Cisco Nexus 5596T Switch
Specifications Overview
| Series | Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches |
|---|---|
| Product Type | Data Center Switches |
| Status |
End of Sale
EOL Details
|
| Release Date | 07-JUN-2012 |
| End-of-Sale Date | 05-MAY-2019 Details |
| End-of-Support Date | 31-MAY-2024 Details |
| Product ID | |
| Compatibility | 1000BASE-T SFP |
-
Top Categories-
At-a-Glance
- Cisco Fabric Extender Technology At-a-Glance (PDF - 133 KB)
-
Command References
Cisco Nexus 5600 NX-OS Software Release 7.x
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Virtual Port Channel Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Fundamentals Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Unicast Routing Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Interfaces Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series Switches Layer2 Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS QoS Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Multicast Routing Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Security Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS System Management Command Reference
Cisco Nexus 5500 NX-OS Software Release 7.x
- 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 Fibre Channel Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series Interfaces Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Fundamentals Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Multicast Routing Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS QoS Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Security Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS System Management Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Virtual Port Channel Command Reference
Cisco Nexus 5500 NX-OS Software Release 6.x
- 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 Fibre Channel 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 QoS 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
Cisco Nexus 5000 NX-OS Software Release 5.x
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Fabric Extender Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS FabricPath Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Fibre Channel Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Layer 2 Switching Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Unicast Routing Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Fundamentals Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Interfaces Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Interfaces Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Multicast Routing Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS QoS Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Security Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS System Management Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS TrustSec Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Unicast Routing Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Virtual Port Channel Command Reference
Cisco Nexus 5000 NX-OS Software Release 4.2(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Fabric Extender Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series Switches Interfaces Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series Layer 2 Interfaces Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Interfaces Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Interfaces Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Interfaces Command Reference
-
Configuration Examples and TechNotes
- Configuration of Jumbo MTU on Nexus 5000 and 7000 Series
- Configure QoS on a UCS and Nexus 5000
- Configure and Verify Maximum Transmission Unit on Cisco Nexus Platforms
- FCoE Configuration Between VIC Adapter on UCS Rack Server and Nexus 5500 Switch
- FlexPod and FCoE with VPC and NetApp Storage Configuration Example
- L2MP based forwarding across vPC peer-link in Carmel ASIC based switches(Nexus 5548/5596)
- Nexus 7000/5000 Internal Usernames that Execute Commands on the Nexus Platform Displayed in the Accounting Log
- Nexus 5500 Adapter-FEX Configuration Example
- Nexus 5500 VM-FEX Configuration Example
- Nexus 5500 to Nexus 7000 Multi-Hop FCoE Configuration Example
- Nexus 5000 NPIV FCoE with FCoE NPV Attached UCS Configuration Example
- Nexus 5000 Series Switch ERSPAN Configuration Example
- Nexus N5500, 5600 and N6000 Role Base Access Control (RBAC)
- TACACS+ in Nexus 4005I Configuration Example
- UCS L2 Multicast with Nexus 5000 and 1000V Series Switches Configuration Example
- UCS with VMware ESXi End-to-End Jumbo MTU Configuration Example
- Upgrade Cisco NX-OS For Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch
-
Configuration Guides
Cisco Nexus 5600 NX-OS Software Release 7.x
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Adapter-FEX Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS FabricPath Command Reference
