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Release Notes for Cisco UCS Server Configuration Utility, Release 3.1(3)
Cisco UCS Server Configuration Utility
Hardware Requirements for Cisco UCS SCU
Software Features in Cisco UCS SCU Releases
Cisco UCS SCU Release 3.1(3c.1)
Cisco Driver Update Utility Release 3.1(2)
Cisco Driver Update Utility Release 3.0
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Release Notes for Cisco UCS Server Configuration Utility, Release 3.1(3)
First Published Date: March 12, 2012Part Number: OL-26658-01
This document describes the features, system requirements, and open caveats for UCS SCU Release 3.1(3) and Cisco Driver Update Utility Release 3.1(3), as well as any related firmware or drivers. Use this document in conjunction with the documents listed in the "Related Documentation" section.
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We sometimes update the documentation after original publication. Therefore, you should also review the documentation on Cisco.com for any updates.
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Contents
This document includes the following sections:
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Introduction
This release note discusses the features, and open caveats for the following products:
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Cisco UCS Server Configuration Utility
The Cisco UCS Server Configuration Utility (UCS SCU) is an application that helps you easily set up and manage your servers from a single application. UCS SCU reduces the complexity and time associated with setting up and maintaining Cisco C-series servers. Server deployment time is made easier. It guides you through questions to help quickly configure the server through automatic recognition of server hardware, with minimal reboots and an automated unattended operating system installation.
With UCS-SCU, you can perform the following:
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For more information on performing these tasks, see the Cisco UCS Server Configuration Utility User Guide, Release 3.1(3).
Cisco Driver Update Utility
The Cisco Driver Update Utility enables you to install or update drivers for all Cisco supported devices.
With Cisco Driver Update Utility, you can perform the following:
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For more information on performing these tasks, see the Cisco Driver Update Utility, Release 3.1(2) User Guide.
System Requirements
This section lists the supported operating systems, supported hardware platforms, and the hardware requirements for Cisco UCS SCU and Cisco Driver Update Utility.
Supported Operating Systems
Cisco UCS-SCU 3.1(3) supports unattended installation of the following operating systems:
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Cisco Driver Update Utility is supported on the following operating system:
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Supported Hardware Platforms
UCS-SCU 3.1(3) and Cisco Driver Update Utility 3.1(3) are supported on the following servers:
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Hardware Requirements for Cisco UCS SCU
The following are the minimum hardware requirements for UCS SCU:
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Software Features in Cisco UCS SCU Releases
Release 3.1(3)
This section describes the features of UCS Server Configuration Utility and Cisco Driver Update Utility that were introduced or modified in release 3.1(3).
Cisco UCS SCU Release 3.1(3c.1)
The following defects were resolved:
Symptom SCU shows PSU faults in Server Health, but PSU state on CIMC does not show any issue.
--- SCU Server Health ---PSU1 PSU1_AC_OK: Power Supply sensor for PSU1, State AssertedPSU1 PSU1_PWRGD: Power Supply sensor for PSU1, State AssertedPSU2 PSU2_AC_OK: Power Supply sensor for PSU2, State AssertedPSU2 PSU2_PWRGD: Power Supply sensor for PSU2, State AssertedWorkaround
Symptom "Chasis open status: asserted" warning message logged in SCU for C460 M2 servers.
Workaround
Cisco UCS SCU Release 3.1(3)
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To run pre-defined diagnostic tests on the server when it is booting.
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To synchronize data in the HyperVisor partition of the SD cards to create a RAID 1.
Release 3.1(2)
This section describes the features of UCS Server Configuration Utility and Cisco Driver Update Utility that were introduced or modified in release 3.1(2).
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Cisco UCS SCU Release 3.1(2)
New features
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Changed Features
This version of UCS SCU is supported on the following platforms:
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Cisco Driver Update Utility Release 3.1(2)
New Features
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Changed Features
There are no changed features in this release.
Release 3.1
This section describes the features of the UCS Server Configuration Utility and the Cisco Driver Installer Utility that were changed or introduced in this release.
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Cisco UCS SCU Release 3.1
This section contains the following topics:
New Features
Added RAID support for LSI Embedded MegaRAID.
Changed Features
There are no changed features in this release.
Cisco Driver Update Utility Release 3.0
There are no new or changed features.
