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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, expand Equipment > Chassis > Chassis Number > Servers.
Step 3
Expand the node for the server that includes the CIMC for which you want to activate the updated firmware.
Step 4
On the General tab, click the Inventory tab.
Step 5
Click the CIMC tab.
Step 6
In the Actions area, click Activate Firmware.
Step 7
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.
If you configure Set Startup Version Only, the activated firmware moves into the pending-next-reboot
state and the endpoint is not immediately rebooted. The activated firmware does not become the running
version of firmware until the endpoint is rebooted.
d) Click OK.
Updating the Firmware on an IOM
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
Cisco UCS Manager GUI Configuration Guide, Release 2.0
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Directly Upgrading Firmware at Endpoints