diff --git a/network/nxos/nxos_feature.py b/network/nxos/nxos_feature.py
index b487f6cae37..8b9b831deb1 100644
--- a/network/nxos/nxos_feature.py
+++ b/network/nxos/nxos_feature.py
@@ -247,6 +247,15 @@ def execute_config_command(commands, module):
         clie = get_exception()
         module.fail_json(msg='Error sending CLI commands',
                          error=str(clie), commands=commands)
+    except AttributeError:
+        try:
+            commands.insert(0, 'configure')
+            module.cli.add_commands(commands, output='config')
+            module.cli.run_commands()
+        except ShellError:
+            clie = get_exception()
+            module.fail_json(msg='Error sending CLI commands',
+                             error=str(clie), commands=commands)
 
 
 def get_cli_body_ssh(command, response, module):
@@ -381,11 +390,30 @@ def validate_feature(module, mode='show'):
     feature_to_be_mapped = {
         'show': {
                 'nv overlay': 'nve',
-                'vn-segment-vlan-based': 'vnseg_vlan'},
+                'vn-segment-vlan-based': 'vnseg_vlan',
+                'hsrp': 'hsrp_engine',
+                'fabric multicast': 'fabric_mcast',
+                'scp-server': 'scpServer',
+                'sftp-server': 'sftpServer',
+                'sla responder': 'sla_responder',
+                'sla sender': 'sla_sender',
+                'ssh': 'sshServer',
+                'tacacs+': 'tacacs',
+                'telnet': 'telnetServer'},
         'config':
                 {
                 'nve': 'nv overlay',
-                'vnseg_vlan': 'vn-segment-vlan-based'}
+                'vnseg_vlan': 'vn-segment-vlan-based',
+                'hsrp_engine': 'hsrp',
+                'fabric_mcast': 'fabric multicast',
+                'scpServer': 'scp-server',
+                'sftpServer': 'sftp-server',
+                'sla_sender': 'sla sender',
+                'sla_responder': 'sla responder',
+                'sshServer': 'ssh',
+                'tacacs': 'tacacs+',
+                'telnetServer': 'telnet',
+                }
         }
 
     if feature in feature_to_be_mapped[mode]:
@@ -434,6 +462,8 @@ def main():
                 updated_features = get_available_features(feature, module)
                 existstate = updated_features[feature]
                 end_state = dict(state=existstate)
+                if 'configure' in cmds:
+                    cmds.pop(0)
 
     results = {}
     results['proposed'] = proposed