Release Notes for Cisco UCS C-series Software, Release 2.0(8)

SFP-H10GB-CU1M

SFP-H10GB-CU3M

SFP-H10GB-CU5M

SFP-H10GB-ACU7M

SFP-H10GB-ACU10M

Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Cards

x

x

x

x

x

Intel x520

Broadcom 57712

x

x

x

x

x

Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Cards

NA

NA

x

Intel x520

x

NA

Not supported

Broadcom 57712

NA

x

x

Unified Computing System (UCS) Server Firmware

ucs-c3160-huu-2.0.8.iso

ucs-c2x-huu-2.0.8.iso

ucs-c240-huu-2.0.8.iso

ucs-c220-huu-2.0.8.iso

ucs-c240m4-huu-2.0.8.iso

ucs-c220m4-huu-2.0.8.iso

ucs-c460m4-huu-2.0.8.iso

For release specific ISO versions, see Cisco UCS C-Series Integrated Management Controller Firmware Files, Release 2.0

Host Upgrade Utility

Unified Computing System (UCS) Drivers

ucs-cxxx-drivers.2.0.8.iso

Drivers

Unified Computing System (UCS) Utilities

ucs-cxxx-utils-efi.2.0.8.iso

ucs-cxxx-utils-linux.2.0.8.iso

ucs-cxxx-utils-vmware.2.0.8.iso

ucs-cxxx-utils-windows.2.0.8.iso

Utilities

CSCux62660

On the C220 M4 and C240 M4 servers, after running the system for about 24 hours across ten hosts, sometimes one of the ESXi hosts loses access to the SD card. On the UCS Manager the SD card statistics show a small number of read/write errors. This happens when the servers are running VMware ESXi 5.5 or 6.0 versions and booted from the SD card with FX3S mirroring and auto-sync enabled.

2.0(8g)

2.0(8h)

CSCuw44524

When using 2.06d for E7 V2 processors on the C460 M4 servers, while you perform a clear CMOS BIOS operation the following error may occur which eventually causes the server to reboot or crash: "System Software event: Memory sensor, Uncorrectable ECC error, DIMM socket 1, Channel A, Memory Riser 2, Processor Socket 1. was asserted"

2.0(6d)

2.0(8g)

CSCux13361

The SNMP version 3 engine ID value changes every time the Cisco IMC is factory reset or rebooted.

2.0(8d)

2.0(8g)

CSCuw80834

On the C220 M4 and C240 M4 servers, after upgrading from 2.0(4c) or 2.0(6f) versions to 2.0(8e) version, the following issues occur:

• On the PMCLI, the scope chassis > show detail command displays the following message: “ Firmware update required. Run update-all command”. This message continues to appear despite re-running the update-all command.
• On the Web UI, every time the host is powered off, the following pop-up message appears: “ There is an update available for chassis firmware, would you like to continue ”.

2.0(8e)

2.0(8g)

CSCuw64311

On the C240 M3 servers with 1200W or 1400W PSUs, the Cisco IMC System Event Logs report 'spurious PSU PIN' or 'VOUT sensors Upper Critical going high' messages.

2.0(8d)

2.0(8g)

CSCux01927

On the C220 M4 and C240 M4 servers installed with Cisco UCS VIC 1227T MLOM adapter, fan power policies do not work as expected.

2.0(8d)

2.0(8g)

CSCux20012

On the C220 M4 and the C240 M4 servers installed with a single CPU, a 'Missing CPU' error message is displayed. This causes the fans to run at maximum speed.

2.0(8d)

2.0(8g)

CSCuw75214

Upon updating the board controller firmware for some rack servers, a critical fault is reported in the UCS Manager that recommends a manual A/C power cycle of the server.

2.0(8d)

2.0(8e)

CSCuv66809

On the C220 M3/M4, and C240 M3/M4 servers, the Cisco IMC system event log (SEL) records critical events for the PIN and VOUT sensors intermittently but these events get cleared automatically.

2.0(3e)

2.0(8)

CSCuu93239

The XML monitoring service stops responding while using secure LDAPS (LDAP with encryption) due to a memory leak in the XML API request process.

2.0(3)

2.0(8)

CSCuv34876

The multi-service module (MSM) application on the Cisco 12 gigabyte modular SAS pass through controller receives an event notification stating the temperature sensor has crossed the threshold. This happens when the controller is subjected to a heavy I/O activity.

2.0(7)

2.0(8)

CSCuu13768

On the C240 M4 server, when you upgrade the Cisco IMC firmware using the Host Upgrade Utility, the RAID controllers become unresponsive due to corruption of the SAS expander.

2.2(1d)C

2.0(8)

CSCuu68723

On the C240 M4 server the Cisco IMC displays system log messages such as this:

These messages start and stop randomly.

2.0(3c)

2.0(8)

CSCut28670

vMedia fails to launch from a KVM window. This happens when a KVM based virtual media session is terminated from the Cisco UCS Manager > Cisco IMC sessions tab. The same window cannot be used to launch the virtual media again.

2.0(3c)

2.0(8)

CSCus87490

There is no option to create an SHA-2 algorithm for certificate signing requests.

2.0(1)

2.0(8)

CSCuv03847

On C220/C240 M3 systems with LSI 9271-8i controller, after upgrading the firmware to Release 2.0(4c) or 2.0(6d) with HUU update all, the virtual machines running on the ESXi OS become inaccessible. SUSE operating systems are also impacted and will not boot after upgrade.

2.0(4c)

2.0(8)

CSCus66995

On the C3160 server, the legacy BIOS boot order shows multiple entries for the same drive connected to the UCS-C3X60-HBA passthrough controller.

2.0(4c)

2.0(8)

CSCuu27177

On the Cisco UCSC RAID SAS 12G SAS Modular Raid Controller or the UCSC-MRAIDC460 card without a memory module attached, when you try to upgrade the LSI firmware with a 4 MB image, the upgrade fails despite the successful upgrade message.

2.0(4b)

2.0(8)

CSCur91921

9300-8e: Legacy Option ROM Exposes two paths for each drive.

2.0(4c)

2.0(8)

CSCur30030

BIOS screen becomes unresponsive when external storage is attached to 9300-8e with 9300-8i, and when both 9300-8i and 9300-8e cards are in single system with both cards having a minimum of 16 drives.

2.0(3f)

2.0(8)

CSCut01379

The Hide and Unhide function for the first virtual drive of the first drive group does not work as expected. This happens because the first virtual drive is set as ‘Boot Drive’.

2.0(7)

2.0(8)

CSCuu10407

The server boots to UEFI mode when UEFI secure boot is disabled, this happens when you disable the secure boot and try to choose the legacy boot mode.

2.0(4c)

2.0(8)

CSCup19899

Occasionally the host power status is not reflected in the KVM client power control menu. This occurs when Power ON or OFF is done through KVM client power control menu.

2.0(4c)

2.0(8)

CSCuu61885

On the C460 M4 servers, BIOS does not display the SAN boot device in the boot order and the system fails to boot to SAN when the boot order policy in the service profile is configured to boot from SAN. This happens when the network adapter is installed on any PCIe slots other than PCIe Slot 4.

2.0(6d)

2.0(8)

CSCuu71563

When C460 M4 servers with Qlogic 8362 adapter is managed by the UCS Manager, BIOS does not display the SAN boot device in the boot order and the system fails to boot to SAN when the boot order policy in the service profile is configured to boot from SAN. This happens when the network adapter is installed on any PCIe slots other than PCIe Slot 4.

2.0(6d)

2.0(8)

CSCuu04572

BIOS displays a PCI out of resources error after the BIOS F9-F10 (Load defaults-Save-Exit) with K40 GPU present on the server.

2.0(4c)

2.0(8)

CSCus87479

On the C460 M4 servers with v3 processors, Windows task manager displays incorrect number of cores and threads when you the CPU cores in the BIOS settings from a maximum number.

2.0(6d)

2.0(8)

CSCuu42569

On the C460 M4 servers, when you update BIOS with the CoherencySupport token in enabled state, the token may have changed to disabled state after the update. The change of CoherencySupport token to disabled, may also occur when CMOS is cleared or the BIOS defaults are loaded by pressing F9 in the BIOS Setup.

2.0(6d)

2.0(8)

CSCut94804

The external GPU slot ID is detected as an internal GPU slot ID. This happens when you swap internal and external slots between slot 2 and slot 5.

2.0(4c)

2.0(8)

CSCut28196

QPI Link Test on SCU fails with the following errors:

2.0(1)

2.0(8)

CSCuu12931

On the C220 M3 and C240 M3 systems, the BIOS recovery image is corrupt.

