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    							DescriptionUI element
DisplaythePCIslotinformationforthePCIadapter
components.
PCISlot
Displaysthecurrentversionofthefirmwareforeachofthe
listedcomponents.
CurrentVersion
Displaystheversionofthefirmwarethatisavailablefor
upgrade.
UpdateVersion
Displaysthestatusoftheupdateforeachelementinthelist
whileanupdateisinprogress.
UpdateStatus
2.Controlssection
Thisbuttonisusedtoinitiatethefirmwareupdateforthe
selectedcomponents.
Update
Thisbuttonisusedtoinitiatethefirmwareupdateofallthe
availablecomponentsforaserver.
UpdateAll
Thisbuttonisusedtoinitiatefirmwareupdateonspecifichard
drivesthatsupportnewfirmware.
UpdateHDDFirmware
Thisbuttonisusedtosavethelogfilesthatcontainadetailed
statusoftheupdatetoanexternalUSBdeviceconnectedto
theserverphysicallyorthroughtheKVMvMedia.Whenan
erroroccursduringanupdate,youarepromptedtosavethe
logs.TheSaveLogsfeatureisusefulfortroubleshooting.
SaveLogs
Thisbuttonisusedtocomparethepreviouslyupdatedfirmware
versionforeachcomponentthatwasupdatedusingtheHUU
withthecurrentversionofthefirmwareonthecomponents.
LastUpdateVerify
ThisbuttonisusedtorestoretheCMCsettingsfortheS3260
serverstofactorydefaults.
ThisoptionisavailableonlyforS3260
servers.
Note
RestoreChassisDefaults
ThisbuttonisusedtorestoretheCiscoIMCsettingstofactory
defaults.
ThisoptionisavailableonlyfornonS3260
servers.
Note
RestoreCiscoIMCDefaults
ThisbuttonisusedtoexitfromtheHUU.Ifyouhaveupdated
theBMCorCMCwhenyouclickExit,BMCorCMCgets
activated.
Exit
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Understanding the HUU User Interface
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    							DescriptionUI element
Thissectionindicatesthestatusofanupdate.3.CurrentActivity
section
Thissectionprovidesadetailedlogofthevariousactivities
andtheirstatuswhileanupdateisinprogress.
4.ExecutionLogs
section
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    							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
IntegratedManagementControllerFirmwareFiles,Release2.0
Forupdatedinformationonthecomponentssupportedbyvariousserversforpreviousreleases,seethe
respectivereleasenotesat:ReleaseNotesforCiscoUCSC-SeriesSoftware.
Support
TheCiscoHostUpgradeUtilitychecksforandthenupdatesthefirmwareforLSIcontrollerdevicesonCisco
UCSC-seriesservers.ForacompletelistofsupportedLSIcontrollerdevicesonthesupportedservers,see
the
CiscoUCSC-SeriesIntegratedManagementControllerFirmwareFiles,Release2.0
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Support
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    							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.
TheHardwareandSoftwareInteroperabilityMatrixisavailablehere:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10477/prod_technical_reference_list.html
Important
YoucanusetheHUUISOtoupgradecomponentsoftheserverfromthehostlocallywithawritabledisk
(DVDorCD),orremotelybymountingtheHUUISOasavirtualdevice.Thisfollowingprocedureexplains
howtoupgradethefirmwareusingtheHUU:
Step 1DownloadtheHUUISOfile:
a)NavigatetothefollowingURL:http://www.cisco.com/cisco/software/navigator.html.
b)Inthemiddlecolumn,clickServers–UnifiedComputing.
c)Intheright-handcolumn,clickCiscoUCSC-SeriesRack-MountStandaloneServerSoftware.
d)Choosethenameofyourmodelofserverintherightcolumn.
e)ClickUnifiedComputingSystem(UCS)ServerFirmware.
f)Choosethereleasenumber.
g)ClickDownloadNowtodownloadtheucs-serverplatform-huu-version_number.isofile.
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    							h)Verifytheinformationonthenextpage,andclickProceedWithDownload.
i)Continuethroughthesubsequentscreenstoacceptthelicenseagreementandbrowsetoalocationwhereyouwant
tosavethefile.
