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This document describes the configuration details for Cisco NX-OS unicast routing in Cisco Nexus 5500 switches.
This chapter includes the following sections:
To use this guide, you must be familiar with IP and routing technology.
This section includes the following topic:
Table 1 lists the supported Cisco switches supported in the Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform.
Note For more information on these switches, see the Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform and Cisco Nexus 5000 Platform Hardware Installation Guide available at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9670/tsd_products_support_series_home.html
Note As part of our constant endeavor to remodel our documents to meet our customers’ requirements, we have modified the manner in which we document configuration tasks. As a result of this, you may find a deviation in the style used to describe these tasks, with the newly included sections of the document following the new format.
Command descriptions use these conventions:
Screen examples use these conventions:
This document uses the following conventions:
Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in the manual.
Documentation for Cisco Nexus 5500 Switches and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extender is available at the following URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9670/tsd_products_support_series_home.html
The following are related Cisco Nexus 5000 Series and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extender documents:
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Release Notes
Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS FCoE Configuration Guide, Release 6.0
Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide, Release 6.0
Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Multicast Routing Configuration Guide, Release 6.0
Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Quality of Service Configuration Guide, Release 6.0
Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS SAN Switching Guide, Release 6.0
Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Security Configuration Guide, Release 6.0
Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide, Release 6.0
Cisco Nexus 5500 Series NX-OS Unicast Routing Configuration Guide, Release 6.0
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series and Cisco Nexus 5500 Platform Hardware Installation Guide
Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Hardware Installation Guide
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade and Downgrade Guide, Release 4.2(1)N1(1)
Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series and Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extender MIBs Reference
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