System

System configuration encompasses fundamental device-level settings that define core operational behavior including hostname identification, global MTU, NV overlay VXLAN UDP port settings, SVI autostate behavior, and interface breakout maps. It includes global IPv4 settings (IP routing, ECMP hash tuning, ICMP redirect logging, source route control), and global IPv6 settings (IPv6 routing, access list local match behavior, ICMPv6 adjacency stale timer, ICMPv6 redirect syslog). System configuration also manages Ethernet defaults for switchport mode, shutdown behavior, transceiver support, storm control, link-status syslog levels, and interface syslog info. Additional sub-sections cover boot options, CFS distribution, CLI aliases, CoPP profiles, iCAM monitoring, hardware platform profiles (including TCAM region carving for ACL, QoS, and other forwarding table sizes), smart licensing transport, terminal timeouts, VTY access class ACL assignments, and VDC resource limits, establishing the foundational operational baseline for NX-OS devices.

System configuration encompasses fundamental device-level settings that define core operational behavior including hostname identification, global MTU, NV overlay VXLAN UDP port settings, SVI autostate behavior, and interface breakout maps. It includes global IPv4 settings (IP routing, ECMP hash tuning, ICMP redirect logging, source route control), and global IPv6 settings (IPv6 routing, access list local match behavior, ICMPv6 adjacency stale timer, ICMPv6 redirect syslog). System configuration also manages Ethernet defaults for switchport mode, shutdown behavior, transceiver support, storm control, link-status syslog levels, and interface syslog info. Additional sub-sections cover boot options, CFS distribution, CLI aliases, CoPP profiles, iCAM monitoring, hardware platform profiles, smart licensing transport, terminal timeouts, VTY access class ACL assignments, and VDC resource limits, establishing the foundational operational baseline for NX-OS devices.

System configuration encompasses fundamental device-level settings that define core operational behavior including hostname identification, global MTU, NV overlay VXLAN UDP port settings, and SVI autostate behavior. It includes global IPv4 settings (IP routing, ECMP hash tuning, ICMP redirect logging, source route control), and global IPv6 settings (IPv6 routing, access list local match behavior). System configuration also manages Ethernet defaults for switchport mode, shutdown behavior, transceiver support, storm control, link-status syslog levels, and interface syslog info, establishing the foundational operational baseline for NX-OS devices.

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Classes

system (nxos.devices.configuration)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
hostname	String		No
mtu	Integer	min: 576, max: 9216	No
nv_overlay_vxlan_udp_port	Integer	min: 1024, max: 65535	No
nv_overlay_vxlan_udp_source_port_mode	Choice	low, high, rfc	No
nve_ipmc_index_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 7000	No
nve_overlay_vlans	Class	[nve_overlay_vlans]	No
nve_infra_vlans	List	[nve_infra_vlans]	No
interface_vlan_autostate	Boolean	true, false	No
ip_routing	Boolean	true, false	No
ip_access_list_match_local_traffic	Boolean	true, false	No
logging_level_ip	Choice	emergency, alert, critical, error, warning, notification, informational, debug	No
ip_redirect_syslog	Boolean	true, false	No
ip_redirect_syslog_interval	Integer	min: 30, max: 1800	No
ip_source_route	Boolean	true, false	No
hardware_ecmp_hash_offset_concatenation	Boolean	true, false	No
hardware_ecmp_hash_offset_value	Integer	min: 0, max: 63	No
hardware_ecmp_hash_polynomial	Choice	crc16, crc32hi	No
ipv6_routing	Boolean	true, false	No
ipv6_access_list_match_local_traffic	Boolean	true, false	No
ipv6_adjacency_stale_timer	Integer	min: 30, max: 65535	No
ipv6_adjacency_stale_timer_icmp	Boolean	true, false	No
ipv6_redirect_syslog	Boolean	true, false	No
ipv6_redirect_syslog_interval	Integer	min: 30, max: 1800	No
boot	Class	[boot]	No
interface_breakout_modules	List	[interface_breakout_modules]	No
cfs_distribute	Boolean	true, false	No
cfs_eth_distribute	Boolean	true, false	No
cfs_ipv4_distribute	Boolean	true, false	No
cfs_ipv4_mcast_address	IP		No
cfs_ipv6_distribute	Boolean	true, false	No
cfs_ipv6_mcast_address	IP		No
cli_aliases	List	[cli_aliases]	No
copp_profile	Choice	strict, moderate, lenient, dense	No
copp_rate_limit	Boolean	true, false	No
ethernet	Class	[ethernet]	No
icam_monitor_interval	Integer	min: 1, max: 24	No
icam_monitor_history	Integer	min: 168, max: 1344	No
icam_monitor_scale	Boolean	true, false	No
icam_monitor_scale_threshold_critical	Integer	min: 1, max: 100	No
icam_monitor_scale_threshold_info	Integer	min: 1, max: 100	No
icam_monitor_scale_threshold_warning	Integer	min: 1, max: 100	No
system	Class	[system]	No
smart_licensing_transport	Choice	callhome, cslu, off, smart	No
smart_licensing_url_cslu	String		No
line_console_exec_timeout	Integer	min: 0, max: 525600	No
line_vty_access_class_in	String		No
line_vty_access_class_out	String		No
line_vty_exec_timeout	Integer	min: 0, max: 525600	No
line_vty_session_limit	Integer	min: 1, max: 64	No
vdcs	List	[vdcs]	No
ttag_marker_interval	Integer	min: 1, max: 25200	No