2.0(4c)

2.0(8)

CSCuu01218

On C240 M3 servers running on Cisco IMC 2.0(x) firmware, C240 M3 BIOS network interface Enumeration Ordering is incorrect with VMware 5.5 and later versions.

2.0(4c)

2.0(8)

CSCut94238

On the C220 M4 and C240 M4 servers, the performance of synthetic tools such as iometer is not optimum.

2.0(4c)

2.0(8)

CSCuq24230

On the C460 M4 server, the system does not correctly map the PXE boot devices in the actual boot order to the corresponding PXE boot device entries in Configured Boot Order. This happens while configuring the boot order using the Cisco IMC WebUI or CLI and when PXE boot device entries are created with Slot ID L1 or L2. It may result in the PXE boot devices not placed with the right priority in the actual boot order and may cause the system boot to an unintended device.

2.0(2c)

2.0(8)

CSCuq28807

Experiencing lower throughput, of around 25 Gbps, when there is data traffic between VMs on various servers with VIC 1285 adapter running on VMware ESXi 5.5 Update 1 or VMware ESXi 5.1 Update 2 operating systems. This happens when the VIC-1285 adapters of the servers are connected to 40 Gbps ports of Nexus 3000 or Nexus 6000 switches.

2.0(3d)

2.0(8)

CSCuu67294

Mounting HUU ISO from CIFS share fails when the CIFS share enables any other Windows security option other than ntlmssp.

2.0(6d)

2.0(8)

CSCuv59518

On the C3160 server, while downgrading firmware for all the components from Release 2.0(8) to 2.0(6d) or 2.0(4c), the SAS expander firmware downgrade fails.

2.0(4c)

2.0(8)

CSCut34246

On the C3160 server, you cannot disable auto-negotiation of the dedicated management port in order to configure speed and duplex.

2.0(4c)

2.0(8)

CSCuo13817

The Cisco IMC PCI adapter page displays the FLEX LOM card slot as MLOM but the Cisco VIC adapter page displays the same slot as SLOT 3 on C220 M4 server and SLOT 7 on C240 M4 server.

2.0(3d)

2.0(8)

CSCut22564

For the C240 M4 and C220 M4 servers, ME logs a critical event during memory domain power capping and the host powers down. This happens when you set the lowest memory domain power limiting value with the exception action as Alert or Shutdown and the correction time as 1 second.

2.0(4c)

2.0(8)

CSCus83839

Updating the firmware of the SAS Expanders on the C3160 server may fail, while updating the firmware using the HUU.

2.0(4c)

2.0(8)

CSCuu00789

Updating the firmware of the C240 M3 HDD fails when using 9286 CV-8e SAS card and updating the firmware using the HUU.

2.0(4c)

2.0(8)

CSCut50387

Updating the firmware of the Emulex adapter may fail, while updating the firmware using the HUU.

2.0(4c)

2.0(8)

CSCuu41730

The MSM discovery on the ESXi OS version 6.0 fails intermittently. This happens on this particular version of the OS.

2.0(6)

2.0(8)

CSCuu55488

On the C240 M4 server, the Cisco IMC Supervisor incorrectly reports the PSU power as "Off" and "Input" as 0 watts. This happens when the XML API reports incorrect values for the PSU.

2.0(3c)

2.0(8)

CSCul16923

The fault code F0181 is raised by CIMC when the local disk is removed while the rack server was in use. This fault is visible through CIMC WebUI, CLI and SNMP interfaces. But the same fault is not retrievable through the XMLAPI interface.

None.

1.5(4)

CSCuj40520

Upgrading firmware with Host Upgrade Utility (HUU) can cause temporary storage faults while the upgrade is in progress. These faults are benign and will clear once the upgrade is complete.

None.

1.5(4)

CSCuq23984

Cisco IMC does not respond during OOB update of utility virtual drives (SCU/HUU/Drivers) on flex flash.

It is recommended that host reboot actions are not performed while running OOB update of utility virtual drives on flex flash.

2.0(3d)

CSCuu38979

On the C3160 server, HUU may not discover or upgrade the SAS expander.

AC power cycle the server and then boot the HUU.

2.0(6d)

CSCuv63101

User gets logged out of the Web UI occasionally, after upgrading the Cisco IMC firmware from 2.0(6) to 2.0(8). This happens when browser cookies are not cleared.

Clear the browser cookies.

2.0(7)

CSCun00121

Cannot create boot option for partitions in SD card.

None.

2.0(1)

CSCul46981

On the C24 M3 server, hardware error messages such as the ones shown below are displayed while booting to Linux. This happens on unused CPU ports.

None. Ignore the error messages.

2.0(4c)

CSCul84767

The system locks up while running memtest86 from memtest.org.

The problem is seen only with memtest86 from memtest.org.

Do no use memtest86 from memtest.org on C460 M4.

Please use PassMark or any other memory test tools that have the support for IvyBridge EX platforms instead.

2.0(4c)

CSCum79756

On the C220 M3 server, occasionally you cannot select a boot device from F6 screen.

None.

2.0(1)

CSCum85447

The CDN feature for Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS does not work as expected on the LOM ports.

None.

2.0(4c)

CSCun02543

Port number attributes are missing in the actual boot order for the FC and FCOE cards.

None.

2.0(1)

CSCus51007

While installing VMware ESXi 5.5 Update 2 on Cisco FlexFlash, installation fails with the following error message: "Error: Can't have a partition outside the disk! Unable to read partition table for device"

Install VMware ESXi 5.5 Update 1 and then upgrade to update 2.

Or

Install VMware ESXi 5.5 Update 1, reboot the system and install ESXi 5.5 Update 2 for a clean installation.

Or

If it is a UCS Manager integrated UCS C-Series server then clean-up the FlexFlash and install VMware ESXi 5.5 Update 2.

2.0(3f)

CSCut92393

On the C240 M4 servers, on rare occasions, the Cisco 12 Gigabyte SAS Modular RAID Controller displays an error when you try deleting a virtual drive.

None.

2.0(6)

CSCuv34371

When creating new virtual drives of any RAID type, the write cache policy defaults to 'write through' even with a fully functional BBU or super-capacitor battery. When a BBU is present, the default write cache policy should be 'write back with good BBU'. This happens on the C240 M4 and C220 M4 servers with 12 gigabyte SAS mezzanine RAID controllers.

In the standalone mode, on the Ciso IMC storage tab of the Web UI, edit the virtual drive to set the write caching policy to 'write back with good BBU'. You can also modify the setting using the LSI command line option rom config utility.

2.0(3d)

CSCuv36714

The MegaRAID Storage Manager displays consistency check errors on RAID 1 volume in Windows. This happens when you try writing data to the drive 20 to 30 minutes after a consistency check (which appears to be normal).

This is a known Microsoft limitation. For more information, see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2713398

2.0(4c)

CSCuv04922

On the C240 M4 server, A "PCI Resource Error" message is seen with the Magma Chassis GPU Expander configuration due to a CPU I/O space limitation which supports a maximum of 64K. This happens when all or some of the PCI slots are occupied by different third party adapters.

For Nvidia Grid K1 configuration: (where one Nvidia Grid K1 is internally connected on the C240 M4, and two Nvidia Grid K1 adapters are externally connected through the Magma Chassis)

• Local Boot: Cisco 12 Gigabyte SAS Modular RAID controller (HBA slot), Intel I350 LOM (L slot), Nvidia Grid K1 (slot2), Magma Expander HBA (slot5), Teradici APEX2800(slot6), Fusion IO drive(slot4)
• iSCSI Boot: Intel i350 LOM (L slot), Nvidia Grid K1(slot2), Magma Expander HBA (slot5), Teradici APEX2800(slot6), Fusion IO drive(slot4)
• SAN Boot: CISCO VIC1227(MLOM), Nvidia GRID K1 (slot2), Magma Expander HBA (slot5), Teradici APEX2800(slot6), Fusion IO drive(slot4)

For Nvidia Grid K2 configuration: (where one Nvidia GridK2 is internally connected on the C240 M4, and four Nvidia Grid K2 adapters are externally connected through the Magma Chassis)

• Local Boot: CISCO 12G SAS Modular RAID controller (HBA slot),Intel I350 LOM (L slot), Nvidia GRID K2 (slot2), Magma Expander HBA (slot5), Teradici APEX2800(slot6), Fusion IO drive(slot4)
• iSCSI Boot: Intel i350 LOM(L slot), Nvidia Grid K2 (slot2), Magma Expander HBA (slot5), Teradici APEX2800(slot6), Fusion IO drive(slot4)
• SAN Boot: CISCO 1227 SAN (MLOM), Nvidia Grid K2 (slot2), Magma Expander HBA (slot5), Teradici APEX2800(slot6), Fusion IO drive(slot4)

2.0(4c)

CSCui64842

Hardware configuration settings of Broadcom 57810 adapters reset after firmware update. This issue happens on all 57810 adapters. The following settings are reset:

• DCB Protocol
• SRIOV
• Number of VFs per PF

Reconfigure the settings.

