Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches

Data Sheets and Product Information

At-a-Glance

• Cisco Fabric Extender Technology At-a-Glance 08-Jan-2014 (PDF - 133 KB)

Data Sheets

• Cisco Nexus 5600 Platform 10-Gbps Switches Data Sheet 21-Apr-2020
• Cisco Nexus 5600 Platform 40-Gbps Switches Data Sheet 24-Aug-2017

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

• English

  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 5672UP, 5672UP-16G, 5696Q Switch 01-Oct-2020
  • 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
  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco B22 HP FEX Bundles 01-May-2020
  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 56128P, 5624Q, 5648Q Switches 24-Mar-2020
  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco B22 DELL FEX Bundles 04-Oct-2019
  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 2232PP, 2232TM-E, 2332TQ, 2348TQ Fabric Extenders 31-Jul-2020
  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 5500 Series Switches 03-Apr-2019
  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 5500, 5600 and 6000 NX-OS 7.1 01-Oct-2018
  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco B22 FEX Bundles for IBM & Fujitsu 04-May-2018
  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 5600 100G Daughter Card 04-May-2018
  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 5600-2000 Bundles 01-May-2017
  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus Fixed Bundles 01-Nov-2016
  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco NX-OS Software Release 7.0 for Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders, Nexus 5000 Series Switches, and Nexus 6000 Series Switches 31-Oct-2016
  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco NX-OS Software Release 7.2 for Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders, Nexus 5000 Series Switches, and Nexus 6000 Series Switches 31-Oct-2016
  • End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 5548P Switch 16-Jun-2016

Security Notices

Bulletins

• Cisco NX-OS Software Release 7.3(0)N1(1) for the Cisco Nexus 5500 Series, Nexus 5600 Series and Nexus 6000 Series Switches Product Bulletin 29-Mar-2016
• Cisco NX-OS Software Release 7.2(0)N1(1) Product Bulletin 21-Jul-2015
• Cisco NX-OS Software Release 5.2(1)N1(1) for Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches and 2000 Series Fabric Extenders 29-Jul-2014
• Cisco NX-OS Software Release 5.1(3)N1(1) for Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches and 2000 Series Fabric Extenders 05-Dec-2011
• Cisco NX-OS Software Release 5.0(3)N1(1) for Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches and 2000 Series Fabric Extenders 06-Apr-2011
• Cisco NX-OS Software Release 5.0(2)N2(1) for Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches and 2000 Series Fabric Extenders 22-Dec-2010
• Cisco NX-OS Software Release 5.0(2)N1(1) for Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches and Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders 13-Oct-2010
• Cisco NX-OS Software Release 4.2(1)N1(1) for Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches and Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders 07-Sep-2010
• Cisco NX-OS Software Release 4.2(1)N2(1) for Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches and 2000 Series Fabric Extenders 07-Sep-2010
• Cisco NX-OS Software Release 4.1(3)N2(1) for Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches 10-Nov-2009
• Cisco NX-OS Software Release 4.1(3)N1 for Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches 31-Jul-2009
• Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Data Center Class Switches and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders 07-Apr-2008

Field Notices

• Cisco Nexus 56128P Switch

  • Field Notice: FN - 64106 - Nexus N56-M24UP2Q Modules Incompatibility Issue - Replace on Failure 06-Aug-2018
  • Field Notice: FN - 64180 - Nexus 55xx, 56xx, and 600x Series Switch Platforms SNMPd process restart when process reaches Memory Threshold - Software Upgrade Recommended 19-Oct-2017
  • Field Notice: FN - 64110 - Nexus 5600 or Nexus 6001 Series Switch Might Hang or Reset - BIOS/Firmware Upgrade Recommended 09-Oct-2017
  • Field Notice: FN - 64125 - In Some Nexus 5672, 56128, and 5696 Switches, Nondisruptive ISSUs Might Fail and Require Manual Intervention for System Recovery 08-Apr-2016

• Cisco Nexus 5696Q Switch

  • Field Notice: FN - 64180 - Nexus 55xx, 56xx, and 600x Series Switch Platforms SNMPd process restart when process reaches Memory Threshold - Software Upgrade Recommended 19-Oct-2017
  • Field Notice: FN - 64110 - Nexus 5600 or Nexus 6001 Series Switch Might Hang or Reset - BIOS/Firmware Upgrade Recommended 09-Oct-2017
  • Field Notice: FN - 64125 - In Some Nexus 5672, 56128, and 5696 Switches, Nondisruptive ISSUs Might Fail and Require Manual Intervention for System Recovery 08-Apr-2016

