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Recovering the Corrupt BIOS on a Rack-Mount Server
On rare occasions, an issue with a server may require you to recover the corrupted BIOS. This procedure is
not part of the normal maintenance of a server. After you recover the BIOS, the server boots with the running
version of the firmware for that server. This radio button may be dimmed if the BIOS does not require recovery
or the option is not available for a particular server.
Before You Begin
Remove all attached or mapped USB storage from a server before you attempt to recover the corrupt BIOS
on that server. If an external USB drive is attached or mapped from vMedia to the server, BIOS recovery
fails.
Important
Procedure
Step 1
In the Navigation pane, click the Equipment tab.
Step 2
On the Equipment tab, expand Equipment > Rack Mounts > Servers.
Step 3
Choose the server for which you want to recover the BIOS.
Step 4
In the Work pane, click the General tab.
Step 5
In the Actions area, click Recover Server.
Step 6
In the Recover Server dialog box, do the following:
a) Click Recover Corrupt BIOS.
b) Click OK.
Step 7
If the Cisco UCS Manager GUI displays a confirmation dialog box, click Yes.
Step 8
In the Recover Corrupt BIOS dialog box, do the following:
a) Complete the following fields:
DescriptionName
Choose the firmware version that you want to activate from the
drop-down list.
Version To Be Activated
drop-down list
By default, Cisco UCS makes sure that the firmware version is
compatible with everything running on the server before it activates
that version.
Check this check box if you want Cisco UCS to activate the firmware
without making sure that it is compatible first.
We recommend that you use this option only when explicitly
directed to do so by a technical support representative.
Note
Ignore Compatibility Check
check box
b) Click OK.
Cisco UCS Manager GUI Configuration Guide, Release 2.0
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Recovering the Corrupt BIOS on a Rack-Mount Server