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Release_Notes_for_Cisco_C-Series_SW_2_0_6

Release Notes for Cisco UCS C-Series Software, Release 2.0(6)

First Published Date: June 5, 2015

Revised Date: August 26, 2015

This document describes the new features, system requirements, open caveats and known behaviors for C- series software release 2.0(6) including Cisco Integrated Management Controller software and any related BIOS, firmware, or drivers. Use this document in conjunction with the documents listed in the “Related Documentation” section.

Note We sometimes update the documentation after original publication. Therefore, you should also review the documentation on Cisco.com for any updates.

shows the online change history for this document.

Table 1 Online History Change

Revision

Date

Description

A0

June 5, 2015

Created release notes for Release 2.0(6d)

B0

July 2, 2015

Added references to the Cisco UCS Manager release notes and the Cisco UCS C Series Server Integration with Cisco UCS Manager documentation.

C0

August 5, 2015

Following changes were made in this revision:

- Updated the Recommended Best Practices section with workaround for installing VMWare.

- Updated the System Requirements section with Java compatibility information.

D0

August 26, 2015

Following changes were made in this revision:

- Updated the HUU version to 2.0(6f) for the C220 M3, C240 M3, C220 M4, C240 M4 and C3160 M3 servers.

- Updated the Resolved Caveats section.

- Updated the Open Caveats section.

Contents

This document includes the following sections:

- Introduction

- Supported Features

- Resolved Caveats

- Known Behaviors

- Open Caveats

- Related Documentation

- Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Introduction

This section includes the following sections:

- Overview of the Server Models

- Overview of the Pre-Installed Cisco Flexible Flash Card

- Hardware and Software Interoperability

- Transceivers Specifications

- Firmware Files

- Host Upgrade Utility

- System Requirements

- Updating the Firmware

- Recommended Best Practices

- Upgrading BIOS and Cisco IMC Firmware

Overview of the Server Models

This section includes the following sections:

- Overview of Cisco UCS C3160 Rack Servers

- Overview of Cisco UCS C220 M3 and C240 M3 Rack Servers

- Overview of Cisco UCS C22 M3 and C24 M3 Rack Servers

- Overview of Cisco UCS C460 M4 Rack Servers

- Overview of Cisco UCS C240 M4 Rack Servers

- Overview of Cisco UCS C220 M4 Rack Servers

Overview of Cisco UCS C3160 Rack Servers

The Cisco UCS C3160 Rack Server is a modular, high-density server ideal for service providers, enterprises, and industry-specific environments. The Cisco UCS C3160 addresses the need for highly scalable computing with high-capacity local storage. Designed for a new class of cloud-scale applications, it is simple to deploy and excellent for unstructured data repositories, media streaming, and content distribution.

Extending the capability of the Cisco UCS portfolio, the new Cisco UCS C3160 Rack Server is an advanced, modular rack server with extremely high storage density. Based on the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v2 series, it offers up to 360 TB of local storage in a compact 4-rack-unit (4RU) form factor.

Because all its hard-disk drives are individually hot-swappable, and with its built-in enterprise-class Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) redundancy, the Cisco UCS C3160 helps you achieve the highest levels of data availability.

Unlike typical high-density rack servers that require extended depth racks, the Cisco UCS C3160 has no such requirement and can comfortably fit in a standard-depth rack, such as the Cisco UCS R42610.

The Cisco UCS C3160 uses a modular server architecture which, taking advantage of our blade technology expertise, allows you to upgrade the compute or network nodes in the system without requiring a data migration from one system to another. It delivers:

- Up to 60 large-form-factor (LFF) drives, plus two solid-state drive (SSD) boot drives

- Up to 256 MB memory

- Support for 12-Gbps serial-attached SCSI (SAS) drives

- A modular LAN-on-motherboard (mLOM) slot on the system I/O controller for installing next-generation Cisco virtual interface card (VIC) or third-party network interface card (NIC)

- High reliability, availability, and serviceability features with tool-less server nodes, system I/O controller, easy-to-use latching lid, and hot-swappable and hot-pluggable components

The Cisco UCS C3160 is deployed as a standalone server in both bare-metal or virtualized environments. Its modular architecture reduces TCO by allowing you to upgrade individual components over time and as use cases evolve, without having to replace the entire system.

Overview of Cisco UCS C220 M3 and C240 M3 Rack Servers

The Cisco UCS C220 M3 Rack Server is designed for performance and density over a wide range of business workloads, from web serving to distributed databases. The enterprise-class Cisco UCS C220 M3 server extends the capabilities of the Cisco UCS portfolio in a 1RU form factor with the addition of the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family. In addition, the Cisco UCS C220 M3 server offers up to two Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 product family, 16 DIMM slots, eight disk drives, and two 1 Gigabit Ethernet LAN-on-motherboard (LOM) ports.

The Cisco UCS C240 M3 Rack Server is designed for both performance and expandability over a wide range of storage-intensive infrastructure workloads, from big data to collaboration. The enterprise-class Cisco UCS C240 M3 server further extends the capabilities of the Cisco UCS portfolio in a 2RU form factor with the addition of the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family. The Cisco UCS C240 M3 offers up to two Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family, 24 DIMM slots, 24 disk drives, and four 1 Gigabit Ethernet LOM ports.

The Cisco UCS C220 M3 and the Cisco UCS C240 M3 interfaces with Cisco UCS using the Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC); 1225. The Cisco UCS VIC is a virtualization-optimized Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) PCI Express (PCIe) 2.0 x8 10-Gbps adapter designed for use with Cisco UCS C-Series servers. The VIC is a dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe adapter that can support up to 256 (1225) PCIe standards-compliant virtual interfaces, which can be dynamically configured so that both their interface types-network interface card (NIC) or host bus adapter (HBA) and identity (MAC address and worldwide name (WWN))-are established using just-in-time provisioning. In addition, the Cisco UCS VIC can support network interface virtualization and Cisco® Data Center Virtual Machine Fabric Extender (VM-FEX) technology.

Overview of Cisco UCS C22 M3 and C24 M3 Rack Servers

The Cisco UCS C22 M3 Rack Server is an entry-level UCS server designed for both performance and density over a wide range of business workloads, including enterprise web/file/print server and HPC. The enterprise-class Cisco UCS C22 M3 server extends the capabilities of the Cisco UCS portfolio in a 1RU form factor with the addition of the Intel Xeon E5-2400 product family. In addition, the Cisco UCS C22 M3 server offers up to two Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2400 product family processors, 12 DIMM slots, 8 disk drives, and two 1 Gigabit Ethernet LAN-on-motherboard (LOM) ports.

You can order the server in two different versions, each with one of two different front panel and back plane configurations:

- Cisco UCS C22 M3, small form-factor (SFF) drives with 8-drive backplane

Holds up to eight 2.5-inch hard drives or solid state drives

- Cisco UCS C22 M3, large form factor (LFF) drives, with 4-drive backplane)

Holds up to four 3.5-inch hard drives

The Cisco UCS C24 M3 Rack Server is designed for both performance and expandability over a wide range of storage-intensive infrastructure workloads, from big data to collaboration. The enterprise-class Cisco UCS C24 M3 server further extends the capabilities of the Cisco UCS portfolio in a 2RU form factor with the addition of the Intel® Xeon® processor Intel Xeon E5-2400 product family. The Cisco UCS C24 M3 offers up to two Intel® Xeon® E5-2400 processors, 12 DIMM slots, 24 disk drives, and two 1 Gigabit Ethernet LAN-on-motherboard (LOM) ports.

You can order the server in three different versions, each with one of three different front panel/backplane configurations:

- Cisco UCS C24 - small form-factor (SFF) drives, with 24-drive backplane and expander

Holds up to twenty-four 2.5-inch hard drives or solid state drives.

- Cisco UCS C24 - small form-factor (SFF) drives, with 16-drive backplane, and no expander

Holds up to sixteen 2.5-inch hard drives or solid state drives and enables embedded RAID to be used in the server.

- Cisco UCS C24 - large form-factor (LFF) drives, with 12-drive backplane and expander

Holds up to twelve 3.5-inch hard drives

The Cisco UCS C22 M3 and the Cisco UCS C24 M3 interfaces with Cisco UCS using the Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC); 1225. The Cisco UCS VIC is a virtualization-optimized Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) PCI Express (PCIe) 2.0 x8 10-Gbps adapter designed for use with Cisco UCS C-Series servers. The VIC is a dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe adapter that can support up to 256 (1225) PCIe standards-compliant virtual interfaces, which can be dynamically configured so that both their interface types-network interface card (NIC) or host bus adapter (HBA) and identity (MAC address and worldwide name (WWN))-are established using just-in-time provisioning. In addition, the Cisco UCS VIC can support network interface virtualization and Cisco® Data Center Virtual Machine Fabric Extender (VM-FEX) technology.

Overview of Cisco UCS C460 M4 Rack Servers

The Cisco UCS® C460 M4 Rack Server provides the performance and reliability to run mission-critical applications and virtualized workloads that require intensive computation processing and very high memory capacity. Applications that are memory-bound (for example, large-scale virtualization, massive database applications, and server consolidation) will benefit from the increased performance and memory footprint of the Cisco UCS C460 M4.

The Cisco UCS C460 M4 is a four-rack-unit (4RU) rack server supporting the Intel® Xeon® E7-4800 v2 and E7-8800 v2 processor families. Product highlights include:

- Up to 6 terabytes (TB) of double-data-rate 3 (DDR3) memory in 96 DIMM slots

- Up to 12 Small Form Factor (SFF) hot-pluggable SAS, SATA, or SSD disk drives

- Abundant I/O capability with 10 PCI Express (PCIe) Generation 3 (Gen 3) slots supporting the Cisco UCS virtual interface cards (VICs). An internal slot is reserved for a hard-disk drive array controller card

- Two Gigabit Ethernet LAN-on-motherboard (LOM) ports, two 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports, and a dedicated out-of-band (OOB) management port that provides additional networking options

The Cisco UCS C460 M4 Rack Server offers industry-leading performance and advanced reliability well suited for the most demanding enterprise and mission-critical workloads, large-scale virtualization, and database applications. Whether the Cisco UCS C460 M4 is used as a standalone system or in a Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS) deployment, customers gain the benefits of the server’s high-capacity memory when very large memory footprints such as the following are required:

- SAP workloads

- Database applications and data warehousing

- Large virtualized environments

- Real-time financial applications

- Java-based workloads

- Server consolidation

Overview of Cisco UCS C240 M4 Rack Servers

The enterprise-class Cisco UCS C240 M4 server extends the capabilities of the Cisco UCS portfolio in a 2RU form -factor. Based on the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 series, it delivers an outstanding combination of performance, flexibility, and efficiency. In addition, the Cisco UCS C240 M4 offers outstanding levels of internal memory and storage expandability with exceptional performance. It delivers:

- Up to 24 DDR4 DIMMs for improved performance and lower power consumption

- Up to 6 PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0 slots (4 full-height, full-length)

- Up to 24 small-form factor drives or 12 large form-factor drives, plus two (optional) internal SATA boot drives

- Support for 12-Gbps SAS drives

- A modular LAN-on-motherboard (mLOM) slot for installing a next-generation Cisco virtual interface card (VIC) or third-party network interface card (NIC) without consuming a PCIe slot

- 2 x 1 Gigabit Ethernet embedded LOM ports

- Supports two double-wide NVIDIA graphics processing units (GPUs), providing a graphics-rich experience to more virtual users

- Excellent reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features with tool-free CPU insertion, easy-to-use latching lid, hot-swappable and hot-pluggable components, and redundant Cisco® Flexible Flash (FlexFlash) SD cards.

The Cisco UCS C240 M4 Rack Server with the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 product family is well suited for a wide range of storage and I/O-intensive applications such as:

- Big data

- Collaboration

- Small and medium-sized business (SMB) databases

- Virtualization and consolidation

- Storage servers

- High-performance appliances

The Cisco UCS C240 M4 can be deployed as standalone servers or as part of the Cisco Unified Computing System, which unifies computing, networking, management, virtualization, and storage access into a single integrated architecture that enables end-to-end server visibility, management, and control in both bare-metal and virtualized environments. Within a Cisco UCS deployment, the Cisco UCS C240 M4 takes advantage of Cisco’s standards-based unified computing innovations, which significantly reduce customers’ total cost-of-ownership (TCO) and increase business agility.

Overview of Cisco UCS C220 M4 Rack Servers

The enterprise-class Cisco UCS C220 M4 server extends the capabilities of the Cisco UCS portfolio in a 1RU form factor. It incorporates the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 v3 product family, next-generation DDR4 memory, and 12-Gbps SAS throughput, delivering significant performance and efficiency gains. The Cisco UCS C220 M4 rack server delivers outstanding levels of expandability and performance in a compact 1RU package:

- Up to 24 DDR4 DIMMs for improved performance and lower power consumption

- Up to 8 Small Form-Factor (SFF) drives or up to 4 Large Form-Factor (LFF) drives and PCIe SSDs

- Support for 12-Gbps SAS Module RAID controller drivesin a dedicated slot; leaving remaining two PCIe Gen 3.0 slots available for other expansion cards

- A modular LAN-on-motherboard (mLOM) slot that can be used to install a Cisco UCS virtual interface card (VIC) or third-party network interface card (NIC) without consuming a PCIe slot

- Two embedded 1Gigabit Ethernet LAN-on-motherboard (LOM) ports

The Cisco UCS C220 M4 Rack Server with the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 product family is excellent for a wide range of enterprise workloads, including:

- IT and web infrastructure

- High-performance virtual desktops

- Medium -sized or distributed databases

- Middleware

- Collaboration

- Public cloud

Cisco UCS C220 M4 can be deployed as standalone servers or in an UCS-managed environment. When combined with Cisco UCS, the Cisco UCS C220 M4 brings the power and automation of unified computing to enterprise applications, including SingleConnect technology that drastically reduces switching and cabling requirements. Cisco UCS Manager with service profiles enables rapid deployment and end-to-end server visibility, management, and control in both virtualized and bare-metal environments. The Cisco UCS C220 M4 is the most versatile general-purpose enterprise infrastructure and application server in the industry.

