Cisco IMC Supervisor Release Notes, Release 1.0

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Cisco IMC Supervisor Release Notes, Release 1.0

Contents

Introduction

System Requirements

Qualified Server Models

UCS C-Series Servers

UCS E-Series Servers

Minimum Hardware Requirements

Minimum Firmware Versions

Supported PCiE Cards

Supported Hypervisor versions

Supported Browser Versions

New and Changed Features in Cisco IMC Supervisor Release 1.0.0.1

E-mail Alerts for all Fault Severities

Management Options from the Top-Level Rack Groups

Adding Back-to-Back Rack Accounts

C-Series Platform Validation

Upgrade Notes

Pre-requisites

Upgrading to Cisco IMC Supervisor Release 1.0.0.1

Features in Cisco IMC Supervisor Release 1.0

Server-based Hardware Inventory

Hardware Health Status Reporting

KVM Access for Servers

Firmware Inventory and Management

E-mail Alerts for Critical Faults

Support for High-level Power Management Tasks

New and Changed Documentation

Caveats

Resolved Caveats in Release 1.0.0.1

Open Caveats in Release 1.0

Documentation Feedback

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Cisco IMC Supervisor Release Notes, Release 1.0

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First Published: November 24, 2014

Last Updated: April 2, 2015

This document describes the features and open issues for Cisco IMC Supervisor Releases 1.0 and later.

Table 1 shows the online change history for this document.

Table 1 Online History Change

Release Number	Date	Description
Release 1.0	November 24, 2014	Created release notes for Release 1.0.
Release 1.0.0.1	April 2, 2015	Added information for Release 1.0.0.1.

Contents

This document includes the following sections:

• Introduction
• System Requirements
• Upgrade Notes
• Features in Cisco IMC Supervisor Release 1.0
• New and Changed Documentation
• Caveats
• Documentation Feedback

Introduction

Cisco IMC Supervisor is a management system that allows you to manage rack mount servers on a large scale. It allows you to create groups of rack mount servers for monitoring and inventory purposes.

You can use Cisco IMC Supervisor to perform the following tasks for a rack mount server:

• Support for logical grouping of servers and summary views per group
• Collect inventory for the servers
• Provide monitoring capabilities for servers and groups
• Firmware management including firmware download, upgrade, and activation
• Manage standalone server actions including power control, LED control, log collection, KVM launch, CIMC UI launch and e-mail alerts
• Role Based Access Control (RBAC) to restrict access and capabilities.

System Requirements

Qualified Server Models

UCS C-Series Servers

• Cisco UCS C-220 M3 ^**
• Cisco UCS C-240 M3 ^**
• Cisco UCS C-220 M4 ^**
• Cisco UCS C-240 M4 ^**
• Cisco UCS C-22 M3**
• Cisco UCS C-24 M3**
• Cisco UCS C-420 M3**
• Cisco UCS C-460 M4**
• Cisco UCS C-3160

UCS E-Series Servers

• Cisco UCS E-140S M2 ^**
• Cisco UCS E-160D M2 ^**
• Cisco UCS EN120E M2
• Cisco UCS EN120S M2
• Cisco UCS E-180D M2
• Cisco UCS E-140S M1
• Cisco UCS E-140D M1
• Cisco UCS E-160D M1
• Cisco UCS E-140DP M1
• Cisco UCS E-160DP M1

** Server verification complete

Minimum Hardware Requirements

Element	Minimum Supported Requirement
vCPU	4
Memory	8 GB
Hard Disk	100 GB

Minimum Firmware Versions

Servers	Minimum Firmware Version
UCS C-series Servers	1.5(4) and later
UCS E-series Servers	2.3.1 and later

Supported PCiE Cards

• Cisco UCS VIC 1225
• Cisco UCS VIC 1225T

Supported Hypervisor versions

• ESXi 5.1
• ESXi 5.5

Supported Browser Versions

Cisco IMC Supervisor supports the following browsers:

• Internet Explorer 8 or higher
• Google Chrome 4.1 or higher
• Firefox 3.5 or higher
• Safari 4.0 or higher (for Apple Mac or Microsoft Windows)

Browsers require the Adobe Flash Player plug-in version 11 or higher.