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Fibre Channel over Ethernet Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Fundamentals Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Multicast Routing Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Quality of Service Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS SAN Switching Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
- Cisco Nexus 6000 Series NX-OS Security Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
- Cisco Remote Integrated Service Engine for Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC) Appliance Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Unicast Routing Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS VM Tracker Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
Cisco Nexus 5600 Verified Scalability, Release 7.x
- Verified Scalability for Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Release 7.3(0)N1(1)
- Verified Scalability for Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Release 7.2(0)N1(1)
- Verified Scalability for Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Release 7.1(1)N1(1)
- Verified Scalability for Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Release 7.1(0)N1(1)
- Verified Scalability for Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Release 7.0(3)N1(1)
Cisco Nexus 5500 NX-OS Software Release 7.x
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Adapter-FEX Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS FabricPath Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Fibre Channel over Ethernet Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Fundamentals Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Multicast Routing Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Quality of Service Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS SAN Switching Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Security Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
- Cisco Remote Integrated Service Engine for Citrix NetScaler Application Delivery Controller (ADC) Appliance Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Unicast Routing Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS VM Tracker Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
Cisco Nexus 5500 NX-OS Software Release 6.x
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Adapter-FEX Configuration Guide, Release 6.x
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS FabricPath Configuration Guide, Release 6.x
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Fibre Channel over Ethernet Configuration Guide, Release 6.x
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Fundamentals Configuration Guide, Release 6.x
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide, Release 6.x
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide, Release 6.x
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Multicast Routing Configuration Guide, Release 6.x
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Quality of Service Configuration Guide, Release 6.x
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS SAN Switching Configuration Guide, Release 6.x
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Security Configuration Guide, Release 6.x
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide, Release 6.x
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Unicast Routing Configuration Guide, Release 6.x
Cisco Nexus 5500 Verified Scalability, Release 7.x
- Cisco Nexus 5000 and 6000 Series FC and FCoE Configuration Limits for NX-OS Release 7.3(0)N1(1)
- Verified Scalability for Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Release 7.3(0)N1(1)
- Verified Scalability for Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Release 7.2(0)N1(1)
- Verified Scalability for Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Release 7.1(1)N1(1)
- Verified Scalability for Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Release 7.1(0)N1(1)
- Verified Scalability for Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Release 7.0(3)N1(1)
Cisco Nexus 5500 Verified Scalability, Release 6.x
Cisco Nexus 5000 NX-OS Software Rel 5.2(1)N1(3)
Cisco Nexus 5000 NX-OS Software Rel 5.2(1)N1(2)
