How to upgrade Nexus 7K NX-OS Emulator Titanium VMware image to 6.1.1

1. Setup Network Environment for Upgrade

1.1 Configure Mgmt0 IP address under Management VRF

vrf context management
  ip route 0.0.0.0/0 10.94.30.1

interface mgmt0
  ip address 10.94.30.45/24

1.2 Setup FTP server on your vmware host which is using 10.94.30.50/24. 

1.3 Copy files using ftp.

N7K-2(config)# copy ftp://[email protected]/titanium-d1.6.1.1.gbin bootflash: vrf management 

Password: 
***** Transfer of file Completed Successfully *****    
N7K-2(config)# now saving to 
N7K-2(config)# copy ftp://[email protected]/titanium-d1-kickstart.6.1.1.gbin bootflash: vrf management 
Password: 
***** Transfer of file Completed Successfully *****    
Copy complete, now saving to disk (please wait)...
N7K-2(config)# dir bootflash:
      16384    Jan 06 19:54:26 2011  lost+found/
      23203    Mar 19 09:35:19 2013  mts.log
   28511744    Dec 22 21:21:57 2010  titanium-d1-kickstart.5.1.2.gbin
   27604992    Mar 19 11:53:16 2013  titanium-d1-kickstart.6.1.1.gbin
   60024194    Dec 22 21:22:00 2010  titanium-d1.5.1.2.gbin
   63184888    Mar 19 11:52:22 2013  titanium-d1.6.1.1.gbin
       4096    Jan 06 19:55:10 2011  vdc_2/
       4096    Jan 06 19:55:10 2011  vdc_3/
       4096    Jan 06 19:55:10 2011  vdc_4/
        784    Mar 19 09:35:46 2013  vlan.dat

Usage for bootflash://sup-local
  294207488 bytes used
 1300668416 bytes free
 1594875904 bytes total
N7K-2(config)# 

2. Boot with new binaries

N7K-2(config)# boot kickstart bootflash:/titanium-d1-kickstart.6.1.1.gbin
Note: system and kickstart bootvars are pointing to incompatible images
N7K-2(config)# boot system bootflash:/titanium-d1.6.1.1.gbin
N7K-2(config)# copy run start
[########################################] 100%
Copy complete, now saving to disk (please wait)...
N7K-2(config)# 

3. Booting screen

N7K-2(config)# reload
This command will reboot the system. (y/n)?  [n] y
2013 Mar 19 12:04:36 N7K-2 %$ VDC-1 %$ %PLATFORM-2-PFM_SYSTEM_RESET: Manual system restart from Command Line Interface
SysRq : Resetting

Auto booting bootflash:/titanium-d1-kickstart.6.1.1.gbin bootflash:/titanium-d1
.6.1.1.gbin...
Booting kickstart image: bootflash:/titanium-d1-kickstart.6.1.1.gbin....
...............................................................................
.....Image verification OK

INIT: version 2.86 booting
SCSI disk detected.
Enter system maintenance mode? (y/n) [n]: 
Checking all filesystems....r.r done.
Trying to mount cdrom...
hostname: invalid option -- '-'
Try `hostname --help' for more information.
Renaming eth interfaces
  renaming interfaces: eth0 to eth7
Loading system software
Uncompressing system image: bootflash:/titanium-d1.6.1.1.gbin Tue Mar 19 12:05:11 EST 2013
blogger: nothing to do.

..done Tue Mar 19 12:05:14 EST 2013
Load plugins that defined in image conf: /isan/plugin_img/img.conf
Loading plugin 0: core_plugin...
num srgs 1
0: swid-core-titanium, swid-core-titanium
num srgs 1
0: swid-sup1e-ks, swid-sup1e-ks
INIT: Entering runlevel: 3
Mounting other filesystems:  [  OK  ]
Starting NFS statd: [  OK  ]


2013 Mar 19 12:05:53 N7K-2 %$ VDC-1 %$ %COPP-2-COPP_NO_POLICY: Control-plane is unprotected.
2013 Mar 19 12:05:54 N7K-2 %$ VDC-1 %$ %MODULE-2-MOD_UNKNOWN: Module type [0] in slot 1 is not supported

2013 Mar 19 12:05:55 N7K-2 %$ VDC-1 %$ %VDC_MGR-2-VDC_ONLINE: vdc 1 has come online 

.
*****************
 Username: admin
 Password: cisco
*****************
.N7K-2 login: 2013 Mar 19 12:05:56 N7K-2 %$ VDC-1 %$ %PLATFORM-2-CHASSIS_CLKMODOK: Chassis clock module A ok
2013 Mar 19 12:05:56 N7K-2 %$ VDC-1 %$ %PLATFORM-2-CHASSIS_CLKSRC: Current chassis clock source is clock-A


*****************
 Username: admin
 Password: cisco
*****************
N7K-2 login: admin
Password: 
Last login: Tue Mar 19 12:06:04 on ttyS0
Cisco NX-OS Software
Copyright (c) 2002-2012, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.
NX-OS/Titanium software ("NX-OS/Titanium Software") and related
documentation, files or other reference materials ("Documentation")
are the proprietary property and confidential information of Cisco
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pursuant to United States and International copyright and trademark
laws in the applicable jurisdiction which provide civil and criminal
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The use of NX-OS/Titanium Software and Documentation is strictly
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Any use or disclosure, in whole or in part, of the NX-OS/Titanium
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N7K-2# sh ver
Cisco Nexus Operating System (NX-OS) Software
TAC support: http://www.cisco.com/tac
Documents: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps9372/tsd_products_support_serie
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Software
  loader:    version N/A
  kickstart: version 6.1(1) [gdb]
  system:    version 6.1(1) [gdb]
  kickstart image file is: bootflash:/titanium-d1-kickstart.6.1.1.gbin
  kickstart compile time:  12/25/2020 12:00:00 [06/24/2012 00:54:16]
  system image file is:    bootflash:/titanium-d1.6.1.1.gbin
  system compile time:     7/1/2012 0:00:00 [06/24/2012 01:26:13]


Hardware
  cisco Nexus 7000 Unknown Chassis ("Unknown Module")
--More--2013 Mar 19 12:06:07 N7K-2 %$ VDC-1 %$ %PLATFORM-2-MOD_DETECT: Module 2 detected (Serial number ) Module-Type Titanium Ethernet Module Model 
2013 Mar 19 12:06:07 N7K-2 %$ VDC-1 %$ %PLATFORM-2-MOD_PWRUP: Module 2 powered up (Serial number )
  Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU         with 2066240 kB of memory.
  Processor Board ID T50569F000C

  Device name: N7K-2
  bootflash:          0 kB
Kernel uptime is 0 day(s), 0 hour(s), 1 minute(s), 27 second(s)


plugin
  Core Plugin, Ethernet Plugin
N7K-2#