Release Notes for Cisco UCS Integration Pack Suite, Release 1.1(1) For Microsoft System Center 2012, Configuration Manager

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Release Notes for Cisco UCS Integration Pack Suite, Release 1.1(1) For Microsoft System Center 2012, Configuration Manager

Contents

Revision History

Introduction

System Requirements

Software Requirements

Supported Operating Systems and Versions

Supported Hardware Platforms

UCS Manager Releases

Cisco IMC Releases

Cisco Drivers Package Support Matrix

Installation Requirements

Key Features

New Features

Known Limitations for Release 1.1(1)

Resolved Caveats

Open Caveats for Release 1.1(1)

Related Documentation

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Release Notes for Cisco UCS Integration Pack Suite, Release 1.1(1)
For Microsoft System Center 2012, Configuration Manager

First Published: March 2016

Current Release: 1.1(1)

This document describes the system requirements, new features, information about known caveats, and workarounds for Cisco UCS Integration Pack Suite, Release 1.1(1). This document also includes current information that became available after the technical documentation was published.

Use these release notes as a supplement with the other documents listed in the documentation roadmap
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/overview/guide/UCS_roadmap.html and http://www.cisco.com/go/unifiedcomputing/c-series-doc

Make sure to review other available documentation on Cisco.com to obtain current information on Cisco UCS Integration Pack Suite, Release 1.1(1).

Contents

This document includes the following sections:

Revision History

Table 1 shows the revision history:

  • Online History Changes
    • Revision
    Date
    Description

    A0

    March 2016

    Created Release notes for Cisco UCS Integration Pack Suite, Release 1.1(1)

Introduction

Cisco UCS Integration Pack Suite, Release 1.1(1) is a unified installer which includes Cisco UCS Manager Integration Pack, and Cisco IMC Integration Pack. It installs the integration pack as a plug-in the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. It helps to simplify the server management tasks, such as hardware provisioning, operating system deployment processes on the Cisco UCS B, C, and E series servers.

System Requirements

Before installing Cisco UCS Integration Pack Suite, ensure that the system meets or exceeds the following minimum requirements:

Software Requirements

  • .NET Framework 4.5 or higher
  • Java Version 1.6 Update 45 or higher
  • Following version of System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Primary Site or Admin Console Installations:

– System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

– System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1

– System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager

– System Center 2012 R2 SP1 Configuration Manager

– System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP2

Supported Operating Systems and Versions

The Cisco UCS Integration Pack Suite supports the following operating systems:

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (64-bit)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (64-bit)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)

Supported Hardware Platforms

Cisco UCS Manager Integration Pack

The supported UCS Manager B-Series and C-series platforms depend on the running UCS Manager version. For information on supported hardware and software for UCS Manager components, see the Hardware and Software Interoperability for UCSM Managed Servers.

Cisco IMC Integration Pack

The Cisco IMC Integration Pack is supported on the following hardware platforms:

Supported C-Series Servers

– Cisco UCS C220 M4 Server

– Cisco UCS C240 M4 Server

– Cisco UCS C460 M4 Server

– Cisco UCS C22 M3 Server

– Cisco UCS C24 M3 Server

– Cisco UCS C220 M3 Series Server

– Cisco UCS C240 M3 Series Server

– Cisco UCS C260 M2 Server

– Cisco UCS C420 M3 Server

– Cisco UCS C460 M2 Server

Supported E-Series Servers

– Cisco UCS E160D-M1/K9

– Cisco UCS E160DP-M1/K9

– Cisco UCS E140D-M1/K9

– Cisco UCS E140S-M1/K9

UCS Manager Releases

Cisco UCS Manager Integration Pack supports the following UCS Manager releases.

  • Release 2.1
  • Release 2.2

Cisco IMC Releases

The Cisco IMC Integration Pack is compatible with Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC) 1.5(2) or higher for C-Series servers and 2.3(x) and higher for E-Series servers.

Cisco IMC 1.5(1) supports the following features:

  • Import Cisco Servers
  • Import Driver Packages
  • RAID Configuration
  • OS Deployment

Note Configuring BIOS on Cisco UCS C-series servers requires Cisco IMC version of 1.5(4) or higher.

Cisco Drivers Package Support Matrix

Following table provides details of the Cisco UCS Driver Zip support matrix for the integration packs:

Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2

Cisco UCS Manager Integration Pack

1.5(4) and higher

1.5(4) and higher

1.5(4) and higher

Cisco IMC Integration Pack

1.5(3) and higher

1.5(3) and higher

1.5(4) and higher

Note For Cisco UCS C-Series and B-Series M4 servers, minimum version of driver zip supported is 2.0(3) and higher for all the supported operating systems.

Note For Cisco UCS E-Series server, 2.0(1a) is the supported driver package version to deploy Windows Server 2008 R2.

Installation Requirements

Note Upgrade from previous versions of Cisco UCS Manager Integration Pack, Cisco IMC Integration Pack is not supported. Uninstall any previous versions of Integration packs before installing the Cisco UCS Integration Pack Suite.

To install or uninstall the Cisco UCS Integration Pack Suite on the systems with User Account Control (UAC) enabled, open a Command Prompt using Run as Administrator and navigate to the directory where the MSI is located and launch the installer.

Key Features

New Features

This section briefly describes the new features introduced in Cisco UCS Integration Pack Suite, Release 1.1(1).

  • Unified Installer—Supports to install UCS Manager and Cisco IMC integration packs through unified installer
  • Driver Management—Single driver management wizard to download drivers. You can create driver packages for both UCS Manager and Cisco IMC server which are required for OS deployment from the Configuration Manager console.
  • Power Policies Configuration—Support to configure Power Restore Policy, Power Cap Configuration, and related Power Profiles (standard and advanced) on the Cisco IMC
  • Support for new BIOS attributes from Cisco IMC Release 2.0(4)
  • Support to download firmware bundles from Cisco.com using UCS Manager IP

Known Limitations for Release 1.1(1)

This section lists the known limitation for this release.

  • To add a UCS domain in UCS Manager Integration Pack, create service profile with unique name across UCS domains.
Bug ID
Symptom
Workaround

CSCul02348

New profiles that are created in Cisco IMC Configuration Profile Manager are not getting listed in Cisco IMC Configuration Manager.

Close and open the Cisco IMC configuration manager to refresh the profile list.

CSCul04694

Unable to launch KVM console when configuration manager or profile manager window is open.

First, launch the KVM console and then open other windows, like Profile Manager or Configuration Manager.

CSCui15056

Drivers are not properly installed on C460 M2 through PXE Boot.

Update drivers using Cisco UCS Driver Update Utility manually.

CSCui22338

Blue dump error when installing Windows Server 2008 R2 using SCCM 2012 SP1.

This is a known System Center 2012 Configuration Manager issue. For more information, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2853726

Resolved Caveats

Bug ID
Symptom
First Affected in Release
Fixed in Release

CSCuu96546

Unable to download HUU images from Cisco.com for Cisco UCS C-Series M4 servers using Create Firmware Update Profile dialog box.

1.0(2)

1.1(1)

Open Caveats for Release 1.1(1)

This section lists the open caveats for this release.

Bug ID
Symptom
Workaround

CSCut13588

Unable to view organizations and service profiles, and UCS domains are not added properly, if UCS domain password is greater than 24 characters.

Enter a password between 1 and 24 characters using UCS Manager UI, and then add the UCS domains.

CSCus96614

If Cisco UCS domain configured for domain authentication is in <user@domain> format, then the settings for add or edit UCS domain has improper functioning.

Enter the username in <domainname>\<username> format.

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