UCS_C210_M2 upgrade to VMware-VMvisor-6.0.0.update02 from 4.1

[darin.marais]

Could you please direct me towards documentation on the Cisco website that would describing the process and steps to be take when updating from ESXi 4.1 to 6.0 for the UCS C210 M2 hardware.

Is it simply a case of applying the following file update to the existing 4.1 install?

"VMware-VMvisor-Installer-6.0.0.update02-3620759.x86_64.iso"

Are there some additional steps in that need to be taken prior to the update?

[David Hilliard]

Our hardware compatibility matrix shows that ESXi 6.x is not supported on a C210 M2.  The highest supported version is ESXi 5.1i.

Furthermore, the highest supported UCS software release is 1.4.8.

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

Thanks,

Dave

[darin.marais]

Hello, thank you so much for your reply.

I have looked on the Cisco website and I see that there is a custom image for download for 6.0.2.1 in the  Downloads Home / Products /Servers - Unified Computing/ UCS - Hypervisors and Operating Systems/ VMware ESXi for Cisco UCS/ Cisco UCS - Hypervisors and Operating Systems-6.0.U2.

Is there a custom image also for 5.1i?

Also looks like the latest Cisco UCS Host Upgrade Utility for UCS C210 M2 is ucs-c200-huu-1.4.3y.iso.

Is that correct?

[Kirk J]

Hi Dave.

Can you check http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/interoperability/matrix/r_hcl_C_rel1-43y.pdf

I had a customer point this out to me the other day, and I hadn't realized they published a fairly recent HCL for 1.43y, instead of bundling notes for the M2 series in 1.5x release notes, like they did in in the past.

Thanks,

Kirk...