Step 2IfyouwanttopreparetheISOforalocalupgrade,completethisstep;Otherwise,gotoStep3.
a)BurntheISOimageontoawritabledisk(CD).
b)ConnectaVGAmonitorandUSBkeyboardtotheCiscoC-Seriesserver.
c)InsertthediskintotheUSBDVDdriveoftheCiscoC-Seriesserver.
d)GotoStep4.
Step 3PreparetheISOforaremoteupgradeusingtheKVMConsole.
a)UseabrowsertoconnecttotheCiscoIMCGUIsoftwareontheserverthatyouareupgrading.
b)intheaddressfieldofthebrowser,entertheCiscoIMCIPaddressforthatserver,andthenenteryourusernameand
password.
c)ClickLaunchKVMConsoleonthetoolbar.tolaunchtheKVMConsole.
Selecttheservernodeonwhichyouwanttobootthe
HUU.
Note
d)IntheKVMConsole,clicktheVirtualMedia.
e)ClickAddImageandclicktheucs-server-name-huu-version_number.isofile.
f)IntheClientViewarea,intheMappedcolumn,checkthecheckboxfortheISOfilethatyouaddedandthenwait
formappingtocomplete.
g)AftertheISOfileappearsasamappedremotedevice,gotoStep4.
Step 4BoottheserverandpressF6whenpromptedtoopentheBootMenuscreen.
Step 5IntheBootMenuscreen,choosethepreparedISO:
•Foralocalupgrade,choosethephysicalorexternallyconnectedCD/DVDdeviceandthenpressEnter.
•Foraremoteupgrade,chooseCiscovKVM-MappedvDVD1.22,andpressEnter.
Theserverbootsfromtheselecteddevice.
Step 6AftertheHUUboots,CiscoEndUserLicenseAgreement(EULA)appears,readtheEULAandclick:
•IAgreetoagreewiththelicenseagreementandproceedwiththeupdate.
•IDisagreetocancel.
AfteryouaccepttheEULA,whentheCiscoHostUpgradeUtilitywindowappearswithalistofallthecomponents
thatareavailableforupdate.
Step 7Ifyouwanttoupdateallthelistedcomponents,clickUpdateall.
•EnablingCiscoIMCSecureBootconfirmationdialogboxappears.
Step 8ReadthecontentontheconfirmationboxcarefullyandclickYes,ifyouwanttogoaheadandupdatethefirmwareand
enableCiscoIMCsecureboot.
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    							Note•Ifyouareupdatingfromaversionbelow2.0(x)to2.0(x),whenyouclickYESboththeactiveandthe
backupversionsofCiscoIMCwillbeupdatedto2.0(x).
•DuringupdatetheKVMconnectionwillbelost,youhavetoreconnecttoviewtheprogressoftheupdates.
FormoreinformationonCiscoIMCsecureboot,refertotheIntroductiontoCiscoIMCSecureBootsection
intheCiscoUCSC-SeriesServersIntegratedManagementControllerGUIConfigurationGuide,Release2.0(1).
Step 9Ifyouwantupdatespecificcomponentsfromthelist,choosethecomponentsthatyouwanttoupdate.
Ifyouwanttodowngradethesecureadapterupdatefirmware,completesteps10through12below.Elsecontinueto
step13.
Step 10Todowngradethesecureadapterupdatefirmware,maptheHUUandallowittoboot.
Step 11OnthevirtualKVMConsole,waitforthemessage'Loadingfirmwaretools'todisplay,whentheHUUbootsup.
Step 12Disableenable-security-version-checkonceyouseethe'Loadingfirmwaretools'message.
a)FromtheCiscoIMCcommandlineinterface,runthecommandscopecimc->scope
adapter-secure-update->enable-security-version-checkyes/no/status.
b)FromtheCiscoIMCwebUI,logontotheUtilitiestab.
c)FromtheXMLAPI,enterthefollowingdata:
Request:




/nuova
Response:






Step 13ClickUpdatetoreturntotheupdateprocess.
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    							Note•WerecommendyoutoupdatethefirmwareonallcomponentsusingtheUpdatealloption,unlessyou
wanttospecificallyupdatethefirmwareofacomponent.
