Cisco UCS Platform Emulator (2.2(1bPE1))

[ericwill]

Cisco UCS Platform Emulator, Release 2.2(1bPE1)

Updated July 25, 2014:  Reposted UCSPE 2.2(1b) to fix the expired certificate issue.

New Hardware Features

Cisco UCS Platform Emulator, Release 2.2(1bPE1), adds support for the following new hardware:

• SD card - All supported Compute servers now have SD card in their slot.

New Software Features

Cisco UCS Platform Emulator, Release 2.2(1bPE1) includes the following new features:

• Smartplay bundles with new bundle packs
• Second-level boot order support for Blade and Rack servers
• User-Space NIC (usNIC) support for Blade and Rack servers
• Firmware download support from a local file system
• Direct Connect Rack configuration feature in the Emulator GUI
• SD card firmware upgrade support for supported Compute servers

NOTE: From UCS PE 2.2(1bPE1) onwards, UCS PE supports uploading the B-Series and C-Series server firmware bundles.  Because of the large file sizes of the firmware bundles, UCS PE only supports uploading of only the stripped-down versions (attached to this document), which includes only the firmware metadata but not the actual firmware itself in the binaries.  The stripped-down version of the firwmare bundles which contain metadata only of the B-series and C-series server firmware is reduced to approximately 50 kB in size.

• Download UCSPE Firmware Bundles: UCS Platform Emulator Firmware Bundles (includes firmware meta-data only)

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[callmeray]

having issues downloading the UCS Emulator.  Is there another means to download besides HTTP or download manager?  FTP maybe?

[Jeffrey Foster]

Hi Ray,

There are no other (non advertised) methods for downloading the emulator at present. Thank you!

Jeff

[Raoul07]

I tried downloading the ova file from 3 different browsers but was unable to do so. It just downloads 1% and stops. Can someone help me out on this!

[SACHIN SHARMA]

Tried to download with IE and Chrome but stopped after 15% ,what could be the issue ?

[artudrink09]

Hi team!

Do you have any login for the access?  I tried ingress and i can´t.

Regards

[Jeffrey Foster]

Hi Jesus,

Please use the username/password combination as follows:

- Username: config

- Password: config

Thank you!

Jeff

[ajay.p]

I am also having issue with download.whenever i am going to download its getting started but after 2- 5 % it gets stop automatically.

[lee.hunter1986]

Having the same problem on IE, Chrome and Firefox... download fails after about 80 MB...

[Joseck]

Hi Eric, i was only able to download 140 MB and it stopped. I tried several yesterday but it wass the same problem. So what can we do to solve the problem it seems i am not the only one with the same problem. Please help Sir.

[ericwill]

We are investigating now why this is occurring.  It is something I personally have yet to reproduce.  what are your connection details to the internet?     

[ialtura01]

I thank everyone who tried to help me thank you very much. I finally downloaded the ucs emulator the new problem is that i cant access the Ucs emulator GUI it says "the page is not available" i have successfully installed the ucs emulator using vmware workstation, i just clicked the UCSPE.vmx to start the installation after the installation it displayed an ip address saying "Cisco ucs gui: 192.168.X.X" when i tried to open it using google chrome nothing happens. please help me

[ericwill]

can you login to the console of the VM and see an IP address?  Secondly, you might want to try to login as user config / password config and do a Factory Reset.    

[manny0606]

Hi,

Which emulator file I should download, is it the OVA file (437 MB) or the Zip file (425MB) ?

[ericwill]

Where are you planning to import it to?  ESX / Fusion or Hyper-V?

Later versions of VMware Fusion and such can import OVA's, as well as ESXi.  The ZIP file contains the raw VMX / VMDK files that you can use to convert into Hyper-V if needed.  Both files have the same source VM though, just different formats.    

[manny0606]

Hi Eric, Thanks for your response. I have downloaded the zip file and using vmware player to import the VM file. Now it works. I can connect UCS Manager GUI using Google Chrome.