Need to upgrade my VE from version 10.2.4 to version 11.5.2.0

what I did was just add the extra interfaces that were present on the Physical appliance to the VE.

so for example, I just added 2 extra NICs on VMware. So are you saying I should not change/add interfaces to the VE?

Our Physical Appliance is not using any SFP ports 2.1 and 2.2. But it is using ports 1.3 and 1.4 remember we have a 1500 ltm model. So I just added the 2 extra ports to the VE and I figured I would just configure them after the UCS load.

Just so you know I ended up deploying a ver 11.5.2 VE and I am having soooo much trouble with the UCS load. I have spent hours removing stuff from the bagpipe_base.conf file and bigpip_sys.conf and Bigipe.conf. i have to extract and re-pack and try uploading again. i am making sure i specify tmsh load sys ucs no-license no-platform-check

every time