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The following table describes the most common options for upgrading servers with a host or management
firmware package.
Upgrade ActionsMaintenance PolicyService Profile
After you update the firmware package, do one of
the following:
• To reboot and upgrade some or all servers
simultaneously, follow the procedure in the
Cisco UCS Manager configuration guides for
the appropriate release to add the firmware
package to one or more service profiles that
are associated with servers or to an updating
service profile template.
• To reboot and upgrade one server at a time,
do the following for each server:
1
Create a new service profile and include
the firmware package in that service
profile.
2
Dissociate the server from its service
profile.
3
Associate the server with the new service
profile.
4
After the server has been rebooted and the
firmware upgraded, disassociate the server
from the new service profile and associate
it with its original service profile.
If the original service profile
includes a scrub policy, this
procedure may result in data
loss when the disk orthe BIOS
is scrubbed upon association
with the new service profile.
Caution
No maintenance
policy
Host or management firmware
package is not included in a
service profile or an updating
service profile template.
OR
You want to upgrade the
firmware without making any
changes to the existing service
profile or updating service
profile template.
Cisco UCS Manager GUI Configuration Guide, Release 2.0
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Upgrading Firmware through Service Profiles