Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switch Fabric Manager Software Configuration Guide, NX-OS 4.0 (OL-16598-01, June 2008)

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Nexus 5000 Series Switch Fabric Manager Software Configuration Guide
OL-16598-01
CONTENTS
Preface i
CHAPTER
1 Product Overview 1-1
New Technologies in the Nexus 5000 Series 1-1
Fibre Channel over Ethernet 1-1
I/O Consolidation 1-2
Virtual Interfaces 1-3
Nexus 5000 Series Switch Hardware 1-3
Chassis 1-3
Expansion Modules 1-3
Ethernet Interfaces 1-4
Fibre Channel Interfaces 1-4
Management Interfaces 1-4
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
Switched Port Analyzer 1-5
Ethanalyzer 1-6
Call Home 1-6
Online Diagnostics 1-6
Embedded Event Manager 1-6
Switch Management 1-6
Simple Network Management Protocol 1-6
Configuration Verification and Rollback 1-7
Role-Based Access Control 1-7
Configuration Methods 1-7
Network Security Features 1-7
Virtual Device Contexts 1-8
Typical Deployment Topologies 1-8
Ethernet TOR Switch Topology 1-8
IOC Topology 1-10
Supported Standards 1-11