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UCS Config -Disclaimer

Please note that this is just a lab recreation and documentation, this is no way replaces official manual and best pratice documentations

Friday, February 19, 2010

upgrade

  1. tftp does not work
  2. if u try tftp and then scp , then both will not work

Bugs:

Image download via TFTP fails.

FW Management.

 

Use SCP or FTP.

Download stuck in downloading if a download failed previously

 

FW Management.

 

Use SCP or FTP. Do not use TFTP to download image.

To recover:

1. Delete the Download task from UI.

2. Force HA failover. Restart problematic Fabric Interconnect.

 

 

UCS1-FI-A /firmware # download image scp://jejoseph@171.68.227.115/SAN/UCS/Cases/ucs-k9-bundle.1.0.2e.bin

 

UCS1-FI-A /firmware # show download-task fsm status

 

File Name: ucs-k9-bundle.1.0.2e.bin

 

    FSM 1:

        Remote Result: Not Applicable

        Remote Error Code: None

        Remote Error Description:

        Status: Download Local

        Previous Status: Download Local

        Timestamp: 2009-11-06T19:16:10

        Try: 1

        Progress (%): 2

        Current Task: downloading image ucs-k9-bundle.1.0.2e.bin from 171.68.22

.115(FSM-STAGE:sam:dme:FirmwareDownloaderDownload:Local)

 

UCS1-FI-A /firmware # SHOW IMage

Name                                          Type                 Version

    State

--------------------------------------------- -------------------- ------------

--- -----

ucs-2100.1.0.1e.bin                           Iom                  1.0(1e)

    Active

ucs-2100.1.0.2e.bin                           Iom                  1.0(2e)

    Active

……………..

……………….

 

 

Update Firmware

 

 

Activate Firmware:

Filter Interface card – Set Version 1.0.2e – Ignore Compatiblity and Set Startup version

 

Now the screen will look like this after applying

 

BMC:

Click Apply with ignore compatibility check on

Warning: this will reboot

 

 

Wait until it shows ready:

 

IOM (ignore/set startup only)

 

 

 

Wait until it becomes pending –reboot

 

 

UCSM:

 

 

 

 

 

Then close the ucsm gui.

 

Refresh http:// on the browser

Verify:1.0.2e

 

After login – Firmware management

 

 

 

 

 

Then it reboots – wait for sometime ( 5-6 minutes)

 

Upgrade is done, if u have Bonding or Nic Failover, server should not see disruption.


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