diff --git a/drivers/cisco/rest/src/main/java/org/onosproject/drivers/cisco/rest/CiscoNxosDeviceDescription.java b/drivers/cisco/rest/src/main/java/org/onosproject/drivers/cisco/rest/CiscoNxosDeviceDescription.java
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+++ b/drivers/cisco/rest/src/main/java/org/onosproject/drivers/cisco/rest/CiscoNxosDeviceDescription.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.onosproject.drivers.cisco.rest;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import org.onlab.packet.ChassisId;
+import org.onosproject.net.AnnotationKeys;
+import org.onosproject.net.DefaultAnnotations;
+import org.onosproject.net.Device;
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.net.Port;
+import org.onosproject.net.PortNumber;
+import org.onosproject.net.SparseAnnotations;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DefaultDeviceDescription;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DefaultPortDescription;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceDescription;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceDescriptionDiscovery;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceService;
+import org.onosproject.net.device.PortDescription;
+import org.onosproject.net.driver.AbstractHandlerBehaviour;
+import org.onosproject.net.driver.DriverHandler;
+import org.onosproject.protocol.rest.RestSBController;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
+
+/**
+ * Discovers device information from a Cisco NXOS device.
+ */
+public class CiscoNxosDeviceDescription extends AbstractHandlerBehaviour
+        implements DeviceDescriptionDiscovery {
+    private final Logger log = getLogger(getClass());
+
+    private static final String UNKNOWN = "unknown";
+
+    private static final String SHOW_INTERFACES_CMD = "show interface";
+    private static final String SHOW_VERSION_CMD = "show version";
+
+    private static final String MANUFACTURER = "manufacturer";
+    private static final String CHASSIS_ID = "chassis_id";
+    private static final String KICKSTART_VER = "kickstart_ver_str";
+    private static final String ROW_INTERFACE = "ROW_interface";
+    private static final String INTERFACE = "interface";
+    private static final String ETH = "Eth";
+    private static final String ETHERNET = "Ethernet";
+    private static final String STATE = "state";
+    private static final String UP = "up";
+    private static final String ETH_BW = "eth_bw";
+    private static final String SLASH = "/";
+    private static final String ZERO = "0";
+    private static final int ONE_THOUSAND = 1000;
+
+
+    @Override
+    public DeviceDescription discoverDeviceDetails() {
+        DriverHandler handler = handler();
+        RestSBController controller = checkNotNull(handler.get(RestSBController.class));
+        DeviceId deviceId = handler.data().deviceId();
+
+        ArrayList<String> cmd = new ArrayList<>();
+        cmd.add(SHOW_VERSION_CMD);
+
+        String req = NxApiRequest.generate(cmd, NxApiRequest.CommandType.CLI);
+
+        String response = NxApiRequest.post(controller, deviceId, req);
+
+        String mrf = UNKNOWN;
+        String hwVer = UNKNOWN;
+        String swVer = UNKNOWN;
+        String serialNum = UNKNOWN;
+
+        try {
+            ObjectMapper om = new ObjectMapper();
+            JsonNode json = om.readTree(response);
+
+            JsonNode body = json.findValue("body");
+            if (body != null) {
+                mrf = body.get(MANUFACTURER).asText();
+                hwVer = body.get(CHASSIS_ID).asText();
+                swVer = body.get(KICKSTART_VER).asText();
+            }
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            log.error("Failed to to retrieve Device Information {}", e);
+        }
+
+        DeviceService deviceService = checkNotNull(handler().get(DeviceService.class));
+        Device device = deviceService.getDevice(deviceId);
+        return new DefaultDeviceDescription(device.id().uri(), Device.Type.SWITCH,
+                mrf, hwVer, swVer, serialNum,
+                new ChassisId(), (SparseAnnotations) device.annotations());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<PortDescription> discoverPortDetails() {
+        DriverHandler handler = handler();
+        RestSBController controller = checkNotNull(handler.get(RestSBController.class));
+        DeviceId deviceId = handler.data().deviceId();
+
+        ArrayList<String> cmd = new ArrayList<>();
+        cmd.add(SHOW_INTERFACES_CMD);
+
+        String req = NxApiRequest.generate(cmd, NxApiRequest.CommandType.CLI);
+
+        String response = NxApiRequest.post(controller, deviceId, req);
+
+        // parse interface information from response
+        List<PortDescription> ports = Lists.newArrayList();
+        try {
+            ObjectMapper om = new ObjectMapper();
+            JsonNode json = om.readTree(response);
+
+            JsonNode interfaces = json.findValue(ROW_INTERFACE);
+            if (interfaces != null) {
+                interfaces.forEach(itf -> {
+                    String ifName = itf.get(INTERFACE).asText();
+                    if (ifName.startsWith(ETH)) {
+                        String ifNum = ifName.substring(ETHERNET.length()).replace(SLASH, ZERO);
+                        boolean state = itf.get(STATE).asText().equals(UP);
+                        long portSpeed = itf.get(ETH_BW).asLong() / ONE_THOUSAND; //in Mbps
+                        DefaultAnnotations.Builder annotations = DefaultAnnotations.builder()
+                                .set(AnnotationKeys.PORT_NAME, ifName);
+                        PortDescription desc = new DefaultPortDescription(PortNumber.portNumber(ifNum), state,
+                                Port.Type.FIBER, portSpeed, annotations.build());
+                        ports.add(desc);
+                    }
+                });
+            }
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            log.error("Failed to to retrieve Interfaces {}", e);
+        }
+
+        return ports;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/drivers/cisco/rest/src/main/java/org/onosproject/drivers/cisco/rest/CiscoRestDriversLoader.java b/drivers/cisco/rest/src/main/java/org/onosproject/drivers/cisco/rest/CiscoRestDriversLoader.java
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/cisco/rest/src/main/java/org/onosproject/drivers/cisco/rest/CiscoRestDriversLoader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.onosproject.drivers.cisco.rest;
+
+import org.apache.felix.scr.annotations.Component;
+import org.onosproject.net.driver.AbstractDriverLoader;
+
+/**
+ * Loader for Cisco REST device drivers.
