Cisco Host Upgrade Utility 208 User Guide

DescriptionUI element
DisplaythePCIslotinformationforthePCIadapter
components.
PCISlot
Displaysthecurrentversionofthefirmwareforeachofthe
listedcomponents.
CurrentVersion
Displaystheversionofthefirmwarethatisavailablefor
upgrade.
UpdateVersion
Displaysthestatusoftheupdateforeachelementinthelist
whileanupdateisinprogress.
UpdateStatus
2.Controlssection
Thisbuttonisusedtoinitiatethefirmwareupdateforthe
selectedcomponents.
Update
Thisbuttonisusedtoinitiatethefirmwareupdateofallthe...

DescriptionUI element
Thissectionindicatesthestatusofanupdate.3.CurrentActivity
section
Thissectionprovidesadetailedlogofthevariousactivities
andtheirstatuswhileanupdateisinprogress.
4.ExecutionLogs
section
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Overview of Cisco Host Upgrade Utility
Understanding the HUU User Interface 

CHAPTER 2
Requirements and Support
Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:
•Requirements,page5
•Support,page5
Requirements
SeparateISOcontainersarereleasedforeachserverplatform.BesuretodownloadthecorrectISO
containerfortheserver.
Important
WerecommendtheminimumversionrequiredforanupgradeisN-2.WhereNisthereleasethatyouwant
toupgradeto.However,upgradingtohigherversionsmaybepossible.Fordetailedinformationaboutthe
firmwareversionsoftheserversandassociatedcomponentsforall2.0releases,seeCiscoUCSC-Series...

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Requirements and Support
Support 

CHAPTER 3
Updating the Firmware on Cisco UCS C-Series
Servers
Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
•UpgradingtheFirmwareonaCiscoUCSC-SeriesServerUsingtheHUU,page7
Upgrading the Firmware on a Cisco UCS C-Series Server Using
the HUU
AfterupgradingtheCiscoIMCfirmware,youmustcheckthecompatibilitymatrixtoverifyifthedrivers
arecompliantwiththeupgradedversionofCiscoIMC.Ifthedriverversionsarenon-compliant,youmust
upgradethedriverversionstomatchtheCiscoIMCversion....

h)Verifytheinformationonthenextpage,andclickProceedWithDownload.
i)Continuethroughthesubsequentscreenstoacceptthelicenseagreementandbrowsetoalocationwhereyouwant
tosavethefile.
Step 2IfyouwanttopreparetheISOforalocalupgrade,completethisstep;Otherwise,gotoStep3.
a)BurntheISOimageontoawritabledisk(CD).
b)ConnectaVGAmonitorandUSBkeyboardtotheCiscoC-Seriesserver.
c)InsertthediskintotheUSBDVDdriveoftheCiscoC-Seriesserver.
d)GotoStep4.
Step 3PreparetheISOforaremoteupgradeusingtheKVMConsole....

Note•Ifyouareupdatingfromaversionbelow2.0(x)to2.0(x),whenyouclickYESboththeactiveandthe
backupversionsofCiscoIMCwillbeupdatedto2.0(x).
•DuringupdatetheKVMconnectionwillbelost,youhavetoreconnecttoviewtheprogressoftheupdates.
FormoreinformationonCiscoIMCsecureboot,refertotheIntroductiontoCiscoIMCSecureBootsection
intheCiscoUCSC-SeriesServersIntegratedManagementControllerGUIConfigurationGuide,Release2.0(1).
Step 9Ifyouwantupdatespecificcomponentsfromthelist,choosethecomponentsthatyouwanttoupdate....

Note•WerecommendyoutoupdatethefirmwareonallcomponentsusingtheUpdatealloption,unlessyou
wanttospecificallyupdatethefirmwareofacomponent.
•Whenyouupdatethefirmwareofoneofthefollowingthreecomponents:BMC,BIOS,orCMC,we
recommendthatyoualsoupdatethefirmwareoftheothertwocomponents.
•IfyouupdatetheBMCfirmware,clickExitandthenOktoactivatetheBMCfirmware.
•IfyouchoosetoupdateBMCandanyothercomponentwithitandifyouhavenotchosenBIOS,thenon...

CHAPTER 4
Troubleshooting
Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:
•Troubleshooting,page11
Troubleshooting
Thefollowingtabledescribestroubleshootingsuggestionsforissuesthatyoumightencounter.
Suggested SolutionIssue
Thisisexpectedbehaviorafterafirmwareupdate.
LogbackintotheBMCandreestablishyourKVM
session.
ConnectiontoBMCislostafteranupdateandreboot
andtheKVMsessionends.
ThiserrormessageisdisplayedwhentheHUUISO
isnotsupportedbytheserver.UsetheHUUISO
thatissupportedbytheserver....

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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting