Table of Contents
Release Notes for Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card Drivers, Release 2.5
New Software Features in Release 2.5
Known Limitations and Behaviors
Related Cisco UCS Documentation
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
Introduction
This release note discusses the new features, known limitations, and open caveats for Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) Drivers, Release 2.5. It does not cover new features, resolved and open caveats for third-party drivers, and known limitations.
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Use this document in conjunction with the document listed in the Related Documentation section.
Table 1 shows the online change history for this document.
System Requirements
For a complete list of supported hardware and software, see the Hardware and Software Interoperability Matrix for this release located at: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/servers-unified-computing/unified-computing-system/products-technical-reference-list.html.
Operating System Support
For complete information about the operating systems that Release 2.5 supports, see the Hardware and Software Interoperability for UCSM Managed Servers document for each Release 2.5 release located here:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/servers-unified-computing/unified-computing-system/products-technical-reference-list.htmlOpen Caveats
Table 2 lists the open caveats in Release 2.5(1a).
sNIC is always the first vNIC on each host. If it was not previously there and was added later, it will shift the BDF of all other vNICs, including the iSCSI overlay vNIC.
According to Microsoft, if the BDF location changes then the Windows PNP Manager for iSCSI does not know how to load the driver on the new vNIC, and will not work. The only alternative is to reinstall the OS.
http://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/976042/en-us provides more information about this issue.
Related Cisco UCS Documentation
For a complete list of all M-Series documentation, see the Cisco UCS M-Series Servers Documentation Roadmap available at the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/go/unifiedcomputing/m-series-doc.
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Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request
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