• Cisco Nexus 5672UP Switch

  • Field Notice: FN - 64180 - Nexus 55xx, 56xx, and 600x Series Switch Platforms SNMPd process restart when process reaches Memory Threshold - Software Upgrade Recommended 19-Oct-2017
  • Field Notice: FN - 64110 - Nexus 5600 or Nexus 6001 Series Switch Might Hang or Reset - BIOS/Firmware Upgrade Recommended 09-Oct-2017
  • Field Notice: FN - 64125 - In Some Nexus 5672, 56128, and 5696 Switches, Nondisruptive ISSUs Might Fail and Require Manual Intervention for System Recovery 08-Apr-2016

• Cisco Nexus 5648Q Switch

  • Field Notice: FN - 64180 - Nexus 55xx, 56xx, and 600x Series Switch Platforms SNMPd process restart when process reaches Memory Threshold - Software Upgrade Recommended 19-Oct-2017
  • Field Notice: FN - 64110 - Nexus 5600 or Nexus 6001 Series Switch Might Hang or Reset - BIOS/Firmware Upgrade Recommended 09-Oct-2017

• Cisco Nexus 5624Q Switch

  • Field Notice: FN - 64180 - Nexus 55xx, 56xx, and 600x Series Switch Platforms SNMPd process restart when process reaches Memory Threshold - Software Upgrade Recommended 19-Oct-2017
  • Field Notice: FN - 64110 - Nexus 5600 or Nexus 6001 Series Switch Might Hang or Reset - BIOS/Firmware Upgrade Recommended 09-Oct-2017

• Cisco Nexus 5596T Switch

  • Field Notice: FN - 64094 - Nexus 5596/UCS FI 6296 - System Fails to Boot After a Power Cycle - Workaround Provided 26-Jul-2018

Security Advisories, Responses and Notices

• Cisco NX-OS Software Call Home Command Injection Vulnerability 26-Aug-2020
• Cisco NX-OS Software Data Management Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability 26-Aug-2020
• Cisco FXOS and NX-OS Software Cisco Fabric Services Denial of Service Vulnerability 26-Aug-2020
• Cisco Nexus 3000 and 9000 Series Switches Privilege Escalation Vulnerability 26-Aug-2020
• Cisco NX-OS Software Border Gateway Protocol Multicast VPN Session Denial of Service Vulnerability 26-Aug-2020
• Cisco NX-OS Software Border Gateway Protocol Multicast VPN Denial of Service Vulnerability 26-Aug-2020
• Cisco NX-OS Software IPv6 Protocol Independent Multicast Denial of Service Vulnerability 26-Aug-2020
• Cisco IOS, IOS XE, and NX-OS Software Security Group Tag Exchange Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability 03-Jun-2020
• Cisco IOS, IOS XE, IOS XR, and NX-OS Software One Platform Kit Remote Code Execution Vulnerability 03-Jun-2020
• Cisco NX-OS Software Unexpected IP in IP Packet Processing Vulnerability 01-Jun-2020
• Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches Denial of Service Vulnerability 03-May-2020
• Cisco FXOS and NX-OS Software Cisco Discovery Protocol Arbitrary Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerability 13-Apr-2020
• Cisco FXOS, IOS XR, and NX-OS Software Cisco Discovery Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability 13-Apr-2020
• Cisco NX-OS Software Border Gateway Protocol MD5 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability 26-Feb-2020
• Cisco NX-OS Software Anycast Gateway Invalid ARP Vulnerability 26-Feb-2020

Release and Compatibility

Master Index

• Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Command Reference Master Index 07-Dec-2011

Release Notes

• Cisco Programmable Fabric

  • Cisco Programmable Fabric with VXLAN BGP EVPN Release Notes
  • Cisco Programmable Fabric with VXLAN BGP EVPN Release Notes
  • Cisco Programmable Fabric with VXLAN BGP EVPN Release Notes
  • Cisco Programmable Fabric with VXLAN BGP EVPN Release Notes
  • Cisco Programmable Fabric with VXLAN BGP EVPN Release Notes 11-Oct-2016

