Release Notes for the Cisco CSS UCS Servers: CPS-UCS-1RU-K9 and CPS-UCS-2RU-K9

NIC Redundancy

The Cisco Connected Safety and Security UCS series servers support the following:

• One 1-Gb Ethernet dedicated management port
• Two 1-Gb Base-T Ethernet ports

Note ● The LAN Ethernet posts are referred to as “Eth 0” and “Eth1” in the Cisco Connected Safety and Security applications, such as Cisco Video Surveillance.

• The Cisco Connected Safety and Security UCS series servers do NOT support the NIC redundancy modes. Only the None option is supported: the Ethernet ports operate independently and do not fail over if there is a problem.

Hard Drive Requirements

• Drives are not rebuilt when the same drive is removed and reinserted. The removed drive must be replaced with a new drive. The rebuild will start automatically.
• Installation is supported only the following drive combinations.

– Cisco Connected Safety and Security UCS C220—Supports either 2 or 4 hard drives (other combinations are not supported).

– Cisco Connected Safety and Security UCS C240—Supports either 2, 6 or 12 drives (other combinations are not supported).

• All drives must be of the same capacity. Drives of different capacities are not supported (for example, you cannot mix 1TB, 2TB and/or 3TB drives in the same server).
• Installation is supported only if all hard drives are in optimal state.

Emulex LPe 12002 Dual Port 8Gb Fibre Channel HBA Card

The Cisco Connected Safety and Security UCS C220 and Cisco Connected Safety and Security UCS C240 servers support the (optional) Emulex LPe 12002 Dual Port 8Gb Fibre Channel HBA (CPS-AEPCI05) card. This card is used to connection external devices, such as external storage.

See the following for more information:

• LightPulse® LPe12000/LPe12002 Data Sheet for product overview information: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/modules/ps10277/ps12571/elx_ds_all_hba_lpe12000.pdf
• Emulex LightPulse LPe12002 website, including features, specifications, and other information: http://www.emulex.com/products/fibre-channel-hbas/emulex-branded/lightpulse-lpe12002/features.html

Cisco Video Surveillance Manager

• Overview
• Initial Setup Procedure
• Upgrading the Cisco VSM System Software
• Recovering the Cisco VSM System Software
• More Information

Overview

The Cisco Connected Safety and Security UCS series servers support Cisco Video Surveillance Manager (Cisco VSM), Release 7.2 and higher. The Cisco Connected Safety and Security UCS C220 (1RU) and Cisco Connected Safety and Security UCS C240 (2RU) servers are shipped as server appliances, meaning that the Cisco Video Surveillance Manager system software is pre-loaded in a “bare-metal” configuration.

Note These servers do not currently support additional virtual machine (VM) installations. Virtual Machine deployment is supported on separate Cisco UCS Express, and B-, C-, and E- Series platform servers. See the “VM Installations” section for more information.

Initial Setup Procedure

To install and configure a Cisco Connected Safety and Security UCS series server appliance for the first time, complete the following high-level steps:

Procedure

Step 1 Physically install the Cisco Connected Safety and Security UCS series server appliance and complete the initial hardware setup.

• See the Cisco Physical Security UCS Platform Series User Guide

Step 2 Complete the initial server setup.

• See the Cisco Video Surveillance Install and Upgrade Guide for instructions to use the browser-based Cisco Video Surveillance Management Console to complete the initial server setup for the Cisco Video Surveillance Manager.
• See also the Cisco Video Surveillance Management Console Administration Guide.

Step 3 Use the browser-based Cisco Video Surveillance Operations Manager to configure additional server options and Cisco VSM features.

See the Cisco Video Surveillance Operations Manager User Guide

Upgrading the Cisco VSM System Software

To to update the Cisco VSM system software, use the browser-based Cisco VSM Management Console to install the upgrade file that contains all required packages and components.

See the Server Upgrade section of Cisco Video Surveillance Management Console Administration Guide for instructions to obtain and install system upgrades.

Recovering the Cisco VSM System Software

To create a bootable USB flash drive used to recover an installation or perform a a factory installation of Cisco VSM 7, see the Cisco Video Surveillance Manager Recovery Guide (Cisco Connected Safety and Security UCS Platform Series).

The recovery options include the following:

Table 3 Recovery Options

Option	Description
recovery	Reinstalls the operating system. Recorded video and configurations are preserved. RAID configurations are preserved (only the OS partitions are formatted).
factory	Restores the server to the factory default settings: Note You must disconnect any external storage before using this option Reinstalls the operating system. Clears and reconfigures the RAID. Caution This action deletes all data and video files.
factory_raid5	Restores a Cisco Connected Safety and Security UCS C240 server to the factory default settings, including: Note Valid only on the Cisco Connected Safety and Security UCS C240 with 6 or 12 internal drives. Note You must disconnect any external storage before using this option. Reinstalls the operating system. Clears and reconfigures the RAID. Caution This action deletes all data and video files.
rescue	Boot to prompt from USB media. Use this option to recover a password or for other administrative tasks

More Information

See the following for more information:

• Related Documentation
• The Cisco Video Surveillance 7 Documentation Roadmap available at http://www.cisco.com/go/physicalsecurity/vsm/roadmap. This document provides descriptions and links to Cisco Video Surveillance documentation, server and storage platform documentation, and other related documentation.

Cisco Integrated Management Interface (CIMC)

You can monitor the server inventory, health, and system event logs by using the built-in Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) GUI or CLI interfaces. See the user documentation for your firmware release at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10739/products_installation_and_configuration_guides_list.html

For example: see the Cisco UCS C-Series Servers Integrated Management Controller GUI Configuration Guide, Release 1.5.

Cisco Video Surveillance Management Console

For Cisco Video Surveillance Manager applications, use the browser-based Cisco VSM Management Console to configure, manage and monitor the server.

See the Cisco Video Surveillance Management Console Administration Guide for more information.

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Release Notes for the Cisco Connected Safety and Security UCS Platform Series Servers
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