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Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide, Release 5.x
OL-23435-03
Preface
This preface describes the audience, organization and conventions of the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series
NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide, Release 5.x. It also provides information on how to obtain
related documentation.
Audience
This publication is for experienced network administrators who configure and maintain Cisco NX-OS
devices.
Document Organization
This document is organized into the following chapters:
Chapter Description
Chapter 1, “Overview” Provides an overview of the Cisco NX-OS
interfaces.
Chapter 2, “Configuring Basic Interface
Parameters”
Describes how you can configure the basic
parameters shared by Layer 2 and Layer 3
interfaces.
Chapter 3, “Configuring Layer 2 Interfaces” Describes how to configure Layer 2 switching
ports as access or trunk ports.
Chapter 4, “Configuring Layer 3 Interfaces” Describes how to configure Layer 3 interfaces.
Chapter 5, “Configuring Bidirectional
Forwarding Detection”
Describes how to configure Bidirectional
Forwarding Detection (BFD) to provide fast
forwarding-path failure detection times for media
types, encapsulations, topologies, and routing
protocols..
Chapter 6, “Configuring Port Channels” Describes how to configure port channels and to
apply and configure the Link Aggregation Control
Protocol (LACP) for a more efficient use of port
channels.
Chapter 7, “Configuring vPCs” Describes how to configure virtual port channels
(vPCs).