CISCO NEXUS TITANIUM

It's true. Cisco Nexus Titanium is finally out. And it is up and running.
Now it may not support everything that you were expecting but it will give you at least a basic idea and a feel of the great Cisco Nexus. At least, the CLI will not fail to keep your spirits up.

What is Cisco Nexus Titanium ?????

Simply put, Titanium is Cisco Nexus' emulation on your VMware machine. 
You want to get a feel of Nexus, but can't afford to buy one / your company doesn't have one..... try Titanium.

All you need to do is download from one of the following links to get a VMware instance :

http://depositfiles.com/files/wxeo6gwo9
http://d01.megashares.com/dl/zgxJSx0/Titanium-VM-5(1).2.rar
http://bayfiles.com/file/vzfL/B0J4W1/Titanium-VM-5%281%29.2.rar
http://bitshare.com/files/iaqwp11h/Titanium-VM-5-1-.2.rar.html
https://netload.in/dateiNwQZwK3VFW/Titanium-VM-51.2.rar.htm
http://www.load.to/gmSSdskVB8/Titanium-VM-5_1_.2.rar
http://www.ziddu.com/download/21073586/Titanium-VM-51.2.rar.html


 Ok, now you have downloaded it.... What next ???
 (Make sure you have the VMWARE installed on your PC)
Double-Click on N7K-2 (.vmx) file.... Your VMware will open up and Power on the Machine.

You'll get the message :

" Loader Loading stage1.5."

Loader loading, please wait...
WARNING: Ancient bootloader, some functionality may be limited!

Now, don't let the above message bother you.

Carry out the following steps :

Configuring VMWARE Virtual Machine


Follow these steps to add a serial port to your VMWare Workstation virtual machine:

1. Attach the serial port to your VM.  Open your VM settings dialog and click Add
2. Select Serial Port and click Next
3. Select Output to named pipe and click Next
4. Now you need to specify configuration for the named pipe.  Make sure you select “This end is the server” and “The other end in an application” otherwise you won’t get any output from your console.  Click Finish.
    
   
   

   
   

   
   

   
   

   NOTE: The named pipe is created and deleted each time you power on, and power off your VM.

   
   

   
   

   Configuring PuTTY Connection
   When you launch PuTTY, you need to select Serial connection type, and then enter in the pipe name into the Serial Line text box:
   
   
   
   
   Once you connect, you’ll be able to configure your VM (be it Vyatta, or some other flavour) all via the VM’s serial interface.
   
   Now again start your VM. You will again get the warning. Just ignore it, minimize it and connect using PuTTY as above (using serial). Wait for some time for the Nexus image to boot and then login. The login credentials will be visible in the PuTTY window.