1.5(3)

CSCuu35160

While downgrading or upgrading LSI firmware, Cisco IMC log reports several CMD over OOB errors.

This is expected behavior and the error messages are due to the controller being briefly unresponsive on out-of-band during firmware update.

None.

2.0(3e)

CSCuu36101

MegaRAID card does not support raid level migration when the card has maximum allowed number of virtual drives created on it.

Note This is a limitation of the MegaRAID software stack that requires a temporary or ghost VD to do the RLM operation.

Do not create maximum number of allowed virtual drives.

2.0(6d)

CSCuu56903

Data traffic between VMs where the vNICs have the same uplink on VIC 1225, could not be switched upstream.

Assign vnic0,vnic1 pinned to Uplink-1 and vnic6,vnic7 to Uplink-2.

Note This may affect the physical uplink redundancy.

2.0(3e)

CSCut76388

For the C220 M4 and the C240 M4 servers, power consumption with 1400W PSUs fluctuates when power cap enabled and the power cap value is set towards a lower value within the allowed range.

Set a higher power cap value. For example, if the allowed power cap range is 350W-650W, then set a value higher than 500W.

2.0(4c)

CSCul29595

Mounting an ISO for Network ISO Boot or Firmware Update from a folder depth of 2 or more will result in an error.

Use a folder with single depth to mount the ISO.

1.5(3)

CSCuh52878

LSI Nytro MegaRAID8110 controllers do not show up in CIMC storage display

None. This is intentional behavior. Due to some differences in the display and management of Nytro controllers, their support will be added in a later CIMC release.

1.5(2)

CSCum58699

After you upgrade CIMC from version 1.4(5e) to 1.5(4) or higher, occasionally CIMC and the host fail to detect the HV partition of Flex Flash. This results in the system boot failure to ESX OS running on HV partition of Flex Flash.

Upgrade CIMC from 1.4(5e) to 1.5(2) and perform a reset of the Flex controller to load the latest firmware for Flex Flash. Then upgrade CIMC from 1.5(2) to 1.5(4) and perform a reset of the Flex controller which again loads the latest Flex Flash firmware. To perform the Reset of the flex controller, please refer to the User Guide.

1.5(4)

CSCum60563

Firmware version 1.5(4) does not recognize flex flash SD Card properly.

To recognize the SD card correctly, complete these steps:

1. Install the SD Card.

2. Downgrade the firmware to version 1.5(3d)

3. Synchronize the card with SCU

4. Upgrade the firmware to version 1.5(4).

1.5(4)

CSCuq39610

The following error appears while configuring SD cards:

ERROR_METADATA_EXSISTS

Remove and insert the SD card and re-configure. If the error persist, replace the SD card.

2.0(3d)

CSCug67576

CIMC CLI and WebUI allow provisioning of usNIC and VMFEX at the same time, but both features are not supported simultaneously.

Avoid provisioning usNIC and VMFEX at the same time. Use each feature one at the time.

1.5(3)

CSCue52142

Onboard network devices (LOM) does not get enabled on doing CMOS reset.

Rebooting the system again one more after CMOS clear will enable the onboard network devices.

1.5(7)

CSCti17492

When updating CIMC firmware through TFTP, if the image file is corrupted, the update status indicator is the same as if the file does not exist.

Be aware that this error message can actually indicate either of the above conditions and should make sure that the file both the exists, and is a valid firmware image for the CIMC being upgraded.

1.4(6)

CSCtz77929

The SEL event is not logged in the OS Watchdog timer expiration.

None.

1.4(6)

CSCui32274

UEFI PXE boot is not working in C-series servers.

None. This feature is currently not supported.

1.5(2)

CSCun02516

For Intel X520 cards the type of FC volumes are shown as ISCSI instead of SAN.

None.

2.0(1a)

CSCur74413

Watchdog timer policy values change while upgrading or downgrading the BIOS firmware between 2.0(3d) and 2.0(3f) versions.

Reset the values after the BIOS firmware upgrade or downgrade.

2.0(3d)

CSCuo11185

The UEK R3 or higher kernel does not boot, if the server has any one of the following adapters LPe11002, LPe12002, LPe16002, QLE2462, QLE2562, and QLE2762.

Disable the respective PCI slot where the EMULEX/QLogic adapter is present in the server using the BIOS Setup Menu. Save the settings and reboot the server.

2.0(1)

CSCut05524

TxT getting disabled after few reboots.

Use the TPM Clear command in the BIOS to reset the counter and start over again.

2.0(3e)

CSCuq72696

LEDs at the back of the C3160 server, next to the SSD drive slots, do not work. The SSD drives are connected to the SATA controller and configured in AHCI Mode. When the SSDs are accessed, there is the does not LED blink to indicate the IO activity on the SSD and also the Fault and Locate LED do not work.

Use the Intel RSTe driver for the supported Operating systems to operate the activity LEDs and use the Intel tools to use the Locate LED.

2.0(2c)

CSCus54600

LSI9271-8i shows Storage Controller Inoperable? fault in UCSM (PMU Fault present in event log)

Replace the LSI9271-8i adapter

2.0(3i)

CSCus68862

Ubuntu (all versions available today) does not have the inbox drivers for any of the IT-based adapters.

None

2.0(3d)

CSCud27042

RAID CD-ROM Drive appears in the Boot Options. Booting to this option will give blank screen.

This is an invalid option and is not usable and should be ignored.

1.5(1)

CSCut78400

Resetting a VIC adapter to default configuration, using the CLI command adapter-reset-defaults, may result in changing of the default MAC addresses. This may require configuration of the DHCP and OS to correct the changes to the default MAC addresses.

The occurs for releases 2.0(4) and later due to moving of the default MAC address range to address certain VIC relates issues.

None.

2.0(4c)

CSCue56950

In VIC 1225T, when the system is booted in the 1Gbps mode, the MAC sometimes does not detect the link. PHY seems to detect the link. But the MAC shows a link down error.

Reset the switch port. Both Phy and Mac will show the link as up after a switch port reset.

1.5(1)

CSCuj10535

CIMC Storage, Storage Log will list many "Unexpected sense: Encl PD 10 pathd7fe00bd, CDB: 1a 00 08 00 ff 00, Sense: 5/00/00". These same events will also show up in /var/log/messages file

VMware seems to treat all storage devices the same way, regardless of whether they are SAS disks or just enclosures. The messages you are seeing means that the host (ESX) was sending mode sense commands to the enclosure and the enclosure does not give a valid response because mode sense commands are not a command that should be sent to an enclosure. So the unexpected sense messages from the enclosure are benign info messages.

There is a way to "disconnect" the enclosure from the viewpoint of ESX. It should not have an adverse impact as the enclosure is not a usable storage device.

For now, you can try the following:

1. Open the ESX console.

2. Run this cmd: "esxcli storage core device list" and look for the device that has "Enclosure" in its name.

3. Note down it's identifier, usually starting with naa....

4. Run this cmd: "esxcli storage core device set --state=off ?d naa.x" but replace naa.x with the your device identifier.

This should eliminate the messages from the vmkernel.log and CIMC Storage log.

1.5(1)

CSCuq75761

During installation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, SAN LUNs mapped will not be visible. Server experiences kernel panic, when Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 OS is installed on local storage and a SAN LUN is mapped.

No workaround. A driver update disk may be available later to address this issue.

2.0(2c)

CSCuq43129

OL 5.9 and OL 5.10 operating systems do not recognize QLE2672 SAN LUN during installation.

None.

2.0(3d)

CSCuq60947

Citrix XenCenter 6.2 configured VM instances fails to boot when driver is passed and vGPU is disassociated.

Perform the following steps to disassociate vGPU from VM instance:

1. From the VM console, choose Start > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Device Manager > Display Adapters > Nvidia K1 or K2.

