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Release Notes for Cisco UCS C-Series Software, Release 1.4(7)
Overview of Cisco UCS C460 and C260 Rack Servers
Overview of Cisco UCS C220 M3 and C240 M3 Rack Servers
Overview of Cisco UCS C22 M3 and C24 M3 Rack Servers
Overview of the Pre-Installed Cisco Flexible Flash Card
Hardware and Software Interoperability
Upgrading BIOS and CIMC Firmware
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Release Notes for Cisco UCS C-Series Software, Release 1.4(7)
First Published Date: November 19, 2012Part Number: OL-28367-01
This document describes the new features, system requirements, open caveats and known behaviors for C- series software release 1.4(7) including Cisco Integrated Management Controller software and any related BIOS, firmware, or drivers. Use this document in conjunction with the documents listed in the "Related Documentation" section.
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We sometimes update the documentation after original publication. Therefore, you should also review the documentation on Cisco.com for any updates.
Table 1 shows the online change history for this document.
Contents
This document includes the following sections:
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Introduction
This section includes the following sections:
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Overview of the Server Models
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Overview of Cisco UCS C460 and C260 Rack Servers
The Cisco UCS C460 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server is designed with the performance and reliability to power compute-intensive, enterprise-critical standalone applications and virtualized workloads. The system is a four-rack-unit (4RU) rack-mount server supporting up to four Intel Xeon 7500 series processors, up to 512 GB of DDR3 memory in 64 slots, and 12 small form-factor (SFF) hot-pluggable SAS and SATA disk drives. Abundant I/O capability is provided by 10 PCI Express (PCIe) slots supporting the Cisco UCS C-Series network adapters, with an eleventh PCIe slot reserved for a hard disk drive array controller card. Additional I/O is provided by two Gigabit Ethernet LAN-on-motherboard (LOM) ports, two 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports, and two dedicated out-of-band (OOB) management ports.
The Cisco UCS C260 High-Performance Rack-Mount Server is designed with the performance and reliability to power compute-intensive, enterprise-critical standalone applications and virtualized workloads. The system is a two-rack-unit (2RU) rack-mount server supporting up to two Intel Xeon 7500 series processors, up to 1 TB of DDR3 memory in 64 slots, and 16 small form-factor (SFF) hot-pluggable SAS and SATA disk drives. Abundant I/O capability is provided by 7 PCI Express (PCIe) slots supporting the Cisco UCS C-Series network adapters and hard disk drive array controller cards. Additional I/O is provided by two Gigabit Ethernet LAN-on-motherboard (LOM) ports, two optional 10 Gigabit Ethernet LOM ports, and two dedicated out-of-band (OOB) management ports.
This server is shipped from the factory with one pre-installed Cisco Flexible Flash card. The slots for these cards are on the I/O riser.
The Cisco UCS 460 M2 and the Cisco UCS 260 M2 interfaces with Cisco UCS using the Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC); 1225 and P81E. The Cisco UCS VIC is a virtualization-optimized Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) PCI Express (PCIe) 2.0 x8 10-Gbps adapter designed for use with Cisco UCS C-Series servers. The VIC is a dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe adapter that can support up to 128 (P81E) or 256 (1225) PCIe standards-compliant virtual interfaces, which can be dynamically configured so that both their interface types-network interface card (NIC) or host bus adapter (HBA) and identity (MAC address and worldwide name (WWN))-are established using just-in-time provisioning. In addition, the Cisco UCS VIC can support network interface virtualization and Cisco® Data Center Virtual Machine Fabric Extender (VM-FEX) technology.
Overview of Cisco UCS C220 M3 and C240 M3 Rack Servers
The Cisco UCS C220 M3 Rack Server is designed for performance and density over a wide range of business workloads, from web serving to distributed databases. The enterprise-class Cisco UCS C220 M3 server extends the capabilities of the Cisco UCS portfolio in a 1RU form factor with the addition of the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family. In addition, the Cisco UCS C220 M3 server offers up to two Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2600 product family, 16 DIMM slots, eight disk drives, and two 1 Gigabit Ethernet LAN-on-motherboard (LOM) ports.
The Cisco UCS C240 M3 Rack Server is designed for both performance and expandability over a wide range of storage-intensive infrastructure workloads, from big data to collaboration. The enterprise-class Cisco UCS C240 M3 server further extends the capabilities of the Cisco UCS portfolio in a 2RU form factor with the addition of the Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family. The Cisco UCS C240 M3 offers up to two Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2600 product family, 24 DIMM slots, 24 disk drives, and four 1 Gigabit Ethernet LOM ports.
