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This document, Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Fundamentals Configuration Guide, Release 4.0, is intended to provide fundamental NX-OS configuration information to get your system up and running.
This preface includes the following topics:
•Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
This guide is for experienced network system users.
This document is organized into the following chapters:
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Describes the new and changed information for the new Cisco NX-OS software releases. |
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Provides an overview of the features included in NX-OS. |
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Provides a flowchart for setting up the NX-OS. |
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Describes the command line interface including command modes, special characters, and keystrokes. |
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Describes basic system management, including setting the clock and configuring a message of the day. |
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Chapter 6, "Using the Device File Systems, Directories, and Files" |
Describe how to configure and manage file systems, directories, and files on an NX-OS device. |
Describes the configuration files and how to manage them. |
Command descriptions use these conventions:
Screen examples use these conventions:
This document uses the following conventions for notes and cautions:
Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in the manual.
The following Cisco NX-OS documents are published on Cisco.com:
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Release Notes, Release 4.0
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Getting Started with Virtual Device Contexts, Release 4.0
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Fundamentals Configuration Guide, Release 4.0
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide, Release 4.0
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide, Release 4.0
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Quality of Service Configuration Guide, Release 4.0
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Unicast Routing Configuration Guide, Release 4.0
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Multicast Routing Configuration Guide, Release 4.0
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Security Configuration Guide, Release 4.0
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Virtual Device Context Configuration Guide, Release 4.0
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Software Upgrade Guide, Release 4.0
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Licensing Guide, Release 4.0
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS High Availability and Redundancy Guide, Release 4.0
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS System Management Configuration Guide, Release 4.0
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS XML Management Interface User Guide, Release 4.0
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS System Messages Reference
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS MIB Quick Reference
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Command Reference Master Index, Release 4.0
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Fundamentals Command Reference, Release 4.0
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Interfaces Command Reference, Release 4.0
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Layer 2 Switching Command Reference, Release 4.0
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Quality of Service Command Reference, Release 4.0
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Unicast Routing Command Reference, Release 4.0
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Multicast Routing Command Reference, Release 4.0
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Security Command Reference, Release 4.0
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Virtual Device Context Command Reference, Release 4.0
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS System Management Command Reference, Release 4.0
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Troubleshooting Guide, Release 4.0
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