Overview of the Pre-Installed Cisco Flexible Flash Card

Starting with version 1.5(4), the SD storage device is available to Cisco IMC as a single hypervisor (HV) partition configuration. Prior versions had four virtual USB drives.

Refer to the following documents for more information about these tasks:

- Replacing a card: Refer to any of the following:

- Enabling and booting a VD: Cisco UCS C-Series Servers Integrated Management Controller GUI Configuration Guide or the Cisco UCS C-Series Servers Integrated Management Controller CLI Configuration Guide

- Monitoring and managing a card with Cisco IMC: Cisco UCS C-Series Servers Integrated Management Controller GUI Configuration Guide or the Cisco UCS C-Series Servers Integrated Management Controller CLI Configuration Guide

The links to these documents are in the C-Series documentation road map:

Hardware and Software Interoperability

for your release located at:

Transceivers Specifications

The Cisco UCS C-Series servers supports a wide variety of 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity options using Cisco 10GBASE SFP+ modules.

details the controllers and the supported transceivers.

Table 2 Controllers and SFP+ Twinax Transceivers Support Matrix

Controllers (LOM and PCIe)

10GBASE-CU SFP+ Cable 1 Meter, passive

10GBASE-CU SFP+ Cable 3 Meter, passive

10GBASE-CU SFP+ Cable 5 Meter, passive

10GBASE-CU SFP+ Cable 7 Meter, active

10GBASE-CU SFP+ Cable 10 Meter, active

SFP-H10GB-CU1M

SFP-H10GB-CU3M

SFP-H10GB-CU5M

SFP-H10GB-ACU7M

SFP-H10GB-ACU10M

Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Cards

x

x

x

x

x

Intel x520

Broadcom 57712

x

x

x

x

x

Table 3 Controllers and SFP+Optical Transceivers Support Matrix

Controllers (LOM and PCIe)

Intel SR Optics

JDSU (PLRXPL-SC-S43-22-N) SFP+

Cisco SFP-10G-SR

Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Cards

NA

NA

x

Intel x520

x

NA

Not supported

Broadcom 57712

NA

x

x

Firmware Files

The C-Series software release 2.0(6) includes the following software files:

Table 4 Files in this release

CCO Software Type

File name(s)

Comment

Unified Computing System (UCS) Server Firmware

ucs-c2x-huu-2.0.6d.iso

ucs-c220-huu-2.0.6f.iso

ucs-c240-huu-2.0.6f.iso

ucs-c220m4-huu-2.0.6f.iso

ucs-c240m4-huu-2.0.6f.iso

ucs-c460m4-huu-2.0.6d.iso

ucs-c3160-huu-2.0.6f.iso

Host Upgrade Utility

Unified Computing System (UCS) Drivers

ucs-cxxx-drivers.2.0.6.iso

Drivers

Unified Computing System (UCS) Utilities

ucs-cxxx-utils-efi.2.0.6.iso

ucs-cxxx-utils-linux.2.0.6.iso

ucs-cxxx-utils-vmware.2.0.6.iso

ucs-cxxx-utils-windows.2.0.6.iso

Utilities

Note Always upgrade the BIOS, the Cisco IMC and CMC from the HUU ISO. Do not upgrade individual components (only BIOS or only Cisco IMC or CMC), since this could lead to unexpected behavior. If you choose to upgrade BIOS, the Cisco IMC and the CMC individually and not from the HUU ISO, make sure to upgrade both Cisco IMC, BIOS and CMC to the same container release. If the BIOS, CMC and the Cisco IMC versions are from different container releases, it could result in unexpected behavior. Cisco recommends that you use the Update All option from the Host Upgrade Utility to update the firmware versions of Cisco IMC, BIOS, CMC and all other server components (VIC, RAID Controllers, PCI devices, and LOM) together.

Host Upgrade Utility

The Cisco Host Upgrade Utility (HUU) is a tool that upgrades the following firmware:

- Cisco Integrated Management Controller (Cisco IMC)

- System BIOS

- LAN on motherboard (LOM)

– Intel Ethernet i350 PCI Server Adapter

– Intel X540 dual port LOM

– Intel I350 mLOM

- LSI

– Cisco UCSC RAID SAS 12G SAS Modular Raid Controller

– Cisco RAID controller for UCS C3X60 Storage Servers

– Cisco UCSC RAID SAS 12G SAS Modular Raid Controller for C460

– Cisco 12G Modular SAS Pass-through Controller

– UCS 3x60 12G SAS Pass through Controller

– Cisco UCSC RAID SAS 2008M-8i

– LSI MegaRAID SAS 9220-4i

– LSI MegaRAID SAS 9220-8i

– LSI MegaRAID SAS 9240-8i

– LSI MegaRAID SAS 9265CV-8i

– LSI MegaRAID SAS 9270CV-8i

– LSI MegaRAID SAS 9286CV-8e

– LSI MegaRAID SAS 8110-4i

– LSI MegaRAID SAS 9266-8i

– LSI MegaRAID SAS 9271CV-8i

– LSI MegaRAID SAS 9285CV-8e

– LSI MegaRAID SAS 9266CV-8i

– LSI MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i

– LSI MegaRAID SAS 9300-8i

– LSI MegaRAID SAS 9300-8E

- Cisco Adapter UCS VIC P81E

- Cisco Adapter UCS VIC 1225

- Cisco Adapter UCS VIC 1225T

- Cisco Adapter UCS VIC 1285

- Cisco Adapter UCS VIC 1227

- Cisco Adapter UCS VIC 1227T

- Cisco Adapter UCS VIC 1385

- Broadcom PCI adapters

– 5709 Dual and Quad port adapters

– 57712 Dual port adapter SFP+

– 57712 Dual port adapter 10GBaseT

– 57810 Dual port

- Intel adapters

– i350 Quad port adapter

– X520 Dual port adapter

– X540 Dual port adapter

- QLogic Adapters

– QLogic-2462

– QLogic-2562

– QLogic-2672

– QLogic-8242

– QLogic-8362

- Emulex adapters

– LightPulse LPe11002

– LightPulse LPe12002

– LightPulse LPe16002

– OneConnect® OCe11102

– OneConnect® OCe14102

- Fusion

– Fusion-io ioDrive2 1205G

– Fusion-io ioDrive2 3000G

– Fusion-io ioDrive2 365G

– Fusion-io ioDrive2 785G

– Fusion IO Memory 1000G

– Fusion IO Memory 1300G

– Fusion IO Memory 2600G

– Fusion IO Memory 3200G

– Fusion IO Memory 5200G

– Fusion IO Memory 6400G

- NVIDIA

– TESLA K10

– TESLA K20m

– TESLA K20xm

– TESLA K40m

– TESLA K80

– VGX GRID K1

– VGX GRID K2

- HDD

– ST9146853SS

– ST9300653SS

– ST300MM0006

– ST600MM0006

– ST900MM0006

– ST9500620SS

– ST91000640SS

– MZ6ER200HAGM

– MZ6ER400HAGL

– MZ6ER800HAGL

– ST1000NM0001

– ST2000NM0001

– ST500NM0011

– AL13SEB300

– AL13SEB600

– AL13SEB900

– ST9300605SS

– ST9600205SS

– ST9900805SS

– MK1001TRKB

– MK2001TRKB

– ST33000650SS

– ST3600057SS

– ST9146803SS

– ST9300603SS

– ST9500530NS

– MTFDDAK100MAR

– MTFDDAK400MAR

The image file for the firmware is embedded in the ISO. The utility displays a menu that allows you to choose which firmware components to upgrade. For more information on this utility see:

Starting with 1.4 release, separate ISO images of Host Upgrade Utility are available for different server platforms.

The ISO image is now named as ucs-<server_platform>-huu-<version_number>.iso.

The Cisco Host Upgrade Utility contains the following files:

Table 5 Files in ucs-c2x-huu-2.0.6d.iso

Server(s)

Type

Component

Version

C22, C24

Cisco IMC

2.0(6d)

BIOS

2.0.4b.0

UCS VIC 1225

4.0(5b)-uboot-4.0(5b)

UCS VIC 1225T

4.0(5b)-uboot-4.0(5b)

UCS VIC 1285

4.0(5b)-uboot-4.0(5b)

LOM

I350

0x80000AA1-1.808.2

PCI adapters

BROADCOM

BCM-5709-dual

A0907GT7441.0-7.4.0

BCM-5709-quad

A0906GT7441.0-7.4.0

BCM-57712-10GBASET

A1202T7441.0

BCM-57712-dual

A1213GT7441.0

BCM-57810-dual

A1006GT7441.0

EMULEX

EMULEX-LPe11002

2.82A4-(Z3F2.82A4)-2.82A4-(Z3F2.82A4)

EMULEX-LPe12002

2.01A12-(U3D2.01A12)-2.01A12-(U3D2.01A12)

EMULEX-LPe16002

10.4.255.23-10.4.255.23

EMULEX-OCe11102

10.2.370.15-10.2.370.15

EMULEX-OCe14102

10.2.370.19-10.2.370.19

INTEL

INTEL-I350-PCI

0x80000AA6-1.808.2

INTEL-X520

1.446.1

INTEL-X540

0x800004B5-1.446.1

QLOGIC

QLOGIC-2462

5.09.00

QLOGIC-2562

7.03.00

QLOGIC-2672

7.03.02

QLOGIC-8242

025009

QLOGIC-8362

035013

LSI

9220-4i

20.13.1-0233

9220-8i

20.13.1-0233

9240-8i

20.13.1-0233

9265CV-8i

23.33.0-0023

9270CV-8i

23.33.0-0023

9286CV-8e

23.33.0-0023

Table 6 Files in ucs-c240-huu-2.0.6f.iso

Server

Type

Component

Version

C240

Cisco IMC

2.0(6f)

BIOS

2.0.4b.0

UCS VIC P81E

2.2(3b)-uboot-2.2(3b)

UCS VIC 1225

4.0(5b)-uboot-4.0(5b)

UCS VIC 1225T

4.0(5b)-uboot-4.0(5b)

UCS VIC 1285

4.0(5b)-uboot-4.0(5b)

LOM

Intel I350

0x80000AA5-1.808.2

PCI Adapters

BROADCOM

BCM-5709-dual

A0907GT7441.0-7.4.0

BCM-5709-quad

A0906GT7441.0-7.4.0

BCM-57712-10GBASET

A1202T7441.0

BCM-57712-dual

A1213GT7441.0

BCM-57810-dual

A1006GT7441.0

EMULEX

EMULEX-LPe11002

2.82A4-(Z3F2.82A4)-2.82A4-(Z3F2.82A4)

EMULEX-LPe12002

2.01A12-(U3D2.01A12)-2.01A12-(U3D2.01A12)

EMULEX-LPe16002

10.4.255.23-10.4.255.23

EMULEX-OCe11102

10.2.370.15-10.2.370.15

EMULEX-OCe14102

10.2.370.19-10.2.370.19

INTEL

INTEL-I350-PCI

0x80000AA6-1.808.2

INTEL-X520

1.446.1

INTEL-X540

0x800004B5-1.446.1

QLOGIC

QLOGIC-2462

5.09.00

QLOGIC-2562

7.03.00

QLOGIC-2672

7.03.02

QLOGIC-8242

025009

QLOGIC-8362

035013

LSI

2008M-8i

20.13.1-0233

8110-4i

23.30.0-01

9266-8i

23.33.0-0023

9271CV-8i

23.33.0-0023

9285CV-8e

23.33.0-0023

9286CV-8e

23.33.0-0023

FUSIONIO

Fusion-io-1000G

8.7.6

Fusion-io-1205G

7.1.17

Fusion-io-1300G

8.7.6

Fusion-io-2600G

8.7.6

Fusion-io-3000G

7.1.17

Fusion-io-365G

7.1.17

Fusion-io-5200G

8.7.6

Fusion-io-785G

7.1.17

NVIDIA

TESLA K10

F0.47.1C.00.C0-80.04.ED.00.03-2055.0202.01.04

VGX GRID K1

F0.47.1C.00.C0-80.07.DC.00.05-2401.0502.00.02 F0.47.1D.00.B0-80.07.BE.00.02-2401.0502.00.02

TESLA K20m

80.10.39.00.04-2081.0208.01.07

TESLA K20xm

80.10.39.00.02-2081.0200.01.09

VGX GRID K2

F0.47.1C.00.C0-80.04.F5.00.03-2055.0552.01.08 F0.47.1D.00.B0-80.04.D4.00.09-2055.0552.01.08

K40

80.80.3E.00.01-2081.0202.01.04

Table 7 Files in ucs-c220-huu-2.0.6f.iso

Server(s)

Type

Component

Version

C220

Cisco IMC

2.0(6f)

BIOS

2.0.4b.0

UCS VIC P81E

2.2(3b)-uboot-2.2(3b)

UCS VIC 1225

4.0(5b)-uboot-4.0(5b)

UCS VIC 1225T

4.0(5b)-uboot-4.0(5b)

UCS VIC 1285

4.0(5b)-uboot-4.0(5b)

LOM

Intel I350

0x80000AA4-1.808.2

PCI Adapters

BROADCOM

BCM-5709-Dual-Port

A0907GT7441.0-7.4.0

BCM-5709-Quad-Port

A0906GT7441.0-7.4.0

BCM-57712-10G-Base-T

A1202T7441.0

BCM-57712-Dual-Port

A1213GT7441.0

BCM-57810-Dual-Port

A1006GT7441.0

EMULEX

EMULEX-LPe11002

2.82A4-(Z3F2.82A4)-2.82A4-(Z3F2.82A4)

EMULEX-LPe12002

2.01A12-(U3D2.01A12)-2.01A12-(U3D2.01A12)