• Minimum Recommended Cisco NX-OS Releases

  • Minimum Recommended Cisco NX-OS Releases for Cisco Nexus 5600 Series Switches 23-Sep-2020
  • Minimum Recommended Cisco NX-OS Releases for Cisco Nexus 5500 Series Switches 23-Sep-2020
  • Minimum Recommended Cisco NX-OS Releases for Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches 05-Jun-2018

• Cisco Nexus 5500 Software Releases

  • Cisco Nexus 5500 Series Release Notes, Cisco NX-OS Release 7.x 28-Jul-2020
  • Cisco Nexus 5500 Series Release Notes, Cisco NX-OS Release 6.02 19-Mar-2017

• Cisco Nexus 5000 Software Releases

  • Cisco Nexus 5000 Series and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Release Notes, Cisco NX-OS Release 5.2 20-Jan-2019
  • Cisco Nexus 5000 Series and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Release Notes, Cisco NX-OS Release 5.1(3)N2(1c), Cisco NX-OS Release 5.1(3)N2(1b), Release 5.1(3)N2(1a), and Release 5.1(3)N2(1) 05-Sep-2012
  • Cisco Nexus 5000 Series and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Release Notes, Cisco NX-OS Release 5.1(3)N1(1a) and Release 5.1(3)N1(1) 09-Feb-2012
  • Cisco Nexus 5000 Series and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Release Notes for Cisco NX-OS Release 5.0(3)N2(2b), Release 5.0(3)N2(2a), Release 5.0(3)N2(2), and Release 5.0(3)N2(1) 13-Jun-2011
  • Cisco Nexus 5000 Series and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Release Notes for Cisco NX-OS Release 5.0(3)N1(1b) and NX-OS Release 5.0(3)N1(1c) 23-Dec-2014

Reference

Command References

• Cisco Nexus 5600 NX-OS Software Release 7.x

  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Virtual Port Channel Command Reference 13-Apr-2016
  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Fundamentals Command Reference 29-Jun-2015
  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Unicast Routing Command Reference 31-Oct-2017
  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Interfaces Command Reference 17-Apr-2018
  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series Switches Layer2 Command Reference 09-Aug-2018
  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS QoS Command Reference 30-Jun-2014
  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Multicast Routing Command Reference 18-Jun-2015
  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Security Command Reference 05-Feb-2016
  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS System Management Command Reference 19-May-2016

• Cisco Nexus 5500 NX-OS Software Release 7.x

  • Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Fabric Extender Command Reference 07-Dec-2011
  • Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS FabricPath Command Reference 15-Jan-2014
  • Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Fibre Channel Command Reference 31-Jan-2013
  • Cisco Nexus 5500 Series Interfaces Command Reference 03-Apr-2018
  • Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Fundamentals Command Reference 07-Dec-2011
  • Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Multicast Routing Command Reference 06-Dec-2011

Licensing Information

• License and Copyright Information for Cisco NX-OS Software, Release 5.2(1)N1(8b) 06-Nov-2014 (PDF - 1 MB)
• License and Copyright Information for Cisco NX-OS Software, Release 5.2(1)N1(8a) 28-Jul-2014 (PDF - 1 MB)
• License and Copyright Information for Cisco NX-OS Software, Release 5.2(1)N1(8) 20-Jun-2014 (PDF - 1 MB)
• License and Copyright Information for Cisco NX-OS Software, Release 5.1(3)N2(1) 07-Mar-2014 (PDF - 1 MB)
• License and Copyright Information for Cisco NX-OS Software, Release 5.2(1)N1(6) 26-Feb-2014 (PDF - 861 KB)
• License and Copyright Information for Cisco NX-OS Software, Release 5.2(1)N1(7) 12-Feb-2014 (PDF - 859 KB)
• License and Copyright Information for Cisco NX-OS Software, Release 5.2(1)N1(5) 02-Jul-2013 (PDF - 872 KB)
• License and Copyright Information for Cisco NX-OS Software, Release 5.2(1)N1(4) 22-Mar-2013 (PDF - 132 KB)
• License and Copyright Information for Cisco NX-OS Software, Release 5.2(1)N1(1a) 13-Feb-2013 (PDF - 132 KB)
• License and Copyright Information for Cisco NX-OS Software, Release 5.2(1)N1(3) 13-Feb-2013 (PDF - 133 KB)
• License and Copyright Information for Cisco NX-OS Software, Release 5.2(1)N1(2) 13-Feb-2013 (PDF - 132 KB)
• License and Copyright Information for Cisco NX-OS Software, Release 5.2(1)N1(2a) 13-Feb-2013 (PDF - 132 KB)
• License and Copyright Information for Cisco NX-OS Software, Release 5.2(1)N1(1b) 13-Feb-2013 (PDF - 132 KB)
• License and Copyright Information for Cisco Nexus NX-OS Release 6.0(2)N1(1) 01-Feb-2013 (PDF - 133 KB)
• License and Copyright Information for Cisco Nexus NX-OS Software, Release 5.0(2)N1(3) 01-Feb-2013 (PDF - 219 KB)