system (nxos.devices.configuration)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
hostname	String		No
mtu	Integer	min: 576, max: 9216	No
nv_overlay_vxlan_udp_port	Integer	min: 1024, max: 65535	No
nv_overlay_vxlan_udp_source_port_mode	Choice	low, high, rfc	No
interface_vlan_autostate	Boolean	true, false	No
ip_routing	Boolean	true, false	No
ip_access_list_match_local_traffic	Boolean	true, false	No
logging_level_ip	Choice	emergency, alert, critical, error, warning, notification, informational, debug	No
ip_redirect_syslog	Boolean	true, false	No
ip_redirect_syslog_interval	Integer	min: 30, max: 1800	No
ip_source_route	Boolean	true, false	No
hardware_ecmp_hash_offset_concatenation	Boolean	true, false	No
hardware_ecmp_hash_offset_value	Integer	min: 0, max: 63	No
hardware_ecmp_hash_polynomial	Choice	crc16, crc32hi	No
ipv6_routing	Boolean	true, false	No
ipv6_access_list_match_local_traffic	Boolean	true, false	No
ipv6_adjacency_stale_timer	Integer	min: 30, max: 65535	No
ipv6_adjacency_stale_timer_icmp	Boolean	true, false	No
ipv6_redirect_syslog	Boolean	true, false	No
ipv6_redirect_syslog_interval	Integer	min: 30, max: 1800	No
boot	Class	[boot]	No
interface_breakout_modules	List	[interface_breakout_modules]	No
cfs_distribute	Boolean	true, false	No
cfs_eth_distribute	Boolean	true, false	No
cfs_ipv4_distribute	Boolean	true, false	No
cfs_ipv4_mcast_address	String		No
cfs_ipv6_distribute	Boolean	true, false	No
cfs_ipv6_mcast_address	String		No
cli_aliases	List	[cli_aliases]	No
copp_profile	Choice	strict, moderate, lenient, dense	No
copp_rate_limit	Boolean	true, false	No
ethernet	Class	[ethernet]	No
icam_monitor_interval	Integer	min: 1, max: 24	No
icam_monitor_intervals	Integer	min: 168, max: 1344	No
icam_monitor_scale	Boolean	true, false	No
icam_monitor_threshold_critical	Integer	min: 1, max: 100	No
icam_monitor_threshold_info	Integer	min: 1, max: 100	No
icam_monitor_threshold_warning	Integer	min: 1, max: 100	No
platform	Class	[platform]	No
smart_licensing_transport	Choice	callhome, cslu, off, smart	No
smart_licensing_url_cslu	String		No
terminal_console_exec_timeout	Integer	min: 0, max: 525600	No
line_vty_access_class_in	String		No
line_vty_access_class_out	String		No
line_vty_exec_timeout	Integer	min: 0, max: 525600	No
line_vty_session_limit	Integer	min: 1, max: 64	No
vdcs	List	[vdcs]	No

system (nxos.devices.configuration)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
hostname	String		No
mtu	Integer	min: 576, max: 9216	No
nv_overlay_vxlan_udp_port	Integer	min: 1024, max: 65535	No
nv_overlay_vxlan_udp_source_port_mode	Choice	low, high, rfc	No
interface_vlan_autostate	Boolean	true, false	No
hsrp_bfd	Boolean	true, false	No
hsrp_timers_extended_hold	Integer	min: 10, max: 255	No
ip_routing	Boolean	true, false	No
ip_access_list_match_local_traffic	Boolean	true, false	No
logging_level_ip	Choice	emergency, alert, critical, error, warning, notification, informational, debug	No
ip_redirect_syslog	Boolean	true, false	No
ip_redirect_syslog_interval	Integer	min: 30, max: 1800	No
ip_source_route	Boolean	true, false	No
hardware_ecmp_hash_offset_concatenation	Boolean	true, false	No
hardware_ecmp_hash_offset_value	Integer	min: 0, max: 63	No
hardware_ecmp_hash_polynomial	Choice	crc16, crc32hi	No
ipv6_routing	Boolean	true, false	No
ipv6_access_list_match_local_traffic	Boolean	true, false	No
ethernet	Class	[ethernet]	No

nve_overlay_vlans (nxos.devices.configuration.system)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
ids	List	Integer[min: 1, max: 4094]	No
ranges	List	[ranges]	No

nve_infra_vlans (nxos.devices.configuration.system)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
vlans	Class	[vlans]	Yes
force	Boolean	true, false	No

boot (nxos.devices.configuration.system)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
auto_copy	Boolean	true, false	No
dhcp	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
exclude_configuration	Boolean	true, false	No
mode	Choice	none, lxc	No
order	Choice	bootflash, pxe, pxe2bootflash, bootflash2pxe	No
poap	Boolean	true, false	No
image_verify	Boolean	true, false	No
nxos_sup_1	String		No
nxos_sup_2	String		No
aci	String		No

boot (nxos.devices.configuration.system)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
auto_copy	Boolean	true, false	No
dhcp	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
exclude_configuration	Boolean	true, false	No
mode	Choice	none, lxc	No
order	Choice	bootflash, pxe, pxe2bootflash, bootflash2pxe	No
poap	Boolean	true, false	No
image_verify	Boolean	true, false	No
nxos_image_sup_1	String		No
nxos_image_sup_2	String		No
aci	String		No

interface_breakout_modules (nxos.devices.configuration.system)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
id	Integer	min: 1, max: 32	Yes
ports	List	[ports]	No

cli_aliases (nxos.devices.configuration.system)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
name	String		Yes
command	String		Yes

ethernet (nxos.devices.configuration.system)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
default_switchport_shutdown	Boolean	true, false	No
service_unsupported_transceiver	Boolean	true, false	No
default_switchport	Choice	layer2, layer3	No
logging_event_port	Choice	link-status-default, link-status-enable, none, trunk-status-default, trunk-status-enable	No
default_interface_shutdown	Choice	down, down-exclude-fabric, up	No
link_failure_laser_on	Boolean	true, false	No
storm_control_multicast	Boolean	true, false	No
dot1q_tag_native	Boolean	true, false	No
admin_link_down_syslog_level	Integer	min: 0, max: 7	No
admin_link_up_syslog_level	Integer	min: 0, max: 7	No
interface_syslog_info	Choice	default, info-1	No

