H0

April 16, 2024

Created release notes for 4.2(3k) for the following servers:

Cisco UCS S3260 M5 servers

This patch contains fixes and firmware updates for Cisco UCS S3260 M5 server.

G0

February 21, 2024

Created release notes for 4.2(3j) for the following servers:

Cisco UCS C220 M6, C225 M6, C240 M6, and C245 M6 servers

Cisco UCS C220 M5, C240 M5, C480 M5, C480 ML M5, S3260 M4, S3260 M5, and C125 M5 servers

The firmware files in Cisco Host Upgrade Utility for individual releases are available at: Cisco UCS C-Series Integrated Management Controller Firmware Files, Release 4.2

F0

November 06, 2023

Created release notes for 4.2(3i) for the following servers:

Cisco UCS C220 M6, C225 M6, C240 M6, and C245 M6 servers

Cisco UCS C220 M5, C240 M5, C480 M5, C480 ML M5, S3260 M4, S3260 M5, and C125 M5 servers

The firmware files in Cisco Host Upgrade Utility for individual releases are available at: Cisco UCS C-Series Integrated Management Controller Firmware Files, Release 4.2

A1

October 20, 2023

Updated the Open Caveats section for the release 4.2(3b).

E0

September 28, 2023

Created release notes for 4.2(3h) for the following servers:

Cisco UCS C220 M6, C225 M6, C240 M6, and C245 M6 servers

Cisco UCS C220 M5, C240 M5, C480 M5, C480 ML M5, S3260 M4, S3260 M5, and C125 M5 servers

The firmware files in Cisco Host Upgrade Utility for individual releases are available at: Cisco UCS C-Series Integrated Management Controller Firmware Files, Release 4.2

D0

July 17, 2023

Created release notes for 4.2(3g) for the following servers:

Cisco UCS C220 M6, C225 M6, C240 M6, and C245 M6 servers

Cisco UCS C220 M5, C240 M5, C480 M5, C480 ML M5, S3260 M4, S3260 M5, and C125 M5 servers

The firmware files in Cisco Host Upgrade Utility for individual releases are available at: Cisco UCS C-Series Integrated Management Controller Firmware Files, Release 4.2

C0

May 15, 2023

Created release notes for 4.2(3e) for the following servers:

Cisco UCS C220 M6, C225 M6, C240 M6, and C245 M6 servers

Cisco UCS C220 M5, C240 M5, C480 M5, C480 ML M5, S3260 M4, S3260 M5, and C125 M5 servers

The firmware files in Cisco Host Upgrade Utility for individual releases are available at: Cisco UCS C-Series Integrated Management Controller Firmware Files, Release 4.2

B0

March 20, 2023

Created release notes for 4.2(3d) for the following servers:

Cisco UCS C220 M6, C225 M6, C240 M6, and C245 M6 servers

Cisco UCS C220 M5, C240 M5, C480 M5, C480 ML M5, S3260 M4, S3260 M5, and C125 M5 servers

The firmware files in Cisco Host Upgrade Utility for individual releases are available at: Cisco UCS C-Series Integrated Management Controller Firmware Files, Release 4.2

A0

January 6, 2023

Created release notes for 4.2(3b) for the following servers:

Cisco UCS C220 M6, C225 M6, C240 M6, and C245 M6 servers

Cisco UCS C220 M5, C240 M5, C480 M5, C480 ML M5, S3260 M4, S3260 M5, and C125 M5 servers

The firmware files in Cisco Host Upgrade Utility for individual releases are available at: Cisco UCS C-Series Integrated Management Controller Firmware Files, Release 4.2

Microsoft Edge

95.0.1020.53(Official Build) (64-bit)

Microsoft Windows 10 x64

98.0.1108.50 (Official build) (64-bit)

Microsoft Windows 10 x64

Google Chrome

96.0.4664.45

96.0.4664.45 (Official Build) (64-bit)

94.0.4606.71 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Mozilla Firefox

94.0.2 Build ID: 20211119140621

MAC Monterey v.12.0.1

97.0.1

Microsoft Windows 10 x64

78.9.0 ESR (64-bit)

RHEL 8.4

Safari

14.1.2 (16611.3.10.1.6)

MAC Monterey v.12.0.1

15.1 (17612.2.9.1.20)

4.2(3b)

• 4.2(3j)

• 4.2(3i)

• 4.2(3h)

• 4.2(3h)

• 4.2(3g)

• 4.2(3e)

• 4.2(3d)

Follow below upgrade path:

• You can use Interactive HUU or Non-Interactive HUU (NIHUU) script to update the server.

• While updating the firmware using the NIHUU tool, use the Python scripts that are released with version 4.2(3b).

