D0

March 05, 2024

Created release notes for 4.3.2.240009 for the following servers:

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

• Cisco UCS C220 M5, C240 M5, C480 M5, C125 M5 and S3260 M5 servers

A1

February 22, 2024

Updated the Open Caveats section for the release 4.3.2.230207

C1

February 02, 2024

Updated the Security Fixes section for the release 4.3.2.240002

C0

January 23, 2024

Created release notes for 4.3.2.240002 for the following servers:

• Cisco UCS C220 M7 and C240 M7 servers

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

• Cisco UCS C220 M5, C240 M5, C480 M5, C125 M5 and S3260 M5 servers

B0

November 14, 2023

Created release notes for 4.3.2.230270 for the following servers:

• Cisco UCS C220 M7 and C240 M7 servers

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

• Cisco UCS C220 M5, C240 M5, C480 M5, C125 M5 and S3260 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 4.3

A0

August 16, 2023

Created release notes for 4.3.2.230207 for the following servers:

• Cisco UCS C220 M7 and C240 M7 servers

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

• Cisco UCS C220 M5, C240 M5, C480 M5, C125 M5 and S3260 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 4.3

Following Cisco UCS servers from the release 4.3.1.230097

• Cisco UCS C220 M7

• Cisco UCS C240 M7

• 4.3.2.240002

• 4.3.2.230270

• 4.3.2.230207

• 4.3.1.230138

• 4.3.1.230124​

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 4.3.2.230207.

• 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 the release 4.2(3b)

• 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

• 4.3.2.240009

• 4.3.2.240002

• 4.3.2.230270

• 4.3.2.230207

• 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 4.3.2.230207.

• 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 the release 4.2(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

• 4.3.2.240009

• 4.3.2.240002

• 4.3.2.230270

• 4.3.2.230207

• 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.

• 4.3.2.240009

• 4.3.2.240002

• 4.3.2.230270

• 4.3.2.230207

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

• 4.3.2.240009

• 4.3.2.240002

• 4.3.2.230270

• 4.3.2.230207

• 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

• 4.3.2.240009

• 4.3.2.240002

• 4.3.2.230270

• 4.3.2.230207

• 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

• 4.3.2.240009

• 4.3.2.240002

• 4.3.2.230270

• 4.3.2.230207

• 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

• 4.3.2.240009

• 4.3.2.240002

• 4.3.2.230270

• 4.3.2.230207

• 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

• 4.3.2.240002

• 4.3.2.230270

• 4.3.2.230207

• 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.

Cisco UCS C240 M6

Cisco UCS C225 M6

Cisco UCS C245 M6

CSCwj00617

In Cisco UCS M5 and M6 servers, the SAS expander firmware update from the XML API interface, using HTTP and TFTP protocol, fails and displays the following error message:

Operation failed. Invalid Password!

This issue is now resolved.

4.2(3i)

4.3.2.240009

CSCwi97945

In Cisco UCS M5 and M6 servers, the SAS expander firmware update from the CLI interface, using HTTP and TFTP protocol, fails and displays the following error message:

Operation failed. Invalid Password!

This issue is now resolved.

4.2(3i)

4.3.2.240009

CSCwh45111

In Cisco IMC, connectivity is lost when the host is powered off and the system network configuration is set to Cisco card mode and M.2 controller card present in the system.

This issue is now resolved.

4.2(3d)

4.3.2.240002

CSCwh53073

The date and time is shown incorrectly as in 9 hours in the Alarm page in the Intersight UI.

The values for the alarms are generated from Cisco IMC.

This issue is now resolved.

4.3.2.230207

4.3.2.240002

CSCwi04192

in Cisco UCS C220 M6 and C240 M6 servers with UCSC-O-N6CD100GF Mellanox card, the third party MLOM cards overheat and flap links as the default fan policy are not sufficient to cool down the card.

This issue is now resolved.

4.3.2.230207

4.3.2.240002

CSCwf71163

Configuring SRIOV on non default interfaces and rebooting the host might affect the existing SRIOV configuration on default ethernet interfaces.

This issue is now resolved.

4.3.2.230207

4.3.2.230270

CSCwh34432

While mounting vMedia using Redfish API, when the user forgets to post the TransferProtocolType field, the following error message is displayed:

Message: Bad request format

This issue is now resolved.

