Upgrading the Server Firmware with Auto Install – Cisco Unified Compute Software and Configuration Management

You cannot cancel a server firmware upgrade process after you complete the configuration in the Install Server Firmware wizard. The Cisco UCS Manager applies the changes immediately. However, the timing of the actual reboot of servers depends on the maintenance policy in the service profile associated with the server.

Steps to upgrading server firmware are similar to the steps for upgrading infrastructure firmware with some minor changes. The steps are as follows:

Step 1. In the Navigation pane, click Equipment. On the Equipment tab, click the Equipment node. In the work pane, click the Firmware Management tab. In the subtab, click the Firmware Auto Install tab. In the Actions area, click Install Server Firmware.

Step 2. On the Prerequisites page of the Install Server Firmware wizard, carefully review the prerequisites and guidelines listed on this page and then do one of the following:

If you have completed all of the prerequisites, click Next.

If you have not completed all of the prerequisites, click Cancel and complete the prerequisites before you upgrade the server firmware.

Step 3. On the Select Package Versions page of the Install Server Firmware wizard, do the following:

If the Cisco UCS domain contains blade servers, choose the software bundle to which you want to upgrade these servers from the New Version drop-down list in the B-Series Blade Server Software area.

If the Cisco UCS domain contains rack-mount servers, choose the software bundle to which you want to upgrade these servers from the New Version drop-down list in the C-Series Rack-Mount Server Software area.

If the Cisco UCS domain includes both blade servers and rack servers, we recommend that you choose a new firmware version for the B-Series blade servers and C-Series rack-mount servers in the Select Package Versions page and upgrade all servers in the domain.

Then click Next.

Note

If you update the default host firmware package, you might cause the upgrade of firmware on unassociated servers and on servers with associated service profiles that do not include a host firmware package. This firmware upgrade may cause the reboot of those servers according to the maintenance policy defined in the service profile.

Step 4. On the Select Host Firmware Packages page of the Install Server Firmware wizard, do the following:

Expand the node for each organization that contains a host firmware package you want to update with the selected software.

Select the check box next to the name of each host firmware package that you want to update.

This step updates the selected host firmware package with the new version of firmware. You must choose the host firmware packages included in the service profiles associated with all servers in the Cisco UCS domain to update all servers. Then click Next.

Step 5. On the Host Firmware Package Dependencies page of the Install Server Firmware wizard, do the following:

Expand the node for each host firmware package listed in the table.

Review the list of service profiles that include the host firmware package.

If desired, click a link in one of the following columns:

Host Pack DN column: Opens the navigator for the host firmware package.

Service Profile DN column: Opens the navigator for the service profile.

Do one of the following:

If you want to change one or more of the selected host firmware packages, click Prev.

If you are satisfied that you have selected the appropriate host firmware packages and want to review the impact of the server firmware upgrade on the endpoints, click Next.

If you want to start the server upgrade immediately, click Install.

Step 6. On the Impacted Endpoints Summary page of the Install Server Firmware wizard, do the following:

ImagesClick the appropriate check boxes to filter the results in the Impacted Endpoints table. You can filter the results by the type of endpoint and by whether the impact of the upgrade is disruptive.

 Review the list of impacted endpoints.

If desired, click the link in the Maintenance Policy column to open the navigator for that policy.

Do one of the following:

If you want to change one or more of the selected host firmware packages, click Prev.

 If you are satisfied that you have selected the appropriate host firmware packages and want to start the server upgrade, click Install.

Step 7. (Optional) To check on the progress of the server firmware upgrade, check the FSM tab for each server that you are upgrading. The Firmware Installer field on the Firmware Auto Install tab shows only the status of an infrastructure firmware upgrade.

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