Nexus 5548P vs Nexus 5548UP

I have a question regarding Nexus 5548UP which is supported from NXOS 5.0.3 on.
I assume thats the absolute indentical hardware as the Nexus5548P which was available a little bit
earlier and had also the HW ready for support Unified Ports on all Ports (but was just enabled on expansion-module).
Is it possible by SW upgrade to 5.0.3 to make a 5548UP from a 5548P ?
Thx
hubert

Thx Lucien,
then there is absolutely no reason to buy the 5548P, because 5548UP has same price, and no reason to buy another expansion-module than the UP(has the same price as well compared to the other expansion Module ?
So I assume 5548P and the pure Eth-uplink Modul, and the mixed FC and Eth-uplink Modul will have very limited lifetime ?!
One additional Question: I read that in case a 5596 has L3-Modul built in , it no longer supports the maximum numbers of FEXes it supports only 8 then.
Is this a limitation which will remain, or is there a chance new NX-OS Versions will break thhis limit
KR
Hubert

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regards.

Hi,
A UP or Unified ports allow you to configure ports as Ethernet, native Fibre Channel or Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) ports. By default, the ports are Ethernet ports but you can change the port mode to Fibre Channel on the following unified ports:
Any port on the Cisco Nexus 5548UP switch or the Cisco Nexus 5596UP switch.
The ports on the Cisco N55-M16UP expansion module that is installed in a Cisco Nexus 5548P switch.
More details:
http://www.cisco.com/web/techdoc/dc/reference/cli/nxos/commands/l2/port.html
Comapre 5548 and 5548:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9670/prod_models_comparison.html
./Abhinav

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Could someone help to know what Cisco LAN Management Solution is required to support Cisco Nexus 5548P switches and Cisco Nexus 5596UP switches?
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I have Nexus 5548P and 20 pc GLC-T . Temperature range in nexus about 60"C , after reload nexus all or not all sfp in shut down . I have to CLI no shut for to work sfp . Does it from high temperature range ? I tried another party sfp , but result same.
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We have this c5548p switch working for a while. Then recently it started rebooting itself frequently and finally going to loader prompt.
Does any one know how to boot using tftp server from the loader prompt? I tried but said file not found. The switch network settings seems ok. Can anyone send me a doc which explains how to work on the switch when it is in the loader prompt? Logs from the switch.
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iet platform_type=2 loader_ver="pr-3.0"....TFTP error 1 (File not found)
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Hi Niranjan,
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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switches that run Cisco NX-OS 4.0(0)N1(2a) or earlier releases, use Ctrl-B
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We recommend that you set your terminal to a U.S. keymap first.
For loader state information, this is the boot sequence of a Nexus 5000. AS you can see loader is last step of BIOS before kickstart image starts:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus5000/sw/fundamentals/421_n1_1/Cisco_Nexus_5000_Series_NX-OS_Fundamentals_Configuration_Guide_Release_4_2_1_N1_1_chapter3.html#con_1073165
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Nexus 5548P Unified Port Support

Current 5548P Q&A document (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps9441/ps9670/qa_c67-618605.pdf) claims 16 Unified Ports will be offered via an expansion module targeted for Q1CY11. The problem is I already have installed an extension module which has 8 port 1/10G ETH and 8 port native FC, so I'd like to know if this 8ETH/8FC module is capable of firmware upgrade to unified port module when it is available. Thanks.

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I would far rather a switch model that we can stack together so I don’t need to manage each switch individually (much as you would do with Catalyst 3750). We did look at Catalyst 4500X but they are too expensive.
Initially we only need Layer2 switches, but I would really prefer stackable switches in case we move to Layer3 switches (I don’t want to have to muck around with HSRP).
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I have two N7K-F248XP-25 going to be installed in one Nexus 7009 and I have 4 N2K-C2248TP-1GE (48x100/1000-T+4x10GE) .
In simple way, I have two F2 line cards within one N7K and 4 N2Ks. The N7K will be used as a parent switch and it has NX-OS version 6.0
So I want to connect the 4 N2K to the two F2 line cards in a redundant fasion, can some one tell me the best practice of how to connect those N2Ks?
I have read somewhere that I can only use two ports from each 4 shared ports but I am not sure if this is true. I will appreciate any input or a link.
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That was Awesome link! Thanks indeed.
So can you please confirm if I am following the F2 + FEX rule
Again, I have only one Nexus 7009 and 4 x N2K , so I have two F2 cards on the Nexust 7009. Here is my connectivity plan:
1st N2K to port 1 on the first F2
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