EMULEX-LPe16002

10.4.255.23-10.4.255.23

EMULEX-OCe11102

10.2.370.15-10.2.370.15

EMULEX-OCe14102

10.2.370.19-10.2.370.19

INTEL

INTEL-I350-PCI

0x80000AA6-1.808.2

INTEL-X520

1.446.1

INTEL-X540

0x800004B5-1.446.1

QLOGIC

QLOGIC-2462

5.09.00

QLOGIC-2562

7.03.00

QLOGIC-2672

7.03.02

QLOGIC-8242

025009

QLOGIC-8362

035013

LSI

2008M-8i

20.13.1-0233

9266-8i

23.33.0-0023

9271CV-8i

23.33.0-0023

9285CV-8e

23.33.0-0023

9286CV-8e

23.33.0-0023

FUSIONIO

Fusion-io-1000G

8.7.6

Fusion-io-1205G

7.1.17

Fusion-io-1300G

8.7.6

Fusion-io-2600G

8.7.6

Fusion-io-3000G

7.1.17

Fusion-io-365G

7.1.17

Fusion-io-5200G

8.7.6

Fusion-io-785G

7.1.17

Table 8 Files in ucs-c240m4-huu-2.0.6f.iso

Server

Type

Component

Version

C240M4

Cisco IMC

2.0(6f)

BIOS

2.0.6a.0

UCS VIC 1225

4.0(5b)-uboot-4.0(5b)

UCS VIC 1225T

4.0(5b)-uboot-4.0(5b)

UCS VIC 1227

4.0(5b)-uboot-4.0(5b)

UCS VIC 1227T

4.0(5b)-uboot-4.0(5b)

UCS VIC 1385

4.0(5b)-uboot-4.0(5b)

LOM

Intel I350

0x80000B16-1.808.2

Intel I350 mLOM

0x80000C25-1.808.2

PCI Adapters

BROADCOM

BCM-5709-Dual-Port

A0907GT7441.0-7.4.0

BCM-5709-Quad-Port

A0906GT7441.0-7.4.0

57810-dual

A1006GT7441.0

EMULEX

EMULEX-LPe12002

2.01A12-(U3D2.01A12)-2.01A12-(U3D2.01A12)

EMULEX-LPe16002

10.4.255.23-10.4.255.23

EMULEX-OCe14102

10.2.370.19-10.2.370.19

INTEL

INTEL-I350-PCI

0x80000AA6-1.808.2

INTEL-X520

1.446.1

INTEL-X540

0x800004B5-1.446.1

QLOGIC

QLOGIC-2562

7.03.00

QLOGIC-2672

7.03.02

QLOGIC-8362

035013

LSI

Cisco 12G SAS Modular RAID Controller

24.7.0-0047-0

9300-8E

07.00.04.00-07.01.00.0D

9300-8I

07.00.04.00-07.01.00.0B

Cisco 12G Modular SAS Pass through Controller

07.00.04.00-07.01.00.09

NVIDIA

VGX GRID K10

F0.47.1C.00.C0-80.04.ED.00.03-2055.0202.01.04

VGX GRID K1

F0.47.1C.00.C0-80.07.DC.00.05-2401.0502.00.02 F0.47.1D.00.B0-80.07.BE.00.02-2401.0502.00.02

TESLA K20m

80.10.39.00.04-2081.0208.01.07

TESLA K20xm

80.10.39.00.02-2081.0200.01.09

TESLA GRID K2

F0.47.1C.00.C0-80.04.F5.00.03-2055.0552.01.08 F0.47.1D.00.B0-80.04.D4.00.09-2055.0552.01.08

TESLA K40m

80.80.3E.00.01-2081.0202.01.04

TESLA K80 24G P2080-200

F0.47.29.00.C0-80.21.1B.00.01-2080.0200.00.04

FUSIONIO

Fusion-io-1000G

8.7.6

Fusion-io-1300G

8.7.6

Fusion-io-2600G

8.7.6

Fusion-io-3200G

8.7.6

Fusion-io-5200G

8.7.6

Fusion-io-6400G

8.7.6

Table 9 Files in ucs-c220m4-huu-2.0.6f.iso

Server(s)

Type

Component

Version

C220M4

Cisco IMC

2.0(6f)

BIOS

2.0.6a.0

UCS VIC 1225

4.0(5b)-uboot-4.0(5b)

UCS VIC 1225T

4.0(5b)-uboot-4.0(5b)

UCS VIC 1227

4.0(5b)-uboot-4.0(5b)

UCS VIC 1227T

4.0(5b)-uboot-4.0(5b)

UCS VIC 1385

4.0(5b)-uboot-4.0(5b)

LOM

Intel I350

0x80000B15-1.808.2

Intel I350 mLOM

0x80000C25-1.808.2

PCI Adapters

BROADCOM

BCM-5709-Dual-Port

A0907GT7441.0-7.4.0

BCM-5709-Quad-Port

A0906GT7441.0-7.4.0

57810-dual

A1006GT7441.0

EMULEX

EMULEX-LPe12002

2.01A12-(U3D2.01A12)-2.01A12-(U3D2.01A12)

EMULEX-LPe16002

10.4.255.23-10.4.255.23

EMULEX-OCe14102

10.2.370.19-10.2.370.19

INTEL

INTEL-I350-PCI

0x80000AA6-1.808.2

INTEL-X520

1.446.1

INTEL-X540

0x800004B5-1.446.1

QLOGIC

QLOGIC-2562

7.03.00

QLOGIC-2672

7.03.02

QLOGIC-8362

035013

LSI

Cisco 12G SAS Modular RAID Controller

24.7.0-0047-0

9300-8E

07.00.04.00-07.01.00.0D

9300-8I

07.00.04.00-07.01.00.0B

Cisco 12G Modular SAS Pass through Controller

07.00.04.00-07.01.00.09

FUSIONIO

Fusion-io-1000G

8.7.6

Fusion-io-1300G

8.7.6

Fusion-io-2600G

8.7.6

Fusion-io-3200G

8.7.6

Fusion-io-5200G

8.7.6

Fusion-io-6400G

8.7.6

Table 10 Files in ucs-c460m4-huu-2.0.6d.iso

Server(s)

Component

Version

C460M4

Cisco IMC

2.0(6d)

BIOS

2.0.5b.0

UCS VIC 1225

4.0(5b)-uboot-4.0(5b)

UCS VIC 1225T

4.0(5b)-uboot-4.0(5b)

UCS VIC 1285

4.0(5b)-uboot-4.0(5b)

UCS VIC 1385

4.0(5b)-uboot-4.0(5b)

LOM

Intel I350

0x80000BF4-1.808.2

Intel X540 dual port LOM

0x800004F4-1.446.2

PCI Adapters

BROADCOM

BCM-5709-Quad-Port

A0906GT7441.0-7.4.0

BCM-57810-Dual-Port

A1006GT7441.0

INTEL

INTEL-I350

0x80000AA6-1.808.2

INTEL-X520-Dual-Port

1.446.1

INTEL-X540-Dual-Port

0x800004B5-1.446.1

QLOGIC

QLOGIC-2462

5.09.00

QLOGIC-2562

7.03.00

QLOGIC-2672

7.03.02

QLOGIC-8362

035013

EMULEX

EMULEX-LPe11002

2.82A4-(Z3F2.82A4)-2.82A4-(Z3F2.82A4)

EMULEX-LPe12002

2.01A12-(U3D2.01A12)-2.01A12-(U3D2.01A12)

EMULEX-LPe16002

10.4.255.23-10.4.255.23

EMULEX-OCe11102

10.2.370.15-10.2.370.15

EMULEX-OCe14102

10.2.370.19-10.2.370.19

LSI

Cisco 12G SAS Modular RAID Controller

24.7.0-0047-1

Cisco 12G SAS Modular Controller for C460

24.7.0-0047-0

9361-8i

24.7.0-0047-2

9300-8E 12G SAS HBA

07.00.04.00-07.01.00.0D

FUSION IO

Fusion-io-1000G

8.7.6

ioDrive2 1205G

7.1.17

Fusion-io-1300G

8.7.6

Fusion-io-2600G

8.7.6

ioDrive2 3000G

7.1.17

Fusion-io-3200G

8.7.6

ioDrive2 365G

7.1.17

Fusion-io-5200G

8.7.6

Fusion-io-6400G

8.7.6

ioDrive2 785G

7.1.17

NVIDIA

VGX GRID K10

F0.47.1C.00.C0-80.04.ED.00.03-2055.0202.01.04

VGX GRID K1

F0.47.1C.00.C0-80.07.DC.00.05-2401.0502.00.02 F0.47.1D.00.B0-80.07.BE.00.02-2401.0502.00.02

TESLA K20m

80.10.39.00.04-2081.0208.01.07

TESLA K20xm

80.10.39.00.02-2081.0200.01.09

TESLA GRID K2

F0.47.1C.00.C0-80.04.F5.00.03-2055.0552.01.08 F0.47.1D.00.B0-80.04.D4.00.09-2055.0552.01.08

TESLA K40m

80.80.3E.00.01-2081.0202.01.04

TESLA K80 24G P2080-200

F0.47.29.00.C0-80.21.1B.00.01-2080.0200.00.04

Table 11 Files in ucs-c3160-huu-2.0.6f.iso

Server(s)

Type

Component

Version

C3160

Cisco IMC

2.0(6f)

BIOS

2.0.4b.0

Chassis Management Controller (CMC)

2.0.6a

SAS-EXPANDER

B032

UCS VIC 1227

4.0(5b)-uboot-4.0(5b)

UCS VIC 1227T

4.0(5b)-uboot-4.0(5b)

LOM

I350-mLOM

0x80000C25-1.808.2

LSI

RAID controller for UCS C3X60 Storage Servers

24.7.0-0047-1

UCS C3X60 12G SAS Pass through Controller

07.00.04.00-07.01.00.09

HDD Firmware

Following table lists the supported HDD models and the firmware versions that can be updated using Host Upgrade Utility (HUU).

Table 12 Supported HDD models and firmware versions

HDD Model

Firmware version

ST9146853SS

0005

ST9300653SS

0005

ST300MM0006

0003

ST600MM0006

0003

ST900MM0006

0003

ST9500620SS

0004

ST91000640SS

0004

MZ6ER200HAGM

DM0L

MZ6ER400HAGL

DM0L

MZ6ER800HAGL

DM0L

ST1000NM0001

0002

ST2000NM0001

0002

ST500NM0011

CC02

AL13SEB300

5705

AL13SEB600

5705

AL13SEB900

5705

ST9300605SS

0004

ST9600205SS

0004

ST9900805SS

0004

MK1001TRKB

5702

MK2001TRKB

5702

ST33000650SS

0003

ST3600057SS

000B

ST9146803SS

0008

ST9300603SS

0008

ST9500530NS

CC04

MTFDDAK100MAR

0157

MTFDDAK400MAR

0157

System Requirements

The management client must meet or exceed the following minimum system requirements:

- Sun JRE 1.7.0_45 to 1.8.0_ 45

- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher, Mozilla Firefox 3.0 or higher

- Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Mac OS X v10.6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 or higher operating systems

Updating the Firmware

Use the Host Upgrade Utility to upgrade the C-Series firmware. Host Upgrade Utility can upgrade the following software components:

- BIOS

- Cisco IMC

- Cisco VIC Adapters

- LSI Adapters

- LAN on Motherboard Settings

- PCIe adapter Firmware

- HDD firmware

All firmware should be upgraded together to ensure proper operation of your server.

Note Cisco recommends that you use the Update All option from the Host Upgrade Utility to update the firmware versions of Cisco IMC, BIOS and all other server components (VIC, RAID Controllers, PCI devices, and LOM) together.

Recommended Best Practices

Best Practices to Configure Cisco UCS 3X60 RAID Controllers

Choosing Between RAID0 and JBOD

The Cisco C3X60 RAID controller supports JBOD mode on the drives where the physical drives are in pass-thru mode and the physical drive is directly exposed to the OS. We recommended you use JBOD mode instead of individual RAID0 volumes when possible.

RAID5/6 Volume Creation

The Cisco C3X60 allows you to create of large RAID5/RAID6 volume by including all the drives in the system with a spanned array configuration (RAID50/RAID60). Where possible, we recommended you to create multiple, smaller RAID 5/6 volumes with fewer drives per RAID array. This provides redundancy and reduces the operations time for initialization, RAID rebuilds and other operations.

Choosing I/O Policy

The I/O policy applies to reads on a specific virtual drive. It does not affect the read ahead cache. RAID volume can be configured in two types of I/O policies. These are:

- Cached I/O - In this mode, all reads are buffered in cache memory. Cached I/O provides faster processing.

- Direct I/O - In this mode, reads are not buffered in cache memory. Data is transferred to the cache and the host concurrently. If the same data block is read again, it comes from cache memory. Direct I/O makes sure that the cache and the host contains the same data.

Although Cached I/O provides faster processing, it is only useful when the RAID volume has a small number of slower drives. With the C3X60 4TB SAS drives, Cached I/O has not shown any significant advantage over Direct I/O. Instead, Direct I/O has shown better results over Cached I/O in a majority of I/O patterns. We recommended you to use Direct I/O (Default Policy) in all cases and to use Cached I/O cautiously.

Background Operations (BGOPS)

Cisco C3X60 RAID Controller conduct different background operations like Consistency Check (CC), Background Initialization (BGI), Rebuild (RBLD), Volume Expansion & Reconstruction (RLM) and Patrol Real (PR).

While these BGOPS are expected to limit their impact to I/O operations, there have been cases of higher impact during some of the operations like Format or similar I/O operations. In these cases, both the I/O operation and the BGOPS may take more time to complete. In such cases, we recommend you to limit where possible concurrent BGOPS and other intensive I/O operations.