2. Right click and choose Uninstall.

3. Power off the VM from XenCenter console.

4. In th eXenCenter console, open VM Properties.

5. Right click the GPU in left column and choose GPU type: > None.

6. Boot up the VM.

2.0(3d)

CSCue76985

Occasionally WEB UI shows Reset link for UCS VIC P81E card.

None. Refresh the Web UI.

1.5(1)

CSCui82547

When AC Power is removed the following SEL logs may be recorded.

No work around required; this does not affect negatively operation of the unit.

1.5(2)

CSCuq99268

For the ESXi 5.5 and later updates, you can install the OS on a disk behind Cisco 9300 HBA using the native inbox driver (lsi-msgpt3). However, lsi_msgpt3 is not fully supported. Therefore it must be disabled and the async drivers must be installed.

After installing the OS, complete the following steps to install the mpt3sas drivers:

1. #esxcli software vib install -v file:/{FULL_PATH_TO_YOUR_VIB(...xxx.vib)}

2. Disable lsi-msgpt3 (native driver) using the following command: #esxcfg-module ?d lsi-msgpt3

3. If the system is restarted, as a rule, the mpt3sas driver should take over. Verify this using the following command: ~ # esxcli storage core adapter list:

4. If the driver name is still listed as lsi-msgpt3 for the above command, try removing (instead of disabling) lsi-msgpt3 using the following command: #esxcli software vib remove ?n lsi-msgpt3

5. Restart the system.

2.0(3d)

CSCup89033

The Power Monitoring graph is displayed on top of all pages if the Power Monitoring page is loading and you navigate to any other page.

Navigate back to the Power Monitoring page and wait till the page loads and then navigate to any other page.

2.0(3d)

CSCuq00837

On C220 M4 and C240 M4 servers, TPM fails to initialize after installing ESXi 5.1 U2 Patch 05, and enabling and activating TPM and TXT.

No workaround.

2.0(3d)

CSCuq04009

ESXi installer does not detect any SD card in xHCI mode.

Disable USB xHCI mode in the BIOS.

2.0(3d)

CSCuo28585

HII Drive Management and Enclosure Management menu displays only one port/connection (0-3) and not the other (4-7) when an expander is connected to a controller through two ports.

No workaround.

2.0(3d)

CSCuq14862

With inbox IGB driver in SLES 11 SP3, ethtool shows incorrect firmware version for Intel i350 LOM after installing the drivers for Intel i350 LOM from 2.0(3d) drivers ISO(5.2.5).

Update the igb version to 5.2.5. Unload and load the igb.

2.0(3d)

CSCuq24196

After installing the Windows Server 2012 to an iSCSI LUN, few network adapters display a yellow bang in the device manager (code 10) with the following description:

This occurs only on the NICs that are used for iSCSI boot.

Perform one of the following:

A hotfix is available for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. Run this fix in the Windows OS image and then perform iSCSI installs. For more information on the fix, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2822241

OR

Complete the following steps:

1. Un-install the drivers for the device which is showing yellow bang without deleting the device.

2. Re-install the drivers.

3. Restart the server.

2.0(3d)

CSCup82749

Windows 2K12 R2 iSCSI Boot with Intel i350 and Pinecrest adapters displays BSOD when it is installed using the inbox drivers.

While installing the W2K12 R2 iSCSI, skip the Intel drivers from the drivers ISO. Reboot the server once the installation is finished.

2.0(3d)

CSCuq92331

Bandwidth test fails while running synthetic benchmarks, like the nvqual. This happens when the processor power management is enabled.

Disable the processor power management option using the BIOS setup.

2.0(3e)

CSCuo05774

Setting the boot mode to UEFI or Legacy requires two reboots for the change to reflect.

Reboot the server twice.

2.0(3e)

CSCul04884

Server enters BIOS setup menu when the boot devices that are configured in the service profile are not found. This impacts only C-series servers that are managed by Cisco UCS Manager.

None.

2.0(3e)

CSCuj28644

UEFI PXE boot or UEFI iSCSI boot does not work when the boot mode is set to UEFI.

Use the legacy boot mode when using PXE or iSCSI boot.

2.0(3e)

CSCuo26946

When you upgrade from releases 1.5(x) to 2.0(x) or downgrade from 2.0(x) to 1.5(x) or migrate from legacy to precision boot order, and if the SD card has four partitions, BIOS boot order mismatch occurs for the SD cards.

No workaround. You have to re-configure the boot order.

2.0(3d)

CSCuq30109

The Cisco IMC bin file upgrade from release 1.5(x) to 2.0(3d) using Web UI fails in both C24 and C240 M3 with the following error message:

HTTP file Too big

To upgrade from 1.5(x) to 2.0(3d) use RemoteUpdate (TFTP/HTTP/SFTP) or HUU (recommended).

2.0(3d)

CSCuq32910

When the server boots with 2.0.3d release firmware, it fails to update the HUU firmware version and displays the current version of the Emulex OCe14102/Oce11102 as Not.

Reboot the server.

2.0(3d)

CSCup87719

i350 adapter with default factory configuration dispatches the boot protocol Option ROM only for the first port. It does not dispatch Option ROM for the remaining 3 ports of the i350 card.

Enable the boot option for required ports using boot Util.

2.0(3d)

CSCup49368

When you click Update All to upgrade from version 1.5.7 to 2.x using the Cisco Host Upgrade Utility the chassis firmware does not get updated.

Using the Web UI, complete these steps to upgrade the chassis firmware:

1. In the Navigation pane, click the Server tab.

2. On the Server tab, click Summary.

3. In the Actions area, click Power Off Server.

4. Click OK to power off the server and updates the system firmware.

Using the CLI, complete these steps to upgrade the chassis firmware:

1. Server# scope chassis

2. Server /chassis # scope firmware

3. Server /chassis/firmware # show detail

Firmware update required on some components, please run update-all (under chassis/firmware scope).

4. Server /chassis/firmware # update-all

2.0(1b)

CSCup58906

When you downgrade to 2.0(1a), Cisco IMC Web UI displays warning messages and critical events.

A/C Power cycle the sever.

2.0(1b)

CSCth84883

The LED sensor color is red or amber or blue (or any supported color) even though the LED state is set to OFF.

Ignore the LED color when the LED state is set to OFF.

2.0(1)

CSCtt08424

Cisco IMC power capping is not supported on VMware ESXi 5.0.

When Cisco IMC is upgraded to 1.4(2), the Cisco IMC will automatically disable power capping. Power capping must manually be re-enabled to use it.

2.0(1)

CSCun97225

When you downgrade from release 2.0(1a) to a 1.5(x) release, you see only seven platform event filters instead of 12 filters.

Restore factory default settings or run the Cisco OEM function command on the ipmitool raw 0x36 0x03 0xAA.

2.0(1)

CSCuo40835

When you downgrade from release 2.0(1a) to a 1.5(x) release, if you have set the SNMP port value to anything other than the default value (161), you cannot reset this number.

Before downgrading, set the SNMP port to 161 or after downgrading restore factory defaults.

2.0(1)

CSCun10320

Cannot upgrade Cisco IMC firmware version from 1.5(3d) to 2.0(1a) using FTP.

Use a browser or SCP client upgrade.

2.0(1)

CSCum70086

Downloaded DVR player fails to play offline for Java versions 6 and below on Windows OS.

Edit and update the script_win.bat file with the correct Java version.

2.0(1)

CSCun66062

While using the CLI to define the precision boot order, if multiple devices’ orders are changed by scoping to an individual device, the final order of the devices may not appear as what it was changed to.

Use the rearrange-boot-device command to set the boot order for multiple devices. Or use the Cisco IMC Web UI.

2.0(1)

CSCum26002

A delay occurs while pinging to check the connectivity to the DNS servers before a DDNS update is triggered.

You can manually check the connectivity to the preferred and alternate DNS servers for both the IPv4 and IPv6 addresses the using the ping option available in this release.

2.0(1)

CSCun11979

Cannot configure legacy boot order using the Cisco IMC Web UI.

Use CLI or XML API.

2.0(1)

CSCuo71634

After upgrading the Cisco IMC firmware and activating secure boot mode, when you immediately try to reboot Cisco IMC, it does not respond.

After the upgrade, reboot Cisco IMC after about 10 minutes.

2.0(1)

CSCug79131

Symptom Software RAID(SWRAID) setup option is visible in the BIOS setup menu for C24 M3 24 HDD Model Servers even though it is not supported feature in this model.

By default this option is set to disabled. Do not set this option to enable, as it would cause undefined behavior if set to enabled.

1.5(2)

CSCul62033

During heavy I/O transactions on the SD card, read errors may be seen in CIMC.

