Unified Computing System (UCS)

UCSM 4.2 (3j) backup failure on the remote host

We have UCSM 4.2(3j), and backups are failing to a remote Linux box.We have the following error codes in the UCSM

Additional NIC Card to BE6M-M5-K9

Looking to add an additional NIC Card to the UCS BE6M-M5-K9 server. Has anyone done this that can provide some guidance.

Resolved! Firmware upgrade from 3.2(3) to 4.1(3m)

I have done all of the system health checks and started the firmware upgrade, but seem to have gotten stuck while doing the fabric update. The web interface is down, but when I cli to fabric a and b, they both show the updated version of 4.1(3m).What...

Need Help with Cisco C240 M4SX RAID Controller and Fan Issues!

I recently got my hands on a Cisco C240 M4SX with 24 drive bays. It’s equipped with a Cisco 12G SAS Modular RAID Controller, but I’ve run into an issue I can’t seem to solve.From what I’ve read, using a non-Cisco PCIe adapter causes the system fans t...

CIMC cisco ise new disk in Raid 10 - Unconfigured Good

Hi!We had a broken disk on our cisco ise server which is setup using Raid 10.Went out with a new disk same size and everything but different brand, Seage instead of Thosiba BUT everything else is indentical.The disk shows up fine in CIMC, but says Un...

UCS manager firmware upgrade not working

UCS manager firmware upgrade is not working. All UCS B200M3 servers are running version 4.1.3nb, but the chassis I/O module and fabric interconnect are not upgrading.

C240 M4 & M3 BIOS .cap files

Hello,Does anyone have a link to a repository or would care to share the BIOS, CMC, and other drivers found in the latest Host Utility updates for the C240 M3 & M4?I have spent hours trying to update this firmware, I have scraped the internet trying ...

C220-M5SX CIMC forgotten password reset

How to reset password that is forgotten for C220 M5SX? what i remember is that even if we reboot the server and press F8 and then F1 after the getting the IP address screen and if we tried to change the password it will still ask for old password to...

Resolved! VMWare ESXi 7.0U3p Cisco Custom Image

Does anyone know with Boardcom acquiring VMWare, will Cisco still come out with the latest ESxi 7.0U3p, that contain the security fix for ESXi 7.0U3o?Thanks,

UCS Central lost visibility of UCS Manager

Old neglected DEV environment. Not on support, so no TAC case possible.UCS Central 2.0(1r)UCS Manager 4.2(3i) on 6248UP pairI found how to recreate the certs in CLI for Central and Manager and did that.I found how to set the shared secret in CLI for...

Smart Storage Administrator Equivalent Software

I have a Cisco UCS C240-M5L and I would like to know if there is a software I can install so our RMM software can see all drives on the raid controllers to alert us for drive failures. On HP servers, I can do this if I install Smart Storage Administr...

UCS C220 M4 - FIRMWARE UPDATE - FAILURE

Good afternoon guys! I have been helped by the community already with a previous issue so thank you all for that sincerely! At the moment I have 8 drives being read by my C220 M4 Server with a Raid HBA Card, I want to access the raid configurati...

FI 6536 and CVR with 5108 Chassis

Hello,Since 6536s have 40G ports we're using CVR to connect the 5108 chassis to FI. Server port is coming online for a minute and then we're losing connection to chassis and IOMs. Any thoughts? TIA.

Resolved! C220-M5 Optane DCPMM Requirements

Does anyone know if the requirement for 2 CPU population on a C220-M5 has been lifted for Optane DCPMMs? I would like to add two 128GB Optane DCPMMs to my existing 1 CPU config.

Cisco Standalone C-Series Host Update Utility USB Image Utility

****UPDATE July 2021 The HUU images launched with our C-Series M6 Rack Servers are now compatible with the following USB creator toolsets: Tool name Tool link Supported on Windows Supported on Linux Supported on Mac UEFI mode UEFI s...