Is it possible or should I ask, has anyone setup a Nexus Lab on Non-Cisco Hardware?

[Astronotus]

I work in a shop that uses Nexus equipment, from 1000 to 7000 series so we have licenses for the Nexus OS.  

I was thinking that it would be ideal to setup a lab using a server and creating a Nexus OS based Lab, minus all of the Nexus hardware, small footprint, no real need for a big server, just enough to get the lab going.  Would it be possible to setup an environment such as this and does anyone has a recipe that they have used?  This is my new interest and I'm just now embarking on the research. 

Thanks for any feedback,

MR

[Seb Rupik]

Check out Cisco VIRL or CML

cheers,

Seb.

[sean_evershed]

For VIRL see this link for details. NX-OSv has only limited functionality with VIRL.

For example it doesn't support vPC or STP.

http://www.linkedin.com/pulse/article/20141201144504-42273637-15-key-features-of-the-new-cisco-virtual-internet-routing-lab?trk=prof-post