Use Cisco FlexFlash 3.0 cards

1.5(7)

CSCua94308

There is no CIMC notification of Closed Loop Thermal Throttling (CLTT) when it occurs. CLTT happens automatically when the DIMM temperature crosses the UC (upper critical) temperature.

None.

1.5(7)

CSCuo18891

UCScfg_X64.exe batch - ignore set t.txt command displays “Error: Invalid Number of Arguments” error message, when the input file is in Unicode format.

Use ANSI format input file. (

1.5(7)

CSCud84978

SEL has memory entries, but no entries are seen in the fault page. Cisco UCSM fault codes are unavailable for these SEL.

None. SEL has to be used to decode the memory related events.

1.5(1)

CSCun77988

After installation of ESXi in UEFI mode, the OS fails to boot up. The installation completes, but on the subsequent reboot, the server does not boot ESXi OS.

To resolve this issue, complete these steps:

1. Boot to Shell.

2. Determine fsxx (xx is where ESX is installed. It will be typically 0 i.e fs0:) This can be verified by using fsxx:\EFI\Boot\BOOTX64.EFI command.

3. To get the current list of EFI Boot options use, bcfg boot dump command.

Note Save the last boot number for further use.

4. Use the following command to add new Boot Option at position LAST_BOOT_NO + 1. Last parameter in quotes can be any description for this new Boot Option. This is displayed during BIOS F6 menu.

bcfg boot add LAST_BOOT_NO + 1 fsxx:\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI “UEFI: ESXi”

5. Make the newly created Boot Option for ESX as the first by using bcfg boot mv LAST_BOOT_NO + 4 1 command.

Reset the platform by issuing reset command at the shell. Press F6 when BIOS is booting to get into BIOS Boot Selection menu. Verify that newly created Boot Option is displayed. Select this and boot to ESX.

1.5(7)

CSCuo39368

Nvidia GPU cards non functional or erratic behavior on system beyond 1 TB of memory.

This is an Nvidia GPU limiation due to 40 bit addressing on the GPU's. The memory should be 1 TB or less for the GPU's to be functional.

1.5(7)

CSCue88244

Prepare for removal prepares a Hard drive for removal but LED on the HDD does not blink AMBER to indicate the drive is ready to be replaced. This happens only on direct connect C260 M3 configurations.

None.

1.5(4)

CSCui29979

BBU Charging Status shows either Charging or Discharging all the time. This could lead to confusion to customers as Charging or Discharging indicate that battery is not in optimal state.

Customers should use the BBU Status field to determine if the battery is in optimal state. If the BBU status is optimal, it will indicate a good battery. If the BBU status indicates battery needs replacement, then the BBU is bad and needs to be replaced. Charging Status is working as designed and will always indicate Charging or Discharging because Firmware keeps checking the battery charge and ensures that the charge does not fall below the band gap. It charges the battery when it is in lower limits and once it reaches the upper limit of the band, it will stop charging. There can be leakage current which can discharge the battery and bring it back to lower threshold. When this happens, the firmware initiates charging.

1.5(2)

CSCul36732

SAN boot using Emulex adapters may fail on C-series servers managed by Cisco UCS Manager. This behavior occurs only on servers managed by Cisco UCS Manager.

During the BIOS post, press the hotkey to enter the Emulex Option ROM configuration screen and enable "EDD", save and exit.

1.5(4)

CSCub21433

UEFI OS install is not supported on Software RAID (Onboard SCU controller).

None. Use legacy mode OS installs when using Software RAID.

1.5(4)

CSCtz11862

Continuous beep sound is heard when the system is switched on.

Do not switch on the CIMC and the host simultaneously. Switch on the host 3 minutes after switching on the power supply.

1.5(4)

CSCuj89681

After moving an SD card to the single partition mode, if you downgrade to releases prior to 1.5(4x), all 4 partitions are visible in the WebUI/CLI.

None.

1.5(4)

CSCuj84718

SD card partition sizes appear as trash values for SCU,HUU and drivers during downgrade.

Upgrade to release 1.5(4x) and create a single partition, and then downgrade to a prior release. The partition sizes then appear to be 2097151 MB.

1.5(4)

CSCuj67995

Changing multiple configuration with Port parameter fails from CIMC configuration only.

Complete the following steps:

1. Set the mode to Dedicated and the redundancy to None.

2. Save the changes to the system.

3. Set the auto-negotiation field to Yes.

1.5(4)

CSCuj52943

In the transition from 4 partition configuration to a single partition, only configuration details are modified. Data on the SD remains intact. So after migrating to a single partition (HV), the HV partition will retain SCU data only if SCU has a valid file system during configuration migration.

After migrating to a single partition (HV) configuration, format and install the required OS on the HV partition.

1.5(4)

CSCul50285

ucs-c220-m3 /bios/advanced #

Use the following process:

Do you want to reboot the system?[y|N]

1.5(4)

CSCue10121

The PWRGD Sensor's Normal events are logged in the SEL during the CIMC boot and Host boot.

These are expected events and can be ignored.

1.5(4)

CSCuj41445

Auto complete for few fields is done.

Upgrade to 1.5(x) build.

1.5(4)

CSCud17092

Occasionally after a CIMC upgrade, one may see an error dialog box "Error: Unexpected error" in Web UI on main page upon the very first login. The Storage data may also be blank or invalid. Sometimes occurs during the very first login after a CIMC upgrade. It may be related to upgrade from 1.4x to 1.5.

Logging out and back in will fix it, but probably just because it takes time; therefore, just waiting a few minutes and refreshing the WebUI may fix the problem, also.

1.5(4)

CSCul56178

CIMC limits the configurable VNICs, and usNICs to 229.

None. The remaining vnics are reserved for the internal adapter usage. Of these remaining vNICs, 4 are mandatory- 2 eNICss, and 2 fNICs. When you configure 16 vNICs (including the 2 mandatory eNICs), you are left with 229-2(fNICs)-16(eNICs)= 211 usNICs.

1.5(4)

CSCuj83316

The battery is in a degraded state because it requires a manual (user initiated) relearn cycle.This is required of batteries that have been in use for over 1 year to accurately measure the battery's remaining capacity.

A manual (deep cycle) relearn must be started by the user. This can be done via the MegaCLI utility or from the Storage tab of the server CIMC. A relearn can take several hours and up to a day to complete. It the battery still has sufficient capacity after the relearn is complete, it will go to optimal state and the VDs will switch back to WriteBack mode if that is how they configured prior to the relearn.

1.5(4)

CSCtx16030

The WebUI DIMM "Operability" field in the memory inventory does not indicate failed DIMMs correctly.

The issue is observed only in the memory inventory reported by the WebUI. The BIOS reports the DIMM status properly in the BIOS Setup. So, if WebUI shows any DIMM as Inoperable, please check the status of all DIMMs on all the memory risers at Advanced -> Memory Configuration page of the BIOS Setup to get the correct status on the DIMMs.

1.5(4)

CSCui82263

Downgrading from release version 1.5(3) to 1.5(1) release version does not throw an error in Host Upgrade Utility.

This is not an issue. Though an error is not reported, the update will not proceed.

1.5(3)

CSCuf52723

C240 M3 does not power up after firmware upgrade to 1.5(1B). While upgrading via HUU from firmware 1.4(6c) to 1.5(1b), HUU did not upgrade CIMC to 1.5(1b) even though it reported as successfully completed.

Manually force CIMC and BIOS update to fix it.

1.5(2)

CSCug78887

Base Distinguished Name (base-dn) parameter syntax is different in new LDAP implementation.

Use the following syntax:

instead of

/ldap # set base-dn Scom.msdn.com

1.5(2)

CSCuh71550

With Windows Active Directory, the child domain user login will fail with partial login name.

Provide fully qualified login name to make it work.

1.5(2)

CSCuh39061

Intel VTD and ATS are required BIOS setting for usNIC. However, there is no warning message in CIMC if these parameters are not enabled when usNIC is configured.

Make sure Intel VTD and ATS are enabled in BIOS setting when usNIC is configured.

1.5(2)

CSCuf08450

When upgrading the C24 M3 from 1.4.7a to 1.4.7f using the HUU (option to upgrade all), the servers fans run at almost double the speed they were running at on 1.4.7a.

None

1.5(2)

CSCug65160

Sometimes, a VIC link on a SFP+ copper cable goes down after a VIC reboot or CIMC reboot. Cables whose serial number starts with MOC1238 through MOC1309 could be affected.

