AIR-CT5520-K9 WLC Motherboard replacement

[jl]

Hi all,
This is a question to any TAC Engineers lurking in this sub. We've got a 5520 which has a damaged RP port, the device is currently a spare in our lab and we're wondering what we can do with the device.

Some questions:

1. Can the 5520 be converted back to a UCS C-Series or is the Firmware Custom and it can only load the WLC firmware?
2. Is it possible for a customer to replace the motherboard with a UCS C-Series equivalent board or does the motherboard contain a WLC BIOS?

Any assistance would be appreciated, it would be a shame to have to junk such nice hardware!

Regards,
Jason.

[marce1000]

  - Any of such operations are not supported by Cisco , you simply need to RMA the defective controller.

 M.

[jl]

Hi Marce, I should have mentioned that we damaged the RP port so RMA is not an option. Thanks.

[Leo Laohoo]

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@jl wrote:

Can the 5520 be converted back to a UCS C-Series or is the Firmware Custom and it can only load the WLC firmware?

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I am told any UCS platform can be "re-purposed" with any other OS.