Huge thank you to fohdeesha for all the information and help!!!
I got my 6450, and in less than four hours I had it fully licensed, configured, and mounted in my network. Your instructions are really incredible. I got one with software from 2014 and "a very old bootloader" but, you already had a procedure written up right there to deal with that as well.
What a wonderful low power switch!
I bought from this seller on eBay:
Offered $100, he countered at $130 and I took it. He shipped the next day and it was here in three. The one I got is old and looks to have been heavily used, but it does have the v2 power supply so the fans spin down properly. A little more beaten up than I would like, but I tend to be overly concerned with cosmetics.
Only thing is that the fans are worn out in it. They aren't terribly loud, but are too loud for my environment. They also are emitting that high pitched whine that others have mentioned.
craigr
I got my 6450, and in less than four hours I had it fully licensed, configured, and mounted in my network. Your instructions are really incredible. I got one with software from 2014 and "a very old bootloader" but, you already had a procedure written up right there to deal with that as well.
What a wonderful low power switch!
I bought from this seller on eBay:

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Offered $100, he countered at $130 and I took it. He shipped the next day and it was here in three. The one I got is old and looks to have been heavily used, but it does have the v2 power supply so the fans spin down properly. A little more beaten up than I would like, but I tend to be overly concerned with cosmetics.
Only thing is that the fans are worn out in it. They aren't terribly loud, but are too loud for my environment. They also are emitting that high pitched whine that others have mentioned.
craigr
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