Cisco NX‑OS
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Cisco NX‑OS is a data center–focused network operating system designed for high-performance, highly available switching and routing on Cisco’s Nexus platform.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cisco NX-OS | 8 |
| NX-OS | 2 |
| Cisco NX-OS devices | 1 |
| Cisco NX‑OS canonical | 1 |
| Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Software Configuration Guide | 1 |
| NX-OS CLI | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1590497 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cisco NX‑OS Context triple: [Cisco Nexus switches, operatingSystem, Cisco NX‑OS]
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A.
Cisco Nexus switches
Cisco Nexus switches are a family of high-performance, data center–class network switches designed by Cisco Systems for scalable, low-latency, and highly virtualized environments.
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B.
Cisco IOS
Cisco IOS is Cisco Systems’ proprietary network operating system that powers many of its routers and switches, providing core routing, switching, and network services.
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C.
Cisco ACI
Cisco ACI is Cisco’s software-defined networking (SDN) solution that provides centralized, policy-based automation and management for data center networks.
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D.
Cisco Catalyst switches
Cisco Catalyst switches are a family of enterprise-grade network switches from Cisco Systems designed for high-performance, secure, and scalable campus and data center networking.
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E.
Cisco Data Center Network Manager
Cisco Data Center Network Manager is a centralized management and automation platform for Cisco data center networking environments, providing configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting capabilities for large-scale infrastructures.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cisco NX‑OS Target entity description: Cisco NX‑OS is a data center–focused network operating system designed for high-performance, highly available switching and routing on Cisco’s Nexus platform.
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A.
Cisco Nexus switches
Cisco Nexus switches are a family of high-performance, data center–class network switches designed by Cisco Systems for scalable, low-latency, and highly virtualized environments.
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B.
Cisco IOS
Cisco IOS is Cisco Systems’ proprietary network operating system that powers many of its routers and switches, providing core routing, switching, and network services.
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C.
Cisco ACI
Cisco ACI is Cisco’s software-defined networking (SDN) solution that provides centralized, policy-based automation and management for data center networks.
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D.
Cisco Catalyst switches
Cisco Catalyst switches are a family of enterprise-grade network switches from Cisco Systems designed for high-performance, secure, and scalable campus and data center networking.
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E.
Cisco Data Center Network Manager
Cisco Data Center Network Manager is a centralized management and automation platform for Cisco data center networking environments, providing configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting capabilities for large-scale infrastructures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cisco software product
ⓘ
network operating system ⓘ |
| configurationInterface |
CLI
ⓘ
programmatic APIs ⓘ web-based GUI (DCNM integration) ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Cisco SAN-OS ⓘ |
| designedFor |
Cisco Nexus routers
ⓘ
linked to:
Cisco Nexus switches
Cisco Nexus switches ⓘ data center networks ⓘ high availability ⓘ high-performance switching ⓘ |
| developer | Cisco Systems ⓘ |
| kernelType | monolithic kernel with modular processes ⓘ |
| operatingSystemFamily |
NX-OS
ⓘ
linked to:
Cisco NX‑OS
|
| platform |
Cisco MDS 9000 Series Multilayer Switches
ⓘ
linked to:
Cisco MDS
Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders ⓘ
linked to:
Cisco Nexus switches
Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches ⓘ
linked to:
Cisco Nexus switches
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches ⓘ
linked to:
Cisco Nexus switches
Cisco Nexus 6000 Series Switches ⓘ
linked to:
Cisco Nexus switches
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches ⓘ
linked to:
Cisco Nexus switches
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches ⓘ
linked to:
Cisco Nexus switches
|
| supportsAutomation | yes ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
Access control lists
ⓘ
BGP ⓘ Cisco Smart Call Home ⓘ Cisco TrustSec ⓘ
linked to:
TrustSec (on supported models)
EIGRP ⓘ EVPN ⓘ FabricPath ⓘ Fibre Channel over Ethernet ⓘ
linked to:
FCoE
Fibre Channel switching ⓘ IS-IS ⓘ
linked to:
IS‑IS
In-Service Software Upgrade ⓘ Layer 2 switching ⓘ Layer 3 routing ⓘ MPLS ⓘ NX-API ⓘ NetFlow ⓘ OSPF ⓘ Overlay Transport Virtualization ⓘ PIM multicast routing ⓘ Python scripting ⓘ QoS ⓘ REST API ⓘ Role-based access control ⓘ SPAN and ERSPAN ⓘ VXLAN ⓘ Virtual Device Contexts ⓘ Virtual PortChannel ⓘ hitless supervisor switchover ⓘ sFlow ⓘ vPC peer-link redundancy ⓘ |
| supportsVirtualization | yes ⓘ |
| targetEnvironment |
enterprise data centers
ⓘ
service provider data centers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Cisco NX‑OS Description of subject: Cisco NX‑OS is a data center–focused network operating system designed for high-performance, highly available switching and routing on Cisco’s Nexus platform.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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