BGOPS on large volumes can take an extended period of time to complete, presenting a situation where operations complete and begin with limited time between operations. Since BGOPS are intended to have a very low impact in most I/O operations, the system should function without any issues. If there are any issues that arise while running concurrent BGOPS and I/O operations, we recommend you to stop either activity to let the other complete before reusing and/or schedule the BGOPS at a later time when the I/O operations are low.

Upgrading BIOS and Cisco IMC Firmware

Caution When you upgrade the BIOS, Cisco IMC or the CMC firmware, you must also upgrade all the three firmwares from the same HUU ISO, or the server may not boot. Do not power off the server until the BIOS, Cisco IMC and CMC firmware are updated.

Cisco provides the Cisco Host Upgrade Utility to assist you in upgrading the BIOS, Cisco IMC, CMC LOM, LSI storage controller, and Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Cards firmware to compatible levels.

Note When upgrading the Cisco IMC firmware for the UCS C-series M3 and M4 platforms, ensure that you update using the full image (for example upd-pkg-cXXX-m3-Cisco IMC.full.*.bin).

The correct and compatible firmware levels for your server model are embedded in the utility ISO.

To use this utility, use the Cisco Host Upgrade Utility User Guide which includes the instructions for downloading and using the utility ISO. Select the guide from this URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10493/products_user_guide_list.html

Best Practices to Install VMWare

Workaround for Installing VMWare on First Generation (Gen 1) SD Cards in Expert Mode

to enter the VMWare recovery console.

Step 2 Create a GUID Partition Table (GPT) on the disk:

Step 3 Verify the GPT:

Step 4 Return to installing VMWare.

Supported Features

This section includes the following topics:

- Supported Software Features

- Software Utilities

- Supported Platforms

- SNMP

Supported Software Features

Supported Features in Release 2.0(6)

- Added support for new C460-M4 E7 v3 (HSW-EX) processors and DDR4 memory.

Software Utilities

The following standard utilities are available:

- Host Update Utility (HUU)

- Server Config Utility (SCU) including Interactive Offline Diagnostics (IOD)

- BIOS and Cisco IMC Firmware Update utilities

The utilities features are as follows:

- Availability of HUU, SCU on the USB as bootable images. The USB also contains driver ISO, and can be accessed from the host operating system.

Supported Platforms

The following platforms are supported in Release 2.0(6):

- UCS-C220 M3

- UCS-C240 M3

- UCS-C22 M3

- UCS-C24 M3

- UCS-C3160

- UCS-C220 M4

- UCS-C240 M4

- UCS-C460 M4

Note Server Config Utility (SCU) supports only the UCS-C460 M4 platform for this release.

SNMP

The supported MIB definition for Release 2.0(4) and later releases can be found at the following link: ftp://ftp.cisco.com/pub/mibs/supportlists/ucs/ucs-C-supportlist.html

Note The above link is incompatible with IE 9.0.

Supported Storage Controllers

SNMP supports the following storage controllers:

In C22

- MegaRAID 9220-4i

- MegaRAID 9220-8i

- MegaRAID 9240-8i

- MegaRAID 9265CV-8i

- MegaRAID 9270CV-8i

- MegaRAID 9286CV-8e

In C24

- MegaRAID 9220-4i

- MegaRAID 9220-8i

- MegaRAID 9240-8i

- MegaRAID 9265CV-8i

- MegaRAID 9270CV-8i

- MegaRAID 9286CV-8e

In C220 and C240

- Cisco UCSC RAID SAS 2008M-8i

- MegaRAID 9266-8i

- MegaRAID 9271CV-8i

- MegaRAID 9285CV-8e

- MegaRAID 9286CV-8ei

- MegaRAID SAS 8110-4i(only C240)

In C220M4 and C240M4

- Cisco UCSC RAID SAS 12G SAS Modular Raid Controller

- Cisco 12G Modular SAS Pass through Controller

- MegaRAID 9300-8e

- MegaRAID 9300-8i

In C460M4

- LSI MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i

- Cisco UCSC RAID SAS 12G SAS Modular Raid Controller for C460

In C3160

- Cisco RAID controller for UCS C3X60 storage servers

- Cisco UCS C3X60 12G SAS Pass through Controller

Resolved Caveats

This section lists the resolved caveats for the following:

- Release 2.0(6f)

- Release 2.0(6d)

Release 2.0(6f)

The following defects that are resolved in Release 2.0(6f):

Cisco IMC

Defect ID

Description

First Affected Release

Resolved in Release

CSCuv66809

For the C220M4 and C240M4 servers, Cisco IMC SEL logs critical events for PSU's PIN and VOUT sensors intermittently.

2.0(3d)

2.0(6f)

CSCuv34876

On a server with the Cisco 12 gigabyte modular SAS passthrough controllers, when the temperature sensors cross the error threshold, event notifications appear in the MSM tool. This happens when these servers are put under high I/O load.

2.0(6d)

2.0(6f)

External Controller

Defect ID

Description

First Affected Release

Resolved in Release

CSCuv03847

After upgrading the firmware for all components using HUU in release versions 2.0(4c) or 2.0(6d), the system fails to boot to ESXi OS, and the virtual machines running on ESXi OS are inaccessible.

2.0(4c)

2.0(6f)

Release 2.0(6d)

The following defects that are resolved in Release 2.0(6d):

Cisco IMC

Defect ID

Description

First Affected Release

Resolved in Release

CSCur84764

On the C3160 servers, FRU_MB SIOC_P12V reports incorrect voltage data that results in faults in Cisco IMC during host reboot.

2.0(4c)

2.0(6d)

CSCuu38037

UEFI SAN boot fails when the VIC is in Secure Boot mode and the VIC firmware version is 2.0(6x) but the Cisco IMC firmware is of a previous version.

or upgrade the Cisco IMC firmware to 2.0(6x) version to match the VIC firmware version.

2.0(4c)

2.0(6d)

External Controllers

Defect ID

Description

First Affected Release

Resolved in Release

CSCuq45081

Server does not respond during RHEL 7.0 installation in LPe11002 SAN target.

2.0(3d)

2.0(6d)

BIOS

Defect ID

Description

First Affected Release

Resolved in Release

CSCut60669

The server may boot unexpectedly with RHEL 6.5 due to frequent bmc-watchdog driver timeouts.

Workaround: Perform the following steps:

Step 1 Boot to RHEL 6.5 after installing the OS.

Step 2 Enable IPMI service to create /dev/ipmi0.

command.

Step 4 Reboot the server.

2.0(4c)

2.0(6d)

Known Behaviors

This section lists the known behaviors for the following:

- Release 2.0(6d)

- Release 2.0(4c)

- Release 2.0(3d)

- Release 2.0(1b)

- Release 2.0(1)

- Release 1.5(7)

- Release 1.5(4)

- Release 1.5(3)

- Release 1.5(2)

- Release 1.5(1f)

- Release 1.5(1)

- Release 1.4(3)

Release 2.0(6d)

Following are the known behaviors for Release 2.0(6d)

External Controllers

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCui64842

Hardware configuration settings of Broadcom 57810 adapters reset after firmware update. This issue happens on all 57810 adapters. The following settings are reset:

- DCB Protocol

- SRIOV

- Number of VFs per PF

Reconfigure the settings.

1.5(3)

CSCuu35160

While downgrading or upgrading LSI firmware, Cisco IMC log reports several CMD over OOB errors.

This is expected behavior and the error messages are due to the controller being briefly unresponsive on out-of-band during firmware update.

None.

2.0(3e)

CSCuu36101

MegaRAID card does not support raid level migration when the card has maximum allowed number of virtual drives created on it.

Note This is a limitation of the MegaRAID software stack that requires a temporary or ghost VD to do the RLM operation.

Do not create maximum number of allowed virtual drives.

2.0(6d)

VIC

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCuu56903

Data traffic between VMs where the vNICs have the same uplink on VIC 1225, could not be switched upstream.

Assign vnic0,vnic1 pinned to Uplink-1 and vnic6,vnic7 to Uplink-2.

Note This may affect the physical uplink redundancy.

2.0(3e)

Release 2.0(4c)

Following are the known behaviors for Release 2.0(4c):

Cisco IMC

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCut76388

For the C220M4 and the C240 M4 servers, power consumption with 1400W PSUs fluctuates when power cap enabled and the power cap value is set towards a lower value within the allowed range.

Set a higher power cap value. For example, if the allowed power cap range is 350W-650W, then set a value higher than 500W.

2.0(4c)

CSCul29595

Mounting an ISO for Network ISO Boot or Firmware Update from a folder depth of 2 or more will result in an error.

Use a folder with single depth to mount the ISO.

1.5(3)

CSCuh52878

LSI Nytro MegaRAID8110 controllers do not show up in CIMC storage display

None. This is intentional behavior. Due to some differences in the display and management of Nytro controllers, their support will be added in a later CIMC release.

1.5(2)

CSCum58699

After you upgrade CIMC from version 1.4(5e) to 1.5(4) or higher, occasionally CIMC and the host fail to detect the HV partition of Flex Flash. This results in the system boot failure to ESX OS running on HV partition of Flex Flash.

Upgrade CIMC from 1.4(5e) to 1.5(2) and perform a reset of the Flex controller to load the latest firmware for Flex Flash. Then upgrade CIMC from 1.5(2) to 1.5(4) and perform a reset of the Flex controller which again loads the latest Flex Flash firmware. To perform the Reset of the flex controller, please refer to the User Guide.

1.5(4)

CSCum60563

Firmware version 1.5(4) does not recognize flex flash SD Card properly.

To recognize the SD card correctly, complete these steps:

1. Install the SD Card.

2. Downgrade the firmware to version 1.5(3d)

3. Synchronize the card with SCU

4. Upgrade the firmware to version 1.5(4).

1.5(4)

CSCuq39610

The following error appears while configuring SD cards:

ERROR_METADATA_EXSISTS

Remove and insert the SD card and re-configure. If the error persist, replace the SD card.

2.0(3d)

CSCug67576

CIMC CLI and WebUI allow provisioning of usNIC and VMFEX at the same time, but both features are not supported simultaneously.

Avoid provisioning usNIC and VMFEX at the same time. Use each feature one at the time.

1.5(3)

CSCue52142

Onboard network devices (LOM) does not get enabled on doing CMOS reset.

Rebooting the system again one more after CMOS clear will enable the onboard network devices.

1.5(7)

CSCti17492

When updating CIMC firmware through TFTP, if the image file is corrupted, the update status indicator is the same as if the file does not exist.

Be aware that this error message can actually indicate either of the above conditions and should make sure that the file both the exists, and is a valid firmware image for the CIMC being upgraded.

1.4(6)

CSCtz77929

The SEL event is not logged in the OS Watchdog timer expiration.

None.

1.4(6)

BIOS

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCui32274

UEFI PXE boot is not working in C-series servers.

None. This feature is currently not supported.

1.5(2)

CSCun02516

For Intel X520 cards the type of FC volumes are shown as ISCSI instead of SAN.

None.

2.0(1a)

CSCur74413

Watchdog timer policy values change while upgrading or downgrading the BIOS firmware between 2.0(3d) and 2.0(3f) versions.

Reset the values after the BIOS firmware upgrade or downgrade.

2.0(3d)

CSCuo11185

The UEK R3 or higher kernel does not boot, if the server has any one of the following adapters LPe11002, LPe12002, LPe16002, QLE2462, QLE2562, and QLE2762.

Disable the respective PCI slot where the EMULEX/QLogic adapter is present in the server using the BIOS Setup Menu. Save the settings and reboot the server.

2.0(1)

CSCut05524

TxT getting disabled after few reboots.

Use the TPM Clear command in the BIOS to reset the counter and start over again.

2.0(3e)

CSCuq72696

LEDs at the back of the C3160 server, next to the SSD drive slots, do not work. The SSD drives are connected to the SATA controller and configured in AHCI Mode. When the SSDs are accessed, there is the does not LED blink to indicate the IO activity on the SSD and also the Fault and Locate LED do not work.

Use the Intel RSTe driver for the supported Operating systems to operate the activity LEDs and use the Intel tools to use the Locate LED.

2.0(2c)

LSI

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCus54600

LSI9271-8i shows Storage Controller Inoperable? fault in UCSM (PMU Fault present in event log)

Replace the LSI9271-8i adapter

2.0(3i)

CSCus68862

Ubuntu (all versions available today) does not have the inbox drivers for any of the IT-based adapters.

None

2.0(3d)

CSCud27042

RAID CD-ROM Drive appears in the Boot Options. Booting to this option will give blank screen.

This is an invalid option and is not usable and should be ignored.

1.5(1)

VIC

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCut78400

Resetting a VIC adapter to default configuration, using the CLI command adapter-reset-defaults, may result in changing of the default MAC addresses. This may require configuration of the DHCP and OS to correct the changes to the default MAC addresses.

The occurs for releases 2.0(4) and later due to moving of the default MAC address range to address certain VIC relates issues.

None.

2.0(4c)

CSCue56950

In VIC 1225T, when the system is booted in the 1Gbps mode, the MAC sometimes does not detect the link. PHY seems to detect the link. But the MAC shows a link down error.

Reset the switch port. Both Phy and Mac will show the link as up after a switch port reset.

1.5(1)

External OS

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCuj10535

CIMC Storage, Storage Log will list many "Unexpected sense: Encl PD 10 pathd7fe00bd, CDB: 1a 00 08 00 ff 00, Sense: 5/00/00". These same events will also show up in /var/log/messages file

VMware seems to treat all storage devices the same way, regardless of whether they are SAS disks or just enclosures. The messages you are seeing means that the host (ESX) was sending mode sense commands to the enclosure and the enclosure does not give a valid response because mode sense commands are not a command that should be sent to an enclosure. So the unexpected sense messages from the enclosure are benign info messages.

There is a way to "disconnect" the enclosure from the viewpoint of ESX. It should not have an adverse impact as the enclosure is not a usable storage device.