New and Changed Features in Cisco IMC Supervisor Release 1.0.0.1

The following updates are available in Cisco IMC Supervisor, Release 1.0.0.1:

• E-mail Alerts for all Fault Severities
• Management Options from the Top-Level Rack Groups
• C-Series Platform Validation
• Upgrade Notes

E-mail Alerts for all Fault Severities

Cisco IMC Supervisor now allows you to configure email alerting for faults with all severities. You can specify a valid email address of the recipient to whom an email with a consolidated list of faults matching the severities will be sent.

Management Options from the Top-Level Rack Groups

You can now manage rack servers such as powering on/off, shutting down servers and so on from the top-level group Rack Groups in the left pane.

Adding Back-to-Back Rack Accounts

You can now create a rack account again without having to wait for the previous command of creating a rack account to complete.

C-Series Platform Validation

The following C-series platforms have been validated:

• Cisco UCS C460 M4
• Cisco UCS C22 M3
• Cisco UCS C24 M3
• Cisco UCS C420 M3

Upgrade Notes

Pre-requisites

• Download the Cisco IMC Supervisor Release 1.0.0.1 patch from http://www.cisco.com.
• Place the software in the FTP or HTTP server that you plan to use to install the upgrade.
• If NFS mount is used for application storage, disable it before you apply a patch. If you do not, the upgrade will fail.
• Obtain access to a secure shell (SSH) application.

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Note We recommend that you take a snapshot of the VM before you begin the upgrade. If you do this, you do not need to back up the existing configuration database through an FTP server.

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Upgrading to Cisco IMC Supervisor Release 1.0.0.1

Step 1 Open your SSH application and enter the Cisco IMC Supervisor appliance IP address and port number.

Step 2 Login as shelladmin with password changeme.

Step 3 From the Cisco IMC Supervisor Shell Menu, choose 3) Stop Services.

Step 4 To verify that all services are stopped, choose 2) Display Services Status.

Step 5 (Optional) If desired, you can choose 7) Backup Database to back up the Cisco IMC Supervisor database.

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Note You do not need to back up the database if you took a snapshot of the VM before you started.

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Step 6 To upgrade to Release 1.0.0.1, choose 16) Apply Patch.

Step 7 When prompted, enter the location of the Release 1.0.0.1 patch. For, example, ftp: // username : password @ hostname | IP_address / software_location_and_name

Step 8 Wait for the download and installation to complete.

Step 9 When prompted, choose 4) Start Services and complete the upgrade process.

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Note The patch process is not complete or successful until the Cisco IMC Supervisor services have started, Cisco IMC Supervisor is available, the login screen is displayed, and the admin user can log in to Cisco IMC Supervisor. All services must be started before you attempt to perform other shelladmin procedures, such as apply additional patches, take a database backup, or restore a database from a backup.

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Step 10 When the upgrade is complete, choose 11) Show Version in shelladmin to verify the current version of Cisco IMC Supervisor.

For installation instructions, see Cisco IMC Supervisor Installation and Upgrade Guide.

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Note To view the status of services, choose 2) Display Services Status.

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Features in Cisco IMC Supervisor Release 1.0

The following features are available in Cisco IMC Supervisor, Release 1.0:

• Server-based Hardware Inventory
• Hardware Health Status Reporting
• KVM Access for Servers
• Firmware Inventory and Management
• E-mail Alerts for Critical Faults
• Support for High-level Power Management Tasks

Server-based Hardware Inventory

Cisco IMC Supervisor provides a detailed inventory of the rack mount servers that are managed. It includes the following information:

• CPUs
• Memory
• PSUs
• PCI Adapters
• VIC Adapters
• Network Adapters
• Storage Adapters
• TPM Inventory
• Logs - Includes Cisco IMC logs and System Event Logs
• Faults

Hardware Health Status Reporting

Cisco IMC Supervisor included an effective fault reporting mechanism. For each rack-mount server, you can view a detailed a list of faults that have been recorded. Following information is displayed in the graphical user interface (GUI) for each fault:

• Explanation - This elaborates on the cause for the fault
• Recommendation - Suggested steps to resolve the fault

KVM Access for Servers

With Cisco IMC Supervisor, you can launch the KVM console for rack-mount servers. The KVM console is an interface accessible from Cisco IMC Supervisor that emulates a direct keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM) connection to the server. The KVM console allows you to connect to the server from a remote location. Instead of using CD/DVD or floppy drives physically connected to the server, the KVM console uses virtual media, which are actual disk drives or disk image files that are mapped to virtual CD/DVD or floppy drives.

