, Release 7.x 31-Aug-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3500 Series NX-OS Programmability Guide, Release 9.3(x) 23-Aug-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3400-S Series NX-OS Programmability Guide, Release 9.3(x) 21-Aug-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3600 NX-OS Programmability Guide, Release 9.3(x) 20-Aug-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3600 NX-OS Programmability Guide, Release 10.1(x) 20-Aug-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3500 Series NX-OS Programmability Guide, Release 10.1(x) 21-Jul-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS Programmability Guide, Release 7.x 16-Mar-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3400-S Series NX-OS Programmability Guide, Release 9.2(2) 16-Mar-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3500 Series NX-OS Programmability Guide, Release 9.2(x) 16-Mar-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3600 Series NX-OS Programmability Guide, Release 9.2(x) 16-Mar-2020
• Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Programmability Guide, Release 6.x 21-Sep-2019
• Cisco Nexus 3500 Series NX-OS Programmability Guide, Release 6.x 15-Mar-2018

Troubleshooting

Error and System Messages

• Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS System Messages Reference, Release 9.2(4) 13-Feb-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3600 NX-OS System Messages Reference, Release 9.3(3) 13-Feb-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3548 NX-OS System Messages Reference, Release 9.3(3) 13-Feb-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3400 NX-OS System Messages Reference, Release 9.3(3) 13-Feb-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS System Messages Reference, Release 9.3(3) 13-Feb-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3548 Series NX-OS System Messages Reference, Release 9.3(1) 24-Jul-2019
• Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS System Messages Reference, Release 9.3(1) 24-Jul-2019
• Cisco Nexus 3600 Series NX-OS System Messages Reference, Release 9.3(1) 24-Jul-2019
• Cisco Nexus 3400 NX-OS System Messages Reference, Release 9.2(2t) 05-Jul-2019
• Cisco Nexus 3600 NX-OS System Messages Reference, Release 9.2(1) 21-Aug-2018
• Cisco Nexus 3548 Series NX-OS System Messages Reference, Release 9.2(1) 21-Aug-2018
• Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS System Messages Reference, Release 9.2(1) 21-Aug-2018
• Cisco Nexus 3000 Series NX-OS System Messages Reference, Release 7.0(3)I3(1) 20-Jun-2018
• Cisco Nexus 3548 Series NX-OS System Messages Reference, Release 7.0(3)I7(3) 19-Jun-2018
• Cisco Nexus 3600 NX-OS System Messages Reference, Release 7.0(3)F3(4) 23-Mar-2018

Troubleshooting Guides

• Cisco Nexus 3164Q Switch (Running Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Software Release 6.1(2)I2(2a) and Higher)

  • Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Troubleshooting Guide, Release 7.x 29-Aug-2017
  • Cisco Nexus 9000 Series NX-OS Troubleshooting Guide, Release 6.x 22-Dec-2014

Troubleshooting TechNotes

• Cisco Nexus 3548-X Switch

  • Recovering Nexus 3k (3548X/3524X) after downgrading below 6.0(2)A6(1) 25-Jul-2016
• Nexus 3500 Output Drops and Buffer QoS 08-Jan-2020
• Supported Topologies for Routing over Virtual Port Channel on Nexus Platforms 03-Nov-2019
• Nexus 3000 average memory utilization 26-Jun-2019
• Develop, Debug and Deploy NX-SDK Python Application in Nexus 3000/9000 Switches 08-Jun-2018
• Per-VLAN (SVI) counter feature on Nexus 3000 platform 16-Jan-2018
• Configure and troubleshoot PTP in Nexus 3000 19-Sep-2017
• Nexus 3500 Series Switch Platform System Health Check Process 14-Feb-2014

Literature

White Papers

• Cisco Nexus 3548 Switch Performance Validation (Spirent) White Paper 21-Sep-2020 (PDF - 869 KB)
• IEEE 1588 PTP and Analytics on the Cisco Nexus 3548 Switch 29-Jul-2020
• Simplified 400-Gbps Cabling Deployment Solutions with Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches White Paper 18-Nov-2019
• Data Center Fabric with Nanosecond Accuracy - Use IEEE1588 PTP on Nexus 3000 Switches 15-Jan-2016
• IDC Report: The New Need for Speed in the Datacenter Network 03-Apr-2015 (PDF - 357 KB)

Translated Documents

Translated End-User Guides

• Cisco Nexus 36180YC-R Switch

  • Руководство по установке аппаратного обеспечения Cisco Nexus серии 3600 06-May-2018 (PDF - 3 MB)

• Installation Guides - русский(Russian)

  • Руководство по установке аппаратного обеспечения Cisco Nexus 3400-S 20-Apr-2020
  • Руководство по установке аппаратного обеспечения коммутаторов Cisco Nexus серии 3400 26-Nov-2018

• Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Hardware Installation Guide

  • Руководство по установке аппаратного обеспечения Cisco Nexus серии 3000 07-May-2018