• Use OpenSSL 1.0.1e-fips on the client side (where the NIHUU python scripts are running).

• Download HUU iso from here.

• Download NIHUU script from here.

• Cisco UCS C220 M6

• Cisco UCS C240 M6

• Cisco UCS C245 M6

• Cisco UCS C225 M6

• Cisco UCS C220 M5

• Cisco UCS C240 M5

• Cisco UCS C240 SD M5

• Cisco UCS C480 M5

• Cisco UCS C480 M5 ML

• Cisco UCS S3260 M5

• Cisco UCS C125 M5

• Cisco UCS S3260 M4

• 4.2(3j)

• 4.2(3i)

• 4.2(3h)

• 4.2(3g)

• 4.2(3e)

• 4.2(3d)

• 4.2(3b)

Follow below upgrade path:

• You can use Interactive HUU or Non-Interactive HUU (NIHUU) script to update the server.

• While updating the firmware using the NIHUU tool, use the Python scripts that are released with version 4.2(2).

• Use OpenSSL 1.0.1e-fips on the client side (where the NIHUU python scripts are running).

• Download HUU iso from here.

• Download NIHUU script from here.

All Cisco UCS M6 Servers from 4.2(1).

For the list of supported platforms, see Table 2.

• 4.2(3j)

• 4.2(3i)

• 4.2(3h)

• 4.2(3g)

• 4.2(3e)

• 4.2(3d)

• 4.2(3b)

Follow below upgrade path:

• You can use Interactive HUU or Non-Interactive HUU (NIHUU) script to update the server.

• While updating the firmware using the NIHUU tool, use the Python scripts that are released with version 4.2(1).

• Use OpenSSL 1.0.1e-fips on the client side (where the NIHUU python scripts are running).

• Download HUU iso from here.

• Download NIHUU script from here.

Following Cisco UCS Servers from 4.1(3):

• Cisco UCS C220 M5

• Cisco UCS C240 M5

• Cisco UCS C240 SD M5

• Cisco UCS C480 M5

• Cisco UCS C480 M5 ML

• Cisco UCS S3260 M5

• Cisco UCS C125 M5

• Cisco UCS S3260 M4

• 4.2(3j)

• 4.2(3i)

• 4.2(3h)

• 4.2(3g)

• 4.2(3e)

• 4.2(3d)

• 4.2(3b)

Follow below upgrade path:

• You can use Interactive HUU or NIHUU script to update the server.

• While updating the firmware using the NIHUU tool, use the Python scripts that are released with version 4.1(3).

• Use OpenSSL 1.0.1e-fips on the client side (where the NIHUU python scripts are running).

• Download HUU iso from here.

• Download NIHUU script from here.

Following Cisco UCS Servers from 4.1(2):

• Cisco UCS C220 M5

• Cisco UCS C240 M5

• Cisco UCS C240 SD M5

• Cisco UCS C480 M5

• Cisco UCS C480 M5 ML

• Cisco UCS S3260 M5

• Cisco UCS C125 M5

• Cisco UCS S3260 M4

• 4.2(3j)

• 4.2(3i)

• 4.2(3h)

• 4.2(3g)

• 4.2(3e)

• 4.2(3d)

• 4.2(3b)

Follow below upgrade path:

• You can use Interactive HUU or Non-Interactive HUU (NIHUU) script to update the server.

• While updating the firmware using the NIHUU tool, use the Python scripts that are released with version 4.1(2).

• Use OpenSSL 1.0.1e-fips on the client side (where the NIHUU python scripts are running).

• Download HUU iso from here.

• Download NIHUU script from here.

Following Cisco UCS Servers from 4.1(1):

• Cisco UCS C220 M5

• Cisco UCS C240 M5

• Cisco UCS C480 M5

• Cisco UCS C480 M5 ML

• Cisco UCS S3260 M5

• Cisco UCS C125 M5

• Cisco UCS S3260 M4

• 4.2(3j)

• 4.2(3i)

• 4.2(3h)

• 4.2(3g)

• 4.2(3e)

• 4.2(3d)

• 4.2(3b)

Follow below upgrade path:

• You can use Interactive HUU or Non-Interactive HUU (NIHUU) script to update the server.

• While updating the firmware using the NIHUU tool, use the Python scripts that are released with version 4.1(1).

• Use OpenSSL 1.0.1e-fips on the client side (where the NIHUU python scripts are running).

• Download HUU iso from here.

• Download NIHUU script from here.

