[c-nsp] converting N5K to FI6100

[krunal shah]

Thank you for reply. UCSPE is good option for lab use but it has some
limitation.


Krunal


On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 1:54 AM, Andrew Dorsett <vtadorsett at gmail.com> wrote:

> Why not download and run the UCS Platform Emulator?
>
> Andrew
>
> On Thursday, July 7, 2011, krunal shah <krun.shah at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Does anyone get any success to convert N5K to FI 6100?? As far as I know
> > both uses same chassis.
> >
> > i tried install all it fails at image verification check. Then I broke in
> to
> > kickstart mode and tried to load the FI system image it does not load.
> >
> > Then I broke into loader mode then tried to load FI's kickstart image it
> > failed as well.
> >
> > I want to achieve this goal to save cost for lab purpose. We have already
> > two 5010s and we do not want to spend more money in buying two extra
> 6100s
> > for UCS cluster. So when some wants to practice on UCS cluster we can
> load
> > UCS FI's image on 5010 chassis and convert into 6100 when UCS cluster is
> not
> > being used we can load 5010 image and practice with N5Ks.
> >
> > Krunal
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