Preface

Audience

This publication is for hardware installers and network administrators who install, configure, and maintain Cisco Nexus switches.

Documentation Conventions

Command descriptions use these 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 these 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.

Related Documentation

Web-Based Documentation

The APIC documentation landing page includes these documents:

  • Cisco APIC Management Information Model Reference Guide

  • Cisco APIC Python SDK Documentation

  • Cisco APIC, AVS, and ACI Virtual Edge Support Matrix

  • Cisco ACI MIB Support List

Downloadable Documentation

The APIC documentation landing page includes these documents:

  • Knowledge Base Articles (KB Articles)

  • Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Controller Release Notes

  • Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Fundamentals Guide

  • Cisco APIC Getting Started Guide

  • Cisco ACI Virtualization Guide

  • Cisco APIC REST API User Guide

  • Cisco APIC Command Line Interface User Guide

  • Cisco APIC Faults, Events, and System Messages Management Guide

  • Cisco ACI System Messages Reference Guide

  • Cisco APIC Layer 4 to Layer 7 Services Deployment Guide

  • Cisco ACI Firmware Management Guide

  • Cisco ACI Troubleshooting Guide

  • Cisco ACI Switch Command Reference, NX-OS Release 11.0

  • Cisco Verified Scalability Guide for Cisco ACI

  • Cisco ACI MIB Quick Reference

  • Cisco Nexus CLI to Cisco APIC Mapping Guide

  • Application Centric Inftrastructure Fabric Hardware Installation Guide

The ACI-mode hardware installation guides landing page includes these documents:

  • Cisco NX-OS Release Notes for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series ACI-Mode Switches

  • Cisco Nexus 9000 Series ACI Mode Licensing Guide

  • Cisco Nexus 93108TX-EX ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide

  • Cisco Nexus 93108TX-FX ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide

  • Cisco Nexus 93120TX ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide

  • Cisco Nexus 93128TX ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide

  • Cisco Nexus 93180LC-EX ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide

  • Cisco Nexus 93180YC-EX ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide

  • Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide

  • Cisco Nexus 9332PQ ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide

  • Cisco Nexus 9336PQ ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide

  • Cisco Nexus 9372PX and 9372PX-E ACI-Mode Switches Hardware Installation Guide

  • Cisco Nexus 9372TX and 9372TX-E ACI-Mode Switches Hardware Installation Guide

  • Cisco Nexus 9396PX ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide

  • Cisco Nexus 9396TX ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide

  • Cisco Nexus 9504 ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide

  • Cisco Nexus 9508 ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide

  • Cisco Nexus 9516 ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Simulator Documentation

The Cisco ACI Simulator landing page includes these documents:

  • Cisco ACI Simulator Release Notes

  • Cisco ACI Simulator Installation Guide

  • Cisco ACI Simulator Getting Started Guide

Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches Documentation

See the Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches landing page.

Cisco Application Virtual Switch Documentation

See the Cisco Application Virtual Switch (AVS) documentation landing page.

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