07-02-2015 02:42 PM - edited 03-01-2019 12:16 PM
Hi
This is for a VMware Virtual SAN (VSAN) implementation with Cisco UCS Manager 2.2(5a). Cisco
UCSM is integrated with 4 x Cisco C240-M4SX servers which all have Cisco 12G SAS Modular Raid Controller (UCSC-MRAID12G).
There is no local storage... ESXi 5.5 booting from Cisco 64GB FlexFlash SD card.
I need to upgrade the device drivers on the Raid Controller which are on my laptop (windows 7 os).
Does anybody know how I will be able to do this?
Is there a way using CLI session? What is the syntax (please provide example to illustrate)?
Or
Do I need to use Cisco Host Upgrade Utility ? What is the procedure from UCSM?
Thanks
G
07-02-2015 04:55 PM
Hey,
please check this link
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/servers-unified-computing/ucs-manager/116349-technote-product-00.html#anc19
I believe you want to upgrade RAID(sas) drivers on ESXi.
let me know if you require to understand the procedure.
thanks,
Saurabh
07-02-2015 11:37 PM
Hi Saurabh
I should have mentioned this earlier......Problem is that I don't see any datastores and the 'Advanced Settings' is showing 'no devices currently enabled for passthrough'. (See screenshot attached).
I believe that this issue is down to driver incompatibility on the Raid Controller.
So with this information, how can I upgrade the Cisco 12G SAS Modular Raid Controller (UCSC-MRAID12G) to version 6.606.06.00.1vmw?
I should be able to upgrade the Host Firmware Package for Storage Controller according to the following URL:
However I cannot find 6.606.06.00.1vmw on Cisco Download software site.
The C240-M4SX servers have the latest ucs-k9-bundle-c-series.2.2.5a.C.bin
Can this be done through host firmware package in UCSM host firmware package in UCSM
07-03-2015 03:42 AM
6.606.06.00.1vmw can be download from VMware site directly.
http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/detail.php?deviceCategory=io&productid=38642
Once you have the sas driver use it to upgrade the version
let me know if you need to understand the procedure for the same.
thanks,
-Saurabh
07-07-2015 11:31 AM
ok I managed to sort this issue out....
First of all I created a directory on the tmp directory on the Cisco FlexFlash SD card Hypervisor partition. You can use a different directory but the tmp directory had the most available space.
I then used SCP to download the device drivers from my laptop to the Cisco FlexFlash SD card into the directory I created. (I also tried using FTP but the customer firewall was blocking FTP).
I then used the following esxcli command to upgrade the device driver on the RAID controller:
esxcli software vib update -d /tmp/gss/megaraid_sas-6.606.06.00-offline_bundle-2351571.zip
Finally after rebooting the server I issued the following esxcli command to verify that the new firmware version on the RAID controller:
vmkload_mod -s megaraid_sas
07-07-2015 11:40 AM
Hey, that's good news.
Glad you were able to resolve the issue.
thanks again for posting your queries to Cisco's support community.
-Saurabh
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08-29-2015 11:20 AM
This does NOT update firmware, this simply updates the ESXi driver. I also in the middle of the same exact configuration (C240 M4 & VMware Virtual SAN). The VMware HCL calls for firmware version 4.270.00-4238. I cannot figure out where this firmware version comes from. It doesn't reference the version that shows in UCS Manager or the Cisco release notes for the firmware. The firmware version I have installed is 24.7.0-0047.
See VMware HCL here: http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/detail.php?deviceCategory=vsanio&productid=38642&vsanrncomp=true&vcl=true
I have my Virtual SAN fully deployed on these servers now, but once day I'm getting an error on 1/5 servers. The SEL logs show that the disks Asserted and Deasserted until the logs fill up, and causes the Virtual SAN cluster to become Unhealthy.
EDIT: When I go to the MegaRaid configuration utility on system boot, I can see version 4.270.00-4238 listed, even though UCSM says 24.7.0-0047. So I'm on the correct release, something else must be going on...
