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Do not remove the hardware that contains the endpoint or perform any maintenance on it until the update
process has completed. If the hardware is removed or otherwise unavailable due to maintenance, the
firmware update fails. This failure may corrupt the backup partition. You cannot update the firmware on
an endpoint with a corrupted backup partition.
Caution
Procedure
Step 1
In the Navigation pane, click the Equipment tab.
Step 2
On the Equipment tab, click the Equipment node.
Step 3
In the Work pane, click the Firmware Management tab.
Step 4
On the Installed Firmware tab, click Update Firmware.
Cisco UCS Manager GUI opens the Update Firmware dialog box and verifies the firmware versions for all
endpoints in the Cisco UCS domain. This step may take a few minutes, depending upon the number of chassis
and servers.
Step 5
In the Update Firmware dialog box, do the following:
a) From the Filter drop-down list on the menu bar, select ALL.
If you want to update all endpoint firmware of a specific type, such as all adapters or server BIOS, select
that type from the drop-down list.
b) In the Select field, do one of the following:
• To activate all endpoints to the same version, click the Version radio button and select the appropriate
version from the Set Version drop-down list.
• To activate all endpoints to the firmware version included in a specific bundle, click the Bundle
radio button and select the appropriate bundle from the Set Bundle drop-down list .
c) Click OK.
If one or more endpoints cannot be directly updated, Cisco UCS Manager displays a notification message.
After you acknowledge the notification message, Cisco UCS Manager updates the firmware for all other
endpoints on servers that can be directly updated.
Cisco UCS Manager copies the selected firmware image to the backup memory partition and verifies that the
image is not corrupt. The image remains as the backup version until you explicitly activate it. Cisco UCS
Manager begins all updates at the same time. However, some updates may complete at different times.
The update is complete when the Update Firmware dialog box displays ready in the Update Status column
for all updated endpoints.
Step 6
(Optional) To monitor the progress of the update to a specific endpoint, right-click the endpoint and choose
Show Navigator.
Cisco UCS Manager displays the progress in the Update Status area on the General tab. If the navigator has
an FSM tab, you can also monitor the progress there. An entry in the Retry # field may not indicate that the
update has failed. The retry count also includes retries that occur when Cisco UCS Manager retrieves the
update status.
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