Unified Computing System (UCS)

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...

C220 M4 Fan policy

HiI'd like to know if there is a way to override the fan policy override on C220 M4 firmware : as the fan noise is very high, when I change the fan policy to "low power", the result is a "High power policy" with the message : FAN POLICY OVERRIDE - Ca...

Unable to SSH to FI but can browse UCSM

I'm unable to SSH into the Fabric Interconnect Cluster IP and also each Fabric Interconnect A & B. Have tried with telnet FI cluster IP, FI-A and FI-B to port 22 all passed. Can browse to UCSM website as well. From UCSM, under communications manageme...

C220 M5 NVME Not Booting

Been racking my brain and google-ing up a storm, looking through cisco posts and various sites to no avail.I have a UCS-C220-M5, I picked up and installed the UCS-MSTOR-M2 (800-46240-01 B0+) but for whatever reason it shows up as SlotID: MSTOR-RAID i...

UCS server monitoring with Prometheus

Hello , I have a challenge to monitor UCS server with an opening source monitoring tool called "Prometheus" so I ask if anyone did this before or not ? also I searched about it and found it's possible to do that by UCS exporter through API or node ex...

Resolved! Changing DNS domain of UCS fabric interconnect management interfaces

What is the least disruptive process of changing the DNS domain of the UCS fabric interconnect management interfaces in a prod environment? Can this be done of the fly? Is it as simple as changing the domain name is the UCS Mgr GUI? Will the fabri...

UCS Manager and fabric interconnect versions mismatch

I have a UCS-FI-6248UP with firmware version 4.1(3b) installed.Initially, it was set up in standalone mode.I switched it to cluster mode, but I did not connect the second fabric. I had to reboot it because the svc_sam_controller service wouldn’t star...

[FSM:FAILED]: internal system backup(FSM:sam:dme:MgmtBackupBackup)

Hello Community.we are facing an issue on FTD Hypervisor, where we wanted to send a backup via gui to a Windows Backup server.ftdhv02# show fault detailFault InstanceSeverity: InfoCode: F16683Last Transition Time: 2025-01-30T11:02:39.463ID: 491745Sta...

replace a server port module/cable

i need to replace a server port cable from chassis to FI. This is affecting the second nic on a WM port group. I have active/active nic in place. can the cable be replaced with the esxi host and Vms running?

Need correct firmware packages for Cisco UCS, FI and blade servers

Hello there, we have a UCS here which is a UCS SP BASE 5108 Blade. Also, there is a FI attached to that UCS called UCS FI 6332. In the UCS, the blade servers are Cisco B200 M6 and I'd like to upgrade the firmware on those devices. I know that the las...

Resolved! UCS C220 M5 Firmware Upgrade Path

Hello, I am curious about the firmware upgrade path for some UCS C220 M5 devices. These are currently on 4.1(1f). We have been asked to move them to 4.2(3n). Looking on the release notes for 4.2(3) and specifically under the "Upgrade Paths to Release...

No disks found when running 7.0.3o ESXi Installer - UCSC-MRAID12G

I installed an UCSC-MRAID12G controller and 2 x SSDs in a C220 M4.Configured the controller, creating a virtual disk, the disks are visible via the option ROM on the console.When I run the ESXi installer, the disks are not found.Any information why t...

Anyone ever tried moving an S3260-M4 array ctrlr to M5 server module

We have an older S3260-M4 server. I would like to upgrade it with an M5 server module, but does anyone know if you can remove the array controller from the old M4 server and install it directly onto the M5 server module. We have about 128TB of stor...

VM MAC and UCS MAC question

Hello experts, I am confused about something regarding MACs, I think I need some guidance seeing the big picture. Say our VM MAC is 111(for simplicity) and it is using vnic 1 in UCS(MAC 222) If I check MAC address table on FI I see 111 assigned to a ...

Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix Field Guide

A Field Guide covering the installation, initial configuration, and expansion of Cisco Compute Hyperconverged with Nutanix systems. Also covers information for installation of Prism Central, and performing software and UCS firmware upgrades using Nu...