For now, you can try the following:

1. Open the ESX console.

2. Run this cmd: "esxcli storage core device list" and look for the device that has "Enclosure" in its name.

3. Note down it's identifier, usually starting with naa....

4. Run this cmd: "esxcli storage core device set --state=off ?d naa.x" but replace naa.x with the your device identifier.

This should eliminate the messages from the vmkernel.log and CIMC Storage log.

1.5(1)

CSCuq75761

During installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, SAN LUNs mapped will not be visible. Server experiences kernel panic, when Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 OS is installed on local storage and a SAN LUN is mapped.

No workaround. A driver update disk may be available later to address this issue.

2.0(2c)

External Controllers

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCuq43129

OL 5.9 and OL 5.10 operating systems do not recognize QLE2672 SAN LUN during installation.

None.

2.0(3d)

CSCuq60947

Citrix XenCenter 6.2 configured VM instances fails to boot when driver is passed and vGPU is disassociated.

Perform the following steps to disassociate vGPU from VM instance:

1. From the VM console, choose Start > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Device Manager > Display Adapters > Nvidia K1 or K2.

2. Right click and choose Uninstall.

3. Power off the VM from XenCenter console.

4. In th eXenCenter console, open VM Properties.

5. Right click the GPU in left column and choose GPU type: > None.

6. Boot up the VM.

2.0(3d)

Web Management

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCue76985

Occasionally WEB UI shows Reset link for UCS VIC P81E card.

None. Refresh the Web UI.

1.5(1)

Hardware

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCui82547

When AC Power is removed the following SEL logs may be recorded.

"Power Supply input out-of-range, but present was asserted"

"Power Supply input out-of-range, but present was deasserted"

No work around required; this does not affect negatively operation of the unit.

1.5(2)

Release 2.0(3d)

Following are the known behaviors for Release 2.0(3d):

BIOS

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCuq99268

For the ESXi 5.5 and later updates, you can install the OS on a disk behind Cisco 9300 HBA using the native inbox driver (lsi-msgpt3). However, lsi_msgpt3 is not fully supported. Therefore it must be disabled and the async drivers must be installed.

After installing the OS, complete the following steps to install the mpt3sas drivers:

HBA Name Driver Link State UID Description

-------- ------- ----------- ---------- -----------------------------------------------

vmhba0 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba0 Intel Corporation Patsburg 6 Port SATA AHCI ..

vmhba1 mpt3sas link-n/a sas.xxxxxxx LSI / Symbios Logic SAS3008 PCI-Express ..

vmhba32 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba32 Intel Corporation Patsburg 6 Port SATA AHCI ..

vmhba33 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba33 Intel Corporation Patsburg 6 Port SATA AHCI ..

vmhba34 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba34 Intel Corporation Patsburg 6 Port SATA AHCI ..

vmhba35 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba35 Intel Corporation Patsburg 6 Port SATA AHCI ..

vmhba36 ahci link-n/a sata.vmhba36 Intel Corporation Patsburg 6 Port SATA AHCI ..

5. Restart the system.

2.0(3d)

CSCup89033

The Power Monitoring graph is displayed on top of all pages if the Power Monitoring page is loading and you navigate to any other page.

Navigate back to the Power Monitoring page and wait till the page loads and then navigate to any other page.

2.0(3d)

CSCuq00837

On C220 M4 and C240 M4 servers, TPM fails to initialize after installing ESXi 5.1 U2 Patch 05, and enabling and activating TPM and TXT.

No workaround.

2.0(3d)

CSCuq04009

ESXi installer does not detect any SD card in xHCI mode.

Disable USB xHCI mode in the BIOS.

2.0(3d)

CSCuo28585

HII Drive Management and Enclosure Management menu displays only one port/connection (0-3) and not the other (4-7) when an expander is connected to a controller through two ports.

No workaround.

2.0(3d)

CSCuq14862

With inbox IGB driver in SLES 11 SP3, ethtool shows incorrect firmware version for Intel i350 LOM after installing the drivers for Intel i350 LOM from 2.0(3d) drivers ISO(5.2.5).

Update the igb version to 5.2.5. Unload and load the igb.

2.0(3d)

CSCuq24196

After installing the Windows Server 2012 to an iSCSI LUN, few network adapters display a yellow bang in the device manager (code 10) with the following description:

This device is not working properly because Windows cannot load the drivers required for this device

This occurs only on the NICs that are used for iSCSI boot.

Perform one of the following:

A hotfix is available for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. Run this fix in the Windows OS image and then perform iSCSI installs. For more information on the fix, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2822241

OR

Complete the following steps:

1. Un-install the drivers for the device which is showing yellow bang without deleting the device.

2. Re-install the drivers.

3. Restart the server.

2.0(3d)

CSCup82749

Windows 2K12 R2 iSCSI Boot with Intel i350 and Pinecrest adapters displays BSOD when it is installed using the inbox drivers.

While installing the W2K12 R2 iSCSI, skip the Intel drivers from the drivers ISO. Reboot the server once the installation is finished.

2.0(3d)

CSCuq92331

Bandwidth test fails while running synthetic benchmarks, like the nvqual. This happens when the processor power management is enabled.

Disable the processor power management option using the BIOS setup.

2.0(3e)

CSCuo05774

Setting the boot mode to UEFI or Legacy requires two reboots for the change to reflect.

Reboot the server twice.

2.0(3e)

CSCul04884

Server enters BIOS setup menu when the boot devices that are configured in the service profile are not found. This impacts only C-series servers that are managed by Cisco UCS Manager.

None.

2.0(3e)

CSCuj28644

UEFI PXE boot or UEFI iSCSI boot does not work when the boot mode is set to UEFI.

Use the legacy boot mode when using PXE or iSCSI boot.

2.0(3e)

Cisco IMC

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCuo26946

When you upgrade from releases 1.5(x) to 2.0(x) or downgrade from 2.0(x) to 1.5(x) or migrate from legacy to precision boot order, and if the SD card has four partitions, BIOS boot order mismatch occurs for the SD cards.

No workaround. You have to re-configure the boot order.

2.0(3d)

CSCuq30109

The Cisco IMC bin file upgrade from release 1.5(x) to 2.0(3d) using Web UI fails in both C24 and C240 with the following error message:

HTTP file Too big

To upgrade from 1.5(x) to 2.0(3d) use RemoteUpdate (TFTP/HTTP/SFTP) or HUU (recommended).

2.0(3d)

CSCuq32910

When the server boots with 2.0.3d release firmware, it fails to update the HUU firmware version and displays the current version of the Emulex OCe14102/Oce11102 as Not.

Reboot the server.

2.0(3d)

External Controller

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCup87719

i350 adapter with default factory configuration dispatches the boot protocol Option ROM only for the first port. It does not dispatch Option ROM for the remaining 3 ports of the i350 card.

Enable the boot option for required ports using boot Util.

2.0(3d)

Release 2.0(1b)

Following are the known behaviors for Release 2.0(1b):

Cisco IMC

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCup49368

the chassis firmware does not get updated.

Using the Web UI, complete these steps to upgrade the chassis firmware:

tab.

.

.

to power off the server and updates the system firmware.

Using the CLI, complete these steps to upgrade the chassis firmware:

Firmware update required on some components, please run update-all (under chassis/firmware scope).

2.0(1b)

CSCup58906

When you downgrade to 2.0(1a), Cisco IMC Web UI displays warning messages and critical events.

A/C Power cycle the sever.

2.0(1b)

Release 2.0(1)

Following are the known behaviors for Release 2.0(1):

Cisco IMC

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCth84883

The LED sensor color is red or amber or blue (or any supported color) even though the LED state is set to OFF.

Ignore the LED color when the LED state is set to OFF.

2.0(1)

CSCtt08424

Cisco IMC power capping is not supported on VMware ESXi 5.0.

When Cisco IMC is upgraded to 1.4(2), the Cisco IMC will automatically disable power capping. Power capping must manually be re-enabled to use it.

2.0(1)

CSCun97225

When you downgrade from release 2.0(1a) to a 1.5(x) release, you see only seven platform event filters instead of 12 filters.

.

2.0(1)

CSCuo40835

When you downgrade from release 2.0(1a) to a 1.5(x) release, if you have set the SNMP port value to anything other than the default value (161), you cannot reset this number.

Before downgrading, set the SNMP port to 161 or after downgrading restore factory defaults.

2.0(1)

CSCun10320

Cannot upgrade Cisco IMC firmware version from 1.5(3d) to 2.0(1a) using FTP.

Use a browser or SCP client upgrade.

2.0(1)

CSCum70086

Downloaded DVR player fails to play offline for Java versions 6 and below on Windows OS.

file with the correct Java version.

2.0(1)

CSCun66062

While using the CLI to define the precision boot order, if multiple devices’ orders are changed by scoping to an individual device, the final order of the devices may not appear as what it was changed to.

command to set the boot order for multiple devices. Or use the Cisco IMC Web UI.

2.0(1)

CSCum26002

A delay occurs while pinging to check the connectivity to the DNS servers before a DDNS update is triggered.

You can manually check the connectivity to the preferred and alternate DNS servers for both the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses the using the ping option available in this release.

2.0(1)

CSCun11979

Cannot configure legacy boot order using the Cisco IMC Web UI.

Use CLI or XML API.

2.0(1)

CSCuo71634

After upgrading the Cisco IMC firmware and activating secure boot mode, when you immediately try to reboot Cisco IMC, it does not respond.

After the upgrade, reboot Cisco IMC after about 10 minutes.

2.0(1)

BIOS

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCug79131

Symptom Software RAID(SWRAID) setup option is visible in the BIOS setup menu for C24-M3 24 HDD Model Servers even though it is not supported feature in this model.

By default this option is set to disabled. Do not set this option to enable, as it would cause undefined behavior if set to enabled.

1.5(2)

Release 1.5(7)

Following are the known behaviors for Release 1.5(7):

CIMC

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCul62033

During heavy I/O transactions on the SD card, read errors may be seen in CIMC.

Use Cisco FlexFlash 3.0 cards

1.5(7)

CSCua94308

There is no CIMC notification of Closed Loop Thermal Throttling (CLTT) when it occurs. CLTT happens automatically when the DIMM temperature crosses the UC (upper critical) temperature.

None.

1.5(7)

CSCuo18891

UCScfg_X64.exe batch - ignore set t.txt command displays “Error: Invalid Number of Arguments” error message, when the input file is in Unicode format.

Use ANSI format input file. (

1.5(7)

CSCud84978

SEL has memory entries, but no entries are seen in the fault page. Cisco UCSM fault codes are unavailable for these SEL.

None. SEL has to be used to decode the memory related events.

1.5(1)

OS

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCun77988

After installation of ESXi in UEFI mode, the OS fails to boot up. The installation completes, but on the subsequent reboot, the server does not boot ESXi OS.

To resolve this issue, complete these steps:

1. Boot to Shell.

2. Determine fsxx (xx is where ESX is installed. It will be typically 0 i.e fs0:) This can be verified by using fsxx:\EFI\Boot\BOOTX64.EFI command.

command.

Note Save the last boot number for further use.

4. Use the following command to add new Boot Option at position LAST_BOOT_NO + 1. Last parameter in quotes can be any description for this new Boot Option. This is displayed during BIOS F6 menu.

command.

Reset the platform by issuing reset command at the shell. Press F6 when BIOS is booting to get into BIOS Boot Selection menu. Verify that newly created Boot Option is displayed. Select this and boot to ESX.

1.5(7)

NVIDIA

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCuo39368

Nvidia GPU cards non functional or erratic behavior on system beyond 1 TB of memory.

This is an Nvidia GPU limiation due to 40 bit addressing on the GPU's. The memory should be 1 TB or less for the GPU's to be functional.

1.5(7)

LSI

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCue88244

Prepare for removal prepares a Hard drive for removal but LED on the HDD does not blink AMBER to indicate the drive is ready to be replaced. This happens only on direct connect C260-M3 configurations.

None.

1.5(4)

CSCui29979

BBU Charging Status shows either Charging or Discharging all the time. This could lead to confusion to customers as Charging or Discharging indicate that battery is not in optimal state.

Customers should use the BBU Status field to determine if the battery is in optimal state. If the BBU status is optimal, it will indicate a good battery. If the BBU status indicates battery needs replacement, then the BBU is bad and needs to be replaced. Charging Status is working as designed and will always indicate Charging or Discharging because Firmware keeps checking the battery charge and ensures that the charge does not fall below the band gap. It charges the battery when it is in lower limits and once it reaches the upper limit of the band, it will stop charging. There can be leakage current which can discharge the battery and bring it back to lower threshold. When this happens, the firmware initiates charging.

1.5(2)

Release 1.5(4)

Following are the known behaviors for Release 1.5(4):

BIOS

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCul36732

SAN boot using Emulex adapters may fail on C-series servers managed by Cisco UCS Manager. This behavior occurs only on servers managed by Cisco UCS Manager.

During the BIOS post, press the hotkey to enter the Emulex Option ROM configuration screen and enable "EDD", save and exit.

1.5(4)

CSCub21433

UEFI OS install is not supported on Software RAID (Onboard SCU controller).

None. Use legacy mode OS installs when using Software RAID.

1.5(4)

CSCtz11862

Continuous beep sound is heard when the system is switched on.

Do not switch on the CIMC and the host simultaneously. Switch on the host 3 minutes after switching on the power supply.

1.5(4)

CIMC

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCuj89681

After moving an SD card to the single partition mode, if you downgrade to releases prior to 1.5(4x), all 4 partitions are visible in the WebUI/CLI.

None.

1.5(4)

CSCuj84718

SD card partition sizes appear as trash values for SCU,HUU and drivers during downgrade.

Upgrade to release 1.5(4x) and create a single partition, and then downgrade to a prior release. The partition sizes then appear to be 2097151 MB.

1.5(4)

CSCuj67995

Changing multiple configuration with Port parameter fails from CIMC configuration only.