•Whenyouupdatethefirmwareofoneofthefollowingthreecomponents:BMC,BIOS,orCMC,we
recommendthatyoualsoupdatethefirmwareoftheothertwocomponents.
•IfyouupdatetheBMCfirmware,clickExitandthenOktoactivatetheBMCfirmware.
•IfyouchoosetoupdateBMCandanyothercomponentwithitandifyouhavenotchosenBIOS,thenon
exit,youwillbepromptedtoupdatetheChassisFirmware,clickYesintheconfirmationboxtoupdate
thechassisfirmware.
WhenyouclickUpdateorUpdatealltoupdatethechassiscomponentsofCMC1andCMC2simultaneously,
theupdateonthesecondtriggeringservercomponentisskipped,andthesubsequentcomponentisupdated.
Important
ThisinitiatestheupdateandthestatusoftheupdateisdisplayedintheUpdateStatuscolumn.Youcanalsoviewa
moredetailedlogofaseriesofactivitiesandstatusesthatareinvolvedwhileupdatingthefirmwareintheExecution
Logssection.
Step 14Ifyouwanttoupdatethefirmwareoftheharddiskofaserver,clickUpdateHDDFirmware.Awindowdisplaysalist
ofharddiskdrivesontheserverthatsupportnewfirmware.Harddiskdrivesthatdonotsupportfirmwareupgradesare
notlisted.
Updatingthefirmwareoftheharddiskdrivecouldresultindataloss.Ciscorecommendsthatyoutakea
completesystembackuppriortoupdatingthefirmware.
Important
a)Toupdatethefirmwareofalltheharddisks,clickUpdateAll.
Withthisoption,HDDswiththelatestfirmwareinstalledarenotupdated.
b)ToupdateaspecificHDD,choosetheHDDandclickUpdate.
Step 15ClickExittoexitfromtheHUU.
Note•IfyouhaveupdatedtheBMCandnottheBIOS,whenyouclickExit,BMCgetsactivatedandyoulose
connectivitytotheBMCandKVM.
Step 16ClickYesattheconfirmationprompt.
Step 17Reboottheservertoapplyfirmwarechanges.
Step 18BoottheserverbackintoHUUISO,andclickLastUpdateVerify.
ThisactioncomparesthepreviouslyupdatedfirmwareversionforeachcomponentthatwasupdatedusingtheHUU
withthecurrentversionofthefirmwareonthecomponentsandprovidesthestatusoftheupdate.
Step 19Ifyouwanttosavethelogfilesoftheupdatestatusforlateruse,clickSaveLogs.
LogfilesthatcontainadetailedstatusoftheupdatearesavedtoanexternalUSBdevicethatisconnectedtotheserver
physicallyorthroughtheKVMvMedia.
Ifanerroroccurswhileupdatingthefirmware,youarepromptedtosavetheerrorlog.ClickSaveLogstosave
thelogtoanexternallyconnectedUSB.Thislogcanbeusedforidentifyingthecauseoftheerrorand
troubleshooting.
Note
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    							CHAPTER 4
Troubleshooting
Thischaptercontainsthefollowingtopics:
•Troubleshooting,page11
Troubleshooting
Thefollowingtabledescribestroubleshootingsuggestionsforissuesthatyoumightencounter.
Suggested SolutionIssue
Thisisexpectedbehaviorafterafirmwareupdate.
LogbackintotheBMCandreestablishyourKVM
session.
ConnectiontoBMCislostafteranupdateandreboot
andtheKVMsessionends.
ThiserrormessageisdisplayedwhentheHUUISO
isnotsupportedbytheserver.UsetheHUUISO
thatissupportedbytheserver.
Thefollowingerrormessageisobserved:
PID,BoardPartNumber,ProductPartNumber

isnotsupportedbythisHUUimage.HUUwill
notbootonthismachine.Pressanykeyto
reboottheserver.
Updatetheservernodes1and2sequentially.Whenyouupdatethechassiscomponents
simultaneouslyusingeitherUpdateorUpdateAll
option,theupdateonthesecondtriggeringchassis
componentisskipped,andthesubsequentcomponent
isupdated.
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