platform (nxos.devices.configuration.system)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
hostname	String		No
mtu	Integer	min: 576, max: 9216	No
nxapi	Class	[nxapi]	No
nv_overlay_vxlan_udp_port	Integer	min: 1024, max: 65535	No
nv_overlay_vxlan_udp_source_port_mode	Choice	low, high, rfc	No
nve_ipmc_index_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 7000	No
nve_overlay_vlans	Class	[nve_overlay_vlans]	No
nve_infra_vlans	List	[nve_infra_vlans]	No
interface_vlan_autostate	Boolean	true, false	No
hsrp_bfd	Boolean	true, false	No
hsrp_timers_extended_hold	Integer	min: 10, max: 255	No
hypershield	Class	[hypershield]	No
ip_routing	Boolean	true, false	No
ip_access_list_match_local_traffic	Boolean	true, false	No
logging_level_ip	Choice	emergency, alert, critical, error, warning, notification, informational, debug	No
ip_redirect_syslog	Boolean	true, false	No
ip_redirect_syslog_interval	Integer	min: 30, max: 1800	No
ip_source_route	Boolean	true, false	No
hardware_access_list_tcam_region	Class	[hardware_access_list_tcam_region]	No
hardware_ecmp_hash_offset_concatenation	Boolean	true, false	No
hardware_ecmp_hash_offset_value	Integer	min: 0, max: 63	No
hardware_ecmp_hash_polynomial	Choice	crc16, crc32hi	No
ipv6_routing	Boolean	true, false	No
ipv6_access_list_match_local_traffic	Boolean	true, false	No
ipv6_adjacency_stale_timer	Integer	min: 30, max: 65535	No
ipv6_adjacency_stale_timer_icmp	Boolean	true, false	No
ipv6_redirect_syslog	Boolean	true, false	No
ipv6_redirect_syslog_interval	Integer	min: 30, max: 1800	No
boot	Class	[boot]	No
interface_breakout_modules	List	[interface_breakout_modules]	No
cfs_distribute	Boolean	true, false	No
cfs_eth_distribute	Boolean	true, false	No
cfs_ipv4_distribute	Boolean	true, false	No
cfs_ipv4_mcast_address	IP		No
cfs_ipv6_distribute	Boolean	true, false	No
cfs_ipv6_mcast_address	IP		No
cli_aliases	List	[cli_aliases]	No
copp_profile	Choice	strict, moderate, lenient, dense	No
copp_rate_limit	Boolean	true, false	No
ethernet	Class	[ethernet]	No
erspan_origin_ip_address	IP		No
erspan_origin_ipv6_address	IP		No
clock	Class	[clock]	No
icam_monitor_interval	Integer	min: 1, max: 24	No
icam_monitor_history	Integer	min: 168, max: 1344	No
icam_monitor_scale	Boolean	true, false	No
icam_monitor_scale_threshold_critical	Integer	min: 1, max: 100	No
icam_monitor_scale_threshold_info	Integer	min: 1, max: 100	No
icam_monitor_scale_threshold_warning	Integer	min: 1, max: 100	No
hardware	Class	[hardware]	No
hardware_profile	Class	[hardware_profile]	No
port_channel	Class	[port_channel]	No
switch_mode	Choice	default, n3k, n9k	No
fabric_mode	Choice	full-rate, default	No
routing	Choice	non-hierarchical-routing, non-hierarchical-routing-max-l3-mode, max-mode-host, max-mode-tor-l3, mode-hierarchical-64b-alpm, non-hierarchical-max-mode-l3-nh-64b-alpm-nh, hierarchical-def-max-mode-l3-64b-alpm, max-mode-tor-l2, max-mode-tor-l2-l3, template-overlay-host-scale, template-lpm-heavy, template-lpm-scale-v6-64, template-dual-stack-host-scale, template-service-provider, template-multicast-heavy, template-vxlan-scale, template-mpls-heavy, template-internet-peering, template-multicast-ext-heavy, template-l3-heavy, template-dual-stack-mcast, template-l2-heavy, template-l2-scale, template-security-groups	No
ssh	Class	[ssh]	No
smart_licensing_transport	Choice	callhome, cslu, off, smart	No
smart_licensing_url_cslu	String		No
line_console_exec_timeout	Integer	min: 0, max: 525600	No
line_vty_access_class_in	String		No
line_vty_access_class_out	String		No
line_vty_exec_timeout	Integer	min: 0, max: 525600	No
line_vty_session_limit	Integer	min: 1, max: 64	No
vdcs	List	[vdcs]	No
ttag_marker_interval	Integer	min: 1, max: 25200	No