AC power cycle the chassis to recover.

1.5(2)

CSCtx43305

The PSU firmware revision may only be partially available when the PSU does not have AC power.

Connect the AC power to the PSU. The full firmware revision will be available.

1.5(2)

CSCue10144

When booting a Cisco C22x or C24x server, RAID levels are displayed when loading the LSI Option ROM. However, not all supported RAID levels are displayed.

This is done to distinguish between different 9240 controllers. Some of them support RAID5, and some do not. There are 2 products under the same 9240 name. However, there is not enough space in the name field to list every possible RAID level supported. This is why a partial list of RAID levels is displayed.

1.5(2)

CSCug95648

BBU charging status always shows as Charging and percentage of charging never reaches to 100%. It always shows 67%.

This is the new change in the firmware. The Battery re-learn cycle is completed successfully and battery is charged back to 67% which is in the band gap where charging will be stopped by LSI firmware and battery will be declared optimal. This is the charge needed to retain data upto 48 hours. The Charging Status showing "Charging" as there will be some leakages and battery will slowly loose charge and hence the battery will be charging.

1.5(2)

CSCuh82265

BBU status is showing as discharging and the charge % is stuck at 64%. Battery replacement alerts on the server. Server is showing battery discharging and there is a moderate alert which says Status: Learning Cycle Needed?

None

1.5(2)

CSCud13257

Hang occurs when using 64-bit MSM 12.08.03.03.

Use 32 bit version of MSM.

1.5(2)

CSCui09482

Firmware Update on Emulex LPe16002 will fail when tried from HUU on certain servers.

Emulex LPe16002 is already at the same firmware level of what HUU is carrying. So effectively an update is not needed. alternatively move the card to another server and try update.

1.5(2)

CSCug37639

When doing a MIB walk on several MIBs, they give a "No more variables left in this MIB View (It is past the end of the MIB tree)" error at the end. Failing MIBs: snmpVacmMIB

Sample good output:

Notice MIB ends cleanly, and there is no error

** Sample bad output:

To have, "No more variables left in this MIB View" when there are more mibs left to walk.

The final oid seen is 1.3.6.1.6.3.16.1.5.2.1.6, and within the error-status of the get-response packet, we get noSuchName(2), and this should be noError(0).

None.

1.5(2)

CSCuc19323

Sometime with Windows 2008 and IE 8.0 CIMC WEB UI login prompt will not be seen

Add CIMC IP to IE 8.0 trusted sites list. In the Internet Explorer browser window, select Tools -> Internet options -> Security -> Trusted Sites -> Sites -> Add

1.4(7)

CSCuh76949

After clicking on "Add Exception", user is prompted with a window which says "certificate is valid" and the "Confirm Security Exception" button is greyed out.

Clear the cache or refresh multiple times the issue will be resolved.

1.5(2)

CSCuf53059

FlexFlash operational profile is not preserved on downgrade from 1.5(1x), resulting in all FlexFlash partitions being visible to the operating system.

Set the operational profile again after downgrade.

1.5(1f)

CSCuf02487

Creating RAID volumes from Intel RSTe software RAID Option ROM (Control-I) is not supported.

Use LSI software RAID, LSI hardware RAID, or OS SW RAID.

1.5(1f)

CSCue72256

Hard drive Critical events are seen in SEL during server bootup when using Intel RSTe.

This is not a real hard drive fault. The HDD Critical events reported becomes normal after system boots up and can be ignored. If real HDD fault, then Critical event generated on HDD will be persistent and does not indicate normal even after server has booted up and in this case, user need to take action to replace that HDD.

1.5(1f)

CSCuc75369

LSI Web BIOS may not launch on pressing Ctrl+H.

During BIOS post, press F6 to bringup the boot override list and select the appropriate entry to launch the web bios.

1.5(1)

CSCuc60934

BIOS Boot order is getting changed when a virtual media device is mounted and unmounted through CIMC WebUI vKVM console or CIMC CLI.

After unmounting the virtual media device, restore the boot order by re-configuring the boot order through either BIOS Setup or CIMC.

1.5(1)

CSCtf54851

Serial port B cannot be enabled for console redirection in the Server Management —> Console Redirection page of the BIOS setup.

Serial port B is primarily used for SOL functionality. The BIOS will start redirecting console messages to serial port B if SOL is enabled. You should enable SOL through BMC to get console redirection messages through serial port B.

1.5(1)

CSCth71350

If the current CIMC networking mode is shipping mode, then the BIOS F8 CIMC configuration utility does not allow a new networking mode and IP address to be set at the same time.

Set the new networking mode, save, then set the new IP address and save again.

1.5(1)

CSCtq84425

When BIOS console redirection is enabled, the keyboard can stop working in the Broadcom PCIe Option ROM at some baud rates.

Disable the BIOS console redirection.

1.5(1)

CSCtx27907

Occasionally, when BIOS starts, the following message is displayed:

Error on Getting Cisco IMC IP/MAC Address.

This message can be ignored.

1.5(1)

CSCtx92042

When Broadcom 5709 Gigabit Ethernet adapter is plugged into one of the PCIE slots, the server gets stuck at the BIOS post screen during the booting process.

Upgrade the firmware on the Broadcom 5709 Gigabit Ethernet adapter to version 5.2.7 or later.

1.5(1)

CSCtr93601

BIOS downgrade using the iFlash32 utility, from 1.4.x to the older version 1.2.x fails.

Use the startup.nsh script available in the 1.2.x container for the downgrade. This script will execute the BIOS downgrade successfully.

1.5(1)

CSCuf05110

CIMC CLI does not report PID of HDD when using Intel RSTe.

None

1.5(1)

CSCue54670

For a server with Virident card (or any card for which fan control has specific modifications), if CIMC is reset to factory defaults when host is on, then the fan control will go back non-card specific settings. This might imply lower fan speeds and can cause heating up of cards if there are cards present that require higher fan speeds (ex: Virident FlashMaxII card). This is because information about cards is available to CIMC from host, and when a factory default is done, this information is erased.

Reboot the host, so that CIMC can get card specific information and bump up fan speeds as required.

1.5(1)

CSCtg92856

When you power on the chassis with some PS power cables disconnected, the system health LED on the front panel stays green, though some power supplies have no input voltage.

Connect all cables from APC power to the power supply securely.

1.5(1)

CSCtz52715

USB Key which is inserted on a Mac can be forced to be read-only.

Mac users must unmount the removable drive before mapping.

1. Run the following command from the command line interface:

diskutil unmount /Volumes/<Volume name>

2. In the KVM/vMedia client, clear the Read Only checkbox. At this point, the user may be prompted asking if they wish to stop automatic mounting of the drive. Click Yes.

3. Proceed with mapping the drive.

These steps are time-sensitive, as the Mac OS is aggressive about re-mounting drives that have been unmounted. If the drive does get re-mounted by the OS before completing the steps, repeat the steps.

Alternatively, unmap the USB stick, use the Finder to eject the device, wait for the device to disappear from the vMedia Client view, and then physically remove and re-insert it while the vMedia session is running. As above, click Yes to the questions asking about preventing automatic mounting of the drive.

1.5(1)

CSCua63839

On some Macs with spaces enabled, the vKVM popup notification that the session has ended can not be closed because trying to click the button causes the focus to move away from the space with the popup.

Move the vKVM main window to the same space with the popup notifier. Then, the popup can be dismissed by clicking on the button.

1.5(1)

CSCtr37876

SNMPv1 traps are sent when SNMPv2 and SNMPv3 traps are enabled.

None.

1.5(1)

CSCtx00839

The KVM screen displays a blank screen.

Use the physical monitor to change the screen resolution. The following resolutions are supported:

• 640x480 (8bpp)
• 800x600 (8bpp)
• 1024x768 (8bpp)
• 1280x1024 (8bpp)
• 1600x1200 (8bpp)
• 1920x1080 (8bpp)
• 1920x1200 (8bpp)
• 640x480 (16bpp)
• 800x600 (16bpp)
• 1024x768 (16bpp)
• 1280x1024 (16bpp)
• 1600x1200 (16bpp)
• 1920x1080 (16bpp)
• 1920x1200 (16bpp)
• 640x480 (24bpp)
• 800x600 (24bpp)
• 1024x768 (24bpp)
• 1280x1024 (24bpp)
• 640x480 (32bpp)
• 800x600 (32bpp)
• 1024x768 (32bpp)
• 1280x1024 (32bpp)

1.5(1)

CSCtx88183

After firmware updates, the CIMC Web GUI and CLI might not display the Virtual Drive Information under the Virtual Drive tab and might display the Virtual Drive count as zero even though the Virtual Drive tab displays the list of virtual drives present in the system.

