UCSC-PCIE-ID10GC firmware update

[rekoil]

I have a UCSC-PCIE-ID10GC card with outdated firmware. I tried using the Intel version of the updater, but I'm guessing it doesn't work with the Cisco branded card I have, or at the very least it seems to require Cisco firmware in order to work.

The card is currently running firmware 1.86, there's been at least 8 public firmware releases for the Intel branded version of the card since then so I'm guessing the same is likely true for the Cisco version I have.

Where can I download the correct updater or firmware?

[Flavio Miranda]

Hi

  Probably not an usual task. But I found a cisco doc mentioning a Intel tool BootUtil 

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/servers-unified-computing/ucs-c240-m5-rack-server/213180-configure-intel-network-cards-with-bootu.html 

[rekoil]

That links back to Intel though, I've tried to use the Intel tool I linked above (which I'm sure is the right one for this task, assuming I didn't have a Cisco branded card) from both Windows, Linux, and directly from EFI, always with the same result "Update not available". There was a forum user at the Intel community boards which reported having to run an older version first, so I tried that (I actually tried all of them), same result; "Update not available".

[Flavio Miranda]

Well, scratching the internet doesn´t seems to be something very usuall, I myself never did.  Maybe a TAC for Cisco UCS guys 

[rekoil]

Yes that sounds good, bring in the Cisco UCS guys!

[rekoil]

Any idea how to get their attention?

[Wes Austin]

What model server are you running? You would need to use the host update utility to upgrade the firmware on that adapter if there is one available.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/c/sw/lomug/2-0-x/3_0/b_huu_3_0_1/b_huu_2_0_13_chapter_011.html 

[rekoil]

I've just got the card on its own, not in a Cisco server.

[teslaguy]

Did you ever figure out a solution? I also have the Cisco X710 card on its own without a cisco server and need to flash the latest firmware.... 

[rekoil]

Nope, it's still running ancient firmware. I did solve the reason behind why I was trying to update firmware though, I wasn't getting more than about 1.3Gbit of throughput in Windows (but the card was working, got full 10Gbit throughout in Linux). A reinstall of Windows later and that issue disappeared at least, sans firmware update.