Cisco Nexus 5000 NX-OS Software Rel 5.2(1)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Configuration Limits for Cisco NX-OS Release 5.2(1)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Adapter-FEX Configuration Guide, Release 5.2(1)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS FabricPath Configuration Guide, Release 5.2(1)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Fibre Channel over Ethernet Configuration Guide, Release 5.2(1)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Fundamentals Configuration Guide, Release 5.2(1)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide, Release 5.2(1)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide, Release 5.2(1)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Multicast Routing Configuration Guide, Release 5.2(1)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Quality of Service Configuration Guide, Release 5.2(1)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS SAN Switching Configuration Guide, Release 5.2(1)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Security Configuration Guide, Release 5.2(1)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide, Release 5.2(1)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Unicast Routing Configuration Guide, Release 5.2(1)N1(1)
Cisco Nexus 5000 NX-OS Software Rel 5.0(3)N2(1)
Cisco Nexus 5000 NX-OS Software Rel 5.0(3)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Configuration Limits for Cisco NX-OS Release 5.0(3)N1(1b)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide, Release 5.0(3)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Multicast Routing Configuration Guide, Release 5.0(3)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Quality of Service Configuration Guide, Rel 5.0(3)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Security Configuration Guide, Release 5.0(3)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide, Release 5.0(3)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Unicast Routing Configuration Guide, Release 5.0(3)N1(1)
Cisco Nexus 5000 NX-OS Software Rel 5.0(2)N2(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide, Release 5.0(2)N2(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS SAN Switching Configuration Guide, Release 5.0(2)N2(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Security Configuration Guide, Release 5.0(2)N2(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide, Release 5.0(2)N2(1)
Cisco Nexus 5000 NX-OS Software Rel 5.0(2)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Configuration Limits for Cisco NX-OS Release 5.0(2)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Fibre Channel over Ethernet Configuration Guide, Release 5.0(2)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide, Release 5.0(2)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Quality of Service Configuration Guide, Rel 5.0(2)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Security Configuration Guide, Release 5.0(2)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide, Release 5.0(2)N1(1)
Cisco Nexus 5000 NX-OS Software Rel 4.2(1)N2(1)
Cisco Nexus 5000 NX-OS Software Rel 4.2(1)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Configuration Limits for Cisco NX-OS Release 4.2(1)N1(1) and Release 4.2(1)N2(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Fibre Channel over Ethernet Configuration Guide, Release 4.2(1)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Fundamentals Configuration Guide, Release 4.2(1)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide, Release 4.2(1)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS SAN Switching Configuration Guide, Release 4.2(1)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Security Configuration Guide, Release 4.2(1)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide, Release 4.2(1)N1(1)
Cisco Nexus 5000 NX-OS Software Rel 4.1(3)
Cisco Nexus 5000 NX-OS Software Rel 4.1(3)N2(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Configuration Limits for Cisco NX-OS Release 4.1(3)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Fibre Channel over Ethernet Configuration Guide
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Quality of Service Configuration Guide
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS SAN Switching Configuration Guide
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Security Configuration Guide
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide
Cisco Nexus 5000 NX-OS Software Rel 4.0(1a)
Cisco Nexus 5000 NX-OS Software Rel 4.0(0)N1(1)
Cisco Nexus 5000 NX-OS Software Release 5.1(3)N2(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Fundamentals Configuration Guide, Release 5.1(3)N2(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide, Release 5.1(3)N2(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 NX-OS Quality of Service Configuration Guide, Release 5.1(3)N2(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS SAN Switching Configuration Guide, Release 5.1(3)N2(1)
Cisco Nexus 5000 NX-OS Software Release 5.1(3)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Configuration Limits for Cisco NX-OS Release 5.1(3)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Adapter-FEX Software Configuration Guide, Release 5.1(3)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS FabricPath Configuration Guide, Release 5.1(3)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Fibre Channel over Ethernet Configuration Guide, Release 5.1(3)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide, Release 5.1(3)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Quality of Service Configuration Guide, Release 5.1(3)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS SAN Switching Configuration Guide, Release 5.1(3)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Security Configuration Guide, Release 5.1(3)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide, Release 5.1(3)N1(1)
