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Firmware upgrade form 2.1(1a) to 3.1(1e)

Mordechay Amir
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

Hi,

I have a UCS system running on version 2.1(1a) and I need to upgrade it to 3.1(1e).

I could not find any related document for upgrading from this version to 3.xx

can it be done directly or should I go into intermediate version such as 2.2(5) or so?

Thanks in advance.

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Qiese Dides
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

I assume your UCS infrastructure is currently/2.1?

Upgrade from 2.1 to 3.1.1 would need a two step upgrade from 2.1 -> 2.2 and 2.2 ->3.1.1e

So the steps are

1) Upgrade UCS infra to 2.2.x release

2) Upgrade blades to 2.2.x release

Procedure: 

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/sw/upgrading/from2-0/to2-2/b_UpgradingCiscoUCSFrom2-0To2-2.html

3) Upgrade UCS infra to 3.1.1e

4) Upgrade blades to 3.1.1e or a suitable release

Procedure:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/ucs-manager/GUI-User-Guides/Firmware-Mgmt/3-1/b_UCSM_GUI_Firmware_Management_Guide_3_1/b_UCSM_GUI_Firmware_Management_Guide_3_1_chapter_01.html#concept_F4E8EB876BC949E2855327611B88B866

As mentioned in the link

"Before upgrading to Cisco UCS Manager Release 3.1, ensure that the existing infrastructure and server bundles are on a Cisco UCS Manager 2.2(x) release, or later releases.

Important:

Upgrading from infrastructure bundles earlier than Cisco UCS Manager Release 2.2(1a) is not supported."


Hope that helps, please mark any solution as correct this will help others fine a solution faster.

Qiese Dides

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Wes Austin
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

Hello,

Please review the release notes for UCSM 3.1:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/release/notes/CiscoUCSManager-RN-3-1.html

This will list any known caveats, deprecated hardware, and necessary pre-requisites before the upgrade.

HTH,

Wes

Qiese Dides
Cisco Employee
Cisco Employee

I assume your UCS infrastructure is currently/2.1?

Upgrade from 2.1 to 3.1.1 would need a two step upgrade from 2.1 -> 2.2 and 2.2 ->3.1.1e

So the steps are

1) Upgrade UCS infra to 2.2.x release

2) Upgrade blades to 2.2.x release

Procedure: 

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/sw/upgrading/from2-0/to2-2/b_UpgradingCiscoUCSFrom2-0To2-2.html

3) Upgrade UCS infra to 3.1.1e

4) Upgrade blades to 3.1.1e or a suitable release

Procedure:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/ucs-manager/GUI-User-Guides/Firmware-Mgmt/3-1/b_UCSM_GUI_Firmware_Management_Guide_3_1/b_UCSM_GUI_Firmware_Management_Guide_3_1_chapter_01.html#concept_F4E8EB876BC949E2855327611B88B866

As mentioned in the link

"Before upgrading to Cisco UCS Manager Release 3.1, ensure that the existing infrastructure and server bundles are on a Cisco UCS Manager 2.2(x) release, or later releases.

Important:

Upgrading from infrastructure bundles earlier than Cisco UCS Manager Release 2.2(1a) is not supported."


Hope that helps, please mark any solution as correct this will help others fine a solution faster.

Qiese Dides

Thanks for the quick response.

I am at version 2.1 and the target is to be at 3.1 so according to the links you provided, it looks like the upgrade process must be done in two stages just like you said.

Thanks again.

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