4.3.1.230097

4.3.2.230270

CSCwf44478

In Cisco UCS C-series M7 servers with Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS versions 8.6 and 9.0, Micron 7450 NVMe drive does not get detected after hot-plug.

This issue is now resolved.

4.3.2.230207

4.3.2.230270

CSCwh13701

When Cisco UCS C225 M6 and C245 M6 servers, equipped with Liteon PSUs and have firmware versions prior to 4.2(3h), the servers will power off with no warning.

This issue is now resolved.

4.3.1.230097

4.3.2.230270

CSCwh14449

When Cisco IMC is reset to factory default on Cisco UCS C220 M7 and C240 M7 server, the default admin password cannot be set using Redfish interface.

This issue is now resolved.

4.3.2.230207

4.3.2.230270

CSCwf94278

In Cisco UCS C-series M5 servers with Cisco IMC release versions 4.1(3b), 4.2(2a), 4.2(3b), the user can create a session with a 'read only' user, but unable to delete or log out from the session while using the Redfish API interface.

This issue is now resolved.

4.2(2a)

4.3.2.230207

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 5.3.2.32 from the version 5.2(2b).

This issue is now resolved.

4.2(3b)

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)

4.3.2.230270

CSCwf18625

Few UCS-HD1T7K12N and UCS-HD2T7K12N running firmware version CN05 may experience timeouts and go offline.

This issue is now resolved.

4.1(3j)

4.3.2.230207

CSCwe92151

In Cisco UCS 240 M6 and M7 servers, the host automatically changes from power OFF to ON state when some hard disk drives are inserted or initialized while performing any operation.

This causes low level firmware update failure.

This issue is now resolved.

4.2(1a)

4.3.2.230207

CSCwf27804

Incorrect values observed for the OID .1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.719.1.45.8.1.14 for RAID 10, RAID 50 and RAID 60 configuration.

This issue is now resolved.

4.2(2a)

4.3.2.230207

CSCwe28875

When there is one or more Intel E810 card installed on the server during upgrade, HUU might report firmware update failure for any Intel NIC adapters in the system.

This issue is now resolved.

4.3.1.230097

4.3.2.230207

CSCwd90347

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

This issue is now resolved.

4.2(3b)

4.2(3d)

CSCvq53066

During auto-upgrade of firmware from Cisco UCS Manager 4.0(2d) or earlier releases to Cisco UCS Manager 4.0(4b) or later releases, the SAS controller firmware is not activated on an integrated rack server.

This issue is resolved.

4.0(4a)

4.1(1d)

CSCvt78954

Windows 2019 server OS installation fails on Cisco UCS C125 servers equipped with Cisco boot optimized m.2 RAID controller.

This issue is resolved.

4.1(1e)

4.2(1d)

CSCvv08931

On the Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server, the Chassis profile association failed due to configuration issues such as connection management-expander-inoperable and insufficient-resources.

This issue is resolved.

4.0(4h)

4.2(1d)

CSCvy51599

In Cisco UCS C-Series M5 servers running Cisco IMC version 4.1(3b) or later, SNMP services restart frequently when snmpbulkget with higher Cr value is triggered against Cisco IMC.

This issue is now resolved.

4.1(3c

4.1(3d)

CSCwb45042

In a setup equipped with Cisco UCS M6 server and Cisco VIC 15xxx card in MLOM slot, an error log event in Cisco IMC SEL is recorded with the following message:

MLOM_FAN_SPEED: 
Fan sensor, 
non-recoverable event, 
Lower Non-Recoverable 
going low (0 <= 0
RPM) was asserted.

4.2(2a)

4.2(3b)

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)

CSCwe44891

The Delete all vNICs option in the Web UI deletes 6 vNICs only.

This issue is now resolved.

4.3.1.230097

4.3.1.230124​

CSCwe48853

After performing data sanitization, the USB devices connected to the rear USB ports do not work.

This issue is now resolved.

4.3.1.230097

4.3.1.230124​

CSCwe87764

In Cisco UCS M7 servers equipped with 128GB DIMMs, there might be a decrease in the performance of the CPU when the values of the voltage regulator is modified to enhance the system performance.