Cisco Programmable Fabric
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Intelligent Traffic Director Configuration Guide
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide, Release 7.x
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS FabricPath Configuration Guide, Release 6.0(2)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Intelligent Traffic Director Configuration Guide
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Security Configuration Guide, Release 6.0(2)N1(2)
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Security Configuration Guide, Release 6.0(2)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Security Configuration Guide
View All Configuration Guides for this Series
-
Data Sheets
-
End-of-Life and End-of-Sale Notices
English
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 5500 Series Switches
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 5500, 5600 and 6000 NX-OS 7.1
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco B22 FEX Bundles for IBM & Fujitsu
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 5600 100G Daughter Card
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 5600-2000 Bundles
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus Fixed Bundles
- 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
- 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
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 5548P Switch
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 5500 Series Layer 3 Daughter Card and Module (V1) and 1100W Power Supply
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 2148T Fabric Extender
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco NX-OS Software Release 5.2 for the Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders and 5000 Series Switches
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco NX-OS Software Release 6.0 for the Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders and 5000 Series Switches
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco NX-OS Software Release 4.2 for the Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders and 5000 Series Switches
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco NX-OS Software Releases 5.0 and 5.1 for the Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders and 5000 Series Switches
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco Nexus 5010 and Nexus 5020 Switches
- End-of-Sale and End-of-Life Announcement for the Cisco NX-OS Software Releases 4.0 and 4.1 for the Cisco Nexus 2000 and 5000 Series Switches
French - Canadian
- Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 5500 Series Switches
- Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 5500, 5600 and 6000 NX-OS 7.1
- Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de la carte fille Cisco Nexus 5600 100G
- Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de forfaits Cisco B22 FEX pour IBM et Fujitsu
- Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de Cisco Nexus 5600-2000 Bundles
- Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie des offres groupées fixes Cisco Nexus
- Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de la version 7.2 du logiciel d’exploitation Cisco NX-OS pour les extensions de trame Cisco Nexus de série 2000, les commutateurs Nexus des séries 5000 et 6000
- Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie de la version 7.0 du logiciel d’exploitation Cisco NX-OS pour les extensions de trame Cisco Nexus de série 2000, les commutateurs Nexus des séries 5000 et 6000
- Annonce d’arrêt de commercialisation et de fin de vie des cartes mères de couche 3 pour Cisco Nexus de série 5500 et modules (V1) et alimentations 1100W
-
Field Notices
- Field Notice: FN - 64180 - Nexus 55xx, 56xx, and 600x Series Switch Platforms SNMPd process restart when process reaches Memory Threshold - Software Upgrade Recommended
- Field Notice: FN - 64110 - Nexus 5600 or Nexus 6001 Series Switch Might Hang or Reset - BIOS/Firmware Upgrade Recommended
- Field Notice: FN - 64094 - Nexus 5596/UCS FI 6296 - System Fails to Boot After a Power Cycle - Workaround Provided
- Field Notice: FN - 63893 - N55-PAC-1100W PSU Silent Reload Failure - Hardware Upgrade Available
- Field Notice: FN - 63560 - Nexus 5000 System Restart after 130 days of uptime - Software Update or Planned Restart Required
-
Install and Upgrade Guides
Cisco Nexus 5600 Series Hardware Installation Guide
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)
