Firmware Profiles

This chapter contains the following topics:

Firmware Management Menu

Firmware images may either be uploaded from a local or a network server. The profile name must be unique across both local and network image profiles

Cisco delivers firmware updates in a single bundle to upgrade all Cisco IMC Supervisor components. Firmware updates can be downloaded from cisco.com. You cannot upgrade if a server is not managed in Cisco IMC Supervisor. For downloading the E-Series firmware images you must associate a contract access to the cisco.com account.

Adding Images to a Local Server

Perform this procedure when you want to add a firmware image from your local machine.

Procedure
    Step 1   From the menu bar, choose Systems > Firmware Management.
    Step 2   Click Images - Local tab and click + to add an image.
    Step 3   In the Add Firmware Image - Local dialog box, complete the following:

    Field

    Description

    Profile Name field

    Enter a descriptive and unique profile name.

    User Name (cisco.com) field

    Enter your Cisco login user name.

    Password (cisco.com) field

    Enter your Cisco login password.

    Enable Proxy Configuration check box

    (Optional) Check this check box to enable proxy configuration and complete the following:

    • Host Name field - Enter a host name for the proxy configuration.

    • Port field - Enter the port for the proxy configuration.

    Enable Proxy Authentication check box

    (Optional) Check this check box to enable proxy authentication and complete the following:

    • Proxy User Name field - Enter a proxy user name for the proxy authentication.

    • Proxy Password field - Enter the password for the proxy user name.

    Platform drop-down list

    Choose a platform from the drop-down list.

    Only platforms that manage at least one server is listed here.

    Available Image drop-down list

    Choose the .iso image from the drop-down list.

    Download Now check box

    Check this check box to download the .iso image immediately after adding a profile. If not, you can click on Download Image to download the image later.

    Accept License Agreement

    Check this check box to accept the license agreement. Click on the Terms and Conditions link to read the End User License Agreement.

    Note   

    You cannot create a firmware profile without accepting the license agreement even if you want to download the image later.

    Step 4   Click Submit.
    Step 5   In the Submit Result dialog box, click OK.
    Note   

    • You can view profile configuration details, modify the firmware image details, and delete the image profile. You can also select multiple profiles concurrently and delete them.

    • Cisco IMC Supervisor appliance should be able to remotely map to these images.

    • You can select an image from the Images-Local window and download the image from cisco.com. For firmware profiles that require images to be downloaded, you can defer and initiate the download process later using the Download Image option. You can also delete an image downloaded from cisco.com using the Delete Image option.

    Uploading Images from a Local File System

    Perform this procedure to upload iso images from your local file system to the Cisco IMC Supervisor system.

    Procedure
      Step 1   From the menu bar, choose Systems > Firmware Management.
      Step 2   Click Images - Local tab and click Upload to add an image.
      Step 3   In the Upload Firmware Image - Local dialog box, complete the following:

      Field

      Description

      Profile Name field

      Enter a descriptive and unique profile name.

      Platform drop-down list

      Select the C-Series or E-Series platform.

      File Name field

      Choose Browse to search and select a file to upload on your local file system.

      Step 4   Click Upload.
      Step 5   Click OK in the File Upload confirmation box, once the upload is complete.
      Step 6   Click Submit.
      Note   

      • You can view profile configuration details, modify the firmware image details, and delete the image profile. You can also select multiple profiles concurrently and delete them.

      • The Delete Profile option removes the image associated with the profile. If you uploaded a wrong image or if a file is no longer associated with a profile, a purge system task which runs periodically (once a month) will delete the files from the Cisco IMC Supervisor appliance.

      Adding Images from a Network Server

      Perform this procedure to add firmware images from a network server by providing the profile name, remote IP, remote filename and so on.

      Procedure
        Step 1   From the menu bar, choose Systems > Firmware Management.
        Step 2   Click Images - Network tab and click + to add an image.
        Step 3   In the Add Firmware Image - Network dialog box, complete the following:

        Field

        Description

        Profile Name field

        A descriptive and unique name for the profile. The profile name must be unique.

        Platform drop-down list

        Choose a platform from the drop-down list.

        Only platforms that manage at least one server are listed here.

        Server Type drop-down list

        Choose either Network File System (NFS), Common Internet File System (CIFS) or HTTP/S server types.

        Remote IP field (only for NFS and CIFS server types)

        Enter remote IP address.

        Remote Share field (only for NFS and CIFS server types)

        Enter remote share path.

        Remote File Name field (only for NFS and CIFS server types)

        Enter a remote filename.

        Note   

        The remote filename is the Host Upgrade Utility ISO file.

        Location Link field (only for HTTP server type)

        Enter a valid http/https URL link for the image location.

        User Name field

        Enter a network path user name.

        Password field

        Enter a network path password.

        Mount Options drop-down list (only for CIFS server type)

        Select valid mount options from the Mount Options drop-down list.
        Note   

        You can select a mount option for servers that are running Cisco IMC version 2.0(8) and later.

        Step 4   Click Submit.
        Step 5   In the Submit Result dialog box, click OK.
        Note   

        • You can view profile configuration details, modify the firmware image details, and delete the image profile. You can also select multiple profiles concurrently and delete them.

        • Cisco IMC Supervisor appliance should be able to remotely map to these images.

        Upgrading Firmware

        Perform this procedure when you want to upgrade firmware.

        Before You Begin

        If you are upgrading to Cisco IMC version 2.0(x), you must change the default Cisco IMC password.

        Procedure
          Step 1   From the menu bar, choose Systems > Firmware Management.
          Step 2   Click the Firmware Upgrades tab.
          Step 3   Click Run Upgrade. A warning message that running upgrade on the selected servers will cause the host to reboot into the firmware update tool and on completing the firmware update, the servers will reboot back to the host OS is displayed.
          Step 4   Click OK to confirm.
          Step 5   In the Upgrade Firmware dialog box complete the following:

          Field

          Description

          Select Profile drop-down list

          Choose a profile from the drop-down list.

          Server(s) button

          Click Select and choose the servers from the list. The list displays only those servers whose platform matches the one configured in the selected profile.

          Schedule later check box

          Check this check box and select an existing schedule to run an upgrade. You can also click on + icon to create a new schedule. For more information on creating schedules, see Creating Schedules. You can go to Policies > Manage Schedules, select a schedule and click View Scheduled Tasks to verify the scheduled task and its progress. You can also select a scheduled task and click Remove Scheduled Tasks to remove the associated scheduled task.

          Step 6   In the Upgrade Firmware dialog box, click Submit.
          Step 7   Click OK.
          Note    You can also view firmware upgrade details and delete the status records for the specified upgrade operation.