The Cisco UCS C220 M3 and the Cisco UCS C240 M3 interfaces with Cisco UCS using the Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC); 1225 and P81E. The Cisco UCS VIC is a virtualization-optimized Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) PCI Express (PCIe) 2.0 x8 10-Gbps adapter designed for use with Cisco UCS C-Series servers. The VIC is a dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe adapter that can support up to 128 (P81E) or 256 (1225) PCIe standards-compliant virtual interfaces, which can be dynamically configured so that both their interface types-network interface card (NIC) or host bus adapter (HBA) and identity (MAC address and worldwide name (WWN))-are established using just-in-time provisioning. In addition, the Cisco UCS VIC can support network interface virtualization and Cisco® Data Center Virtual Machine Fabric Extender (VM-FEX) technology.
Overview of Cisco UCS C22 M3 and C24 M3 Rack Servers
The Cisco UCS C22 M3 Rack Server is a low cost UCS server designed for both performance and density over a wide range of business workloads, including enterprise web/file/print server and HPC. The enterprise-class Cisco UCS C22 M3 server extends the capabilities of the Cisco UCS portfolio in a 1RU form factor with the addition of the Intel Xeon E5-2400 product family. In addition, the Cisco UCS C22 M3 server offers up to two Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2400 product family processors, 12 DIMM slots, 8 disk drives, and two 1 Gigabit Ethernet LAN-on-motherboard (LOM) ports.
The server is orderable in two different versions, each with one of two different front panel and back plane configurations:
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Holds up to eight 2.5-inch hard drives or solid state drives
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Holds up to four 3.5-inch hard drives
The Cisco UCS C24 M3 Rack Server is designed for both performance and expandability over a wide range of storage-intensive infrastructure workloads, from big data to collaboration. The enterprise-class Cisco UCS C24 M3 server further extends the capabilities of the Cisco UCS portfolio in a 2RU form factor with the addition of the Intel® Xeon® processor Intel Xeon E5-2400 product family. The Cisco UCS C24 M3 offers up to two Intel® Xeon® E5-2400 processors, 12 DIMM slots, 24 disk drives, and two 1 Gigabit Ethernet LAN-on-motherboard (LOM) ports.
The server is orderable in three different versions, each with one of three different front panel/backplane configurations:
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Holds up to twenty-four 2.5-inch hard drives or solid state drives.
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Holds up to sixteen 2.5-inch hard drives or solid state drives and enables embedded RAID to be used in the server.
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Holds up to twelve 3.5-inch hard drives
The Cisco UCS C22 M3 and the Cisco UCS C24 M3 interfaces with Cisco UCS using the Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC); 1225 and P81E. The Cisco UCS VIC is a virtualization-optimized Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) PCI Express (PCIe) 2.0 x8 10-Gbps adapter designed for use with Cisco UCS C-Series servers. The VIC is a dual-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe adapter that can support up to 128 (P81E) or 256 (1225) PCIe standards-compliant virtual interfaces, which can be dynamically configured so that both their interface types-network interface card (NIC) or host bus adapter (HBA) and identity (MAC address and worldwide name (WWN))-are established using just-in-time provisioning. In addition, the Cisco UCS VIC can support network interface virtualization and Cisco® Data Center Virtual Machine Fabric Extender (VM-FEX) technology.
Overview of the Pre-Installed Cisco Flexible Flash Card
The Cisco Flexible Flash card is pre-installed with three software bundles, each on one of four preconfigured virtual drives (VDs). The fourth VD allows you to install an OS or an embedded hypervisor.
The VDs are configured with the following content:
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Refer to the following documents for more information about these tasks:
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The links to these documents are in the C-Series documentation road map:
http://www.cisco.com/go/unifiedcomputing/c-series-doc
Hardware and Software Interoperability
For detailed information about storage switch, operating system, adapter, adapter utility, and storage array interoperability, see the Hardware and Software Interoperability Matrix for your release located at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10477/prod_technical_reference_list.html
Transceivers Specifications
The Cisco UCS C-Series servers supports a wide variety of 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity options using Cisco 10GBASE SFP+ modules.
Table 2 and Table 3 details the controllers and the supported transceivers.
Firmware Files
The C-Series software release 1.4(7) includes the following software files:
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Host Upgrade Utility
The Cisco Host Upgrade Utility (HUU) is a tool that upgrades the following firmware:
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The image file for the firmware is embedded in the ISO. The utility displays a menu that allows you to choose which firmware components to upgrade. For more information on this utility see:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10493/products_user_guide_list.html
Starting with 1.4 release, separate ISO images of Host Upgrade Utility are available for different server platforms.
The ISO image is now named as ucs-<server_platform>-huu-<version_number>.iso.
The Cisco Host Upgrade Utility contains the following files:
System Requirements
The management client must meet or exceed the following minimum system requirements:
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Updating the Firmware
Use the Host Upgrade Utility to upgrade the C-Series firmware. Host Upgrade Utility can upgrade the following software components:
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All firmware should be upgraded together to ensure proper operation of your server.
Upgrading BIOS and CIMC Firmware
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Cisco provides the Cisco Host Upgrade Utility to assist you in upgrading the BIOS, CIMC, LOM, LSI storage controller, and Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Cards firmware to compatible levels.
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The correct and compatible firmware levels for your server model are embedded in the utility ISO.
To use this utility, use the Cisco Host Upgrade Utility User Guide which includes the instructions for downloading and using the utility ISO. Select the guide from this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10493/products_user_guide_list.html
Supported Features
This section includes the following topics:
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Supported Software Features
The following new software features are supported in the Release 1.4(7):
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An AC power cycle may be required for the new firmware to take effect.
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Software Utilities
The following standard utilities are available:
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The utilities features are as follows:
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Supported Platforms
The following platforms are supported in Release 1.4(7):
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SNMP
The supported MIB definition for Release 1.4(3) and later releases can be found at the following link: ftp://ftp.cisco.com/pub/mibs/supportlists/ucs/ucs-C-supportlist.html
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Supported Storage Controllers
SNMP supports the following storage controllers:
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Resolved Caveats
Release 1.4(7h)
CIMC
Symptom An idle C240 system with LSI cards may show higher card temperatures.
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Release 1.4(7d)1
The following caveat was resolved in 1.4(7d)1 release:
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Symptom Allow the user to manage the memory refresh rates from the BIOS setup menu.
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Release 1.4(7g)
The following caveats were resolved in 1.4(7g) release:
BIOS
Symptom Allow the user to manage the memory refresh rates from the BIOS setup menu.
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CIMC
Symptom LSI 9266 cards on C220-M3 servers get overheated when the system is idle.
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Release 1.4(7)
The following caveats were resolved in 1.4(7) release:
CIMC
Symptom During system power on or reboot, HDD critical events are generated in the SEL.
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Symptom The SEL event is not logged in the OS Watchdog timer expiration.
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Symptom RAID subsystem Virtual Drive write performance can drop without warning from the CIMC.
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Symptom C260 and C460 cannot disable LOM ports in BIOS. This is useful for hiding LOM ports from operating system.
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Symptom The CIMC Web GUI displays the battery status as "unknown" when LSI 9265CV-8i with supercap battery is used.
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BIOS
Symptom Server may get stuck at boot, displaying "Configuring and Testing memory...", in turn causing discovery failure.
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Symptom BIOS cannot operate 3 RDIMMS Per Channel (3DPC) at 1333 MHz on C240 servers.
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Symptom If you set the Console Redirection as Enabled and update the BIOS to Release 1.4(6), on the next system boot, the Console Redirection is seen as Disabled instead of "Com0" as Console Redirection was enabled in the previous boot.
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Symptom When I/O is running on two or more hard disks part of a RAID Array, the Activity LED is seen blinking green on the hard disks on which the I/O is running and is part of the RAID array and also on the adjacent hard disk which is not part of the RAID group.
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LSI
Symptom The rebuild of drives fail if the RAID group contains both SAS and SATA hard disks.
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Symptom The server is unable to boot to the OS.
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Symptom When the host dispatches the OptionROM for LSI Adapters, it displays the following message:
Adapter at BaseBoard is not responding. No MegaRAID Adapter installedWorkaround
Symptom The following issues are observed in Cisco UCS C460 servers with Qlogic 4Gbps HBA in a generation 1 PCI slot:
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Symptom When the I/O is running on two or more hard disks part of a RAID array, the Activity LED is seen blinking GREEN on the hard disks on which the I/O is running and part of the RAID array and also on the adjacent hard disk which is not part of the RAID group.
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Misc
Symptom Virtual Interface Card (VIC) does not support Microsoft Windows 2012 on C-series Platforms in 1.4(6), 1.4(6d) and 1.4(3o).
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Known Behaviors
Release 1.4(7f1)
The following caveats were resolved in 1.4(7f1) release:
CIMC
Symptom In the CLI and WebUI, sometimes all the physical drives connected to the storage controller are not shown under the CIMC Storage tab.
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Symptom In the CLI and WebUI, sometimes the created Virtual Drives (VD) are not shown under the CIMC Storage tab.
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Symptom SNMP Storage Inventory shows RAID battery information even when a battery is not connected physically.
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Release 1.4(7)
This section lists the known behaviors for release 1.4(7):
CIMC
Symptom PID shows wrong value for MegaRAID 9266CV-8i w/FTM + LSI CacheVault.
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Symptom PSU firmware revision may only be partially available when the PSU does not have AC power. The issue happens when the chassis has two PSUs present but one PSU does not have AC power. On the PSU without AC power, only 4 PSU firmware digits may be displayed instead of the full 8.
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Symptom The HDD presence cannot be viewed through SNMP.
