Activating the Firmware on an Adapter
Procedure
Step 1 Inthe Navigation pane, clickthe Equipment tab.
Step 2 Onthe Equipment tab, expand Equipment >Chassis >Chassis Number >Servers.
Step 3 Expandthe node for the server that includes the adapter for which you want to activate the updated firmware.
Step 4 ExpandAdapters and select the adapter for which you want to activatethe firmware.
Step 5 Inthe General tab, clickActivate Firmware.
Step 6 Inthe Activate Firmware dialog box, do the following:
a) Select the appropriate version from the Version ToBe Activated drop-down list.
Ifone or more of the selected endpoints are not configured with the desired version as the backup version,
CiscoUCS Manager GUI does not display that version in the Set Version drop-down list. Youmust select
theversion from the Startup Versioncolumn for each individual endpoint.
b) (Optional) If you want to activate the firmware regardless of any possible incompatibilities or currently
executingtasks, check the IgnoreCompatibility Check check box.
c) If you want to set the start up version and not change the version running on the endpoint, check the Set
StartupVersion Only check box.
Duringa direct upgrade, you should configure Set Startup Version Only for an adapter. Withthis setting,
theactivated firmware moves into the pending-next-boot state, and the server is not immediately rebooted.
Theactivated firmware does not become the running version of firmware on the adapter until the server
isrebooted. You cannot configure Set Startup VersionOnly for an adapter in the host firmwarepackage.
Ifa server is not associated with a service profile, the activated firmware remains in the pending-next-boot
state.Cisco UCS Manager does not reboot the endpoints or activate the firmware until the server is
associatedwith a service profile. If necessary,you can manually reboot or reset an unassociated server to
activatethe firmware.
d) Click OK.
Updating the BIOS Firmware on a Server
Donot remove the hardware that contains the endpoint or perform any maintenance on it until the update
processhas completed.If thehardware is removedor otherwiseunavailable due tomaintenance, the
firmwareupdate fails. This failure may corrupt the backup partition. You cannot update the firmware on
anendpoint with a corrupted backup partition.
Caution
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