Design

Design Guides

• Deploying ITD: Server Traffic distribution Using Direct Server Return 07-Oct-2015 (PDF - 2 MB)
• Cisco NX-OS Software Virtual PortChannel: Fundamental Concepts 5.0. 08-Jan-2014

Install and Upgrade

Install and Upgrade Guides

• Cisco Nexus 5600 Series Hardware Installation Guide

  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series Hardware Installation Guide 05-Apr-2016

• Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Hardware Installation Guide

  • Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Hardware Installation Guide 20-Apr-2016

• Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide

  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.3(4)N1(1) 14-Sep-2018
  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.3(3)N1(1) 08-May-2018
  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.3(2)N1(1) 28-Nov-2017
  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.3(1)N1(1) 28-Nov-2017
  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.3(0)N1(1) 28-Nov-2017
  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.2(1)N1(1) 28-Nov-2017
  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.2(0)N1(1) 28-Nov-2017
  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.1(5)N1(1) 28-Nov-2017
  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.1(4)N1(1) 20-May-2018
  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.3(1)N1(2) 28-Nov-2017
  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.1(3)N1(1) 28-Nov-2017
  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.1(2)N1(1) 28-Nov-2017
  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.1(1)N1(1) 28-Nov-2017

Configuration

Configuration Examples and TechNotes

• Configure and Verify Maximum Transmission Unit on Cisco Nexus Platforms 05-Aug-2019
• Configure QoS on a UCS and Nexus 5000 17-Jun-2019
• Upgrade Cisco NX-OS For Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch 12-Feb-2019
• Nexus N5500, 5600 and N6000 Role Base Access Control (RBAC) 06-Sep-2017
• FlexPod and FCoE with VPC and NetApp Storage Configuration Example 12-Oct-2016
• Configuration of Jumbo MTU on Nexus 5000 and 7000 Series 03-Dec-2015
• Nexus 5500 to Nexus 7000 Multi-Hop FCoE Configuration Example 09-Mar-2015
• Nexus 7000/5000 Internal Usernames that Execute Commands on the Nexus Platform Displayed in the Accounting Log 23-Oct-2014
• Nexus 5500 Adapter-FEX Configuration Example 04-Sep-2014
• L2MP based forwarding across vPC peer-link in Carmel ASIC based switches(Nexus 5548/5596) 03-Jul-2014
• Nexus 5500 VM-FEX Configuration Example 15-May-2014
• Nexus 5000 NPIV FCoE with FCoE NPV Attached UCS Configuration Example 01-May-2014
• UCS with VMware ESXi End-to-End Jumbo MTU Configuration Example 09-Apr-2014
• FCoE Configuration Between VIC Adapter on UCS Rack Server and Nexus 5500 Switch 25-Mar-2014
• UCS L2 Multicast with Nexus 5000 and 1000V Series Switches Configuration Example 27-Jan-2014

Configuration Guides

• Cisco Nexus Migration Tools

  • Cisco IOS-NXOS Migration Tool

• Cisco Programmable Fabric

  • Verified Scalability for Cisco Programmable Fabric with VXLAN BGP EVPN
  • Verified Scalability for Cisco Programmable Fabric with VXLAN BGP EVPN 28-Apr-2016
  • Cisco Programmable Fabric with VXLAN BGP EVPN Configuration Guide
  • Cisco Programmable Fabric with VXLAN BGP EVPN Licensing Guide 10-Jun-2016