Open Caveats
This section lists the open caveats in the Cisco UCS SCU and the Cisco Driver Update Utility and contains the following topic:
Release 3.1(3)
This section lists the open caveats for Cisco UCS SCU and Cisco Driver Update Utility Release 3.1(3) and contains the following topics:
Cisco UCS SCU
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Symptom: For UCS C240 SNEBS servers, SCU does not carry any drivers. During the custom OS installation, the following warning message appears:
No Drivers FoundWorkaround: No workaround.
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Symptom: In UCS C240 SNEBS servers, the Web Manager crashes if the License Agreement is accepted within 10 seconds.
Workaround: Wait for 10 seconds before accepting the License Agreement in the SCU screen.
Release 3.1(2)
This section lists the open caveats for Cisco UCS SCU and Cisco Driver Update Utility Release 3.1(2) and contains the following topics:
Cisco UCS SCU
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Symptom: The Megasr Driver is not installed along with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5.7, 5.8 and 6.2 OS installations.
Workaround: Run the depmod command to solve the problem.
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Symptom: While using the Quick Install option to install the Linux OS, the driver version for bnx2 driver does not match the version displayed in Cisco UCS SCU interface.
Workaround: Run the depmod command.
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Symptom: When the Custom install option is used to install RHEL 6.1 OS, the installation process fails after the host reboots to initiate the OS installation. The following error message is displayed:
Could not allocate requested partitions....not enough free space on disk.
Workaround: You can perform one of the following workarounds:
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Release 3.1
This section lists the open caveats for Cisco UCS SCU Release 3.1 and Cisco Driver Update Utility Release 3.0 and contains the following topics:
Cisco UCS SCU
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Symptom: You get the following error when configuring DHCP IP for SCU:
Unable to get DHCP IPWorkaround: Configure the static IP.
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Symptom: RAID configuration fails and the following error message is displayed:
RAID configuration failure.Workaround: Wait till the virtual disk (VD) initialization is complete.
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Symptom: Clear configuration does not delete created VDs.
Workaround: Go to the Web BIOS of the LSI controller by pressing CTRL + H during POST and clear the configuration from the Web BIOS.
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Symptom: Clear configuration does not delete VDs when the HDD status is in the "Drive is exposed and controlled by host" state.
Workaround: Go to the Web BIOS of the LSI controller by pressing CTRL + H during POST and clear the configuration from the Web BIOS.
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Symptom: RAID 10 support on LSI Embedded MegaRAID Controller with more than 2 HDD per span fails.
Workaround: None. Currently, RAID 10 only supports up to 4 disks for LSI Embedded MegaRAID, that is, 2 disks per Data Group and only 2 Data Groups per RAID 10.
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Symptom: QLE8242 displays as QLE8252 in Custom OS install screen.
Workaround: None.
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Symptom: Automatic setup with redundancy option is not present during RAID configuration.
Workaround: Go to custom and you can create RAID levels which support redundancy.
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Symptom: The driver for QLE8242 cannot be installed using the Driver Update Utility.
Workaround: None.
Release 3.0
This section lists the open caveats for Cisco UCS SCU Release 3.0 and Cisco Driver Update Utility Release 3.0 and contains the following topics:
Cisco UCS SCU
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Symptom: While installing RHEL 6.1, the following error message may appear indicating that message server support group does not exist:
Missing groupWorkaround: Press Continue to proceed with the installation.
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Symptom: USB flash drives are not detected by UCS SCU. Also, USB flash drives with NTFS format cannot be mounted.
Workaround: Complete the following steps to detect the USB flash drive through UCS SCU:
1. Format the USB flash drive using fat 32 filesystem.
2. Perform USB reset from virtual media and attempt to detect the drive through UCS SCU.
If this procedure does not solve the problem, change the USB flash drive.
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Symptom: Clicking the Back button in the Online Help opens the License page of UCS SCU.
Workaround: No workaround exists for this problem.
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Symptom: The following error message is displayed while installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 servers:
Error opening /tmp/sdb: No medium found.Workaround: Press Cancel when this message appears during installation.
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Symptom: While launching the utility, the following error message is displayed:
This hardware platform is not supported by this CD.Workaround: Reboot the server and try again.
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Symptom: The Driver Update Utility does not list Broadcom 57712 dual port adapter.
Workaround: Download the latest driver for the adapter from the Cisco Website, or from the driver ISO partition on the Cisco Flexible flash drive.
Related Documentation
For configuration information for this release, see the following:
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The following related documentation is available for the Cisco Unified Computing System:
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Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
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