Updating The Bios And Cisco Imc Firmware - Cisco APIC M3 Installation And Service Manual

Updating the BIOS and Cisco IMC Firmware

• Dedicated—The dedicated management port is used to access Cisco IMC. You must select the None
• Cisco Card—The ports on an installed Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) are used to access the
• VIC Slot—Only if you use the Cisco Card NIC mode, you must select this setting to match where your
This server has the following NIC redundancy settings that you can choose from:
• None—The Ethernet ports operate independently and do not fail over if there is a problem. This setting
• Active-standby—If an active Ethernet port fails, traffic fails over to a standby port. Shared LOM and
• Active-active (default)—All Ethernet ports are utilized simultaneously. The Shared LOM EXT mode
Updating the BIOS and Cisco IMC Firmware
Caution
When you upgrade the BIOS firmware, you must also upgrade the Cisco IMC firmware to the same version
or the server does not boot. Do not power off the server until the BIOS and Cisco IMC firmware are matching
or the server does not boot.
Cisco provides the Cisco Host Upgrade Utility to assist with simultaneously upgrading the BIOS, Cisco IMC,
and other firmware to compatible levels.
The server uses firmware obtained from and certified by Cisco. Cisco provides release notes with each firmware
image. There are several possible methods for updating the firmware:
• Recommended method for firmware update: Use the Cisco Host Upgrade Utility to simultaneously
• You can upgrade the Cisco IMC and BIOS firmware by using the Cisco IMC GUI interface.
• You can upgrade the Cisco IMC and BIOS firmware by using the Cisco IMC CLI interface.
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NIC redundancy setting in the following step.
Cisco IMC. You must select either the Active-Active or Active-standby NIC redundancy setting in the
following step.
See also the required VIC Slot setting below.
VIC is installed. The choices are Riser1, Riser2, or Flex-LOM (the mLOM slot).
• If you select Riser1, you must install the VIC in slot 1.
• If you select Riser2, you must install the VIC in slot 2.
• If you select Flex-LOM, you must install an mLOM-style VIC in the mLOM slot.
can be used only with the Dedicated NIC mode.
Cisco Card modes can each use either Active-standby or Active-active settings.
must use only this NIC redundancy setting. Shared LOM and Cisco Card modes can each use either
Active-standby or Active-active settings.
upgrade the Cisco IMC, BIOS, and component firmware to compatible levels.
For the latest firmware release, see the Cisco Host Upgrade Utility Quick Reference
Installing the Server
Guide.