+ */
+@Component(immediate = true)
+public class CiscoRestDriversLoader extends AbstractDriverLoader {
+    public CiscoRestDriversLoader() {
+        super("/cisco-rest-drivers.xml");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/drivers/cisco/rest/src/main/java/org/onosproject/drivers/cisco/rest/NxApiRequest.java b/drivers/cisco/rest/src/main/java/org/onosproject/drivers/cisco/rest/NxApiRequest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79a1d58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/cisco/rest/src/main/java/org/onosproject/drivers/cisco/rest/NxApiRequest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.onosproject.drivers.cisco.rest;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.IntStream;
+
+import org.onosproject.net.DeviceId;
+import org.onosproject.protocol.rest.RestSBController;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+
+/**
+ * Generate json-rpc request for Cisco NX-API.
+ */
+public final class NxApiRequest {
+    public enum CommandType {
+        /**
+         * Command outputs are in JSON format.
+         */
+        CLI,
+        /**
+         * Command outputs are in raw ASCII text.
+         */
+        CLI_ASCII,
+    }
+
+    private static final String CMD = "cmd";
+    private static final String VERSION = "version";
+    private static final String JSONRPC = "jsonrpc";
+    private static final String TWO_POINT_ZERO = "2.0";
+    private static final String METHOD = "method";
+    private static final String CLI = "cli";
+    private static final String CLI_ASCII = "cli_ascii";
+    private static final String PARAMS = "params";
+    private static final String ID = "id";
+    private static final int ONE = 1;
+
+    private static final String API_URI = "/ins";
+    private static final String APP_JSON_RPC = "application/json-rpc";
+
+    private NxApiRequest() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Generates a NX-API request message to execute on the Cisco NXOS device.
+     * @param commands list of commands to execute
+     * @param type response message format
+     * @return the NX-API request string
+     */
+    public static String generate(List<String> commands, CommandType type) {
+        ObjectMapper om = new ObjectMapper();
+        ArrayNode aryNode = om.createArrayNode();
+
+        if (commands == null) {
+            return aryNode.toString();
+        }
+
+        IntStream.range(0, commands.size()).forEach(idx -> {
+            ObjectNode parm = om.createObjectNode();
+            parm.put(CMD, commands.get(idx));
+            parm.put(VERSION, ONE);
+
+            ObjectNode node = om.createObjectNode();
+            node.put(JSONRPC, TWO_POINT_ZERO);
+            switch (type) {
+                case CLI_ASCII:
+                    node.put(METHOD, CLI_ASCII);
+                    break;
+                case CLI:
+                default:
+                    node.put(METHOD, CLI);
+                    break;
+            }
+
+            node.set(PARAMS, parm);
+            node.put(ID, idx + 1);
+
+            aryNode.add(node);
+        });
+
+        return aryNode.toString();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sends NX-API request message to the device.
+     * @param controller RestSBController for Cisco REST device
+     * @param deviceId DeviceId for Cisco REST device
+     * @param request NX-API request string
+     * @return the response string
+     */
+    public static String post(RestSBController controller, DeviceId deviceId, String request) {
+        InputStream stream = new ByteArrayInputStream(request.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        String response = controller.post(deviceId, API_URI, stream,
+                MediaType.valueOf(APP_JSON_RPC), String.class);
+
+        return response;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/drivers/cisco/rest/src/main/java/org/onosproject/drivers/cisco/rest/package-info.java b/drivers/cisco/rest/src/main/java/org/onosproject/drivers/cisco/rest/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80840f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/cisco/rest/src/main/java/org/onosproject/drivers/cisco/rest/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Package for Cisco REST device drivers.
+ */
+package org.onosproject.drivers.cisco.rest;
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diff --git a/drivers/cisco/rest/src/main/resources/cisco-rest-drivers.xml b/drivers/cisco/rest/src/main/resources/cisco-rest-drivers.xml
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index 0000000..9b8abdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/cisco/rest/src/main/resources/cisco-rest-drivers.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Laboratory
+  ~
+  ~ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  ~ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  ~ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  -->
+<drivers>
+    <driver name="cisco-rest" manufacturer="Cisco" hwVersion="" swVersion="NXOS">
+        <behaviour api="org.onosproject.net.device.DeviceDescriptionDiscovery"
+                   impl="org.onosproject.drivers.cisco.rest.CiscoNxosDeviceDescription"/>
+    </driver>
+</drivers>