Appendix B. IOS, NX-OS, and Application Control Software Command-Line Interface Basics

Cisco IOS Software is without a doubt the world’s most deployed network operating system. With its pervasive presence in small office routers, wireless access points, campus switches, backbone routers, and many other Cisco devices, IOS has created a fully formed culture among network professionals. For that reason, the principles underlying the IOS command-line interface (CLI) are considered essential to the learning process of networking technologies.

Cisco NX-OS is the natural evolution of network operating systems for modern data center requirements (such as high availability, scalability, efficiency, and flexibility). Originated from SAN-OS, NX-OS is currently ...

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