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Nexus Switching: Cisco's Network Operating Systems

This document provides an introduction to Cisco's NX-OS operating system used on Nexus switches, MDS switches, and UCS Fabric Interconnects. It describes the key differences between NX-OS and IOS, including that NX-OS has a different code base from IOS, uses similar CLI commands, and supports virtual routing and forwarding instances (VRFs) like IOS. The document also outlines the NX-OS CLI modes, configuration files, and VDC user rights model.

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Nexus Switching: Cisco's Network Operating Systems

This document provides an introduction to Cisco's NX-OS operating system used on Nexus switches, MDS switches, and UCS Fabric Interconnects. It describes the key differences between NX-OS and IOS, including that NX-OS has a different code base from IOS, uses similar CLI commands, and supports virtual routing and forwarding instances (VRFs) like IOS. The document also outlines the NX-OS CLI modes, configuration files, and VDC user rights model.

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CCIE Data Center

Nexus Switching

Introduction

Ciscos Network Operating Systems


Cisco IOS
o

Traditional SOHO & Enterprise branch/edge routers

E.g. ISR G2 1900, 2900, 3900, etc.

Catalyst IOS
o

Enterprise Layer 2 & 3 Ethernet switching

E.g. Catalyst 2960, 3560, 3750, 4500, 6500, etc.

IOS XE
o

Newer modular IOS for Enterprise & Service Provider edge

E.g. ASR 1000

IOS XR
o

Highly scalable Service Provider edge & core routers

E.g. GSR 12000, CRS-1, CRS-3, ASR 9000

NX-OS
o

Data Center Layer 2 & 3 Ethernet switching and Fibre Channel switching

E.g. Nexus, MDS, and UCS FI (Course Focus)

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Platforms That Run NX-OS


Nexus
o 7000, 5000, 4000, 3000, 2000, & 1000v Ethernet Switches
o MDS
o 9500, 9200, & 9100 Multilayer Director Switches

Unified Computing System (UCS)


o 6100 & 6200 Fabric Interconnects

NX-OS vs. IOS


Different code base than IOS
Came from MDSs SAN-OS
Interface very similar to IOS & Catalyst IOS
Most CLI commands & outputs are nearly identical to IOS
If you already know IOS then you already mostly know NX-OS

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NX-OS CLI Modes


Exec mode
o Read access for show, clear, etc. commands

Configuration mode
o I.e. global config

Write access for making configuration changes


o Sub-configuration modes
o E.g. interface configuration mode

No user mode
o No need to enable like in IOS

NX-OS VRFs
Like IOS, NX-OS Virtual Routing & Forwarding Instances are used
to create separate logical routing tables
Layer 3 interfaces in different VRFs cannot exchange traffic by
default
All layer 3 interfaces are automatically in VRF table default
MGMT0 is automatically in vrf management
VRFs are defined as vrf context
Static routes are defined under the vrf context

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NX-OS Configuration Files


Like IOS, NX-OS has two configuration files
o Running-configuration

o Startup-configuration

Like ASA, all config can be verified as show run all


o Useful for showing defaults of QoS, CoPP, etc.

Admin of the default VDC can verify or save all configs at the same
time as
o show run vdc-all
o copy run start vdc-all

Unlike IOS, NX-OS has no write memory command


o cli alias name wr copy running-config startup-config

VDC User Rights


Non-default VDC users have two possible default roles
o vdc-admin all read/write access to only that VDC
o vdc-operator read only access to only that VDC
o vdc-admin & vdc-operator cannot switchback to default VDC

Default VDC users inherit read or read/write in non-default VDCs


o network-admin assumes all vdc-admin roles
o network-operator assumes all vdc-operator roles
o not vice-versa

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