Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide, NX-OS 4.0(1a)N1 (OL-16597-01, January 2009)

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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch CLI Software Configuration Guide
OL-16597-01
CONTENTS
Preface i
Audience i
Organization i
Document Conventions ii
Related Documentation ii
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Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request 1-iii
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CHAPTER
1 Product Overview 1-1
New Technologies in the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series 1-1
Fibre Channel over Ethernet 1-1
I/O Consolidation 1-2
Virtual Interfaces 1-3
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Hardware 1-3
Chassis 1-3
Expansion Modules 1-3
Ethernet Interfaces 1-3
Fibre Channel Interfaces 1-4
Management Interfaces 1-4
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Software 1-4
Ethernet Switching 1-4
FCoE and Fibre Channel Switching 1-5
Licensing 1-5
QoS 1-5
Serviceability 1-5
Switch Management 1-6
Network Security Features 1-7
Virtual Device Contexts 1-7
Typical Deployment Topologies 1-7
Ethernet TOR Switch Topology 1-8
IOC Topology 1-9
Supported Standards 1-10