Following Cisco UCS Servers from 4.0(4):

• Cisco UCS C220 M5

• Cisco UCS C240 M5

• Cisco UCS C480 M5

• Cisco UCS C480 M5 ML

• Cisco UCS S3260 M4

• 4.2(3j)

• 4.2(3i)

• 4.2(3h)

• 4.2(3g)

• 4.2(3e)

• 4.2(3d)

• 4.2(3b)

Follow below upgrade path:

• You can use Interactive HUU or Non-Interactive HUU (NIHUU) script to update the server.

• While updating the firmware using the NIHUU tool, use the Python scripts that are released with version 4.0(4).

• Use OpenSSL 1.0.1e-fips on the client side (where the NIHUU python scripts are running).

• Download HUU iso from here.

• Download NIHUU script from here.

Cisco UCS C220 M6

4.2(1a)

4.2(1b), 4.2(1e), and 4.2(1f)

Cisco UCS C240 M6

4.2(1a)

4.2(1b), 4.2(1e), and 4.2(1f)

Cisco UCS C225 M6

4.2(1a)

4.2(1c), 4.2(1e), 4.2(1f), and 4.2(1g)

Cisco UCS C245 M6

4.2(1c)

4.2(1e), 4.2(1f), and 4.2(1g)

CSCwe64856

In Cisco UCS S3260 M5 servers, resetting VIC adapters to factory default using CLI fails and the process remains in pending state.

Use Cisco IMC GUI or perform AC cycle in CLI to recover the process.

4.2(3e)

CSCwh06536

The links with SFP-10G-T-X are up on VIC 14xx series adapters from the VIC firmware version 5.2(2b).

However, the links with SFP-10G-T-X on VIC 14xx series adapters are down after upgrading the VIC firmware version to 5.2(3b) or later from the version 5.2(2b).

Use the firmware version 5.2(2b).

4.2(3b)

CSCwf93621

In Cisco UCS C240 M5SX and UCS HX240c M5SX servers, when the firmware is upgraded to the release 4.2(3d), discovery or association is failing with a faulty drive in the system.

This issue is now resolved.

4.2(3d)

4.2(3j)

CSCwb82433

Cisco UCS C220 M5 servers, equipped with Cisco UCS VIC 1400 series adapter and have Geneve feature enabled, go offline after the Cisco UCS VIC adapters fail to respond.

This issue is now resolved.

4.2(1d)

4.2(3i)

CSCwe92151

When some specific model of HDDs are inserted or the drives are initialized during any operation in a Cisco UCS C-series M6 or M7 server, the server automatically powers ON from OFF state. This causes low level firmware update failure.

This issue is now resolved.

4.3.2.230207

4.2(3h)

CSCwd46043

During regular operation of the Cisco UCS C240 M5 server, Cisco IMC might lose management plane connectivity.

There might not be impact on the data plane as the Cisco IMC (management plane) is the affected component and the connectivity is restored on its own.

This issue is now resolved.

4.2(2a)

4.2(3g)

CSCwe33951

In Cisco UCS M5 servers managed by Cisco UCS Manager or Intersight, sudden critical alerts for inventory mismatch (listed below) are displayed:

• DIMM inventory mismatch

• CPU inventory mismatch

• Server hardware inventory mismatch

These critical alerts are cosmetic in nature and do not impact the operation of the server.

This issue is now resolved.

4.2(2a)

4.2(3g)

CSCwe61589

In Cisco UCS C220 M5 servers, Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) goes into a constant restart loop after application stall messages, causing IPMI management to fail.

This issue is now resolved.

4.1(3c)

4.2(3g)

CSCwe64856

In Cisco UCS S3260 M5 servers, reset factory default of VIC adapter fails and and is hung in pending state.

This issue is now resolved.

4.2(3d)

4.2(3g)

CSCwd90347

On hot removal or insertion of NVMe drive, the Redfish PCI inventory does not get updated. The sameinventory is updated in other Cisco IMC interfaces (GUI or CLI).

This issue is now resolved.

4.2(3b)

4.2(3d)

CSCwc12006

In Cisco UCS S3260 servers, Cisco UCS Manager generates error in power state when chassis 2 is redundancy-degraded and auto clears.

This issue is now resolved.

4.0(4a)

4.2(3d)

CSCwd49108

NIC card does not detect the ports after updating the firmware version from 4.2(1b) to 4.2(2a).

Intel has removed the support for "FC-FEC" from the Intel E810-XXVDA2 firmware in 4.2(2a) release. You might run into link down issue if the switches do not support "RS-FEC", recommended for 25G/s ethernet connections.

This issue is now resolved.

4.2(3b)

4.2(3d)

CSCwc44412

Activity LED on Solidigm (Formerly Intel) P5520, P5620 and P5316 QLC drives is off when it is plugged in and the server is idle. The LED does not blink on the drive even though the drive is running.

This issue is now resolved.

4.2(2a)

4.2(3b)