Order of upgrade

[gdesmo123]

I have a large ucsm 2.0(3c) infrastructure utilizing VMware 5.0 auto deploy.

Need to upgrade to 2.2(1d) and VMware 5.5 u1 still using auto deploy.

Any thoughts/documents on order of upgrade? Some of the components I am using: 6248 fi's, vCenter, esx, srm, heartbeat, ibm svc sra, fnic & enic driver with cisco custom image for auto deploy, ibm svc fiber channel san, b200 m3 vic 1240, b440 m2 vic 1280.

I was thinking the order would go:

ucsm fi firmware

heartbeat

vcenter

auto deploy

srm

blade firmware one at a time along with new VMware image at re-boot. New fnic & enic driver as well.

Thanks

[Walter Dey]

Regarding UCS, the following document gives you all the details

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/sw/upgrading/from2-0/to2-2/b_UpgradingCiscoUCSFrom2-0To2-2.html

Upgrading Cisco UCS from Release 2.0 to Release 2.2

Don't know the details; but if this is a operational environment, I would be very careful, do some tests first, and schedule a huge maintenance window.

UCS Update is the easiest step.

Good luck

Walter.