Complete the following steps:

1. Set the mode to Dedicated and the redundancy to None.

2. Save the changes to the system.

3. Set the auto-negotiation field to Yes.

1.5(4)

CSCuj52943

In the transition from 4 partition configuration to a single partition, only configuration details are modified. Data on the SD remains intact. So after migrating to a single partition (HV), the HV partition will retain SCU data only if SCU has a valid file system during configuration migration.

After migrating to a single partition (HV) configuration, format and install the required OS on the HV partition.

1.5(4)

CSCul50285

ucs-c220-m3# scope bios/advanced

ucs-c220-m3 /bios/advanced #

ucs-c220-m3 /bios/advanced # set ConsoleRedir COM_0

ucs-c220-m3 /bios/advanced *# set BaudRate 115200

ucs-c220-m3 /bios/advanced *# set FlowCtrl None

ucs-c220-m3 /bios/advanced *# set TerminalType VT100+

ucs-c220-m3 /bios/advanced *# commit

ucs-c220-m3 /bios/advanced #

Use the following process:

ucs-c220-m3# scope bios

ucs-c220-m3 /bios #scope advanced

ucs-c220-m3 /bios/advanced # set ConsoleRedir COM_0

ucs-c220-m3 /bios/advanced # commit

Changes to BIOS set-up parameters will require a reboot.

Do you want to reboot the system?[y|N]

1.5(4)

CSCue10121

The PWRGD Sensor's Normal events are logged in the SEL during the CIMC boot and Host boot.

These are expected events and can be ignored.

1.5(4)

CSCuj41445

Auto complete for few fields is done.

Upgrade to 1.5(x) build.

1.5(4)

CSCud17092

Occasionally after a CIMC upgrade, one may see an error dialog box "Error: Unexpected error" in Web UI on main page upon the very first login. The Storage data may also be blank or invalid. Sometimes occurs during the very first login after a CIMC upgrade. It may be related to upgrade from 1.4x to 1.5.

Logging out and back in will fix it, but probably just because it takes time; therefore, just waiting a few minutes and refreshing the WebUI may fix the problem, also.

1.5(4)

Cisco usNIC

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCul56178

CIMC limits the configurable VNICs, and usNICs to 229.

None. The remaining vnics are reserved for the internal adapter usage. Of these remaining vNICs, 4 are mandatory- 2 eNICss, and 2 fNICs. When you configure 16 vNICs (including the 2 mandatory eNICs), you are left with 229-2(fNICs)-16(eNICs)= 211 usNICs.

1.5(4)

LSI

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCuj83316

The battery is in a degraded state because it requires a manual (user initiated) relearn cycle.This is required of batteries that have been in use for over 1 year to accurately measure the battery's remaining capacity.

A manual (deep cycle) relearn must be started by the user. This can be done via the MegaCLI utility or from the Storage tab of the server CIMC. A relearn can take several hours and up to a day to complete. It the battery still has sufficient capacity after the relearn is complete, it will go to optimal state and the VDs will switch back to WriteBack mode if that is how they configured prior to the relearn.

1.5(4)

Web Management

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCtx16030

The WebUI DIMM "Operability" field in the memory inventory does not indicate failed DIMMs correctly.

The issue is observed only in the memory inventory reported by the WebUI. The BIOS reports the DIMM status properly in the BIOS Setup. So, if WebUI shows any DIMM as Inoperable, please check the status of all DIMMs on all the memory risers at Advanced -> Memory Configuration page of the BIOS Setup to get the correct status on the DIMMs.

1.5(4)

Release 1.5(3)

Following is the known behavior for Release 1.5(3):

Firmware Upgrade

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCui82263

Downgrading from release version 1.5(3) to 1.5(1) release version does not throw an error in Host Upgrade Utility.

This is not an issue. Though an error is not reported, the update will not proceed.

1.5(3)

Release 1.5(2)

Following are the known behaviors for Release 1.5(2):

CIMC

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCuf52723

C240-M3 does not power up after firmware upgrade to 1.5(1B). While upgrading via HUU from firmware 1.4(6c) to 1.5(1b), HUU did not upgrade CIMC to 1.5(1b) even though it reported as successfully completed.

Manually force CIMC and BIOS update to fix it.

1.5(2)

CSCug78887

Base Distinguished Name (base-dn) parameter syntax is different in new LDAP implementation.

Use the following syntax:

/ldap # set base-dn DC=Scom,DC=msdn,DC=com

instead of

/ldap # set base-dn Scom.msdn.com

1.5(2)

CSCuh71550

With Windows Active Directory, the child domain user login will fail with partial login name.

Provide fully qualified login name to make it work.

1.5(2)

CSCuh39061

Intel VTD and ATS are required BIOS setting for usNIC. However, there is no warning message in CIMC if these parameters are not enabled when usNIC is configured.

Make sure Intel VTD and ATS are enabled in BIOS setting when usNIC is configured.

1.5(2)

CSCuf08450

When upgrading the C24 M3 from 1.4.7a to 1.4.7f using the HUU (option to upgrade all), the servers fans run at almost double the speed they were running at on 1.4.7a.

None

1.5(2)

CSCug65160

Sometimes, a VIC link on a SFP+ copper cable goes down after a VIC reboot or CIMC reboot. Cables whose serial number starts with MOC1238 through MOC1309 could be affected.

AC power cycle the chassis to recover.

1.5(2)

CSCtx43305

The PSU firmware revision may only be partially available when the PSU does not have AC power.

Connect the AC power to the PSU. The full firmware revision will be available.

1.5(2)

LSI

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCue10144

When booting a Cisco C22x or C24x server, RAID levels are displayed when loading the LSI Option ROM. However, not all supported RAID levels are displayed.

This is done to distinguish between different 9240 controllers. Some of them support RAID5, and some do not. There are 2 products under the same 9240 name. However, there is not enough space in the name field to list every possible RAID level supported. This is why a partial list of RAID levels is displayed.

1.5(2)

CSCug95648

BBU charging status always shows as Charging and percentage of charging never reaches to 100%. It always shows 67%.

This is the new change in the firmware. The Battery re-learn cycle is completed successfully and battery is charged back to 67% which is in the band gap where charging will be stopped by LSI firmware and battery will be declared optimal. This is the charge needed to retain data upto 48 hours. The Charging Status showing "Charging" as there will be some leakages and battery will slowly loose charge and hence the battery will be charging.

1.5(2)

CSCuh82265

BBU status is showing as discharging and the charge % is stuck at 64%. Battery replacement alerts on the server. Server is showing battery discharging and there is a moderate alert which says Status: Learning Cycle Needed?

None

1.5(2)

CSCud13257

Hang occurs when using 64-bit MSM 12.08.03.03.

Use 32 bit version of MSM.

1.5(2)

Host Upgrade Utility

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCui09482

Firmware Update on Emulex LPe16002 will fail when tried from HUU on certain servers.

Emulex LPe16002 is already at the same firmware level of what HUU is carrying. So effectively an update is not needed. alternatively move the card to another server and try update.

1.5(2)

SNMP

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCug37639

When doing a MIB walk on several MIBs, they give a "No more variables left in this MIB View (It is past the end of the MIB tree)" error at the end. Failing MIBs: snmpVacmMIB

Sample good output:

[root@pebbles-iptv mibs]# snmpwalk -v2c -c public localhost notificationLogMIB NOTIFICATION-LOG-

MIB::nlmConfigGlobalAgeOut.0 = Gauge32: 1440 minutes NOTIFICATION-LOG-

MIB::nlmStatsGlobalNotificationsLogged.0 = Counter32: 33 notifications NOTIFICATION-LOG-

MIB::nlmStatsGlobalNotificationsBumped.0 = Counter32: 33 notifications [root@pebbles-iptv mibs]# **

Notice MIB ends cleanly, and there is no error

** Sample bad output:

[snmp@sv-repo ~]$ snmpwalk -t 120 -v3 -u glasco -l AuthPriv -a MD5 -A enuf4me2do -x DES -X tqbFjotlCow 14.17.2.45 .1.3.6.1.6.3.16.1.5.2.1.6

SNMP-VIEW-BASED-ACM-MIB::vacmViewTreeFamilyStatus."all".1.1 = INTEGER: active(1) SNMP-VIEW-BASED-

ACM-MIB::vacmViewTreeFamilyStatus."_all_".1.0 = INTEGER: active(1) SNMP-VIEW-BASED-ACM-

MIB::vacmViewTreeFamilyStatus."_all_".1.1 = INTEGER: active(1) SNMP-VIEW-BASED-ACM-

MIB::vacmViewTreeFamilyStatus."_all_".1.2 = INTEGER: active(1) SNMP-VIEW-BASED-ACM-

MIB::vacmViewTreeFamilyStatus."_none_".1.0 = INTEGER: active(1) SNMP-VIEW-BASED-ACM-

MIB::vacmViewTreeFamilyStatus."_none_".1.1 = INTEGER: active(1) SNMP-VIEW-BASED-ACM-

MIB::vacmViewTreeFamilyStatus."_none_".1.2 = INTEGER: active(1) SNMP-VIEW-BASED-ACM-

MIB::vacmViewTreeFamilyStatus."_none_".1.2 = No more variables left in this MIB View (It is past the end of the MIB tree) [snmp@sv-repo ~]$

To have, "No more variables left in this MIB View" when there are more mibs left to walk.

The final oid seen is 1.3.6.1.6.3.16.1.5.2.1.6, and within the error-status of the get-response packet, we get noSuchName(2), and this should be noError(0).

None.

1.5(2)

Web Management

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCuc19323

Sometime with Windows 2008 and IE 8.0 CIMC WEB UI login prompt will not be seen

Add CIMC IP to IE 8.0 trusted sites list. In the Internet Explorer browser window, select Tools -> Internet options -> Security -> Trusted Sites -> Sites -> Add

1.4(7)

CSCuh76949

After clicking on "Add Exception", user is prompted with a window which says "certificate is valid" and the "Confirm Security Exception" button is greyed out.

Clear the cache or refresh multiple times the issue will be resolved.

1.5(2)

Release 1.5(1f)

Following are the known behaviors for Release 1.5(1f):

CIMC

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCuf53059

FlexFlash operational profile is not preserved on downgrade from 1.5(1x), resulting in all FlexFlash partitions being visible to the operating system.

Set the operational profile again after downgrade.

1.5(1f)

Intel RSTe

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCuf02487

Creating RAID volumes from Intel RSTe software RAID Option ROM (Control-I) is not supported.

Use LSI software RAID, LSI hardware RAID, or OS SW RAID.

1.5(1f)

CSCue72256

Hard drive Critical events are seen in SEL during server bootup when using Intel RSTe.

This is not a real hard drive fault. The HDD Critical events reported becomes normal after system boots up and can be ignored. If real HDD fault, then Critical event generated on HDD will be persistent and does not indicate normal even after server has booted up and in this case, user need to take action to replace that HDD.

1.5(1f)

Release 1.5(1)

Following are the known behaviors for Release 1.5(1):

BIOS

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCuc75369

LSI Web BIOS may not launch on pressing Ctrl+H.

During BIOS post, press F6 to bringup the boot override list and select the appropriate entry to launch the web bios.

1.5(1)

CSCuc60934

BIOS Boot order is getting changed when a virtual media device is mounted and unmounted through CIMC WebUI vKVM console or CIMC CLI.

After unmounting the virtual media device, restore the boot order by re-configuring the boot order through either BIOS Setup or CIMC.

1.5(1)

CSCtf54851

Serial port B cannot be enabled for console redirection in the Server Management —> Console Redirection page of the BIOS setup.

Serial port B is primarily used for SOL functionality. The BIOS will start redirecting console messages to serial port B if SOL is enabled. You should enable SOL through BMC to get console redirection messages through serial port B.

1.5(1)

CSCth71350

If the current CIMC networking mode is shipping mode, then the BIOS F8 CIMC configuration utility does not allow a new networking mode and IP address to be set at the same time.

Set the new networking mode, save, then set the new IP address and save again.

1.5(1)

CSCtq84425

When BIOS console redirection is enabled, the keyboard can stop working in the Broadcom PCIe Option ROM at some baud rates.

Disable the BIOS console redirection.

1.5(1)

CSCtx27907

Occasionally, when BIOS starts, the following message is displayed:

Error on Getting Cisco IMC IP/MAC Address.

This message can be ignored.

1.5(1)

CSCtx92042

When Broadcom 5709 Gigabit Ethernet adapter is plugged into one of the PCIE slots, the server gets stuck at the BIOS post screen during the booting process.

Upgrade the firmware on the Broadcom 5709 Gigabit Ethernet adapter to version 5.2.7 or later.

1.5(1)

CSCtr93601

BIOS downgrade using the iFlash32 utility, from 1.4.x to the older version 1.2.x fails.

Use the startup.nsh script available in the 1.2.x container for the downgrade. This script will execute the BIOS downgrade successfully.

1.5(1)

CIMC

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCuf05110

CIMC CLI does not report PID of HDD when using Intel RSTe.

None

1.5(1)

CSCue54670

For a server with Virident card (or any card for which fan control has specific modifications), if CIMC is reset to factory defaults when host is on, then the fan control will go back non-card specific settings. This might imply lower fan speeds and can cause heating up of cards if there are cards present that require higher fan speeds (ex: Virident FlashMaxII card). This is because information about cards is available to CIMC from host, and when a factory default is done, this information is erased.

Reboot the host, so that CIMC can get card specific information and bump up fan speeds as required.

1.5(1)

CSCtg92856

When you power on the chassis with some PS power cables disconnected, the system health LED on the front panel stays green, though some power supplies have no input voltage.

Connect all cables from APC power to the power supply securely.

1.5(1)

CSCtz52715

USB Key which is inserted on a Mac can be forced to be read-only.

Mac users must unmount the removable drive before mapping.

1. Run the following command from the command line interface:

.