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Symptom Duplicate SNMP traps are obtained when you insert Fan 2,4 and 5 in Cisco C22.
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Symptom The SNMP Hard Disk Inventory starts numbering with 0 while the CIMC HDD sensor starts with 1.
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Symptom When you power on the chassis with some PS power cables disconnected, the system health LED on the front panel stays green, though some power supplies have no input voltage.
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Symptom SNMPv1 traps are sent when SNMPv2 and SNMPv3 traps are enabled.
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BIOS
Symptom Bus number for the Mezz, slot2 on C220 and slot4, 5 on C240 has changed. For this reason, HW raid adaptor firmware upgrade through UCSM fails on C220/C240 rack servers.
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Symptom LSI Web BIOS may not launch on pressing Ctrl+H. This happens only UEFI Shell or UEFI native boot entity is set as the first boot device in boot order.
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Symptom TPM operation triggered from OS not carried out by bios.
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Symptom When BIOS console redirection is enabled, the keyboard can stop working in the Broadcom PCIe option ROM at some baud rates.
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Symptom Serial port B cannot be enabled for console redirection in the Server Management —> Console Redirection page of the BIOS setup.
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Symptom If the current CIMC networking mode is shipping mode, then the BIOS F8 CIMC configuration utility does not allow a new networking mode and IP address to be set at the same time.
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Symptom PCI bus and device number for some of the devices change, on upgrading the C220 and C240 servers from 1.4(4c) to later software releases.
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LOM
Symptom Boot protocol selection (PXE, iSCSI or FCoE) cannot be done from option ROM configuration menu on Intel LOM/Adapters.
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bootutil -nic=<port> -bootenable=[pxe | iscsiprimary | iscsisecondary | fcoe|disable]Once the boot protocol is selected the rest of the parameters can be configured either from the option ROM configuration menu or with bootutil. (CSCtx85320)
Symptom Old Broadcom 10 GE network drivers may not be compatible with new 10GE firmware. The operating system may crash if booted with old drivers and new firmware.
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OS Install
Symptom During a Linux installation (seen during RHEL6.3 installation), the vKVM display goes green with a message saying "Out of Range."
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In this screen, select the "Install or upgrade an existing system" option, and hit the <tab> key to edit the kernel options.
Add resolution=1024x768 to the end of the options.(CSCuc33956)
Web UI
Symptom Printing from Web UI will work from Internet Explorer, but not Firefox.
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Open Caveats
Release 1.4(7f1)
This section lists the open caveats for release 1.4(7f1):
CIMC
Symptom The PWRGD Sensor's Normal events are logged in the SEL during the CIMC boot and Host boot.
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Symptom The DRAM_PWRGD Sensor Reading is not shown.
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BIOS
Symptom When upgrading the C24 M3 server from 1.4.7a version to 1.4.7f version using the HUU (option to upgrade all), the server fans run at almost double the speed that they were running at on 1.4.7a version.
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Release 1.4(7)
This section lists the open caveats for release 1.4(7):
CIMC
Symptom LSI storage controllers with external ports (-8e cards) do not show up in CIMC local storage management.
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Symptom Repeated VIC adapter resets using CIMC Web UI or CLI adapter-reset can cause VIC card to hang.
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Symptom vmedia is not usable in BIOS boot order when using a VIC P81E card.
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Intel Adapter
Symptom When multiple Intel network adapters are present and you enter the iSCSI configuration from one card, it allows you to change the configuration on all Intel cards. After the change, when one of the cards is removed, it appears that the option ROM of the remaining cards is overwritten by the card that was removed.
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BIOS
Symptom EFI shell cimcconfig does not work on C260 and C460.
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Symptom CIMC System Event Log reports "System Software event: Post sensor, HECI or ME Firmware initialization failed [0x5301] was asserted".
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Symptom Continuous beep sound is heard when the system is powered on.
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LSI
Symptom When a drive rebuild is ongoing in C420 and C260 servers, the SEL will show the following entries for the drive on which the rebuild is occurring:
Platform alert LED_HLTH_STATUS #0x01 | LED color is amber | AssertedDrive slot (Bay) HDD4_STATUS #0xe8 | Drive Fault | DeassertedWorkaround
Symptom SSD Caching is enabled even when SSD is not part of the virtual drive.
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Symptom The LSI controller CLI Application MegaCli does not properly work under Windows Power Shell. A failure message is displayed when creating virtual drives for RAID levels 1,5,10,50 and 60.
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Symptom OS installs with LSI inbox drivers even if its pointed to out of box driver v00.00.06.18.
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Web UI
Symptom Sometimes, on Windows 2008 servers and Internet Explorer 8.0 version, the CIMC WEB UI login prompt will not be seen.
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Related Documentation
For configuration information for this release, please refer to the following:
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The following related documentation is available for the Cisco Unified Computing System:
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Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
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