This issue is now resolved.

4.3.1.230138

4.3.1.230138

CSCwf52657

In Cisco UCS C240 M7 servers equipped with GPU and the BIOS parameter Enhanced CPU performance set to auto, the voltage regulator settings are retained.

This issue is now resolved.

4.3.1.230138

4.3.2.230207

CSCwi40270

In a Cisco UCS C240 M7 server set with Riser 1 Slot 1 populated with Intel, Mellanox or any other non Cisco cards and Cisco UCS VIC adapter is populated in Riser 1 Slot 2, the Cisco UCS VIC adapter might not get IP after Cisco IMC reset factory default.

1. Reset Cisco IMC to factory default.

2. Set the NIC mode to Cisco Card mode.

CSCwj06157

In Cisco UCS M7 servers equipped with the next generation Cisco Boot optimized M.2 Raid controller, the system fan is ramping up and down.

Ignore the fan noise as it has no impact on functionality.

OR

Perform the following steps to set the Fan Control Policy to High Power:

1. In the Navigation pane, click the Compute menu.

2. In the work pane, click the Power Policies tab.

3. In the Configured Fan Policy area, select High Power from the Fan Policy drop-down list.

4. Click Save Changes.

CSCwc27609

When the server is equipped with one or more Intel^® E810 25G/100G Ethernet adapters attached to PCIe Gen5 riser, and the server is under continuous reboot, the Intel E810 25G or 100G adapter might not initialize on the PCIe bus.

Perform a DC power cycle to the servers. This re-initializes the adapter's PCIe interface.

4.3.1.230097

CSCwb55301

When VMD is enabled on Cisco UCS C240 M7 server equipped with 20 or more NVMe drives, the server might exhibit longer boot time (POST).

This could be 1-2 minutes longer than in a server when VMD is disabled.

There are no known workarounds.

4.3.1.230097

CSCvy26147

In a Cisco UCS C240 M6 server with dual UCSC-SAS-M6T card configured in legacy boot mode, drives in MRAID1 are not listed in Legacy OPROM dispatch after the link is disabled.

After replacing the adapters, ensure that the host is powered off and on. Reboot only with both the controller inserted.

4.2(1a)

CSCwb87912

When KMIP Client private key with size higher than 12 KB is used in Web UI, modify controller security operation times out in Web UI.

Use the private key size of 8 KB and refresh the Web UI after 2 minutes.

4.2(2a)

CSCwh14449

After Cisco IMC is reset to factory default on Cisco UCS C220 M7 and C240 M7 servers, the default admin password can not be set using Redfish API interface.

Use other Cisco IMC interfaces like Web UI, CLI, XML API and Cisco IMC configuration utility (F8) to set the admin password.

4.3.1.230097

CSCwf71163

When SRIOV is configured on non default ethernet interfaces and the host is rebooted, SRIOV configuration is not available on default interfaces.

Configuring SRIOV on non default interfaces and rebooting the host might affect the existing SRIOV configuration on default ethernet interfaces.

Use SRIOV on only default interfaces.

4.3.2.230207

CSCwf44478

• For RHEL 8.6 OS, update kernel to version 4.18.0-425.13.1.el8_7 or later.

• For RHEL 9.0, update kernel to version 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1 or later.

4.3.2.230207

CSCwf53294

In Cisco UCS M7 C-series with Cisco UCS release version 4.3.2.230207, unable to boot to RHEL 8.7 when VMD is enabled in the BIOS.

the system boots to a blank screen or the system boot halts with an error message.

For a clean deployment, install RHEL 8.8.

For existing RHEL 8.7 installations, perform the following steps:

1. Upgrade the kernel to 4.18.0-425.13.1.el8_7 or later.

2. Remove boot parameter intremap=off, if used before

3. Update BIOS to 4.3.2.230207.

   System should be able to boot to RHEL 8.7.

For new RHEL 8.7 installation with 4.3.2.230207, perform the following steps:

1. Disable VMD.

2. Install RHEl 8.7.

3. Update kernel to 4.18.0-425.13.1.el8_7 or later.

   Reboot and enable VMD in the BIOS.

4.3.2.230207