platform (nxos.devices.configuration.system)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
access_list_match_inner_header	Boolean	true, false	No
acl_tap_aggregation	Boolean	true, false	No
disable_parse_error	Boolean	true, false	No
global_tx_span	Boolean	true, false	No
high_multicast_priority	Boolean	true, false	No
hardware_lou_resource_threshold	Integer	min: 1, max: 50	No
ingress_bd_ifacl_label_optimization	Boolean	true, false	No
ingress_racl_size	Boolean	true, false	No
ingress_replication_round_robin	Boolean	true, false	No
ip_statistics	Boolean	true, false	No
ipv6_alpm_carve_value	Integer	min: 0, max: 4096	No
ipv6_lpm_max_entries	Integer	min: 0, max: 6144	No
lpm_max_limit	Integer	min: 0, max: 4096	No
multicast_dcs_check	Boolean	true, false	No
multicast_flex_stats	Boolean	true, false	No
multicast_lpm_max_entries	Integer	min: 0, max: 4096	No
multicast_max_limit	Integer	min: 0, max: 8000	No
multicast_nlb	Boolean	true, false	No
multicast_racl_bridge	Boolean	true, false	No
multicast_rpf_check_optimization	Boolean	true, false	No
multicast_service_reflect_port	Integer	min: 0, max: 48	No
multicast_syslog_threshold	Integer	min: 1, max: 100	No
mld_snooping	Boolean	true, false	No
mpls_adjacency_stats_mode	Choice	PACKETS, BYTES	No
mpls_ecmp	Boolean	true, false	No
mrouting_disable_l2_update	Boolean	true, false	No
mrouting_disable_second_route_update	Boolean	true, false	No
mrouting_performance_mode	Boolean	true, false	No
openflow_forward_pdu	Boolean	true, false	No
pbr_skip_self_ip	Boolean	true, false	No
pic_core	Boolean	true, false	No
port_channel_fast_convergence	Boolean	true, false	No
port_channel_load_balance	Choice	dlb, rtag7, rtag7-murmur, rtag7-local-crc, dynamic-pin	No
port_channel_load_balance_resilient	Boolean	true, false	No
port_channel_mpls_load_balance_label_ip	Boolean	true, false	No
port_channel_mpls_load_balance_label_only	Boolean	true, false	No
port_channel_scale_fanout	Boolean	true, false	No
profile_front_portmode	Choice	sfp-plus, qsfp	No
profile_mode	String		No
profile_tuple	Boolean	true, false	No
pstat	Boolean	true, false	No
qos_min_buffer	Choice	all, none, default	No
routing_mode	String		No
service_template_name	String		No
svi_and_si_flex_stats	Boolean	true, false	No
svi_flex_stats	Boolean	true, false	No
switch_mode	Choice	default, n3k, n9k	No
switching_fabric_speed	Choice	default, fabric-speed-40g	No
switching_mode	Choice	store-forward, cut-through	No
system_fabric_mode	Choice	full-rate, default	No
tcam_syslog_threshold	Integer	min: 1, max: 100	No
unicast_max_limit	Integer	min: 0, max: 8000	No
unicast_syslog_threshold	Integer	min: 1, max: 100	No
unicast_trace	Boolean	true, false	No
unknown_unicast_flood	Boolean	true, false	No
urpf	Boolean	true, false	No
wrr_unicast_bandwidth	Integer	min: 0, max: 100	No

vdcs (nxos.devices.configuration.system)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
id	Integer	min: 0, max: 65535	Yes
resource_limits	Class	[resource_limits]	No

ranges (nxos.devices.configuration.system.nve_overlay_vlans)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
from	Integer	min: 1, max: 4094	Yes
to	Integer	min: 1, max: 4094	Yes

vlans (nxos.devices.configuration.system.nve_infra_vlans)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
ids	List	Integer[min: 1, max: 4096]	No
ranges	List	[ranges]	No

ports (nxos.devices.configuration.system.interface_breakout_modules)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
id	Integer	min: 1, max: 108	Yes
map	Choice	no-breakout, 10g-4x, 50g-2x, 25g-4x, 10g-2x, 100g-4x, 50g-4x, 200g-1x, 100g-2x, 200g-2x, 40g-1x, 400g-2x, 100g-8x, 800g-1x, 100g-2x-pam4	No

nxapi (nxos.devices.configuration.system.platform)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
http_port	Integer	min: -1, max: 65535	No
https_port	Integer	min: -1, max: 65535	No
vrf	String		No
idle_timeout	Integer	min: 1, max: 1440	No
certificate_enable	Boolean	true, false	No
certificate_httpscrt	String		No
certificate_httpskey	String		No
certificate_httpskey_passphrase	String		No
certificate_trustpoint	String		No
ssl_protocols	String		No
ssl_ciphers_weak	Boolean	true, false	No
client_cert_auth	Choice	off, optional, strict, two-step	No
sudi	Boolean	true, false	No

hypershield (nxos.devices.configuration.system.platform)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
source_interface_type	Choice	ethernet, loopback, mgmt, port-channel, vlan, vni	No
source_interface_id	Any	String or Integer[min: 0]	No
https_proxy	String		No
https_proxy_port	Integer	min: 1, max: 65535	No
firewall_in_service	Boolean	true, false	No
firewall_vrfs	List	[firewall_vrfs]	No

hardware_access_list_tcam_region (nxos.devices.configuration.system.platform)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
arp_acl_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
copp_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
e_hw_telemetry_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
e_ifacl_all_per_port_stats	Boolean	true, false	No
e_ifacl_all_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
e_ipv6_racl_per_port_stats	Boolean	true, false	No
e_racl_per_port_stats	Boolean	true, false	No
egr_copp_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
egr_flow_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
egr_ifacl_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
egr_l2_qos_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
egr_l3_vlan_qos_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
egr_racl_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
egr_sup_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
e_ipv6_qos_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
e_ipv6_racl_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
e_mac_qos_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
e_qos_lite_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
e_qos_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
e_racl_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
egress_vacl_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
fcoe_egress_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
fcoe_ingress_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
fhs_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
hw_telemetry_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ifacl_all_per_port_stats	Boolean	true, false	No
ifacl_all_profile	Integer	min: 0, max: 15	No
ifacl_all_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ifacl_lite_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ifacl_per_port_stats	Boolean	true, false	No
ifacl_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ifacl_udf_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ing_dacl_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ing_flow_redirect_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ing_flow_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ing_ifacl_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ing_ifacl_wide_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ing_ipv6_ifacl_lite_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ing_l2_l3_qos_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ing_l2_qos_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ing_l2_span_filter_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ing_l3_span_filter_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ing_pacl_sb_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ing_racl_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ing_rbacl_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ing_redirect_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ing_storm_control_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ing_sup_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ing_vacl_nh_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ing_vlan_qos_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ipsg_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ipv6_ifacl_per_port_stats	Boolean	true, false	No
ipv6_ifacl_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ipv6_l3_qos_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ipv6_pbr_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ipv6_qos_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ipv6_racl_per_port_stats	Boolean	true, false	No
ipv6_racl_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ipv6_span_l2_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ipv6_span_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ipv6_sup_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ipv6_vacl_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
ipv6_vqos_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
l3qos_intra_lite_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
mac_ifacl_per_port_stats	Boolean	true, false	No
mac_ifacl_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
mac_l3_qos_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
mac_qos_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
mac_vacl_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
mac_vqos_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
mcast_bidir_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
mcast_nat_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
mcast_nbm_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
mpls_double_wide	Boolean	true, false	No
mpls_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
mvpn_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 10	No
arp_ether_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
nat_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
openflow_double_wide	Boolean	true, false	No
openflow_lite_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
openflow_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
pbr_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
qos_intra_lite_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
qos_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
racl_all_per_port_stats	Boolean	true, false	No
racl_all_profile	Integer	min: 0, max: 15	No
racl_all_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
racl_lite_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
racl_per_port_stats	Boolean	true, false	No
racl_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
racl_udf_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
redirect_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
span_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
sup_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
svi_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
tcp_nat_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 100	No
vacl_lite_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
vacl_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
vpc_convergence_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
vqos_intra_lite_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
vqos_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No
vxlan_p2p_size	Integer	min: 0, max: 2147483647	No