Restart the Cisco IMC.

1.5(1)

CSCty58229

The SNMP Hard Disk Inventory starts numbering with 0 while the CIMC HDD sensor starts with 1.

None. This symptom occurs because the SNMP Hard disk inventory matches with the storage inventory and both starts with index 0. The hard disk sensor numbering starts with 1 because it matches with the label in the SKU. You need to be aware of the difference and map it accordingly while browsing for a specific HDD detail across sensors and storage inventory.

1.5(1)

CSCty60975

The HDD presence cannot be viewed through SNMP.

Use either alternate interfaces or do SNMP query again for the HDD inventory after the action.

1.5(1)

CSCua11831

Duplicate SNMP traps are obtained when you insert Fan 2,4 and 5 in Cisco C22.

None.

1.5(1)

CSCuc87936

“Unable to communicate with FlexFlash” error message is seen after downgrading CIMC to version 1.4.

User should select the Reset Flex Controller button twice if the SD card is of type SD253. If not, select the button only once.

1.5(1)

CSCuc52172

When multiple Intel network adapters are present and you enter the iSCSI configuration from one card, it allows you to change the configuration on all Intel cards. After the change, when one of the cards is removed, it appears that the Option ROM of the remaining cards is overwritten by the card that was removed.

Enter the iSCSI configuration of the card that must be modified. Do not modify other cards when they are visible. This issue is only with iSCSI configuration and not with PXE configuration.

1.5(1)

CSCtg25373

If the number of Virtual Drives created in the LSI MegaRAID controller is greater than or equal to 50, the system will not boot from any of these Virtual Drives.

None. The system boots from MegaRAID Virtual Drives only if the number of Virtual Drives are lesser than or equal to 49.

1.5(1)

CSCua03604

RHEL 6.2 Install to iSCSI target hangs when 2008 MEZZ card Option ROM is disabled on C220/C240 M3 servers.

2008 LSI OPROM must always be enabled in System BIOS when it is present in the server. If users want to disable it, then during OS Installs, depending on the OS, they would need to blacklist the LSI MegaRAID driver for the 2008 MEZZ card so that system will not hang during install.

1.5(1)

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The following error message is displayed in some LSI RAID controllers when you navigate to Cisco IMC > Inventory > Storage > Battery Backup Unit.

The server did not have BBU installed on it and it should have confirmed the absence of the unit.

None. This issue is currently under investigation.

1.5(1)

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Printing from Web UI is not supported.

Print a screenshot of Web UI.

1.5(1)

CSCun24570

Unable to set all numeric CN from the WebUI.

Update the CN from CLI

1.4(3)

CSCuu49659

On the C3160 server, the SAS Expander displays a firmware assertion error and hangs. This happens for no specific reason.

AC power cycle the chassis.

2.0(8)

CSCuv53427

On the C3160 server, the Cisco IMC infrequently reports one or more fans as being absent momentarily. However, several seconds later it reports the fans as being present again. This happens on any system operating for a considerable amount of time.

None.

2.0(8)

CSCuv67943

On the C3160 server, the MSM Application displays a pop-up message reporting a defective slot. However, the error is displayed for one slot number below it.

For instance, if slot number 31 is a defective slot, the error displays slot 30 as the defective slot.

Add a single number to the error message to view the correct slot number.

2.0(8)

CSCuv45574

On C220/C240 M3 systems with LSI 9271-8i controller, after downgrading the firmware to Release 2.0(3f) or lower with HUU update all, the virtual machines running on the ESXi OS become inaccessible. SUSE operating systems are also impacted and will not boot after upgrade.

See the following VMware knowledge base:

http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1011387

2.0(4c)

CSCuv92501

The Cisco 12 gigabyte modular SAS passthrough controller reports the enclosure temperature crossing the critical threshold in MSM for some configurations. This issue occurs on the C240 M4 server with 24 hard disk drives connected to the passthrough controller. The issue occurs only when the IO is run for more than 24 hours on all the HDDs simultaneously, and if the MSM is installed on the setup.

None.

2.0(8)

CSCuu86314

On M4 servers, the iMR (Zero-memory) RAID Controller supports up to 32 virtual drives, but the command to create virtual drives in a single drive group allows only 16 virtual drives.

None. The RAID controller supports 32 virtual drives across all drive groups and only 16 drives in a single drive group.

2.0(6)

CSCuv03959

If you attempt to abort a RAID 10 volume consistency check that has been running for a very long time, the system becomes unresponsive.

None.

1.5(7)

CSCuv66192

On the C3160 server, the dedicated mode network port speed setting of 10Mbps is not available, thus affecting auto-negotiation of port speed. This happens when network switches are only capable of 10Mbps and not compatible with cards supporting 100/1000Mbps speeds.

Use the latest switch available. Older switches support 10 Mbps. However, recent switches support fast Ethernet (100Mbps) and Gigabit Ethernet (1000Mbps) speeds.

2.0.7(a)

CSCuv41113

The Windows server 2012 R2 is unresponsive when you install or boot a pre-installed image on a TXT enabled C460 M4 server. This happens only when TXT is enabled using BIOS.

None.

2.0(7)

CSCuv82922

You cannot disable the drive security from the Human Interface Infrastructure (HII) of MSM on the C220 M4 BIOS. This happens with the self-encrypting drives on the C220 M4.

Use the keys Ctrl + R on the legacy BIOS setup to disable security.

2.0(8)

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On the C240 M4 server, the MegaRAID Storage Manager displays the error “ Temperature sensor above error threshold on “Enclosure: 2 " after 24 hours, during a 48-hour read/write operation on the LSI9300-8E adapter. This happens even when there is no enclosure present.

None. Ignore the false alarm.

2.0(8)

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The MegaRAID Storage Manager fails to detect a new 6TB HGST drive with yellow amber LED. This happens when the drive is corrupted and displays an SAS link failure.

None.

2.0(8)

CSCuv96372

There is no way to specify the number of virtual machine queues (VMQ) on a standalone server.

Set the number of VMQs using this formula: VMQ = Transmit Queue + Receive Queue + Two Interrupt Queues. For instance, if the TQ and RQ are set at 1 each, the Interrupt Queue should be set as 4.

2.0(6d)

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On the C240 M4 server, installation of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux fails on the Seagate 1.8TB 4K Drive.

None. See the following knowledge base:

https://access.redhat.com/solutions/1199273

2.0(4c)

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Unencrypted KVM session Remember this configuration for future sessions does not work as expected. While trying to launch the KVM console of a sever for the first time, the KVM client prompts you to accept an unencrypted session after you accept the Remember this configuration for future sessions prompt, and instead of launching the KVM console, launches another KVM console from the same client machine to the same server.

Accept the prompt Remember the configuration for future sessions, close the first KVM console, and then launch another KVM console for the same server.

2.0(6d)

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The DIMM temperature sensors are not displayed in the Web UI or CLI interfaces.

No workaround. However, use raw IPMI commands to access these sensor readings, which are located in the Cisco Extended SDR.

2.0(4c)

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Certain long running operation data may show erroneous data.

In other words, it may indicate that an operation is currently running when it is not. For example, the consistency check operation shows 0% progress and is stuck at that status.

This problem can occur at any time, but commonly it has been seen after doing a CIMC upgrade.

There is no known way to clear the data.

To verify that the data is erroneous, use an LSI tool such as WebBios or MegaCli to see if an operation is in progress.

2.0(4c)

CSCus20952

Unable to map scriptable (local) vMedia when using IPv6.

Using hostname of the IPv6 file server during mapping scriptable vMedia causes name resolution to fail and result in failure to map the remote file.

Use IPv6 address of the file server instead of hostname.

2.0(4c)

CSCuo08591

System becomes unresponsive in the POST after the SD card removal when the host is powered on.

1. AC cycle the system after removing the SD card.

2. Reinsert the SD card.

2.0(4c)

CSCut07986

OS fails to boot with max VD count (i.e 64) created in LSI controllers.

This issue would happen with the Servers configured with max number of VD count in LSI controller. in

Please create lesser than 32 VD count in the LSI controller

2.0(4c)

CSCut37666

In the JBOD mode, after creating the precision boot order for the HDDs connected to the Cisco 12G Modular SAS Pass through controller, the HDDs do not appear in the created order.

This issue applies to LSI controllers with JBOD capability.

