NX-OS

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"Cisco NX-OS is a data center-class operating system built with modularity, resiliency, and serviceability at its foundation".

It is self-healing, flexible, scalable, available, serviceable, and manageable. It "provides a robust and rich feature set". It "provides state-of-the-art implementations of relevant networking standards".

It is compatible with other Cisco operating systems. It runs on both Nexus 7000 and Nexus 5000 hardware by Cisco.