clock (nxos.devices.configuration.system.platform)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
format	Choice	24hours, 12hours	No
format_show_timezone_debug	Boolean	true, false	No
format_show_timezone_syslog	Boolean	true, false	No
protocol	Choice	unspecified, ptp, ntp, none, gnss	No
timezone_name	String		No
timezone_hours	Integer	min: -12, max: 14	No
timezone_minutes	Integer	min: 0, max: 59	No
summer_time	Class	[summer_time]	No

hardware (nxos.devices.configuration.system.platform)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
acl_redirect_share_disable	Boolean	true, false	No
counter_feature_bfd	Integer	min: 0, max: 4294967295	No
counter_bfd_feature_scale	Integer	min: 0, max: 4294967295	No
counter_feature_ecn	Integer	min: 0, max: 4294967295	No
counter_ecn_feature_scale	Integer	min: 0, max: 4294967295	No
counter_feature_egr_acl	Integer	min: 0, max: 4294967295	No
counter_egr_acl_feature_scale	Integer	min: 0, max: 4294967295	No
counter_feature_ingr_acl	Integer	min: 0, max: 4294967295	No
counter_ingr_acl_feature_scale	Integer	min: 0, max: 4294967295	No
counter_feature_l2vni	Integer	min: 0, max: 4294967295	No
counter_l2vni_feature_scale	Integer	min: 0, max: 4294967295	No
counter_feature_l3vni	Integer	min: 0, max: 4294967295	No
counter_l3vni_feature_scale	Integer	min: 0, max: 4294967295	No
counter_feature_si	Integer	min: 0, max: 4294967295	No
counter_si_feature_scale	Integer	min: 0, max: 4294967295	No
counter_feature_svi	Integer	min: 0, max: 4294967295	No
counter_svi_feature_scale	Integer	min: 0, max: 4294967295	No
counter_feature_tunnel	Integer	min: 0, max: 4294967295	No
counter_tunnel_feature_scale	Integer	min: 0, max: 4294967295	No
counter_feature_vlan	Integer	min: 0, max: 4294967295	No
counter_vlan_feature_scale	Integer	min: 0, max: 4294967295	No
counter_feature_voq	Integer	min: 0, max: 4294967295	No
counter_voq_feature_scale	Integer	min: 0, max: 4294967295	No
dme_load_interval	Integer	min: 0, max: 4294967295	No
egr_l2_qos_ifacl_label_size	Boolean	true, false	No
gpe_5_timer_enable	Boolean	true, false	No
ing_ifacl_label_size	Boolean	true, false	No
vrf_nat_label_width	Integer	min: 0, max: 6	No
mpls_qos_pipe_mode	Boolean	true, false	No
multicast_nlb_port_channel	Boolean	true, false	No
multicast_priority	Integer	min: 0, max: 15	No
multicast_stats_disable	Boolean	true, false	No
pbr_ecmp_paths	Integer	min: 1, max: 64	No
pbr_next_hop_fast_convergence	Boolean	true, false	No
pbr_match_default_route	Boolean	true, false	No
access_list_tcam_per_entry_stats_template	Choice	l3qos, racl, span-acl, pbr	No
storm_control_priority	Choice	default, drop-l3, drop-l2, drop-all	No
sub_interface_flex_stats	Choice	disable, l3, l2	No
access_list_update_atomic	Boolean	true, false	No
access_list_update_atomic_strict	Boolean	true, false	No
access_list_update_default_result	Boolean	true, false	No
vrf_aware_nat_enable	Boolean	true, false	No

