Upgrading From S3260 With Two M4 Server Nodes To S3260 With Two M5 Server Nodes - Cisco UCS S3260 Service Manual

Appendix E Upgrading to Cisco UCS S3260 System With S3260 M5 Server Nodes
Upgrading From S3260 With Two M4 Server Nodes to
S3260 With Two M5 Server Nodes
This procedure upgrades a Cisco UCS S3260 system that is using two C3X60 M4 server nodes to a Cisco
UCS S3260 system that uses two S3260 M5 server nodes.
The OS and data on any NVMe SSDs in the M4 server node will be lost during the upgrade to M5 server
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node. The M4 and M5 server nodes have different form factor NVMe SSDs.
Items Required For This Upgrade
Hardware
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Upgrade Considerations
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Upgrading From S3260 With Two M4 Server Nodes to S3260 With Two M5 Server Nodes

A Cisco UCS S3260 system with two M4 server nodes. All chassis and server node components
must be running Cisco IMC 3.0(3e) firmware before you begin the upgrade.
Migration to S3260 with M5 server nodes is supported only with chassis part-number versions
68-5286-06 and later. The motherboard in these chassis versions supports all M5 system
components.
New M5 server nodes running Cisco IMC 3.1(3x) or later firmware (the factory default).
Up to five IP addresses, either configured in your DHCP server or manually entered for static IP
addresses. See System IP Addresses, page 2-14
The latest Host Upgrade Utility package for Cisco IMC 3.0(3e) firmware. This is used to update the
entire Cisco S3260 system with M4 nodes to the prerequisite firmware.
The Host Upgrade Utility package for Cisco IMC 3.1(3x) or later firmware. This is used to upgrade
the system to M5 server node requirements.
For instructions on downloading and using the utility, see the instructions in the guide for your
release: HUU Guides
After the upgrade, you must manually define drive zoning to map the hard drives to individual server
nodes.
After the upgrade, your boot SSDs might lose their operating system. In this case, reinstall your
operating system to the boot SSDs.
The OS and data on any NVMe SSDs in the M4 server node will be lost during the upgrade to M5
server node. The M4 and M5 server nodes have different form factor NVMe SSDs.
for more information.
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