Firmware Inventory and Management

Cisco IMC Supervisor allows you to manage the firmware versions on the rack-mount servers. Effective firmware management for the rack mount servers involves the following:

• Configuring a firmware upgrade profile.

You can configure a firmware upgrade profile for the servers that defines the download option for the firmware files. You can choose between downloading the.iso files from a specified HTTP server, or you can download it to a network path. When required, you can delete a firmware upgrade profile from Cisco IMC Supervisor.

• Upgrading the firmware on a server.

You must specify a profile, and select the servers which need the firmware upgrade. When required, you can delete a firmware image from Cisco IMC Supervisor.

E-mail Alerts for Critical Faults

Cisco IMC Supervisor allows you to configure email alerting for critical faults. You can specify a valid email address of the recipient to whom an email with a consolidated list of critical faults will be sent.

Support for High-level Power Management Tasks

With Cisco IMC Supervisor, you can perform the following power management-related tasks with the rack-mount servers:

• Power cycle
• Power on and power off
• Hard reset
• Shut down

New and Changed Documentation

In addition to these Release Notes, the following Cisco IMC Supervisor documentation was created for Release 1.0 and later.

• Cisco IMC Supervisor Installation on VMware vSphere, Release 1.0
• Cisco IMC Supervisor Rack-Mount Server Management Guide, Release 1.0

Caveats

This section includes the following topics:

Resolved Caveats in Release 1.0.0.1

Open Caveats in Release 1.0

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Tip Release note information is sometimes updated after these Release Notes are published. Use the Cisco Bug Search Tool to see the most up-to-date release note information for any caveat listed here.

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Resolved Caveats in Release 1.0.0.1

For a list of resolved caveats in Cisco IMC Supervisor, Release 1.0.0.1, login to the Cisco Bug Search Tool and complete the following:

Field	Description
Product	Select Series/Model from the drop-down list and enter Cisco IMC Supervisor 1.0.
Releases	Select Affecting or Fixed in these Releases and enter 1.0(0.1).

Open Caveats in Release 1.0

Table 2 lists the open issues that may impact your testing of the features and enhancements in Cisco IMC Supervisor, Release 1.0.

 

Table 2 Open Caveats in Release 1.0

Defect ID	Symptom	Workaround
CSCuq98804	KVM Console launch action from Inventory and Fault Status -> Rack Groups -> Rack Servers will fail to launch for M4 servers. Cisco UCS M4 servers running firmware versions 2.0(3d) exhibit this behavior of not being able to launch KVM console.	Directly logging into the CIMC web UI will allow the KVM launch.
CSCur52018	Firmware upgrade profiles that select "Local HTTP Server" option and require cisco.com accounts, will not be able to select M4 and E series images from cisco.com.	Use NFS/CIFS options to host the ISO file for upgrades.
CSCur52427	Firmware upgrade failure in a few of the cases shows the overall status message inappropriately as "STR" or "NULL--"" The reasons include but is not limited to the following: Upgrading a server of a different model with an image of different model results in a "STR" Upgrading a server with a wrong NFS/CIFS share details results in a failure with the status showing as "NULL"	There is no known workaround for this issue.
CSCur29655	While mapping the customized user roles to the login users, the Role field is not displayed in the login users report page.	There is no known workaround for this issue.
CSCur44067	During the Firmware Configuration Profile Creation - Cisco username and password would be cached. Changing the existing configuration profile would always point to the cached username and password.	Create a new configuration profile. CSCur84900
CSCur76818	Change of Locator LED status from OFF to ON or from ON to OFF will not reflect in the Summary page in Cisco IMC Supervisor right after the Locator LED operation.	Run the inventory for the Cisco IMC server from Cisco IMC Supervisor to get the right status of Locator LED.
CSCur83095	New does not clear the existing data on Firmware/Discovery Configuration Profile.	Either clear the data on the form manually, or create a new configuration profile.
CSCur84900	Sometimes, an Email alert is triggered with an empty list even though there is no critical fault generated.	There is no known workaround for this issue.

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