01-28-2016 02:11 PM - edited 03-01-2019 12:34 PM
Hello everyone,
I'm in the planning phase of upgrading our Cisco UCS infrastructure and I would like to use the latest release that being 3.1(1E). I would like to know if anyone has had any issues with this release? Would anyone not recommend upgrading to such a newly release Firmware package such as this one? Any feedback you can provide would be very much appreciated. Thank you in advance for any assistance.
NOTE: I'm aware of the deprecated hardware list and don't have any issues with this.
01-30-2016 06:01 PM
Greetings.
for a list of deprecated hardware.
The UCSM 1st portion of the 3.1.1 install will fail out and roll back, and throw errors telling you if you have any of the deprecated hardware unless you override/bypass the validation checks.
Hardware Type |
Product |
---|---|
Fabric Interconnects |
UCS 6120 (N10-S6100) UCS 6140 (N10-S6200) |
IO Modules |
2104 FEX (N20-I6584) |
Blade Servers |
B200M1 (N20-B6620-1) B250M1 (N20-B6620-2) B230M1 (N20-B6730-1) B440M1 (N20-B6740-2) |
Adapters |
E M71KR-E (N20-AE0002) Q M71KR-Q (N20-AQ0002) Intel 82598KR (N20-AI0002) M81KR (N20-AC0002) Broadcom M51KR-B BCM 57711 Mezz (N20-AB0002) N20-AQ0102 N20-AE0102 |
Rack Mount Servers |
C210M2 (R210-2121605W) C460M2 (UCSC-BASE-M2-C460) C200M2 (UCSC-BSE-SFF-C200) C250M2 (R250-2480805W) C260M2 (C260-BASE-2646) C420M3 |
Adapters - Rack Servers |
N2XX-ACPCI01 Cisco UCS CNA M61KR-I Intel (N20-AI0102) Broadcom 57711 Dual Port (N2XX-ABPCI02) Cisco UCS P81E VIC (N2XX-ACPCI01) Emulex OneConnect OCe10102-F (N2XX-AEPCI01) Qlogic QLE 8152-CNA (N2XX-AQPCI01) |
Release 3.1(1e) does not support ESXi configuration on VM FEX.
Thanks,
Kirk...
02-02-2016 07:55 AM
Thank you for the response, but I'm aware of the deprecated hardware list. I like to know if anyone has had any issues with this package?
03-15-2016 10:55 AM
Did you upgrade ?
I have just upgraded one of two domains and the hyper-v VMs on the upgraded domain lag a little compared to the 2.2.5b domain, wonder if you saw anything ?
03-16-2016 06:42 AM
I have personally stayed away from it due to all of the open caveats and the fact that it is the first release of 3.x for full UCS
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/release/notes/CiscoUCSManager-RN-3-1.html#reference_ECF567605F6149139E692D8F82478626
04-08-2016 12:08 PM
HI All,
I just finished helping a Client to upgrade from version 2.2 to 3.1(1e) , the client scared to death , after clicking on the activate button , he Fabric failed , I had to power the fabric and then when it boots up it went to loader . I had to load the kickstart and os file in order to the fabric up after which it went smooth.
If you know what you are doing then , go head , I do not recommend Autoinstall though , go with Manual,
Best practice , if you have not rebooted your fabric for a while , please do so for both and then proceed with upgrade.
Saleem
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