Deep dive cisco nexus 1000v

I attempting to install N1Kv in my testbed to play around with it. I come with a CCNA and CCNP background( although been a while 5 some years ago)

My first impression was it was not that easy. I have been struggling with their hard resource requirement and installation requisite's.

My goal is to install a standalone N1Kv switch in my 4 x 2.83 ghz , 8GB mem.

Got it after meddling down for a week, installed a PRI and SEC HA VSM
Yet to get the VEM communicate with the VSM, my VSM could not reach the VEM.

• Layer 3 is the most suggested and easier way to make the control communication.

Resources
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/datacenter/nexus1000/sw/4_2_1_s_v_1_4/xml_api/configuration/guide/n1000v_xml_api.pdf

http://www.doublecloud.org/2013/05/can-the-success-of-server-virtualization-be-repeated-in-networking/

Update 9/24/2013
I have a working project hosted
 http://code.google.com/p/cisconetconftool/