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.3(3)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.3(2)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.3(1)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.1(0)N1(1b)
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.1(0)N1(1a)
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.0(5)N1(1a)
Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.3(4)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.3(3)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.3(2)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.1(0)N1(1b)
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.1(0)N1(1a)
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 6.0(2)N2(5a)
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 6.0
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.1(0)N1(1a)
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.1(0)N1(1b)
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.0(5)N1(1a)
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 6.0(2)N2(5a)
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Hardware Installation Guide
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide 5.x
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 5.2(1)N1(9b)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 5.2(1)N1(9a)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 5.2
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 5.2(1)N1(9)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 5.2(1)N1(8b)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 5.2(1)N1(8a)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 5.2(1)N1(8)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 5.2(1)N1(7)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 5.2(1)N1(6)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 5.2(1)N1(5)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 5.2(1)N1(2a)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 5.1(3)N1(1a)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 5.0(3)N2(2b)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 5.0(3)N2(2a)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 5.0(3)N1(1c)
Regulatory Compliance Guides
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.3(5)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.1(5)N1(1b)
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.1(3)N1(2)
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.1(0)N1(1b)
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.3(5)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 7.1(5)N1(1b)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 5.0(3)N1(1b)
View All Install and Upgrade Guides for this Series
-
Maintain and Operate Guides
Cisco Nexus 5500 NX-OS Software Release 6.0(2)N1(1)
Cisco Nexus 5000 NX-OS Software Release 5.2(1)N1(1)
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)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS FabricPath Operations Guide, Release 5.1(3)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS FCoE Operations Guide, Release 5.1(3)N1(1)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Interfaces Operations Guide, Release 5.1(3)N1(1)
Cisco Nexus 5000 NX-OS Software Release 5.0(3)N2(1)
-
Release Notes
Cisco Nexus 5500 Software Releases
Cisco Nexus 5000 Software Releases
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Release Notes, Cisco NX-OS Release 5.2
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Release Notes for Cisco NX-OS Release 5.0(2)N1(1), NX-OS Release 5.0(2)N2(1), and NX-OS Release 5.0(2)N2(1a)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Release Notes, Releases 4.2(1)N1(1), 4.2(1)N2(1), and 4.2(1)N2(1a)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Release Notes, Releases 4.1(3)N1(1), 4.1(3)N1(1a), 4.1(3)N2(1), and 4.1(3)N2(1a)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Release Notes, Release 4.0(1a)N2(1a)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Release Notes
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Release Notes, Release 4.0(1a)N1(1a)
- Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Release Notes, Release 4.0(1a)N1(1)
Cisco Programmable Fabric
Minimum Recommended Cisco NX-OS Releases
- Cisco FindIT Network Manager - Device Support List
- Cisco Nexus 5600 Series Release Notes, Cisco NX-OS Release 7.x
- FAQs
-
Security Advisories, Responses and Notices
Most Recent
- Cisco NX-OS Software IPv6 Denial of Service Vulnerability 05-Sep-2019
- Cisco IOS and NX-OS Software Locator/ID Separation Protocol Packet Denial of Service Vulnerability 03-Sep-2019
- Cisco Products IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Crafted Packet Denial of Service Vulnerability 03-Sep-2019
- GNU Bash Environment Variable Command Injection Vulnerability 31-Aug-2019
- Multiple Vulnerabilities in ntpd (April 2015) Affecting Cisco Products 31-Aug-2019
- Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL (December 2015) Affecting Cisco Products 31-Aug-2019
- Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL (January 2015) Affecting Cisco Products 31-Aug-2019
- Multiple Vulnerabilities in OpenSSL (June 2015) Affecting Cisco Products 31-Aug-2019
- Multiple Vulnerabilities in ntpd Affecting Cisco Products 31-Aug-2019
- OpenSSL RSA Temporary Key Cryptographic Downgrade Vulnerability 31-Aug-2019
- OpenSSL Alternative Chains Certificate Forgery Vulnerability (July 2015) Affecting Cisco Products 31-Aug-2019
- Cisco NX-OS Software NX-API Denial of Service Vulnerability 30-Aug-2019 View older Security Advisories for this product
-
Troubleshooting TechNotes
- DCX-No ACK in 100 PDUs Error Message
- Delay Before Password Prompt Appears while you Login via SSH/Telnet
- FEX Power Supply Failure Messages and Troubleshooting
- FabricPath: Map Out the Multi-destination Tree for a FTag
- FlexPod Common Performance Problems
- FlexPod Nexus 5k in vPC behavior during disruption
- L2MP based forwarding across vPC peer-link in Carmel ASIC based switches(Nexus 5548/5596)
- Nexus 7000/5000 Internal Usernames that Execute Commands on the Nexus Platform Displayed in the Accounting Log
- Nexus 5500 CoPP Classes
- Nexus 5500 Failed to Allocate Shared Memory Error
- Nexus 5500 Scheduler Functionality with EEM Scripts
- Nexus 5010/5020 Switches "%NOHMS-2-NOHMS_DIAG_Error" Message Interpretation
- Nexus 5000 FAQ: What is the difference between the VLAN ID displayed in the NX-OS Ethanalyzer and the VLAN ID on a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch?
- Nexus 5000 Series Switch Interfaces and HP Pass-Thru Modules Interoperability Error
- Nexus 5000 Series Switches SYSMGR-2-VOLATILE_DB_FULL: System volatile database usage is unexpectedly high Error Message Troubleshoot
- Nexus 5000 Switch Packet Drop Identification
- Nexus 5000 and Single Homed FEX vPC Design Best Practices
- Nexus 3000/5000/7000 Use of the Ethanalyzer Tool
- QLogic QLE8262 CNA - Host Does Not Log into Fabric
- Spanning Tree Protocol Troubleshooting on a Nexus 5000 Series Switch
- Supported Topologies for Routing over Virtual Port Channel on Nexus Platforms
- Tracing of MAC Addresses in UCS with Nexus 1000V
- Troubleshoot Nexus 5000 Port-channel Loadbalancing
- Troubleshoot a CFS Lock on Nexus 5000 Series Switches
- UCS C-Series Rack Servers VIC Connectivity Options
- vPC Domain ID Modification on an Active vPC Domain
-
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
- Cisco NX-OS Software Release 7.2(0)N1(1) Product Bulletin
- Cisco NX-OS Software Release 5.2(1)N1(1) for Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches and 2000 Series Fabric Extenders
- Cisco NX-OS Software Release 5.1(3)N1(1) for Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches and 2000 Series Fabric Extenders
- Cisco NX-OS Software Release 5.0(3)N1(1) for Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches and 2000 Series Fabric Extenders
- Cisco NX-OS Software Release 5.0(2)N2(1) for Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches and 2000 Series Fabric Extenders
- Cisco NX-OS Software Release 5.0(2)N1(1) for Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches and Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders
- Cisco NX-OS Software Release 4.2(1)N2(1) for Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches and 2000 Series Fabric Extenders
- Cisco NX-OS Software Release 4.2(1)N1(1) for Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches and Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders
- Cisco NX-OS Software Release 4.1(3)N2(1) for Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches
- Cisco NX-OS Software Release 4.1(3)N1 for Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches
-
Case Studies
Defense
- Boeing Boosts Network Performance While Reducing Costs (PDF - 270 KB)
Entertainment/Media
- Case Study: Mediapro Grows Revenue from Internet Streaming (PDF - 303 KB)
Financial
- African Bank Halves Data Center Size (PDF - 1021 KB)
Government
- Case Study: City of Pforzheim Virtualizes Its Data Center (PDF - 242 KB)
- Rotterdam Delivers Reliable and Cost Effective City Services (PDF - 252 KB)
Technology
- Fujitsu Develops New Cloud Solutions and Delivery Models (PDF - 212 KB)
- Case Study: Chinese e-Commerce Giant Prepares for Upcoming Growth (PDF - 860 KB)
- Case Study: Group Agrica Rises to Data Center Challenge (PDF - 572 KB)
- Case Study: NetApp Virtualizes Data Center Applications (PDF - 719 KB)
- Cloud Services Provider Boosts Performance and Scalability (PDF - 350 KB)
- Fujitsu Develops New Cloud Solutions and Delivery Models (PDF - 213 KB)
- Fujitsu Develops New Cloud Solutions and Delivery Models (PDF - 214 KB)
- Fujitsu Develops New Cloud Solutions and Delivery Models (PDF - 214 KB)
- Microsoft Word - Cisco _ Customer _ Case _ Study _ PA Office of AG _ FORMATTED _ 27Jan10 . doc (PDF - 173 KB)
