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Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Interfaces Configuration Guide, Release 5.x
OL-23435-03
Preface
Document Conventions
Document Conventions
Command descriptions use these conventions:
Screen examples use these conventions:
This document uses the following conventions:
Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or references to material not covered in the
manual.
Chapter 8, “Configuring IP Tunnels” Describes how to configure IP tunnels using
Generic Route Encapsulation (GRE) on the
device.
Chapter 9, “Configuring Q-in-Q VLAN Tunnels” Describes how to configure IEEE 802.1Q-in-Q
(Q-in-Q) VLAN tunnels and Layer 2 protocol
tunneling.
Chapter A, “IETF RFCs supported by Cisco
NX-OS Interfaces”
lists the IETF RFCs for interfaces supported in
Cisco NX-OS Release 4.x
Chapter B, “Configuration Limits for Cisco
NX-OS Interfaces”
Lists the Cisco verified limits and maximum
limits for devices running NX-OS Release 4.x.
Chapter Description
Convention Description
boldface font Commands and keywords are in boldface.
italic font Arguments for which you supply values are in italics.
[ ] Elements in square brackets are optional.
[ x | y | z ] Optional alternative keywords are grouped in brackets and separated by vertical
bars.
string A nonquoted set of characters. Do not use quotation marks around the string or
the string will include the quotation marks.
screen font
Terminal sessions and information that the switch displays are in screen font.
boldface screen
font
Information that you must enter is in boldface screen font.
italic screen font
Arguments for which you supply values are in italic screen font.
< > Nonprinting characters, such as passwords, are in angle brackets.
[ ] Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets.
!, # An exclamation point (!) or a pound sign (#) at the beginning of a line of code
indicates a comment line.