Use F6/Setup Boot order control for controlling the System boot order

2.0(4c)

CSCun71765

The 10GE LOM port (X540 based) flaps when the host reboots while the CIMC is in Shared LOM 10G network mode.

This event may drop connections to the CIMC including the Virtual Media and vKVM.

• CIMC network mode is ?Shared LOM 10G?
• Host reset 10GE LOM PHY. Usually happens on host reboot, driver load/unload or speed change

Do not use Shared LOM 10G network mode if using Virtual Media or vKVM during host boot.

2.0(4c)

CSCut95181

Downgrading of the Emulex LPe16002 firmware from 2.0(4) to 2.0(3) fails while trying download using the HUU.

Reboot HUU.

2.0(4c)

CSCus94537

HDD firmware update using HUU takes time as the HDD firmware is updated sequentially. This increases the time to upgrade a server which has many HDD

None

2.0(3d)

CSCum87051

Random behavior of system freeze at boot @ BIOS POST screen for around 2 minutes followed by "Waiting for Battery Pack" message on LSI Ctrl-R BIOS for another 2 minutes.

This only happens if there is a learn cycle pending for the supercap and the host is restarted (either AC/DC/reboot). At all other reboot/power cycle, this does not happen.

There is no work-around at this time.

2.0(4c)

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CIMC storage BBU info shows the Pack Energy value below the design capacity. This is also seen in the storcli /cX /cv show all command.

On the current shipping 6G SAS RAID Controllers with Supercap, the Pack energy is always above the design capacity.

This is a change in behavior confuses the user and makes the user think the supercap has or is going bad and gets a worrisome situation of the data integrity.

There is no work-around at this time.

This is just a display issue and does not impact the actual functionality or data integrity.

2.0(4c)

CSCun50408

Creating VD from StorCli and WebBIOS, the default disk policy shown after creation is inconsistent in different UI.

MegaRAID Storage Manager shows Unchanged and StorCli shows "Disk's default"

None.

Both Unchanged and Disk's Default means the same in this case. Cisco supported Drives have disk cache policy = Disabled so in this case the Disk's Default or Unchanged refer to the same indicating the Disk cache is disabled.

2.0(4c)

CSCup32415

This is applicable to some JBOD Enclosures connected to LSI9300-8E adapter

When the SAS Cable connected to the enclosure is plugged-out, the MSM Application and any other controlling application (SAS3Flash) accessing the LSI9300-8e adapter hang/freeze.

Reboot the system to recover from the situation if & when the application access is required

Since there is no impact to the I/O to the enclosure (via other paths/cable), reboot is not a must unless application view/access is required.

2.0(4c)

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LSI applications such as StorCli and MSM and CIMC Storage management allows JBOD with Operating system or File system to be converted to Unconfigured Good drives without meaningful error message indicating there could be data loss in such cases.

Users should be aware that there is going to be data loss when JBOD which has OS or File system is converted to Unconfigured Good. LSI Applications like MSM and StorCli prompt users with "Are you sure" message so users need to be careful to understand there will be data loss in such cases if they chose to convert JBOD with OS or File system to Unconfigured good drives.

CIMC storage management allows JBOD to be converted to Unconfigured Good without any Warning Pop-Up message. Again users need to be make sure that there is no OS or Filesystem when they choose to convert JBOD to Unconfigured Good drives.

2.0(4c)

CSCuu16195

Latency errors seen on VMware with RAID5 when CC runs in the background.

Disable CC using the storcli command.

2.0(4c)

CSCuo96421

Changing the physical drives that are in hot spares or online states to unconfigured good fails with an error message.

Select physical drives that are in JBOD state, if you want to change to unconfigured good.

2.0(2c)

CSCuq56061

The WebUI stops responding when BIOS/CMC is updated using Internet Explorer 10.0 browser client.

Launch the WebUI using any other version of Internet Explorer other than 10.0 or use any other browser client.

2.0(2c)

CSCuq15528

In the legacy boot mode, a few boot options do not appear in the menu or boot override page. This is an intermittent issue and happens when there are multiple boot options with SATA/RAID connected and UEFI boot options are disabled in the boot options.

If you want to boot from a particular option which does not appear on the menu or the override options, run the policy from Cisco IMC.

Or.

Press F2 and set the device as the first boot device. All the devices will be listed correctly on the boot options page.

2.0(2c)

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You may see intermittent I/O timeout when the virtual drives are configured in Cached-IO mode. This is limited to virtual RAID volumes created in Cached-IO mode to take full advantage of the RAID Cache and to reduce the drive speed overhead and keep using slow drives. When the virtual drives are created in the Cached-IO mode set, and since the virtual drives are inconsistent, background initialization happens to make the virtual drives consistent. At this time, if the host I/Os are issued to load the drives and RAID cache in full load, the I/Os are blocked for short intervals which exceed the host OS expectations of the I/O time and they timeout.

1. Perform a full init of the VD when created.

2. Set the host or application I/O timeout to a higher value.

2.0(2c)

CSCun63438

If the host I/Os are at high loads with continuous write access to the drives, the completion time for the background operations exceeds a month.

Increase the background operation rate to 100%. This reduces the operation time.

2.0(2c)

CSCur36216

On the C240 M4 servers, HII may not work on the 9300-8e and 9300-8e controllers and may result in changing the OpROM settings when one of the controller’s slot is set to UEFI Only mode and the other to Enabled or Legacy mode.

Set both controller slots to UEFI Only in the LOM and PCIe Slots Configuration settings.

2.0(3f)

CSCup71624

The server resets during RHEL 7.0 OS installation in QLE2462 SAN Target.

None.

2.0(3d)

CSCuq11190

Slow network performance between VMs in OVM 3.3.1.

None.

2.0(3d)

CSCup56423

Actual boot order does not have the information to identify which LUN is assigned to LSI sSATA, LSI SATA, and different HDDs in AHCI mode.

Set the ROM mode option to UEFI only.

2.0(3d)

CSCup51154

The HII interface for 9300 is blank when 9300 external LSI adapter is present and ROM mode option is enabled.

None.

2.0(3d)

CSCuq35131

Correctable error is sometimes displayed in SEL after installing the device driver for the Nvidia K40 adapters.

Reboot the server.

2.0(3d)

CSCun24358

C220 M4 and C240 M4 servers do not reboot on pressing F10 after changing the adapter settings using HII interface from BIOS setup. The servers continues to boot and the new settings do not take effect.

Manually reboot the servers.

2.0(3d)

CSCuq15093

Unable to choose the EFI boot options using the PCHStorage policy device from Cisco IMC, when BIOS boot mode is in EFI and EFI OS is installed in any of the SATA drives.

Press F6 to choose the required EFI boot option to boot from.

2.0(3d)

CSCuj36245

After restoring to factory defaults, when you import the BIOS tokens on the target machine, the values remain unchanged.

Power on the target machine and try the import operation after the BIOS post is completed.

2.0(1)

CSCun73331

After AC power cycle of the Cisco IMC, the cucsEquipmentPsuTable table does not display the correct values.

Save changes on the SNMP configuration screen using the Cisco IMC Web UI.

2.0(1)

CSCun99348

When virtual KVM is disabled, the Play Recording action on the Troubleshooting screen fails.

Enable Virtual KVM on the Remote Presence tab.

2.0(1)

CSCun99297

Cannot select specific USB thumb drive under boot option priorities.

UseF6 from the boot selection menu to select specific USB drives.

2.0(1)

CSCun91835

Boot order varies when enabling or disabling the Option ROM.

None.

2.0(1)

CSCuc72251

When using the CLI with the create-virtual-drive command, entering incorrect parameters for Physical drive slot number, such as like, exit, quit, is not flagged as an error.

Enter the listed physical drive slot numbers for Virtual drive creation.

1.5(1)

CSCuc98444

In the CLI, the create-virtual-drive command in the virtual drive scope does not display the largest possible size of the virtual drive being created.

Use the WebUI to create virtual drives from unused physical drives if a maximum-size VD is desired.

1.5(1)

CSCue00749

When a RAID controller cannot load its drive configuration, no fault is generated.

Check manually whether drive configuration has been lost.

1.5(1)

CSCud18756

LSI storage controllers with external ports (-8e cards) do not show up in CIMC local storage management.

There is no workaround.

1.4(7)

CSCuc83809

Repeated VIC adapter resets using CIMC Web UI or CLI adapter-reset can cause VIC card to hang.

Do not reset the VIC adapter unless necessary. It should normally never be necessary to reset the VIC adapter manually.

1.4(7)