hardware_profile (nxos.devices.configuration.system.platform)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
access_list_match_inner_header	Boolean	true, false	No
acl_tap_aggregation	Boolean	true, false	No
disable_parse_error	Boolean	true, false	No
flow_redirect_forward_pdu	Boolean	true, false	No
front_portmode	Choice	sfp-plus, qsfp	No
forwarding_mode	String		No
global_tx_span	Boolean	true, false	No
high_multicast_priority	Boolean	true, false	No
hardware_lou_resource_threshold	Integer	min: 1, max: 50	No
ingress_bd_ifacl_label_optimization	Boolean	true, false	No
ingress_racl_size	Boolean	true, false	No
ingress_replication_round_robin	Boolean	true, false	No
ip_statistics	Boolean	true, false	No
ipv6_alpm_carve_value	Integer	min: 0, max: 4096	No
ipv6_lpm_max_entries	Integer	min: 0, max: 6144	No
lpm_max_limit	Integer	min: 0, max: 4096	No
multicast_dcs_check	Boolean	true, false	No
multicast_flex_stats	Boolean	true, false	No
multicast_lpm_max_entries	Integer	min: 0, max: 4096	No
multicast_max_limit	Integer	min: 0, max: 8000	No
multicast_nlb	Boolean	true, false	No
multicast_racl_bridge	Boolean	true, false	No
multicast_rpf_check_optimization	Boolean	true, false	No
multicast_service_reflect_port	Integer	min: 0, max: 48	No
multicast_syslog_threshold	Integer	min: 1, max: 100	No
mld_snooping	Boolean	true, false	No
mpls_adjacency_stats_mode	Choice	packets, bytes	No
mpls_ecmp	Boolean	true, false	No
mrouting_disable_l2_update	Boolean	true, false	No
mrouting_disable_second_route_update	Boolean	true, false	No
mrouting_performance_mode	Boolean	true, false	No
pbr_skip_self_ip	Boolean	true, false	No
pic_core	Boolean	true, false	No
portmode_tuple	Boolean	true, false	No
pstat	Boolean	true, false	No
qos_min_buffer	Choice	all, none, default	No
service_template_name	String		No
svi_and_si_flex_stats_enable	Boolean	true, false	No
svi_flex_stats	Boolean	true, false	No
tcam_syslog_threshold	Integer	min: 1, max: 100	No
unicast_max_limit	Integer	min: 0, max: 8000	No
unicast_syslog_threshold	Integer	min: 1, max: 100	No
unicast_trace	Boolean	true, false	No
unknown_unicast_flood	Boolean	true, false	No
urpf	Boolean	true, false	No
wrr_unicast_bandwidth	Integer	min: 0, max: 100	No

port_channel (nxos.devices.configuration.system.platform)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
fast_convergence	Boolean	true, false	No
load_balance	Choice	dlb, rtag7, rtag7-murmur, rtag7-local-crc, dynamic-pin	No
load_balance2_resilient	Boolean	true, false	No
load_balance_mpls_label_ip	Boolean	true, false	No
load_balance_mpls_label_only	Boolean	true, false	No
scale_fanout	Boolean	true, false	No

ssh (nxos.devices.configuration.system.platform)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
ciphers_all	Boolean	true, false	No
ciphers_weak	Boolean	true, false	No
kexalgos_all	Boolean	true, false	No
keytypes_all	Boolean	true, false	No
login_attempts	Integer	min: 1, max: 10	No
login_gracetime	Integer	min: 0, max: 3600	No
macs_all	Boolean	true, false	No
port	Integer	min: 22, max: 65535	No
keys	List	[keys]	No

resource_limits (nxos.devices.configuration.system.vdcs)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
port_channel_maximum	Integer	min: 0, max: 766	No
port_channel_minimum	Integer	min: 0, max: 766	No
vlan_maximum	Integer	min: 16, max: 4094	No
vlan_minimum	Integer	min: 16, max: 4094	No
vrf_maximum	Integer	min: 2, max: 4097	No
vrf_minimum	Integer	min: 2, max: 4097	No

resource_limits (nxos.devices.configuration.system.vdcs)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
multicast_ipv4_route_memory_maximum	Integer	min: 3, max: 150	No
multicast_ipv4_route_memory_minimum	Integer	min: 3, max: 150	No
multicast_ipv6_route_memory_maximum	Integer	min: 3, max: 20	No
multicast_ipv6_route_memory_minimum	Integer	min: 3, max: 20	No
port_channel_maximum	Integer	min: 0, max: 766	No
port_channel_minimum	Integer	min: 0, max: 766	No
unicast_ipv4_route_memory_maximum	Integer	min: 1, max: 768	No
unicast_ipv4_route_memory_minimum	Integer	min: 1, max: 768	No
unicast_ipv6_route_memory_maximum	Integer	min: 1, max: 512	No
unicast_ipv6_route_memory_minimum	Integer	min: 1, max: 512	No
vlan_maximum	Integer	min: 16, max: 4094	No
vlan_minimum	Integer	min: 16, max: 4094	No
vrf_maximum	Integer	min: 2, max: 4097	No
vrf_minimum	Integer	min: 2, max: 4097	No

ranges (nxos.devices.configuration.system.nve_infra_vlans.vlans)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
from	Integer	min: 1, max: 4096	Yes
to	Integer	min: 1, max: 4096	Yes

firewall_vrfs (nxos.devices.configuration.system.platform.hypershield)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
name	String		Yes

summer_time (nxos.devices.configuration.system.platform.clock)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
name	String		Yes
offset_minutes	Integer	min: 1, max: 1440	No
start_week	Integer	min: 1, max: 5	No
start_day	Choice	Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat	No
start_month	Choice	Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec	No
start_time	String		No
end_week	Integer	min: 1, max: 5	No
end_day	Choice	Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat	No
end_month	Choice	Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec	No
end_time	String		No

keys (nxos.devices.configuration.system.platform.ssh)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
type	Choice	rsa, dsa, ecdsa	Yes
key_length	Integer	min: 0, max: 4096	No

configuration (nxos.devices)

Name	Type	Constraint	Mandatory	Default Value
system	Class	[system]	No

Examples

Example 1: VXLAN leaf switch with system and Ethernet defaults

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: LEAF1
      configuration:
        system:
          hostname: LEAF1
          mtu: 9216
          ip_routing: true
          ipv6_routing: true
          ethernet:
            default_switchport: layer2
            default_switchport_shutdown: false
            service_unsupported_transceiver: true

Example 2: Spine switch with ECMP hash tuning for VXLAN fabric load balancing

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: SPINE1
      configuration:
        system:
          hostname: SPINE1
          mtu: 9216
          ip_routing: true
          ip_source_route: false
          hardware_ecmp_hash_polynomial: crc32hi
          hardware_ecmp_hash_offset_concatenation: true
          hardware_ecmp_hash_offset_value: 32
          ethernet:
            default_switchport: layer3
            default_switchport_shutdown: false

