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Release Notes for Cisco UCS E-Series M6 Servers, BIOS Release UCSEDM6_1.08

This document provides new features, system requirements, compatibility information, and open and resolved caveats for the Cisco UCS E-Series M6 Server, BIOS release UCSEDM6_1.08. Use this document in conjunction with the documents in the section Related Documentation.


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Documentation is sometimes updated after original publication; therefore, for updated content, review the documentation on Cisco.com.

Overview

The Cisco UCS E-Series M6 Servers are size-, weight-, and power-efficient blade servers that can be housed within the Cisco Catalyst 8300 Series Edge platforms. These servers provide a general-purpose compute platform for branch-office applications deployed either as bare-metal on operating systems, such as Linux, or as virtual machines on hypervisors, such as VMware vSphere Hypervisor.

The Cisco UCS E-Series M6 Servers are available in the following form-factors:

  • UCS-E1100D-M6: Double-wide service module, 10-cores CPU, 3.0 -GHz clock speed

System Requirements

The following system requirements apply to the UCS E-Series M6 Servers:

Hardware Requirements


Note


The UCS E-Series M6 Servers can be installed in the following Cisco Catalyst 8300 Series Edge platforms:
  • C8300-2N2S-4T2X

  • C8300-2N2S-6T


The following E-Series M6 Servers are supported:

  • UCS-E1100D-M6


Note


For details about the E-Series M6 Servers, see the “Hardware Requirements” section in the Hardware Installation Guide for Cisco UCS E-Series M6 Servers .

Software Requirements

The UCS E-Series M6 Servers require three major software systems:

CIMC Firmware

Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) is a management module, which is built into the motherboard. A dedicated processor, separate from the main server CPU, runs the CIMC firmware. CIMC is the management service for the UCS E-Series M6 Servers. You can use CIMC to access, configure, administer, and monitor the server.

The system ships with a running version of the CIMC firmware. You can update the CIMC firmware, but no initial installation is needed.

BIOS Firmware

BIOS initializes the hardware in the system, discovers bootable devices, and boots them in the provided sequence. It boots the operating system and configures the hardware for the operating system to use. BIOS manageability features allow you to interact with the hardware and use it. In addition, BIOS provides options to configure the system, manage firmware, and create BIOS error reports.

The system ships with a running version of the BIOS firmware. You can update the BIOS firmware, but no initial installation is needed.


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Table below lists the minimum BIOS versions required to use with the UCS E-Series M6 Servers.

Table 1. Minimum BIOS Versions Required

Server Name

BIOS Version

UCS-E1100D-M6

UCSEDM6_1.08


Operating System or Hypervisor

The main server CPU runs on an operating system, or a hypervisor. You can purchase an E-Series M6 Server with a preinstalled operating system or hypervisor, or you can install your own.

The following hypervisors are supported for UCSEDM6_1.08:

  • VMware ESXi 7.0U3g

  • RHEL 8.3

GUI Requirements

The UCS E-Series M6 servers GUI is supported on the following browsers:

  • Google Chrome

  • Microsoft Edge

  • Mozilla Firefox

  • Safari

Upgrading to a New Software Release

To upgrade the BIOS or CIMC image on your UCS E-Series M6 server, obtain the package (image) from https://software.cisco.com/download/home, and follow the instructions in chapter “Firmware Management” in the CLI Configuration Guide for UCS E-Series M6 Servers.

Cisco Catalyst 8300 Series Edge Platforms, E-Series M6 Server, and Cisco IOS-XE Software Release Compatibility

Table 2. Cisco Catalyst 8300 Series Edge Platforms, E-Series M6 Server, CIMC, and Cisco IOS-XE Software Release Compatibility

Cisco Catalyst 8300 Series

Cisco UCS E-Series M6 Server(s)

Cisco IOS-XE Software Release

CIMC

C8300-2N2S-4T2X

UCS-E1100D-M6

Cisco IOS-XE 17.11.1a

4.11.1

C8300-2N2S-6T

UCS-E1100D-M6

Cisco IOS-XE 17.11.1a

4.11.1

New Features for BIOS Release UCSEDM6_1.08

UCSEDM6_1.08 is the first BIOS release supported on the Cisco UCS E-Series M6 servers.


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Documentation is sometimes updated after original publication; therefore, for updated content, review the documentation on Cisco.com.

Open Bugs in BIOS Release UCSEDM6_1.08

None

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