3. Proceed with mapping the drive.

These steps are time-sensitive, as the Mac OS is aggressive about re-mounting drives that have been unmounted. If the drive does get re-mounted by the OS before completing the steps, repeat the steps.

to the questions asking about preventing automatic mounting of the drive.

1.5(1)

CSCua63839

On some Macs with spaces enabled, the vKVM popup notification that the session has ended can not be closed because trying to click the button causes the focus to move away from the space with the popup.

Move the vKVM main window to the same space with the popup notifier. Then, the popup can be dismissed by clicking on the button.

1.5(1)

CSCtr37876

SNMPv1 traps are sent when SNMPv2 and SNMPv3 traps are enabled.

None.

1.5(1)

CSCtx00839

The KVM screen displays a blank screen.

Use the physical monitor to change the screen resolution. The following resolutions are supported:

- 640x480 (8bpp)

- 800x600 (8bpp)

- 1024x768 (8bpp)

- 1280x1024 (8bpp)

- 1600x1200 (8bpp)

- 1920x1080 (8bpp)

- 1920x1200 (8bpp)

- 640x480 (16bpp)

- 800x600 (16bpp)

- 1024x768 (16bpp)

- 1280x1024 (16bpp)

- 1600x1200 (16bpp)

- 1920x1080 (16bpp)

- 1920x1200 (16bpp)

- 640x480 (24bpp)

- 800x600 (24bpp)

- 1024x768 (24bpp)

- 1280x1024 (24bpp)

- 640x480 (32bpp)

- 800x600 (32bpp)

- 1024x768 (32bpp)

- 1280x1024 (32bpp)

1.5(1)

CSCtx88183

After firmware updates, the CIMC Web GUI and CLI might not display the Virtual Drive Information under the Virtual Drive tab and might display the Virtual Drive count as zero even though the Virtual Drive tab displays the list of virtual drives present in the system.

Restart the Cisco IMC.

1.5(1)

CSCty58229

The SNMP Hard Disk Inventory starts numbering with 0 while the CIMC HDD sensor starts with 1.

None. This symptom occurs because the SNMP Hard disk inventory matches with the storage inventory and both starts with index 0. The hard disk sensor numbering starts with 1 because it matches with the label in the SKU. You need to be aware of the difference and map it accordingly while browsing for a specific HDD detail across sensors and storage inventory.

1.5(1)

CSCty60975

The HDD presence cannot be viewed through SNMP.

Use either alternate interfaces or do SNMP query again for the HDD inventory after the action.

1.5(1)

CSCua11831

Duplicate SNMP traps are obtained when you insert Fan 2,4 and 5 in Cisco C22.

None.

1.5(1)

CSCuc87936

“Unable to communicate with FlexFlash” error message is seen after downgrading CIMC to version 1.4.

User should select the Reset Flex Controller button twice if the SD card is of type SD253. If not, select the button only once.

1.5(1)

Intel Adapters

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCuc52172

When multiple Intel network adapters are present and you enter the iSCSI configuration from one card, it allows you to change the configuration on all Intel cards. After the change, when one of the cards is removed, it appears that the Option ROM of the remaining cards is overwritten by the card that was removed.

Enter the iSCSI configuration of the card that must be modified. Do not modify other cards when they are visible. This issue is only with iSCSI configuration and not with PXE configuration.

1.5(1)

LSI

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCtg25373

If the number of Virtual Drives created in the LSI MegaRAID controller is greater than or equal to 50, the system will not boot from any of these Virtual Drives.

None. The system boots from MegaRAID Virtual Drives only if the number of Virtual Drives are lesser than or equal to 49.

1.5(1)

CSCua03604

RHEL 6.2 Install to iSCSI target hangs when 2008 MEZZ card Option ROM is disabled on C220/240 servers.

2008 LSI OPROM must always be enabled in System BIOS when it is present in the server. If users want to disable it, then during OS Installs, depending on the OS, they would need to blacklist the LSI MegaRAID driver for the 2008 MEZZ card so that system will not hang during install.

1.5(1)

CSCts37240

.

Error: required HW is missing ( i.e Alarm or BBU )

The server did not have BBU installed on it and it should have confirmed the absence of the unit.

None. This issue is currently under investigation.

1.5(1)

WebUI

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCtc22985

Printing from Web UI is not supported.

Print a screenshot of Web UI.

1.5(1)

Release 1.4(3)

Cisco IMC

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCun24570

Unable to set all numeric CN from the WebUI.

Update the CN from CLI

1.4(3)

Open Caveats

This section lists the open caveats for the following:

- Release 2.0(6f)

- Release 2.0(6d)

- Release 2.0(4c)

- Release 2.0(2c)

- Release 2.0(3f)

- Release 2.0(3d)

- Release 2.0(1)

- Release 1.5(4)

- Release 1.5(1)

- Release 1.4(7)

Release 2.0(6f)

The following defects are open in Release 2.0(6f):

Cisco IMC

Defect ID

Description

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCuu04298

The flex flash SD card gets ejected unexpectedly, without any user intervention. This makes the INVICTA SSN boot drive read-only and the server is not usable.

Reboot the server; the server works as expected after the stack reboot.

2.0(6f)

External Controller

Defect ID

Description

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCuv92501

The Cisco 12 gigabyte modular SAS passthrough controller reports the enclosure temperature crossing the critical threshold in MSM for some configurations. This issue occurs on the C240 M4 server with 24 hard disk drives connected to the passthrough controller. The issue occurs only when the IO is run for more than 24 hours on all the HDDs simultaneously, and if the MSM is installed on the setup.

None. The issue does not impact functionality hence it can be ignored.

2.0(6f)

Release 2.0(6d)

The following defects are open in Release 2.0(6d):

BIOS

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCus87479

On the C460 M3 servers with v3 processors, Windows task manager displays incorrect number of cores and threads when you the CPU cores in the BIOS settings from a maximum number.

None.

2.0(6d)

CSCuu42569

to disabled, may also occur when CMOS is cleared or the BIOS defaults are loaded by pressing F9 in the BIOS Setup.

Enable the token using the Cisco IMC CLI or Web UI or BIOS setup after the BIOS update.

2.0(6d)

CSCuu61885

On the C460 M4 servers, BIOS does not display the SAN boot device in the boot order and the system fails to boot to SAN when the boot order policy in the service profile is configured to boot from SAN. This happens when the network adapter is installed on any PCIe slots other than PCIe Slot 4.

Perform the following steps:

Step 1 Install the network adapter on PCIe Slot 4.

Step 2 Re-acknowledge the server.

Step 3 Re-configure the boot order policy.

2.0(6d)

CSCuu71563

When C460 M4 servers with Qlogic 8362 adapter is managed by the UCS Manager, BIOS does not display the SAN boot device in the boot order and the system fails to boot to SAN when the boot order policy in the service profile is configured to boot from SAN. This happens when the network adapter is installed on any PCIe slots other than PCIe Slot 4.

Perform the following steps:

Step 1 Install the network adapter on PCIe Slot 4.

Step 2 Re-acknowledge the server.

Step 3 Re-configure the boot order policy.

2.0(6d)

CSCuw44524

Perform the following steps:

Step 1 Upgrade the BIOS to any version.

Step 2 Activate the BIOS.

Step 3 Reboot the system.

Use HUU to perform the upgrade.

2.0(6d)

Cisco IMC

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCuu43182

prompt, and instead of launching the KVM console, launches another KVM console from the same client machine to the same server.

, close the first KVM console, and then launch another KVM console for the same server.

2.0(6d)

Utilities

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCuu38979

On the C3160 servers, HUU on may not discover or upgrade the SAS expander.

AC power cycle the server and then boot the HUU.

2.0(6d)

CSCuu67294

.

has to be enabled by default on the CIFS server.

If reconfiguring CIFS share security option is not possible, then try mounting the HUU ISO from NFS or HTTP share.

2.0(6d)

Release 2.0(4c)

The following defects are open in Release 2.0(4c):

Cisco IMC

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCut22564

For the C240 and C220 M4 servers, ME logs a critical event during memory domain power capping and the host powers down. This happens when you set the lowest memory domain power limiting value with the exception action as Alert or Shutdown and the correction time as 1 second.

Do not select "Shutdown" as the exception action while configuring the Memory domain power capping in the Advance power policy profile.

2.0(4c)

CSCup19899

Occasionally the host power status is not reflected in the KVM client power control menu. This occurs when Power ON or OFF is done through KVM client power control menu.

Close and reopen KVM.

2.0(4c)

CSCul95481

The DIMM temperature sensors are not displayed in the Web UI or CLI interfaces.

No workaround. However, use raw IPMI commands to access these sensor readings, which are located in the Cisco Extended SDR.

2.0(4c)

CSCut34246

Cisco IMC Management Network Auto Negotiation disable, Selecting Speed and Duplex settings is not supported on the CLI and Web UI interfaces.

Enable Auto Negotiation on the Switch and Cisco IMC network configuration.

2.0(4c)

CSCuj63232

Certain long running operation data may show erroneous data.

In other words, it may indicate that an operation is currently running when it is not. For example, the consistency check operation shows 0% progress and is stuck at that status.

This problem can occur at any time, but commonly it has been seen after doing a CIMC upgrade.

There is no known way to clear the data.

To verify that the data is erroneous, use an LSI tool such as WebBios or MegaCli to see if an operation is in progress.

2.0(4c)

CSCus20952

Unable to map scriptable (local) vMedia when using IPv6.

Using hostname of the IPv6 file server during mapping scriptable vMedia causes name resolution to fail and result in failure to map the remote file.

Use IPv6 address of the file server instead of hostname.

2.0(4c)

CSCut28670

vMedia cannot be relaunched from a KVM window.

After terminating a KVM based vMedia session from UCSM Server->CIMC sessions tab, it cannot be launched from the same KVM window.

Open a new KVM console and launch vMedia.

2.0(2)

BIOS

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCum85447

CDN feature for RHEL OS does not work as expected on LOM ports.

None.

2.0(4c)

CSCuu04572

after the BIOS F9-F10 (Load defaults-Save-Exit) with K40 GPU present on the server.

Reboot the server.

2.0(4c)

CSCuu12931

BIOS recovery image is corrupt.

file and place it in USB key. Follow the steps mentioned in the recovery procedure.

2.0(4c)

CSCuo08591

System becomes unresponsive in the POST after the SD card removal when the host is powered on.

1. AC cycle the system after removing the SD card.

2. Reinsert the SD card.

2.0(4c)

CSCuu10407

The server boots to UEFI mode when UEFI secure boot is disabled, this happens when you disable the secure boot and try to choose the legacy boot mode.

1. Change from UEFI secure mode to UEFI mode.

2. Complete a successful boot.

3. Change to legacy boot mode.

2.0(4c)

CSCut94804

The external GPU displays on slot 5 instead of slot 5.x, when you swap internal and external slots between slot 2 and slot 5.

Blade power cycle.

2.0(4c)

CSCuu01218

On C240 M3 servers running on Cisco IMC 2.0(x) firmware, C240 M3 BIOS network interface Enumeration Ordering is incorrect with VMware 5.5 and later versions.

Enable Consistent Device Naming (CDN) before installing VMware.

2.0(4c)

CSCut94238

is not optimum.

.

2.0(4c)

CSCul46981

Server while booting to Linux will throw error messages like below.

{1}[Hardware Error]: Hardware error from APEI Generic Hardware Error Source: 1 ?

{1}[Hardware Error]: APEI generic hardware error status

{1}[Hardware Error]: severity: 2, corrected

Nothing required.

Error messages are harmless.

2.0(4c)

CSCul84767

The system locks up while running memtest86 from memtest.org.

The problem is seen only with memtest86 from memtest.org.

Do no use memtest86 from memtest.org on C460 M4.

Please use PassMark or any other memory test tools that have the support for IvyBridge EX platforms instead.

2.0(4c)

CSCut07986

OS fails to boot with max VD count (i.e 64) created in LSI controllers.

This issue would happen with the Servers configured with max number of VD count in LSI controller. in

Please create lesser than 32 VD count in the LSI controller

2.0(4c)

CSCut37666

In the JBOD mode, after creating the precision boot order for the HDDs connected to the Cisco 12G Modular SAS Pass through controller, the HDDs do not appear in the created order.

This issue applies to LSI controllers with JBOD capability.

Use F6/Setup Boot order control for controlling the System boot order

2.0(4c)

CSCuq24230

The system does not correctly map the PXE boot devices in the actual boot order to the corresponding PXE boot device entries in Configured Boot Order. This happens while configuring the boot order using the Cisco IMC WebUI or CLI and when PXE boot device entries are created with Slot ID L1 or L2. It may result in the PXE boot devices not placed with the right priority in the actual boot order and may cause the system boot to an unintended device.

fields blank for the PXE boot device entry in the Configured boot order.

2.0(2c)

CSCut28196

QPI Link Test on SCU fails with the following errors:

QPI speed is 8GT/s

[Node 0 QPI 0] Link Status - Normal

[Node 0 QPI 1] Link Status - Not yet ready (0xf)

[Node 1 QPI 0] Link Status - Normal

[Node 1 QPI 1] Link Status - Not yet ready (0xf)

FAILURE

None.

The issue is with link status reporting only. Both QPI links are fully functional and there is no performance or functional impact.

2.0(1)

CSCuu11394

2.0(3)

LOM

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCun71765

The 10GE LOM port (X540 based) flaps when the host reboots while the CIMC is in Shared LOM 10G network mode.

This event may drop connections to the CIMC including the Virtual Media and vKVM.

- CIMC network mode is ?Shared LOM 10G?

- Host reset 10GE LOM PHY. Usually happens on host reboot, driver load/unload or speed change

Do not use Shared LOM 10G network mode if using Virtual Media or vKVM during host boot.

2.0(4c)

HUU

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCut95181

Downgrading of the Emulex LPe16002 firmware from 2.0(4) to 2.0(3) fails while trying download using the HUU.

Reboot HUU.

