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Cisco UCS Central enables you to manage all firmware components for all registered Cisco UCS domains and Cisco UCS Mini domains. The status of any firmware updates is displayed under the Domains section. This can be one of the following:
Firmware Ready—The firmware has been successfully updated.
In Progress—The firmware update is currently in progress.
Pending User Ack—User acknowledgment is required on the Pending Activities page before the firmware is updated. See Viewing and Acknowledging Pending Activities.
Note | To manage Cisco UCS domains firmware from Cisco UCS Central, you must enable the global firmware management option in Cisco UCS Manager. You can enable the global firmware management option when you register Cisco UCS Manager with Cisco UCS Central. You can also turn global management option on or off based on your management requirements. |
The Cisco UCS domains are categorized into domain groups in Cisco UCS Central for management purposes. You can manage firmware for each domain group separately at the domain group level or for all domain groups from the domain group root. Cisco UCS Central provides you the option to manage the following Cisco UCS domain firmware packages:
Capability Catalog— One capability catalog per domain group . All Cisco UCS domains registered to a particular domain group will use the capability catalog defined in the domain group.
Infrastructure Firmware— One infrastructure firmware policy per domain group . All Cisco UCS domains registered to a particular domain group will use the same Infrastructure firmware version defined in the domain group.
The Image Library in Cisco UCS Central displays a list of all firmware images downloaded into the Cisco UCS Central local and remote file systems from Cisco.com. These firmware images are available for creating firmware policies.
From here you can:
Use the firmware images to create policies.
Delete any downloaded image from the image library by selecting the image and clicking the Delete icon.
Note | If the firmware image you are trying to delete is referenced in a scheduled policy, the delete operation fails. You cannot delete this policy from the image library. |
Sync firmware images with images on Cisco.com by clicking the [flash] icon.
Make sure you have downloaded the firmware bundle from Cisco.com and saved it either in your local desktop or in a supported remote file system.
Add the firmware bundle to the appropriate policies and perform the upgrade.
Once the upgrade has been completed, you can delete the firmware bundle from Cisco UCS Central, but you must remove it from all associated policies first.
You must have a valid Cisco.com username and password to access the updated firmware bundles on Cisco.com.
Step 1 | In the Task
bar, type
Sync
Firmware Updates from Cisco.com and press
Enter.
This launches the Sync Firmware Updates from Cisco.com dialog box. | ||
Step 2 | Enter your Cisco.com username and password in the appropriate fields. | ||
Step 3 | If you want
Cisco UCS Central to automatically download new firmware updates:
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Step 4 | If you want your
system to be able to access Cisco.com via HTTP, select
Enabled in the
HTTP
Proxy To Access Cisco.com field and enter the HTTP connection
information in the appropriate fields.
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Step 5 | Click Sync. |
You can schedule an infrastructure firmware update for all servers in a domain group.
Step 1 | In the Task
bar, type
Schedule
Infra Firmware Update - Classic and press
Enter.
This launches the Schedule Infra Firmware Update - Classic dialog box. |
Step 2 | Select the
domain group in the
Domain
Group for UCS Infra Update drop-down list.
Cisco UCS Central displays the number of domains that will be impacted by the firmware upgrade, and the Cisco UCS Manager version(s) on those domains. |
Step 3 | Select the firmware version you want to use in the UCS Infra Update Version drop-down list. |
Step 4 | (Optional)Select the catalog version in the Catalog Version drop-down list. |
Step 5 | Select the maintenance window in the FW Update Maintenance Window field. |
Step 6 | Select whether any server reboots require user acknowledgment in the User Acknowledgement Required To Install field. |
Step 7 | Click
Schedule.
You can monitor the firmware update on the Firmware page. See Firmware Management. |
You can schedule an infrastructure firmware update for all servers in a domain group.
Step 1 | In the Task
bar, type
Schedule
Infra Firmware Update - Mini and press
Enter.
This launches the Schedule Infra Firmware Update - Mini dialog box. |
Step 2 | Select the
domain group in the
Domain
Group for UCS Infra Update drop-down list.
Cisco UCS Central displays the number of domains that will be impacted by the firmware upgrade, and the Cisco UCS Manager version(s) on those domains. |
Step 3 | Select the firmware version you want to use in the UCS Infra Update Version drop-down list. |
Step 4 | (Optional)Select the catalog version in the Catalog Version drop-down list. |
Step 5 | Select the maintenance window in the FW Update Maintenance Window field. |
Step 6 | Select whether any server reboots require user acknowledgment in the User Acknowledgement Required To Install field. |
Step 7 | Click
Schedule.
You can monitor the firmware update on the Firmware page. See Firmware Management. |
Step 1 | In the Task
bar, type
Remove
Infra Firmware Schedule - Classic and press
Enter.
This launches the Remove Infra Firmware Schedule - Classic dialog box. |
Step 2 | Select the
domain group in the
Domain
Group for UCS Infra Update drop-down list.
Cisco UCS Central automatically populates the UCS Infra Update Version, Catalog Version, and FW Update Maintenance Window fields. |
Step 3 | Click Remove. |
Step 1 | In the Task
bar, type
Remove
Infra Firmware Schedule - Mini and press
Enter.
This launches the Remove Infra Firmware Schedule - Mini dialog box. |
Step 2 | Select the
domain group in the
Domain
Group for UCS Infra Update drop-down list.
Cisco UCS Central automatically populates the UCS Infra Update Version, Catalog Version, and FW Update Maintenance Window fields. |
Step 3 | Click Remove. |
Step 1 | In the Task
bar, type
Create
Host Firmware Package Policy and press Enter.
This launches the Create Host Firmware Package Policy dialog box. |
Step 2 | Click Organization and select the location in which you want to create the policy. |
Step 3 | Enter a
Name and optional
Description.
The policy name is case sensitive. |
Step 4 | Select the Blade Version, Rack Version, and/or Modular Version, as required for your environment. |
Step 5 | Click Create. |