Example 3: Border leaf with IP/IPv6 routing, ICMP/ICMPv6 redirect logging, and Ethernet security

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: BORDER-LEAF1
      configuration:
        system:
          hostname: BORDER-LEAF1
          mtu: 9216
          ip_routing: true
          ip_source_route: false
          ip_access_list_match_local_traffic: true
          ip_redirect_syslog: true
          ip_redirect_syslog_interval: 300
          logging_level_ip: warning
          ipv6_routing: true
          ipv6_access_list_match_local_traffic: true
          ipv6_adjacency_stale_timer: 500
          ipv6_adjacency_stale_timer_icmp: true
          ipv6_redirect_syslog: true
          ipv6_redirect_syslog_interval: 120
          ethernet:
            default_switchport: layer2
            default_switchport_shutdown: true
            dot1q_tag_native: true
            logging_event_port: link-status-enable

Example 4: Ethernet defaults with link-status syslog tuning

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: LEAF1
      configuration:
        system:
          hostname: LEAF1
          ethernet:
            default_switchport: layer2
            default_switchport_shutdown: false
            logging_event_port: link-status-enable
            admin_link_down_syslog_level: 4
            admin_link_up_syslog_level: 4
            interface_syslog_info: info-1

Example 5: System boot configuration with NXOS image and POAP

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: LEAF1
      configuration:
        system:
          boot:
            auto_copy: true
            poap: false
            image_verify: true
            nxos_image_sup_1: bootflash:nxos64-cs.10.4.3.F.bin
            order: bootflash

Example 6: CFS distribution and CoPP profile

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: LEAF1
      configuration:
        system:
          cfs_distribute: true
          cfs_eth_distribute: true
          copp_profile: strict

Example 7: CLI aliases, terminal timeouts, and smart licensing

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: LEAF1
      configuration:
        system:
          cli_aliases:
            - name: wr
              command: copy running-config startup-config
            - name: sri
              command: show running-config interface
          line_console_exec_timeout: 0
          line_vty_exec_timeout: 30
          line_vty_session_limit: 10
          line_vty_access_class_in: VTY-ACL-IN
          line_vty_access_class_out: VTY-ACL-OUT
          smart_licensing_transport: cslu
          smart_licensing_url_cslu: https://cslu.example.com

Example 8: System routing template for security groups

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: LEAF1
      configuration:
        system:
          routing: template-security-groups

Example 10: Hardware profile and port-channel configuration for VXLAN leaf

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: LEAF1
      configuration:
        system:
          hardware_profile:
            multicast_rpf_check_optimization: true
            ingress_replication_round_robin: true
            urpf: true
          port_channel:
            load_balance: rtag7
            load_balance2_resilient: true

Example 11: Extended hardware profile with counter management and PBR tuning

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: LEAF1
      configuration:
        system:
          hardware:
            dme_load_interval: 300
            access_list_update_atomic: true
            access_list_update_atomic_strict: false
            pbr_ecmp_paths: 16
            pbr_next_hop_fast_convergence: true
            pbr_match_default_route: false
            counter_feature_bfd: 7
            counter_bfd_feature_scale: 256
            counter_feature_svi: 10
            counter_svi_feature_scale: 1024
            multicast_nlb_port_channel: true
            multicast_stats_disable: false
            storm_control_priority: drop-l3
            sub_interface_flex_stats: l3
            vrf_aware_nat_enable: true

Example 12: NVE platform configuration with infra VLANs for bud-node VXLAN

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: LEAF1
      configuration:
        system:
          nve_ipmc_index_size: 4096
          nve_overlay_vlans:
            ranges:
              - from: 2
                to: 10
          nve_infra_vlans:
            - vlans:
                ids: [2]
              force: true
            - vlans:
                ids: [3]
              force: true

Example 13: iCAM monitoring with scale thresholds

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: LEAF1
      configuration:
        system:
          icam_monitor_interval: 1
          icam_monitor_history: 168
          icam_monitor_scale: true
          icam_monitor_scale_threshold_critical: 90
          icam_monitor_scale_threshold_warning: 75
          icam_monitor_scale_threshold_info: 50

Example 14: VDC resource limits for multi-tenant chassis

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: N7K-1
      configuration:
        system:
          vdcs:
            - id: 2
              resource_limits:
                vlan_minimum: 16
                vlan_maximum: 2048
                vrf_minimum: 2
                vrf_maximum: 512
                port_channel_minimum: 0
                port_channel_maximum: 256
                unicast_ipv4_route_memory_minimum: 1
                unicast_ipv4_route_memory_maximum: 384

Example 15: Interface breakout configuration for high-density ports

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: LEAF1
      configuration:
        system:
          interface_breakout_modules:
            - id: 1
              ports:
                - id: 49
                  map: 10g-4x
                - id: 50
                  map: 25g-4x

Example 16: PTP ttag global marker interval configuration

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: LEAF1
      configuration:
        system:
          ttag_marker_interval: 120

Example 17: TCAM region carving for VXLAN leaf

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: LEAF1
      configuration:
        system:
          hardware_access_list_tcam_region:
            ifacl_size: 256
            vacl_size: 256
            qos_size: 256
            racl_size: 512
            ipv6_racl_size: 256
            e_racl_size: 256
            ing_flow_size: 512
            ing_racl_size: 512
            ifacl_all_size: 256
            racl_all_size: 256

Examples

Example 1: VXLAN leaf switch with system and Ethernet defaults

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: LEAF1
      configuration:
        system:
          hostname: LEAF1
          mtu: 9216
          ip_routing: true
          ipv6_routing: true
          ethernet:
            default_switchport: layer2
            default_switchport_shutdown: false
            service_unsupported_transceiver: true