• Cisco Nexus 5600 NX-OS Software Release 7.x

  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Adapter-FEX Configuration Guide, Release 7.x 19-Mar-2014
  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS FabricPath Command Reference 16-May-2018
  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Fibre Channel over Ethernet Configuration Guide, Release 7.x 07-Aug-2019
  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Fundamentals Configuration Guide, Release 7.x 19-Mar-2014
  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide, Release 7.x 24-Jul-2020
  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide, Release 7.x 04-May-2020
  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Multicast Routing Configuration Guide, Release 7.x 19-Dec-2017
  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Quality of Service Configuration Guide, Release 7.x 16-Jul-2019
  • Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS SAN Switching Configuration Guide, Release 7.x 10-Apr-2018
  • Cisco Nexus 6000 Series NX-OS Security Configuration Guide, Release 7.x 07-May-2020

Programming Guides

• Cisco Nexus 5000 and 6000 Series NX-OS Programmability Guide 15-Feb-2016

Maintain and Operate

Maintain and Operate Guides

• Cisco Nexus 5500 NX-OS Software Release 6.0(2)N1(1)

  • Cisco Nexus 5000 and 6000 Series NX-OS FabricPath Operations Guide, Release 6.0(2)N1(1) 05-Mar-2013
  • Cisco Nexus 5000 and 6000 Series NX-OS Interfaces Operations Guide, Release 6.0(2)N1(1) 02-Aug-2017

• Cisco Nexus 5000 NX-OS Software Release 5.2(1)N1(1)

  • Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS SAN Operations Guide, Release 5.2(1)N1(1) 21-Nov-2012

• Cisco Nexus 5000 NX-OS Software Release 5.1(3)N1(1)

  • Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Adapter FEX Operations Guide, Release 5.1(3)N1(1) 21-Jul-2015
  • Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS FabricPath Operations Guide, Release 5.1(3)N1(1) 21-Nov-2012
  • Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS FCoE Operations Guide, Release 5.1(3)N1(1) 21-Nov-2012
  • Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Interfaces Operations Guide, Release 5.1(3)N1(1) 01-Aug-2017

• Cisco Nexus 5000 NX-OS Software Release 5.0(3)N2(1)

  • Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS FCoE Operations Guide, Release 5.0(3)N2(1) 21-Nov-2012
  • Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Interfaces Operations Guide, Release 5.0(3)N2(1) 01-Aug-2017
  • Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS System Management Operations Guide, Release 5.0(3)N2(1) 21-Nov-2012

Maintain and Operate TechNotes

• UCS C-Series Rack Servers VIC Connectivity Options 25-Apr-2014
• Nexus 5000 Switch Packet Drop Identification 05-Sep-2013
• Nexus 5500 CoPP Classes 11-Jul-2013

Troubleshooting

Error and System Messages

• Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS System Messages Reference 04-Mar-2013
• Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS System Messages Reference 04-Mar-2013
• Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS System Message Reference 07-Dec-2011

Support FAQ

• Nexus 5000 FAQ: What do you do when a Nexus 5000 switch displays the "FWM-2-STM_LOOP_DETECT" message in the log? 02-May-2016

Troubleshooting Guides

• Cisco Nexus 5000 Troubleshooting Guide 18-Sep-2016
• Cisco Nexus 5500 Troubleshooting Guide 09-Sep-2016

Troubleshooting TechNotes

• Supported Topologies for Routing over Virtual Port Channel on Nexus Platforms 03-Nov-2019
• FabricPath: Map Out the Multi-destination Tree for a FTag 27-Sep-2018
• QLogic QLE8262 CNA - Host Does Not Log into Fabric 28-Jun-2018
• Nexus 5000 and Single Homed FEX vPC Design Best Practices 03-Oct-2017
• Delay Before Password Prompt Appears while you Login via SSH/Telnet 04-Sep-2017
• Nexus 5500 Scheduler Functionality with EEM Scripts 27-Feb-2017
• Troubleshoot Nexus 5000 Port-channel Loadbalancing 05-Dec-2016
• Nexus 5010/5020 Switches "%NOHMS-2-NOHMS_DIAG_Error" Message Interpretation 28-Nov-2016
• Tracing of MAC Addresses in UCS with Nexus 1000V 02-Jun-2016
• FlexPod Nexus 5k in vPC behavior during disruption 13-Nov-2015
• Troubleshoot a CFS Lock on Nexus 5000 Series Switches 26-Jun-2015
• FlexPod Common Performance Problems 20-Feb-2015
• Nexus 7000/5000 Internal Usernames that Execute Commands on the Nexus Platform Displayed in the Accounting Log 23-Oct-2014
• L2MP based forwarding across vPC peer-link in Carmel ASIC based switches(Nexus 5548/5596) 03-Jul-2014
• UCS C-Series Rack Servers VIC Connectivity Options 25-Apr-2014

