NX-OS User Modes

EXEC Mode - When you log in you are placed into the EXEC Mode. Commands include:

-show

-clear

-Other commands that perform actions that do not save into the device configuration

Global Configuration Mode - global commands that affect the device as a whole

to enter this mode enter "configure terminal". This also enables you to enter more specific configuration modes.

Interface Configuration  Command Mode (sub-mode example this is not the only sub-mode available)

(config)#interface ethernet 1/1

(config-if)#

Note: You do not need to specify speeds like you do in IOS such as "interface fastethernet 1/1" or "interface gigabitethernet 1/1", you just specify ethernet as the speed is determined by NX-OS and displayed in the respective "show" commands.