2.0(4c)

CSCut95268

Updating the firmware of K2 that is connected to the GPU Expander box may fail, while trying to update the firmware using the HUU.

Reboot the HUU ISO and the try rebooting the HUU again to update the firmware.

2.0(4c)

CSCut50387

Updating the firmware of the Emulex adapter may fail, while updating the firmware using the HUU.

Reboot the HUU ISO.

2.0(4c)

CSCuu00789

Updating the firmware of the C240 M3 HDD fails when using 9286 CV-8e SAS card and updating the firmware using the HUU.

Disconnect the SAS cable from 9286 CV-8e SAS card.

2.0(4c)

CSCus83839

Updating the firmware of the SAS Expanders on the C3160 servers may fail, while updating the firmware using the HUU.

Update the firmware again.

2.0(4c)

CSCus94537

HDD firmware update using HUU takes time as the HDD firmware is updated sequentially. This increases the time to upgrade a server which has many HDD

None

2.0(3d)

LSI

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCum87051

Random behavior of system freeze at boot @ BIOS POST screen for around 2 minutes followed by "Waiting for Battery Pack" message on LSI Ctrl-R BIOS for another 2 minutes.

This only happens if there is a learn cycle pending for the supercap and the host is restarted (either AC/DC/reboot). At all other reboot/power cycle, this does not happen.

There is no work-around at this time.

2.0(4c)

CSCum87232

command.

On the current shipping 6G SAS RAID Controllers with Supercap, the Pack energy is always above the design capacity.

This is a change in behavior confuses the user and makes the user think the supercap has or is going bad and gets a worrisome situation of the data integrity.

There is no work-around at this time.

This is just a display issue and does not impact the actual functionality or data integrity.

2.0(4c)

CSCun50408

Creating VD from StorCli and WebBIOS, the default disk policy shown after creation is inconsistent in different UI.

MegaRAID Storage Manager shows Unchanged and StorCli shows "Disk's default"

None.

so in this case the Disk's Default or Unchanged refer to the same indicating the Disk cache is disabled.

2.0(4c)

CSCup32415

This is applicable to some JBOD Enclosures connected to LSI9300-8E adapter

When the SAS Cable connected to the enclosure is plugged-out, the MSM Application and any other controlling application (SAS3Flash) accessing the LSI9300-8e adapter hang/freeze.

Reboot the system to recover from the situation if & when the application access is required

Since there is no impact to the I/O to the enclosure (via other paths/cable), reboot is not a must unless application view/access is required.

2.0(4c)

CSCuq35761

LSI applications such as StorCli and MSM and CIMC Storage management allows JBOD with Operating system or File system to be converted to Unconfigured Good drives without meaningful error message indicating there could be data loss in such cases.

Users should be aware that there is going to be data loss when JBOD which has OS or File system is converted to Unconfigured Good. LSI Applications like MSM and StorCli prompt users with "Are you sure" message so users need to be careful to understand there will be data loss in such cases if they chose to convert JBOD with OS or File system to Unconfigured good drives.

CIMC storage management allows JBOD to be converted to Unconfigured Good without any Warning Pop-Up message. Again users need to be make sure that there is no OS or Filesystem when they choose to convert JBOD to Unconfigured Good drives.

2.0(4c)

CSCur91921

9300-8e: Legacy Option ROM Exposes two paths for each drive

Choose the desired enclosure ID from the boot order

2.0(4c)

CSCuu16195

Latency errors seen on VMware with RAID5 when CC runs in the background.

Disable CC using the storcli command.

2.0(4c)

CSCuu37134

VMs pause / freeze and are unresponsive, VMkernel logs show aborts (we see 309 aborts in about a span of a week) aborts look like:

2015-05-07T19:49:45.846Z cpu0:422359)megasas: ABORT sn 104894121 cmd=0x2a retries=0 tmo=0

The vobd logs show transitions of latency on naa's that live on local data stores to 1+ second with a high of 34 seconds, lines look like:

2015-05-07T15:54:15.555Z cpu16:8237)WARNING: ScsiDeviceIO: 1224: Device naa.600605b006f2b4c01a62342b09840db7 performance has deteriorated. I/O latency increased from average value of 26734 microseconds to 34908437 microseconds.

None

2.0(3)

VIC

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCuu37745

Customer will see a file conflict when installing/upgrading to the .93 ENIC driver...

# rpm -Uvh enic-xen-3.10.0+2-modules-2.1.1.93 -0.x86_64.rpm

Preparing...

########################################### [100%]

file /lib/modules/3.10.0+2/extra/enic.ko from install of

enic-xen-3.10.0+2-modules-2.1.1.93-0.x86_64 conflict with file from package enic-3.10.0+2-modules-ga-2.1.1.75-1.x86_64

Use the following:

#rpm -e enic-3.10.0+2-modules-ga-2.1.1.75-1.x86_64

#rpm -i <driver rpm>

or

#rpm -i <driver rpm> --replacefiles --replacepkgs

2.2(4)

Release 2.0(2c)

The following defects are open in Release 2.0(2c):

Cisco IMC

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCuo96421

Changing the physical drives that are in hot spares or online states to unconfigured good fails with an error message.

Select physical drives that are in JBOD state, if you want to change to unconfigured good.

2.0(2c)

CSCuq56061

The WebUI stops responding when BIOS/CMC is updated using Internet Explorer 10.0 browser client.

Launch the WebUI using any other version of Internet Explorer other than 10.0 or use any other browser client.

2.0(2c)

BIOS

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCuq15528

In the legacy boot mode, a few boot options do not appear in the menu or boot override page. This is an intermittent issue and happens when there are multiple boot options with SATA/RAID connected and UEFI boot options are disabled in the boot options.

If you want to boot from a particular option which does not appear on the menu or the override options, run the policy from Cisco IMC.

Or.

Press F2 and set the device as the first boot device. All the devices will be listed correctly on the boot options page.

2.0(2c)

CSCup19648

You may see intermittent I/O timeout when the virtual drives are configured in Cached-IO mode. This is limited to virtual RAID volumes created in Cached-IO mode to take full advantage of the RAID Cache and to reduce the drive speed overhead and keep using slow drives. When the virtual drives are created in the Cached-IO mode set, and since the virtual drives are inconsistent, background initialization happens to make the virtual drives consistent. At this time, if the host I/Os are issued to load the drives and RAID cache in full load, the I/Os are blocked for short intervals which exceed the host OS expectations of the I/O time and they timeout.

1. Perform a full init of the VD when created.

2. Set the host or application I/O timeout to a higher value.

2.0(2c)

CSCun63438

If the host I/Os are at high loads with continuous write access to the drives, the completion time for the background operations exceeds a month.

Increase the background operation rate to 100%. This reduces the operation time.

2.0(2c)

Release 2.0(3f)

The following defects are open in Release 2.0(3f):

VMware OS

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCus51007

Install VMware ESXi 5.5 Update 1 and then upgrade to update 2.

Or

nstall VMware ESXi 5.5 Update 1, reboot the system and install ESXi 5.5 Update 2 for a clean installation.

Or

If it is a UCS Manager integrated UCS C-Series server then clean-up the FlexFlash and install VMware ESXi 5.5 Update 2.

2.0(3f)

LSI

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCur30030

BIOS screen becomes unresponsive when external storage is attached to 9300-8e with 9300-8i, and when both 9300-8i and 9300-8e cards are in single system with both cards having a minimum of 16 drives.

Disable Legacy BIOS for the card that is not used for booting using the LSI option ROM's Ctrl-C tool.

OR

Set the maximum number of drives exposed by each card to 8 or less using the LSI Option ROM's Ctrl-C tool.

2.0(3f)

CSCur36216

On the C240 M4 servers, HII may not work on the 9300-8e and 9300-8e controllers and may result in changing the OpROM settings when one of the controller’s slot is set to UEFI Only mode and the other to Enabled or Legacy mode.

Set both controller slots to UEFI Only in the LOM and PCIe Slots Configuration settings.

2.0(3f)

Release 2.0(3d)

The following defects are open in Release 2.0(3d):

Cisco IMC

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCuq28807

Experiencing lower throughput, of around 25 Gbps, when there is data traffic between VMs on various servers with VIC 1285 adapter running on VMware ESXi 5.5 Update 1 or VMware ESXi 5.1 Update 2 operating systems. This happens when the VIC-1285 adapters of the servers are connected to 40 Gbps ports of Nexus 3000 or Nexus 6000 switches.

None.

2.0(3d)

CSCup71624

The server resets during RHEL 7.0 OS installation in QLE2462 SAN Target.

None.

2.0(3d)

CSCuq11190

Slow network performance between VMs in OVM 3.3.1.

None.

2.0(3d)

CSCuo13817

The Cisco IMC PCI adapter page displays the FLEX LOM card slot as MLOM but the Cisco VIC adapter page displays the same slot as SLOT 3 on C220 M4 server and SLOT 7 on C240 M4 server.

None.

2.0(3d)

CSCuq23984

Cisco IMC does not respond during OOB update of Util virtual drives (SCU/HUU/Drivers) on flex flash.

It is recommended that host reboot actions are not performed while running OOB update of Util virtual drives on flex flash.

2.0(3d)

BIOS

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCup56423

Actual boot order does not have the information to identify which LUN is assigned to LSI sSATA, LSI SATA, and different HDDs in AHCI mode.

Set the ROM mode option to UEFI only.

2.0(3d)

CSCup51154

The HII interface for 9300 is blank when 9300 external LSI adapter is present and ROM mode option is enabled.

None.

2.0(3d)

CSCuq35131

Correctable error is sometimes displayed in SEL after installing the device driver for the Nvidia K40 adapters.

Reboot the server.

2.0(3d)

CSCun24358

C220 M4 and C240 M4 servers do not reboot on pressing F10 after changing the adapter settings using HII interface from BIOS setup. The servers continues to boot and the new settings do not take effect.

Manually reboot the servers.

2.0(3d)

CSCuq15093

Unable to choose the EFI boot options using the PCHStorage policy device from Cisco IMC, when BIOS boot mode is in EFI and EFI OS is installed in any of the SATA drives.

Press F6 to choose the required EFI boot option to boot from.

2.0(3d)

Release 2.0(1)

The following defects are open in Release 2.0(1):

Cisco IMC

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCuj36245

After restoring to factory defaults, when you import the BIOS tokens on the target machine, the values remain unchanged.

Power on the target machine and try the import operation after the BIOS post is completed.

2.0(1)

CSCun73331

table does not display the correct values.

Save changes on the SNMP configuration screen using the Cisco IMC Web UI.

2.0(1)

CSCun99348

When virtual KVM is disabled, the Play Recording action on the Troubleshooting screen fails.

Enable Virtual KVM on the Remote Presence tab.

2.0(1)

BIOS

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCun00121

Cannot create boot option for partitions in SD card.

None.

2.0(1)

CSCun02543

Port number attributes are missing in the actual boot order for the FC and FCOE cards.

None.

2.0(1)

CSCun99297

Cannot select specific USB thumb drive under boot option priorities.

UseF6 from the boot selection menu to select specific USB drives.

2.0(1)

CSCum79756

Sometimes you cannot select a boot device from F6 screen.

None.

2.0(1)

CSCun91835

Boot order varies when enabling or disabling the Option ROM.

None.

2.0(1)

Release 1.5(4)

The following defects are open in Release 1.5(4):

CIMC

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCuj40520

Upgrading firmware with Host Upgrade Utility (HUU) can cause temporary storage faults while the upgrade is in progress. These faults are benign and will clear once the upgrade is complete.

None.

1.5(4)

XML API

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCul16923

The fault code F0181 is raised by CIMC when the local disk is removed while the rack server was in use. This fault is visible through CIMC WebUI, CLI and SNMP interfaces. But the same fault is not retrievable through the XMLAPI interface.

None.

1.5(4)

Release 1.5(1)

Following are the defects that are open in Release 1.5(1):

CIMC

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCuc72251

When using the CLI with the create-virtual-drive command, entering incorrect parameters for Physical drive slot number, such as like, exit, quit, is not flagged as an error.

Enter the listed physical drive slot numbers for Virtual drive creation.

1.5(1)

CSCuc98444

command in the virtual drive scope does not display the largest possible size of the virtual drive being created.

Use the WebUI to create virtual drives from unused physical drives if a maximum-size VD is desired.

1.5(1)

CSCuc99149

command lists the virtual drive created with invalid parameters but marks the state of the virtual drive "Offline”.

command in the CLI.

1.5(1)

CSCue00749

When a RAID controller cannot load its drive configuration, no fault is generated.

Check manually whether drive configuration has been lost.

1.5(1)

Release 1.4(7)

This section lists the open caveats for release 1.4(7):

CIMC

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Affected Release

CSCud18756

LSI storage controllers with external ports (-8e cards) do not show up in CIMC local storage management.

There is no workaround.

1.4(7)

CSCuc83809

Repeated VIC adapter resets using CIMC Web UI or CLI adapter-reset can cause VIC card to hang.

Do not reset the VIC adapter unless necessary. It should normally never be necessary to reset the VIC adapter manually.

1.4(7)

Related Documentation

For configuration information for this release, please refer to the following:

- Cisco UCS C-Series Servers Integrated Management Controller CLI Configuration Guide

- Cisco UCS C-Series Servers Integrated Management Controller GUI Configuration Guide

- Cisco UCS C-Series Servers Integrated Management Controller CLI Command Reference

The following related documentation is available for the Cisco Unified Computing System:

- Cisco UCS C-Series Servers Documentation Roadmap

- Cisco UCS Site Preparation Guide

- Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for Cisco UCS

- For information about supported firmware versions and supported UCS Manager versions for the rack servers that are integrated with the UCS Manager for management, refer to Release Bundle Contents for Cisco UCS Software .

at the following locations:

- Cisco UCS Manager Release Notes

- Cisco UCS C Series Server Integration with Cisco UCS Manager Guides

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