Updating The Bios And Cisco Imc Firmware - Cisco UCS C Series Installing Manual
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- Programmer's manual (138 pages) ,
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Installing the Server
• Shared OCP Extended (default)—In this mode, DHCP replies are returned to the OCP adapter card (Intel
• Shared OCP—The OCP adapter card is used to access Cisco IMC. You must select either the
• 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 OCP and
• Active-active (default)—All Ethernet ports are utilized simultaneously. The Shared OCP Extended mode
Updating the BIOS and Cisco IMC Firmware
Caution
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:
X710 OCP 3.0 card) and the Cisco virtual interface card (VIC) ports. If the system determines that the
Cisco VIC connection is not getting its IP address from a Cisco UCS Manager system because the server
is in standalone mode, further DHCP requests from the Cisco VIC are disabled. If you want to use the
10/100/1000 dedicated management ports to access Cisco IMC, you can connect to the server and change
the NIC mode as described in
12.
Active-Active or Active-standby NIC redundancy setting in the following step.
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 2.
• If you select Riser2, you must install the VIC in slot 5.
• 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 OCP and Cisco Card modes can each use either
Active-standby or Active-active settings.
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.
Setting Up the System With the Cisco IMC Configuration Utility, on page
Updating the BIOS and Cisco IMC Firmware
Installing the Server
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