- NetApp Engineering Shared Infrastructure Services (ESIS) Becomes Compatible with Future Systems (PDF - 502 KB)
- Smooth Migration for Belgian ICT Shared Service Organization (Case Study) (PDF - 542 KB)
- Tatts Group Drives Positive Change through Virtualization (PDF - 4 MB)
- Testimonials for Cisco Nexus 5000 Series
- Testimonials for Cisco Nexus 5000 Series
- bet365 Increases Reach (PDF - 208 KB)
-
Design Guides
-
Error and System Messages
-
Licensing Information
- License and Copyright Information for Cisco NX-OS Software, Release 5.2(1)N1(8) (PDF - 1 MB)
- License and Copyright Information for Cisco NX-OS Software, Release 5.2(1)N1(8a) (PDF - 1 MB)
- License and Copyright Information for Cisco NX-OS Software, Release 5.2(1)N1(8b) (PDF - 1 MB)
- License and Copyright Information for Cisco NX-OS Software, Release 5.2(1)N1(7) (PDF - 859 KB)
- License and Copyright Information for Cisco NX-OS Software, Release 5.2(1)N1(6) (PDF - 861 KB)
- License and Copyright Information for Cisco NX-OS Software, Release 5.2(1)N1(5) (PDF - 872 KB)
- License and Copyright Information for Cisco NX-OS Software, Release 5.2(1)N1(4) (PDF - 132 KB)
- License and Copyright Information for Cisco NX-OS Software, Release 5.2(1)N1(3) (PDF - 133 KB)
- License and Copyright Information for Cisco NX-OS Software, Release 5.2(1)N1(2) (PDF - 132 KB)
- License and Copyright Information for Cisco NX-OS Software, Release 5.2(1)N1(2a) (PDF - 132 KB)
- License and Copyright Information for Cisco NX-OS Software, Release 5.2(1)N1(1a) (PDF - 132 KB)
- License and Copyright Information for Cisco NX-OS Software, Release 5.2(1)N1(1b) (PDF - 132 KB)
- License and Copyright Information for Cisco NX-OS Software, Release 5.1(3)N2(1) (PDF - 1 MB)
- License and Copyright Information for Cisco Nexus NX-OS Release 6.0(2)N1(1) (PDF - 133 KB)
- License and Copyright Information for Cisco Nexus NX-OS Software, Release 5.0(2)N1(3) (PDF - 219 KB)
-
Master Index
-
Programming Guides
-
Solution Overviews
-
Support FAQ
-
Troubleshooting Guides
-
White Papers
- Big Data in the Enterprise - Network Design Considerations White Paper
- Cisco Data Center Spine-and-Leaf Architecture: Design Overview White Paper
- Cisco Nexus 5020 Switch Performance in Market-Data and Back-Office Data Delivery Environments
- Cisco Nexus Switches: Achieve Global Workload Mobility in a Virtualized Environment
- Cisco Unified Fabric: Enable the Data Center Network
- Cisco VN-Link: Virtualization-Aware Networking
- Deploy Firewalls in Cisco Programmable Fabric White Paper (PDF - 3 MB)
- Deploying 10 Gigabit Ethernet with Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches
- Energy-Efficient Unified Fabrics: Transform the Data Center Infrastructure with Cisco Nexus Series
- FCoE Initiation Protocol
- Graceful Insertion and Removal Mode on Cisco Nexus Switches White Paper
- IDC Report: The New Need for Speed in the Datacenter Network (PDF - 357 KB)
- Implementing Buffer Utilization Histogram on Cisco Nexus 5600 and Nexus 6000 Switch Families
- Implementing the ERSPAN Analytics Feature on Cisco Nexus 6000 Series and 5600 Platform Switches
- Inter-Party Latency Management White Paper (PDF - 233 KB)
- Latency Monitoring Tool on Cisco Nexus Switches: Troubleshoot Network Latency
- Lossless 10 Gigabit Ethernet: The Unifying Infrastructure for SAN and LAN Consolidation
- Migration from Virtual PortChannel to Cisco FabricPath
- Monitor Microbursts on Cisco Nexus 5600 Platform and Cisco Nexus 6000 Series Switches
- Network Adapter Virtualization Design (Adapter-FEX) with Cisco Nexus 5500 Switches and Cisco Nexus 2232 Fabric Extenders
- Power and Cooling Savings with Unified Networking
- Priority Flow Control: Build Reliable Layer 2 Infrastructure
- QLogic Adapters and Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches: FCoE Design Guide (PDF - 2 MB)
- Rack-Level I/O Consolidation with Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches
- SPAN-on-Drop Feature on Cisco Nexus Switches: Troubleshoot Network Congestion
- SPAN-on-Latency Feature on Cisco Nexus Switches: Troubleshoot Network Latency
- The Next Phase of Datacenter Development (PDF - 204 KB)
- The Role of 10 Gigabit Ethernet in Virtualized Environments (PDF - 1 MB)
- University of Arizona Increases Flexibility While Reducing Total Cost of Ownership with Cisco Nexus (PDF - 1 MB)
- Use Maintenance Mode to Isolate Cisco FabricPath Switch from FabricPath Network White Paper
- Using 10 Gigabit Ethernet Interconnect for Computational Fluid Dynamics in Automotive Design and Engineering
- Virtual PortChannel Quick Configuration Guide
- iSCSI and FCoE: A Comparison
Contact Cisco
Technical Support
- Open a TAC Case Online
- US/Canada 800-553-2447
- Worldwide Support Phone Numbers
Technical Sales Questions
- Contact Us for Sales Questions
- Call 1 800 553 6387
- US/CAN | 5am - 5pm Pacific
- Other Countries
Cisco Services
-
Feedback