Example 2: Spine switch with ECMP hash tuning for VXLAN fabric load balancing

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: SPINE1
      configuration:
        system:
          hostname: SPINE1
          mtu: 9216
          ip_routing: true
          ip_source_route: false
          hardware_ecmp_hash_polynomial: crc32hi
          hardware_ecmp_hash_offset_concatenation: true
          hardware_ecmp_hash_offset_value: 32
          ethernet:
            default_switchport: layer3
            default_switchport_shutdown: false

Example 3: Border leaf with IP/IPv6 routing, ICMP/ICMPv6 redirect logging, and Ethernet security

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: BORDER-LEAF1
      configuration:
        system:
          hostname: BORDER-LEAF1
          mtu: 9216
          ip_routing: true
          ip_source_route: false
          ip_access_list_match_local_traffic: true
          ip_redirect_syslog: true
          ip_redirect_syslog_interval: 300
          logging_level_ip: warning
          ipv6_routing: true
          ipv6_access_list_match_local_traffic: true
          ipv6_adjacency_stale_timer: 500
          ipv6_adjacency_stale_timer_icmp: true
          ipv6_redirect_syslog: true
          ipv6_redirect_syslog_interval: 120
          ethernet:
            default_switchport: layer2
            default_switchport_shutdown: true
            dot1q_tag_native: true
            logging_event_port: link-status-enable

Example 4: Ethernet defaults with link-status syslog tuning

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: LEAF1
      configuration:
        system:
          hostname: LEAF1
          ethernet:
            default_switchport: layer2
            default_switchport_shutdown: false
            logging_event_port: link-status-enable
            admin_link_down_syslog_level: 4
            admin_link_up_syslog_level: 4
            interface_syslog_info: info-1

Example 5: System boot configuration with NXOS image and POAP

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: LEAF1
      configuration:
        system:
          boot:
            auto_copy: true
            poap: false
            image_verify: true
            nxos_image_sup_1: bootflash:nxos64-cs.10.4.3.F.bin
            order: bootflash

Example 6: CFS distribution and CoPP profile

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: LEAF1
      configuration:
        system:
          cfs_distribute: true
          cfs_eth_distribute: true
          copp_profile: strict

Example 7: CLI aliases, terminal timeouts, and smart licensing

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: LEAF1
      configuration:
        system:
          cli_aliases:
            - name: wr
              command: copy running-config startup-config
            - name: sri
              command: show running-config interface
          terminal_console_exec_timeout: 0
          line_vty_exec_timeout: 30
          line_vty_session_limit: 10
          line_vty_access_class_in: VTY-ACL-IN
          line_vty_access_class_out: VTY-ACL-OUT
          smart_licensing_transport: cslu
          smart_licensing_url_cslu: https://cslu.example.com

Example 8: Hardware platform profile for VXLAN leaf

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: LEAF1
      configuration:
        system:
          platform:
            switching_mode: store-forward
            port_channel_load_balance: rtag7
            port_channel_load_balance_resilient: true
            multicast_rpf_check_optimization: true
            ingress_replication_round_robin: true
            urpf: true

Example 9: iCAM monitoring with scale thresholds

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: LEAF1
      configuration:
        system:
          icam_monitor_interval: 1
          icam_monitor_intervals: 168
          icam_monitor_scale: true
          icam_monitor_threshold_critical: 90
          icam_monitor_threshold_warning: 75
          icam_monitor_threshold_info: 50

Example 10: VDC resource limits for multi-tenant chassis

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: N7K-1
      configuration:
        system:
          vdcs:
            - id: 2
              resource_limits:
                vlan_minimum: 16
                vlan_maximum: 2048
                vrf_minimum: 2
                vrf_maximum: 512
                port_channel_minimum: 0
                port_channel_maximum: 256
                unicast_ipv4_route_memory_minimum: 1
                unicast_ipv4_route_memory_maximum: 384

Example 11: Interface breakout configuration for high-density ports

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: LEAF1
      configuration:
        system:
          interface_breakout_modules:
            - id: 1
              ports:
                - id: 49
                  map: 10g-4x
                - id: 50
                  map: 25g-4x

Examples

Example 1: VXLAN leaf switch with system and Ethernet defaults

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: LEAF1
      configuration:
        system:
          hostname: LEAF1
          mtu: 9216
          ip_routing: true
          ipv6_routing: true
          ethernet:
            default_switchport: layer2
            default_switchport_shutdown: false
            service_unsupported_transceiver: true

Example 2: Spine switch with ECMP hash tuning for VXLAN fabric load balancing

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: SPINE1
      configuration:
        system:
          hostname: SPINE1
          mtu: 9216
          ip_routing: true
          ip_source_route: false
          hardware_ecmp_hash_polynomial: crc32hi
          hardware_ecmp_hash_offset_concatenation: true
          hardware_ecmp_hash_offset_value: 32
          ethernet:
            default_switchport: layer3
            default_switchport_shutdown: false

Example 3: Border leaf with IP/IPv6 routing, ICMP redirect logging, and Ethernet security

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: BORDER-LEAF1
      configuration:
        system:
          hostname: BORDER-LEAF1
          mtu: 9216
          ip_routing: true
          ip_source_route: false
          ip_access_list_match_local_traffic: true
          ip_redirect_syslog: true
          ip_redirect_syslog_interval: 300
          logging_level_ip: warning
          ipv6_routing: true
          ipv6_access_list_match_local_traffic: true
          ethernet:
            default_switchport: layer2
            default_switchport_shutdown: true
            dot1q_tag_native: true
            logging_event_port: link-status-enable

Example 4: Ethernet defaults with link-status syslog tuning

nxos:
  devices:
    - name: LEAF1
      configuration:
        system:
          hostname: LEAF1
          ethernet:
            default_switchport: layer2
            default_switchport_shutdown: false
            logging_event_port: link-status-enable
            admin_link_down_syslog_level: 4
            admin_link_up_syslog_level: 4
            interface_syslog_info: info-1