Cisco Cisco Nexus 5010 Switch Guida All'Installazione

Cisco Nexus devices are shipped with the Cisco NX-OS software preinstalled on the switches. Before 
upgrading or downgrading from an existing image, you should read through the information in this 
document to understand the guidelines, prerequisites, and procedures for upgrading the software. For 
updated information about the Cisco NX-OS software for the Cisco Nexus device, see the 

The Cisco NX-OS software consists of the kickstart image and the system image. The system image 
includes the software for the Cisco Nexus device and the Cisco Nexus Fabric Extenders (FEXs) that are 
connected to the switch. The images contain a major release identifier, a minor release identifier, and a 
maintenance release identifier, and they can also contain a rebuild identifier, which may also be referred 
to as a support patch. The following figure shows the version identifiers that are used with a combination 
of platform-independent and platform-dependent schemes for the Cisco NX-OS software.

The platform designator is N for the Nexus Series Switches, E for the Nexus 4000 Series Switches, and 
S for the Nexus 1000 Series Switches. Applicable features, functions, and fixes in the 
platform-independent code are present in the platform-dependent release.

Cisco Nexus devices are shipped with the Cisco NX-OS software preinstalled. Cisco NX-OS upgrades 
and downgrades are supported on the hardware listed in the following sections: 

Cisco Nexus 5624Q (N5K-C5624Q)

Cisco Nexus 5696Q (N5K-C5696Q)

Cisco Nexus 5672 (N5K-C5672UP)

Cisco Nexus 56128 (N5K-C56128P)

Cisco Nexus 5696Q Unified Port Linecard Expansion Module (N5696-M20UP)

Cisco Nexus 5696Q 40 Gigabit Ethernet Linecard Expansion Module (N5696-M12Q)

Cisco Nexus 5696Q 100 Gigabit Ethernet Linecard Expansion Module (N5696-M4C)