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CIMC Firmware Management

Obtaining Firmware from Cisco

After you activate the CIMC firmware, you can update the BIOS firmware. The server must be powered off during the entire BIOS update process, so the process is not divided into stages. Instead, you only need to issue a single command and CIMC installs and updates the BIOS firmware as quickly as possible. Once the CIMC finishes rebooting, the server can be powered on and returned to service.

Note You can either upgrade an older firmware version to a newer one, or downgrade a newer firmware version to an older one.

Obtaining Firmware from Cisco

	Procedure
Step 1	Navigate to http://www.cisco.com/.
Step 2	If you are not already logged in, click Log In at the top right-hand edge of the page and log in using your
	Cisco.com credentials.
Step 3	In the menu bar at the top, click Support.
Step 4	Click All Downloads in the roll down menu.
Step 5	If your server model is listed in the Recently Used Products list, click the server name. Otherwise, do the
	following:
	a)	In the left-hand box, click Products.
	b)	In the center box, click Unified Computing and Servers.
	c)	In the right-hand box, click Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Standalone Server Software.
	d)	In the right-hand box, click the server model whose software you want to download.
Step 6	Click the Unified Computing System (UCS) Server Firmware link.
Step 7	(Optional) Select a prior release from the menu bar on the left-hand side of the page.
Step 8	Click the Download button associated with the Cisco Host Upgrade Utility ISO for the selected release.
Step 9	Click Accept License Agreement.
Step 10	Save the ISO file to a local drive.
	We recommend you upgrade the CIMC and BIOS firmware on your server using this ISO file, which contains
	the Cisco Host Upgrade Utility. For detailed information about this utility, see the Cisco Host Upgrade Utility
	Guide for the version of the HUU that goes with the CIMC software release that you want to install. The HUU
	guides are available at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10493/products_user_
	guide_list.html.
Step 11	(Optional) If you plan to upgrade the CIMC and BIOS firmware manually, do the following:
	a) From the ISO file, open the ZIP file containing the firmware installation files.
		The ZIP file is on the top-level of the ISO file, and its name follows the format
		ServerModel_ReleaseNumber.ZIP.

For example, C240M3_1.4.4A.ZIP.

You do not need to extract all of the files contained in this ZIP file. Instead, you only need to open it so that you can access the BIOS firmware installation CAP file and the ZIP file containing the CIMC firmware installation BIN file.

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