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Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Hardware Installation Guide
This preface describes the audience, organization, and conventions of the Cisco Nexus 2000 Series
Hardware I nstallat ion Guid e. It also provides information on how to obtain related documentation.
This preface includes the following sections:
•Audience, pageix
•Organization, page ix
•Conventions, pagex
•Related Documentation, pagexvi
•Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request, pagexvii
Audience
To use this installation guide, you must be familiar with electronic circuitry and wiring practices and
preferably be an electronic or electromechanical technician.
Organization
This guide is organized as follows:
Chapter and Title Description
Chapter 1, “Using a Fabric Extender
with a Cisco Nexus 5000 Series or
Cisco Nexus 6000 Series Switch”
Provides an overview of the Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric
Extenders and their components as used with the Cisco Nexus
5000 Series switches.
Chapter 2, “Using a Fabric Extender
with a Cisco Nexus 7000 Series
Switch”
Provides an overview of the Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric
Extenders and their components as used with the Cisco Nexus
7000 Series switches.
Chapter 3, “Using a Fabric Extender
with a Cisco Nexus 9000 Series
Switch”
Provides an overview of the Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric
Extenders and their components as used with the Cisco Nexus
9000 Series switches.
Chapter 4, “Installing a Cisco Nexus
Fabric Extender”
Describes how to install the Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric
Extenders, and how to install modules, power supplies, and fan
assemblies.