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Activating the Firmware on an Adapter
Procedure
Step 1
In the Navigation pane, click the Equipment tab.
Step 2
On the Equipment tab, expand Equipment > Chassis > Chassis Number > Servers.
Step 3
Expand the node for the server that includes the adapter for which you want to activate the updated firmware.
Step 4
Expand Adapters and select the adapter for which you want to activate the firmware.
Step 5
In the General tab, click Activate Firmware.
Step 6
In the Activate Firmware dialog box, do the following:
a) Select the appropriate version from the Version To Be Activated drop-down list.
If one or more of the selected endpoints are not configured with the desired version as the backup version,
Cisco UCS Manager GUI does not display that version in the Set Version drop-down list. You must select
the version from the Startup Version column for each individual endpoint.
b) (Optional) If you want to activate the firmware regardless of any possible incompatibilities or currently
executing tasks, check the Ignore Compatibility 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
Startup Version Only check box.
During a direct upgrade, you should configure Set Startup Version Only for an adapter. With this setting,
the activated firmware moves into the pending-next-boot state, and the server is not immediately rebooted.
The activated firmware does not become the running version of firmware on the adapter until the server
is rebooted. You cannot configure Set Startup Version Only for an adapter in the host firmware package.
If a 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
associated with a service profile. If necessary, you can manually reboot or reset an unassociated server to
activate the firmware.
d) Click OK.
Updating the BIOS Firmware on a Server
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
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Directly Upgrading Firmware at Endpoints