Literature

Case Studies

• Videos

  • Apollo Group gears up for growth using Nexus 5000

• Cisco on Cisco

  • Nexus in Production - Cisco Deploys Nexus to Reduce TCO, Deliver New Services 12-Aug-2015

• Education

  • AGH University of Science and Technology Fosters Next-Generation ICT Expertise 12-Feb-2015
  • Apollo Group, Inc. Creates Highly Scalable Architecture with Nexus Platform 29-Apr-2014
  • Indianapolis Public School District Offers More Connected Learning at Lower Cost 27-Apr-2012
  • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Building Collaborative Platform for Driving Innovation 16-Dec-2013
  • Transforming the Learning Society in Hong Kong (Case Study) 27-Apr-2014
  • University Reduces Network TCO 29-Jul-2010

• Engineering

  • Geometric Achieves Efficiency with VDI 28-Feb-2014

• Entertainment/Media

  • Aegis Media achieves worldwide data center transformation with FlexPod and optimizes application performance 10-Jul-2013
  • Case Study: Mediapro Grows Revenue from Internet Streaming 10-May-2011
  • Cisco Nexus Employed in the Network Infrastructure at Square Enix's Head Office Delivers High Operability and Stability Utilizing FabricPath 03-Mar-2014
  • Human Kinetics Optimizes Data Center, Improves Performance 03-Feb-2012

• Financial

  • Alfa-Bank Builds a New Data Center 28-Feb-2014
  • African Bank Halves Data Center Size 05-Aug-2014

Partner Resources

• Partner Sales Resources

  • Case Study - Coca Cola Bottling Company Virtualizes Data Center 12-Mar-2015
  • Case Study - Storage Manufacturer Virtualizes Data Center Applications 12-Mar-2015

Solution Overviews

• Cisco Wide Area Application Services and Cisco Nexus Family Switches: Enable the Intelligent Data Center 11-Jan-2019
• Gain Network Programmability and Automation with Open Cisco NX-OS 10-Mar-2016 (PDF - 598 KB)

White Papers

• Cisco Data Center Spine-and-Leaf Architecture: Design Overview White Paper 09-Jan-2020
• Cut-Through and Store-and-Forward Ethernet Switching for Low-Latency Environments 28-Nov-2019
• Unified Data Center Fabric: Reduce Costs and Improve Flexibility 08-Aug-2017
• Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Architecture: The Building Blocks of the Unified Fabric 27-Jul-2017
• Monitor Microbursts on Cisco Nexus 5600 Platform and Cisco Nexus 6000 Series Switches 19-Jan-2017
• Graceful Insertion and Removal Mode on Cisco Nexus Switches White Paper 19-Aug-2015
• Use Maintenance Mode to Isolate Cisco FabricPath Switch from FabricPath Network White Paper 21-Apr-2015
• IDC Report: The New Need for Speed in the Datacenter Network 03-Apr-2015 (PDF - 357 KB)
• Cisco Unified Fabric: Enable the Data Center Network 12-Mar-2015
• Implementing Buffer Utilization Histogram on Cisco Nexus 5600 and Nexus 6000 Switch Families 07-Jan-2015
• SPAN-on-Drop Feature on Cisco Nexus Switches: Troubleshoot Network Congestion 05-Nov-2014
• Latency Monitoring Tool on Cisco Nexus Switches: Troubleshoot Network Latency 05-Nov-2014
• SPAN-on-Latency Feature on Cisco Nexus Switches: Troubleshoot Network Latency 04-Nov-2014
• Implementing the ERSPAN Analytics Feature on Cisco Nexus 6000 Series and 5600 Platform Switches 20-Oct-2014
• Cisco Nexus Switches: Achieve Global Workload Mobility in a Virtualized Environment 10-Aug-2014