2 | 08/29/2015 02:04:43 | CIMC | Drive slot(Bay) HDD3_STATUS #0x49 | Drive Fault | Asserted 3 | 08/29/2015 02:04:43 | CIMC | Drive slot(Bay) HDD4_STATUS #0x4a | Drive Fault | Asserted 4 | 08/29/2015 02:04:43 | CIMC | Drive slot(Bay) HDD5_STATUS #0x4b | Drive Fault | Asserted 5 | 08/29/2015 02:04:43 | CIMC | Drive slot(Bay) HDD6_STATUS #0x4c | Drive Fault | Asserted 6 | 08/29/2015 02:04:43 | CIMC | Drive slot(Bay) HDD7_STATUS #0x4d | Drive Fault | Asserted 7 | 08/29/2015 02:04:43 | CIMC | Drive slot(Bay) HDD8_STATUS #0x4e | Drive Fault | Asserted 8 | 08/29/2015 02:04:43 | CIMC | Drive slot(Bay) HDD23_STATUS #0x5d | Drive Fault | Asserted 9 | 08/29/2015 02:04:43 | CIMC | Drive slot(Bay) HDD24_STATUS #0x5e | Drive Fault | Asserted a | 08/29/2015 02:04:43 | CIMC | Platform alert LED_HLTH_STATUS #0x62 | LED color is amber | Asserted b | 08/29/2015 02:04:43 | CIMC | Platform alert LED_HLTH_STATUS #0x62 | LED color is green | Deasserted c | 08/29/2015 02:04:44 | CIMC | Drive slot(Bay) HDD1_STATUS #0x47 | Drive Fault | Asserted d | 08/29/2015 02:04:44 | CIMC | Drive slot(Bay) HDD2_STATUS #0x48 | Drive Fault | Asserted e | 08/29/2015 02:04:49 | CIMC | Drive slot(Bay) HDD1_STATUS #0x47 | Drive Fault | Deasserted f | 08/29/2015 02:04:49 | CIMC | Drive slot(Bay) HDD2_STATUS #0x48 | Drive Fault | Deasserted 10 | 08/29/2015 02:04:49 | CIMC | Drive slot(Bay) HDD3_STATUS #0x49 | Drive Fault | Deasserted 11 | 08/29/2015 02:04:49 | CIMC | Drive slot(Bay) HDD4_STATUS #0x4a | Drive Fault | Deasserted 12 | 08/29/2015 02:04:49 | CIMC | Drive slot(Bay) HDD5_STATUS #0x4b | Drive Fault | Deasserted 13 | 08/29/2015 02:04:49 | CIMC | Drive slot(Bay) HDD6_STATUS #0x4c | Drive Fault | Deasserted 14 | 08/29/2015 02:04:49 | CIMC | Drive slot(Bay) HDD7_STATUS #0x4d | Drive Fault | Deasserted 15 | 08/29/2015 02:04:49 | CIMC | Drive slot(Bay) HDD8_STATUS #0x4e | Drive Fault | Deasserted 16 | 08/29/2015 02:04:49 | CIMC | Drive slot(Bay) HDD23_STATUS #0x5d | Drive Fault | Deasserted 17 | 08/29/2015 02:04:49 | CIMC | Drive slot(Bay) HDD24_STATUS #0x5e | Drive Fault | Deasserted 18 | 08/29/2015 02:04:49 | CIMC | Platform alert LED_HLTH_STATUS #0x62 | LED color is green | Asserted 19 | 08/29/2015 02:04:49 | CIMC | Platform alert LED_HLTH_STATUS #0x62 | LED color is amber | Deasserted 1a | 08/29/2015 02:04:54 | CIMC | Drive slot(Bay) HDD1_STATUS #0x47 | Drive Fault | Asserted 1b | 08/29/2015 02:04:54 | CIMC | Drive slot(Bay) HDD2_STATUS #0x48 | Drive Fault | Asserted 1c | 08/29/2015 02:04:54 | CIMC | Drive slot(Bay) HDD3_STATUS #0x49 | Drive Fault | Asserted 1d | 08/29/2015 02:04:54 | CIMC | Drive slot(Bay) HDD4_STATUS #0x4a | Drive Fault | Asserted 1e | 08/29/2015 02:04:54 | CIMC | Drive slot(Bay) HDD5_STATUS #0x4b | Drive Fault | Asserted 1f | 08/29/2015 02:04:54 | CIMC | Drive slot(Bay) HDD6_STATUS #0x4c | Drive Fault | Asserted 20 | 08/29/2015 02:04:54 | CIMC | Drive slot(Bay) HDD7_STATUS #0x4d | Drive Fault | Asserted 21 | 08/29/2015 02:04:54 | CIMC | Drive slot(Bay) HDD8_STATUS #0x4e | Drive Fault | Asserted 22 | 08/29/2015 02:04:54 | CIMC | Drive slot(Bay) HDD23_STATUS #0x5d | Drive Fault | Asserted 23 | 08/29/2015 02:04:54 | CIMC | Drive slot(Bay) HDD24_STATUS #0x5e | Drive Fault | Asserted 24 | 08/29/2015 02:04:55 | CIMC | Platform alert LED_HLTH_STATUS #0x62 | LED color is amber | Asserted 25 | 08/29/2015 02:04:55 | CIMC | Platform alert LED_HLTH_STATUS #0x62 | LED color is green | Deasserted
07-02-2015 07:43 PM
Why are you in need to update the Storage Controller drivers on server that does not use local disks????
-Kenny
07-02-2015 11:15 PM
The engineer carrying out the VMware VSAN part of the implementation is having issues with configuring the Cisco 12G SAS Modular Raid Controller (UCSC-MRAID12G) for Passthrough mode.
When I enter 'esxcli storage core device list command' from the ESXi CLI it does not list the drives. (Each C240-M4SX server has 1 x SSD plus 7 x HDD).
The C240-M4SX are running Cisco custom VMware ESXi 5.5 U2 (Vmware-ESXi-5.5.0-2068190-custom-Cisco-5.5.2.3).
The driver that the Cisco VMware custom image installs for the RAID controller is Version 6.604.54.00.1vmw. I believe the issue is down to compatibility as the VMware VSAN compatibility guide specifies version 6.606.06.00.1vmw. See screenshot attached
07-03-2015 01:14 PM
So you have local storage! you mentioned in the initial post "There is no local storage... ESXi 5.5 booting from Cisco 64GB FlexFlash SD card.0"
Have you configured those disks in a RAID volume or at least JBOD to have the OS see the local storage?
-Kenny
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