The following servers are supported in this release:

• Cisco UCS C220 M7

• Cisco UCS C240 M7

For detailed information about storage switch, operating system and adapter, see the Hardware and Software Interoperability Matrix for your release located at:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10477/prod_technical_reference_list.html

Note	Connectivity is tested between the server and the first connected device. Further connections, such as to storage arrays after a switch are not listed in the Cisco UCS Hardware Compatibility List though they may be highlighted in the vendor support matrix for those devices.

For details about transceivers and cables that are supported on VIC cards, see the Cisco Optics-to-Device Compatibility Matrix

You can also see the VIC data sheets for more compatibility information: Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card Data Sheets

Following is a list of server ports and their default port numbers:

The Cisco Host Upgrade Utility (HUU) is a tool that upgrades the Cisco UCS C-Series firmware.

The image file for the firmware is embedded in the ISO. The utility displays a menu that allows you to choose which firmware components to upgrade. For more information on this utility, see http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10493/products_user_guide_list.html.

For details of firmware files in Cisco Host Upgrade Utility for individual releases, see Cisco UCS C-Series Integrated Management Controller Firmware Files, Release 4.3.

Use the Host Upgrade Utility to upgrade the C-Series firmware. Host Upgrade Utility can upgrade the following software components:

• BIOS

• Cisco IMC

• CMC

• Cisco VIC Adapters

• LSI Adapters

• LAN on Motherboard

• PCIe adapter firmware

• HDD firmware

• SAS Expander firmware

• DCPMM Memory

• PCI Gen5 retimer

All firmware should be upgraded together to ensure proper operation of your server.

Note	We recommend that you use the select all and Update or Update & Activate All option from the Host Upgrade Utility to update the firmware versions of Cisco IMC, BIOS and all other server components (VIC, RAID Controllers, PCI devices, and LOM) together. Click Exit once you deploy the firmware.

For more information on how to upgrade the firmware using the utility, see:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/servers-unified-computing/ucs-c-series-rack-servers/products-user-guide-list.html

The supported MIB definition for this release and later releases can be found at the following link:

https://cisco.github.io/cisco-mibs/

The following standard utilities are available:

• Host Update Utility (HUU)

• BIOS and Cisco IMC Firmware Update utilities

• Server Configuration Utility (SCU)

• Server Diagnostic Utility (SDU)

The utilities features are as follows:

• Availability of HUU, SCU on the USB as bootable images. The USB also contains driver ISO, and can be accessed from the host operating system.

Cisco IMC extends its current functionalities and features to Cisco UCS C-series M7 servers. The following new software features are supported in Release 4.3.1.230097.

• Single Root I/O Virtualization support on Cisco UCS C-series M7 servers with UCS VIC 15xxx series adapters for ESXi 7.0 U3 and 8.0 - Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV) allows multiple VMs running a variety of guest operating systems to share a single PCIe network adapter within a host server. SR-IOV allows a VM to move data directly to and from the network adapter, bypassing the hypervisor for increased network throughput and lower server CPU burden.

  Beginning with release 4.3.1.230097, this feature allows a PCI Express (PCIe) resource to appear to be multiple separate physical PCIe devices in Cisco IMC.

  For more details, see Cisco UCS C-Series Integrated Management Controller GUI Configuration Guide, Release 4.3 or Cisco UCS C-Series Servers Integrated Management Controller CLI Configuration Guide, Release 4.3

• Soft check for Cisco Intersight Service license in Cisco UCS C-series M7 servers - Beginning with release 4.3.1.230097, Intersight Infrastructure Services (IIS) licenses is a pre-requisite for using Cisco IMC 4.3.1.230097 to manage Cisco UCS M7 servers. Cisco IMC checks for the Cisco Intersight Service license in Cisco UCS C-Series M7 servers and displays a warning message if the Device Connector does not detect a connection to Cisco Intersight Service.

  For more details, see Cisco UCS C-Series Integrated Management Controller GUI Configuration Guide, Release 4.3 or Cisco UCS C-Series Servers Integrated Management Controller CLI Configuration Guide, Release 4.3

• Maximum data LUNs per target has increased from [1-1024] to [1-4096] for Linux and ESX OS for 15xxx adapters.

  This change is applicable to vHBA type FC Initiator only. ESX 7.x and ESX 8.0 supports a total of 1024 LUNs per host.

  Note	Before downgrading from release 4.3.1.230097, ensure to change the LUNs per target configuration to [1-1024].

• Data Sanitization - Beginning with release 4.3.1.230097, Cisco IMC supports data sanitization feature. Using the data sanitization process, Cisco IMC erases all sensitive data, thus making extraction or recovery of customer data impossible. As Cisco IMC progresses through the erase process, the status report is updated. You can check the status and progress of the data sanitization process for each individual device erase from the report, identify and rectify any issues, if required.

  Erase process for data sanitization is performed in the following order on the server components:

  • Storage

  • VIC

  • BIOS

  • Cisco IMC

  You can choose to either perform data sanitization on all the server components or select only VIC and Storage components for data sanitization.

  Cisco IMC reboots when the data sanitization process is completed and generates a report.

  For more details, see Cisco UCS C-Series Servers REST API Programmer's Guide, Release 4.3.

  Note	This feature is supported only on Redfish API interface.

• User Management changes in Cisco IMC user interfaces - Beginning with release 4.3.1.230097, Cisco IMC supports updated user management and session management options in Cisco IMC interfaces for Cisco UCS C-series M7 servers. The users can access these options in Cisco IMC through the GUI, CLI and other user interfaces.

  For more details, see Cisco UCS C-Series Integrated Management Controller GUI Configuration Guide, Release 4.3 or Cisco UCS C-Series Servers Integrated Management Controller CLI Configuration Guide, Release 4.3.

For configuration information for this release, refer to the following:

• Cisco UCS C-Series Servers Integrated Management Controller CLI Configuration Guide

• Cisco UCS C-Series Servers Integrated Management Controller GUI Configuration Guide

• Cisco UCS Rack-Mount Servers Cisco IMC API Programmer's Guide

For information about installation of the C-Series servers, refer to the following:

• Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers Install and Upgrade Guides

The following related documentation is available for the Cisco Unified Computing System:

• Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for Cisco UCS

• For information about supported firmware versions and supported UCS Manager versions for the rack servers that are integrated with the UCS Manager for management, refer to Release Bundle Contents for Cisco UCS Software.

Refer to the release notes for Cisco UCS Manager software and the Cisco UCS C Series Server Integration with Cisco UCS Manager Guide at the following locations:

• Cisco UCS Manager Release Notes

• Cisco UCS C Series Server Integration with Cisco UCS Manager Guides