Cisco NX‑OS | DisamKB

All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
NX-OS	2
Cisco NX-OS	1
Cisco NX‑OS canonical	1
Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Software Configuration Guide	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]

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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 switches ⓘ surface form: Cisco Nexus routers Cisco Nexus switches ⓘ data center networks ⓘ high availability ⓘ high-performance switching ⓘ
developer	Cisco Systems ⓘ
kernelType	monolithic kernel with modular processes ⓘ
operatingSystemFamily	Cisco NX‑OS self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: NX-OS
platform	Cisco MDS ⓘ surface form: Cisco MDS 9000 Series Multilayer Switches Cisco Nexus switches ⓘ surface form: Cisco Nexus 2000 Series Fabric Extenders Cisco Nexus switches ⓘ surface form: Cisco Nexus 3000 Series Switches Cisco Nexus switches ⓘ surface form: Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Switches Cisco Nexus switches ⓘ surface form: Cisco Nexus 6000 Series Switches Cisco Nexus switches ⓘ surface form: Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches Cisco Nexus switches ⓘ surface form: Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches
supportsAutomation	yes ⓘ
supportsFeature	Access control lists ⓘ BGP ⓘ Cisco Smart Call Home ⓘ TrustSec (on supported models) ⓘ surface form: Cisco TrustSec EIGRP ⓘ EVPN ⓘ FabricPath ⓘ FCoE ⓘ surface form: Fibre Channel over Ethernet Fibre Channel switching ⓘ IS‑IS ⓘ surface form: 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

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cisco Nexus switches → operatingSystem → Cisco NX‑OS ⓘ

Virtual PortChannel → runsOn → Cisco NX‑OS ⓘ

this entity surface form: NX-OS

Virtual PortChannel → documentedIn → Cisco NX‑OS ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cisco Nexus 5000 Series NX-OS Software Configuration Guide

Cisco Data Center Network Manager → supportsTechnology → Cisco NX‑OS ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cisco NX-OS

Cisco NX‑OS → operatingSystemFamily → Cisco NX‑OS self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Cisco NX-OS