Upgrade And Connection Procedures; Upgrading The Firmware And Rebooting In Ucsm Mode; Physically Connecting The Server To The Cisco Ucs Environment - Cisco UCS C210 Installation And Service Manual

Upgrading a Server Earlier Than Release 1.2(2) for Cisco UCS Integration
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Upgrade and Connection Procedures

Use the procedures in this section in the following order to upgrade your server and connect it to the
Cisco UCS environment:
These procedures assume that you have already installed the server in your rack and connected it to
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1. Upgrading the Firmware and Rebooting in UCSM Mode

Find the C-Series 1.2(2) or later software release container for your server online and download it to a
Step 1
temporary location on your workstation. The software release is distributed as an ISO file that contains
the CIMC firmware, BIOS firmware, and LOM firmware:
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Extract the contents of the software container zip file that you just downloaded.
Step 2
Find the Host Upgrade Utility ISO file download for your server online and download it to a temporary
Step 3
location on your workstation:
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Cisco UCS C210 Server Installation and Service Guide
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You must plug a power cord into each of the two power supplies in the fabric extender. If a power
supply is not connected to power, you might see "Major" faults reported during power-on self
test (POST). For example,
by connecting the missing power cord to the fabric extender power supply.
Two RJ45 Ethernet cables.
Four 10 Gb SFP cables.
Installing the Server Into a Rack, page 2-4
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1. Upgrading the Firmware and Rebooting in UCSM Mode, page D-6
2. Physically Connecting the Server to the Cisco UCS Environment, page D-8
See the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/cisco/software/navigator.html
Click Unified Computing in the middle column.
Click Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Servers in the right-hand column.
Click the name of your model of server in the right-hand column.
Click Software on Chassis in the right-hand column.
Click Unified Computing System (UCS) Software Container for Rack Mount Servers.
Click the release number that you are downloading.
Click Download Now to download the
Continue through the subsequent screens to accept the license agreements and browse to a location
where you save the software container zip file.
See the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/cisco/software/navigator.html
Click Unified Computing in the middle column.
Click Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Servers in the right-hand column.
Appendix D
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and Connecting and Powering On the Server
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Installation for Cisco UCS Integration
. You can clear these errors
file.
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