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• Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Server Software Bundle—Required for all Cisco UCS domains that
include blade servers.
• Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Server Software Bundle—Only required for Cisco UCS domains
that include integrated rack-mount servers. This bundle contains firmware to enable Cisco UCS
Manager to manage those servers and is not applicable to standalone C-Series rack-mount servers.
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(Optional) Disable Call Home—If the Cisco UCS domain includes Call Home or Smart Call Home, disable
Call Home to ensure you do not receive unnecessary alerts when Cisco UCS Manager restarts components.
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Update adapters, BMC, and IOMs—If you prefer, you can upgrade the adapters in a host firmware package
as part of the last upgrade step.
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Activate adapters—Choose Ignore Compatibility Checkand Set Startup Version Only when performing
this step.
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BMC—Choose Ignore Compatibility Check when performing this step.
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Activate I/O modules—Choose Ignore Compatibility Check and Set Startup Version Only when
performing this step.
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Activate subordinate fabric interconnect—Choose Ignore Compatibility Check when performing this
step.
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Activate primary fabric interconnect—Choose Ignore Compatibility Check when performing this step.
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Activate Cisco UCS Manager—Choose Ignore Compatibility Check when performing this step.
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Update host firmware package(s) for servers—Must be the last firmware upgraded. We recommend that
you upgrade the board controller firmware during this step to avoid an additional reboot of servers with
that firmware. You must upgrade the following firmware in a host firmware package:
• BIOS
• Storage controller
• Certain adapters
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(Optional) Enable Call Home—If you disabled Call Home before the upgrading the firmware, enable Call
Home.
Required Order for Adding Support for Previously Unsupported Servers
From Cisco UCS, Release 1.4(1) and later, the method for adding support for previously unsupported type of
servers, such as a new blade server or a rack-mount server, to an existing Cisco UCS domain requires the
following additional steps after you upgrade your existing firmware to the new release.
Adding Support for a Previously Unsupported Cisco UCS Blade Server
After you upgrade the firmware for the existing components, you can add support for a previously unsupported
server that was released between infrastructure bundle releases. When you add the first server of a previously
unsupported type of blade server, you must perform the steps to enable Cisco UCS Manager to support that
type of server in the following order:
Cisco UCS Manager GUI Configuration Guide, Release 2.0
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