Recommended Version for B200-M4

[Walter Dey]

In the release notes of 2.2.5a:

Q. why is the version for B200-M4 2.2.4c and not 2.2.5a ?

Component	Recommended Minimum Software Version 2	Recommended Software Version
Servers
B22 M3 E5-2400 B22 M3 E5-2400 v2	2.1(3g) 2.2(2e)	2.2(5a) 2.2(5a)
B200 M1 and M2	2.2(2e)	2.2(5a)
B200 M3 E5-2600 B200 M3 E5-2600 v2	2.1(3g) 2.2(2e)	2.2(5a)
B200 M4	2.2(3a)	2.2(4c)

[jchavesd]

Walter, 

       Releases are deployed to each model according to their testings. If it has not been deployed for this platform yet, might be because the Dev Team is still working some minor bugs that might affect its performance. 

You can check which Configuration is supported according to your HW /SW combination in the following link

http://www.cisco.com/web/techdoc/ucs/interoperability/matrix/matrix.html

Please rate ALL useful answers

Jose Ch.

[Walter Dey]

Hi Jose

According to the support matrix utility, 2.2.5 is supported ! I checked for W2012 R2

I assume, the release notes is not update !

Walter.

[jchavesd]

2.2.5 is relatively new so maybe the release notes have not been updated yet with the new Information. 

Jose Chaves

[Walter Dey]

Guys, I found the reason; if you want download 2.2.5 version from CCO, you will get a health warning:

SOFTWARE ADVISORY NOTICE

Dear Cisco Customer,

Cisco engineering has identified the following software issues with the release that you have selected that may affect your use of this software. Please review the Software Advisory notice here to determine if the issues apply to your environment. You may proceed to download this software if you have no concerns with the issue described.

For more comprehensive information about what is included in this software, refer to the Cisco software Release Notes, available from the Product Selector tool. From this page, select the product you are interested in. Release Notes are under "General Information" on the product page.

Affected Software and Replacement Solution for CSCuv04436
Software Type	Software Affected	Software Solution
Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers	Version: 2.2(5a), 2.2(4b), 3.0(2c) Affected Images: ucs-k9-bundle-b-series.2.2.5a.B.bin, ucs-k9-bundle-b-series.2.2.4b.B.bin, ucs-k9-bundle-b-series.3.0.2c.B.bin	Version: To be released at the end of July, 2015. Replacement Images:

Reason for Advisory:

This software advisory addresses one software issue.

CSCuv04436

Cisco UCS B200 M4 with Cisco UCS Manager (B Bundle) Releases 2.2(5a), 2.2(4b), 3.0(2c) has performance impact.

Affected Platforms:

Cisco UCS B200 M4 Blade Servers configured with these specific CPUs:  E5-2667 v3, E5-2643 v3, E5-2640 v3, E5-2637 v3, E5-2630 v3, E5-2630L v3, E5-2623 v3, E5-2620 v3, E5-2609 v3

Other Intel CPU model SKUs are not impacted by this issue.

Symptom:

The CPU performance on a Cisco UCS B200 M4 Blade Server may decrease while running Cisco UCS Manager (B Bundle) Releases 2.2(5a), 2.2(4b) or 3.0(2c). Performance may drop by three times as compared to the same system running Cisco UCS Manager (B Bundle) Release 2.2(3g).

This issue may be seen on Cisco UCS Manager (B Bundle) releases 2.2(5a), 2.2(4b) and 3.0(2c) on systems with these Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 v3 Product Family CPUs: E5-2667 v3, E5-2643 v3, E5-2640 v3, E5-2637 v3, E5-2630 v3, E5-2630L v3, E5-2623 v3, E5-2620 v3, E5-2609 v3.

Conditions: 

See Symptoms.

Workaround: This issue has no known workaround.

More Info: None