First Published: August 17, 2023

Last Updated: July 7, 2025

Cisco UCS Manager

Cisco UCS™ Manager, Release 4.3 provides unified, embedded management of all software and hardware components of the Cisco Unified Computing System™ (Cisco UCS) across multiple chassis, Cisco UCS servers, and thousands of virtual machines. Cisco UCS Manager manages Cisco UCS as a single entity through an intuitive GUI, a command-line interface (CLI), or an XML API for comprehensive access to all Cisco UCS Manager functions. For more information on Cisco UCS Manager, see Cisco UCS Manager on Cisco.com.

This document contains information on new features, resolved caveats, open caveats, and workarounds for Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.3. This document also includes the following:

  • Current information that became available after the technical documentation was published

  • Related firmware and BIOS on blade and rack servers and other Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) components associated with the release

Revision History

Table 1. Release 4.3(6)

Release

Date

Description

4.3(6c)

August 28, 2025

Updated Cisco UCS NVMeoF Support Matrix for 3rd Party Storage Vendors.

4.3(6c)

July 07, 2025

Created release notes for Cisco UCS Manager Release 4.3(6c).

4.3(6b)

May 22, 2025

Created release notes for Cisco UCS Manager Release 4.3(6b).

4.3(6a)

April 30, 2025

Created release notes for Cisco UCS Manager Release 4.3(6a).

Table 2. Release 4.3(5)

Release

Date

Description

4.3(5e)

June 05, 2025

Created release notes for Cisco UCS Manager Release 4.3(5e).

4.3(5c)

April 02, 2025

Updated Security Fixes in Release 4.3(5c).

4.3(5d)

March 25, 2025

Created release notes for Cisco UCS Manager Release 4.3(5d).

4.3(5c)

February 21, 2025

Added Compatibility and Support Matrix for Cisco Fabric Interconnects and Nexus Switches.

4.3(5c)

January 16, 2025

Created release notes for Cisco UCS Manager Release 4.3(5c).

4.3(5a)

October 22, 2024

Created release notes for Cisco UCS Manager Release 4.3(5a).

Table 3. Release 4.3(4)

Release

Date

Description

4.3(4f)

December 16, 2024

Created release notes for Cisco UCS Manager Release 4.3(4f).

4.3(4e)

November 13, 2024

Deprecated releases 4.3(4a), 4.3(4b), 4.3(4c), and 4.3(4d).

4.3(4e)

October 28, 2024

Created release notes for Cisco UCS Manager Release 4.3(4e).

4.3(4d)

October 07, 2024

Created release notes for Cisco UCS Manager Release 4.3(4d).

4.3(4c)

September 01, 2024

Created release notes for Cisco UCS Manager Release 4.3(4c).

4.3(4b)

July 25, 2024

Cisco UCS Manager introduces support for Cisco UCS X-Series Direct.

4.3(4a)

July 03, 2024

Added CSCwd35712 under Resolved Caveats in Release 4.3(4a).

4.3(4b)

June 25, 2024

Created release notes for Cisco UCS Manager Release 4.3(4b).

4.3(4a)

June 05, 2024

Created release notes for Cisco UCS Manager Release 4.3(4a).

Table 4. Release 4.3(3)

Release

Date

Description

4.3(3a)

May 08, 2024

Updated New Hardware in Release 4.3(3a).

4.3(3c)

April 22, 2024

Created release notes for Cisco UCS Manager Release 4.3(3c).

4.3(3a)

March 08, 2024

Updated Cisco UCS NVMeoF Support Matrix for 3rd Party Storage Vendors.

4.3(3a)

February 15, 2024

Created release notes for Cisco UCS Manager Release 4.3(3a).

Table 5. Release 4.3(2)

Release

Date

Description

4.3(2f)

October 23, 2024

Created release notes for Cisco UCS Manager Release 4.3(2f).

4.3(2e)

January 23, 2024

Created release notes for Cisco UCS Manager Release 4.3(2e).

4.3(2c)

November 14, 2023

Created release notes for Cisco UCS Manager Release 4.3(2c).

4.3(2b)

August 16, 2023

Created release notes for Cisco UCS Manager Release 4.3(2b).

Top Reasons to Move to Cisco UCS Manager Release 4.3

Release 4.3(6a)

Support for the following hardware:

  • Cisco UCS C240 M8 Server

  • Cisco UCS C220 M8 Server

  • Cisco UCS X210c M8 Compute Node

Support for the following controllers with Cisco UCS X210c M8 Compute Node:

  • 24G Tri-Mode M1 RAID Controller w/4GB FBWC 6Drv (UCSX-RAID-M1L6)

  • UCS X10c Compute Pass Through Controller for E3.S (Front) (UCSX-X10C-PTE3)

  • UCSX Front UCSX Front panel w/M.2 RAID controller Included for SATA drvpanel with M.2 RAID controller for SATA drives (UCSX-M2I-HWRD-FPS)

Support for the following software features:

  • Package Power Limit (PPL) feature, aimed at measuring and controlling the power delivered to the CPU socket on the motherboard. This feature is supported only with Cisco UCS C225 C245 M8, and X210c servers. It enhances power management efficiency and ensures optimal power usage by allowing users to configure PPL to Default, Maximum, or Minimum, thereby optimizing server performance and energy efficiency.

  • Expanded Forward Error Correction (FEC) capabilities, adding RS Cons 16 and RS 1eee to its existing suite of options which includes Auto, CL74, and CL91. Both RS Cons 16 and RS 1eee FEC options are supported on Cisco Nexus switches and are configurable for 25 Gbps port speed, providing flexibility and enhanced error correction for high-speed networking environments. This enhancement boosts data integrity and transmission reliability for Ethernet and Appliance ports to optimize network performance and efficiency.

  • New option in the fan policy of Power Control Policy, Maximum Cooling, designed for C-Series servers to optimize cooling efficiency. This option enforces a 100% Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) fan speed, ensuring that CPU temperatures remain as low as possible. You can select this new option in addition to Acoustic, Low Power, Balanced, High Power, and Max Power, offering enhanced control over server cooling strategies.

  • Support for PXE Boot in IPv6-only environments using UEFI mode for LAN Boot. This enhancement allows administrators to operate in modern network settings while minimizing the dependency on IPv4 addresses, ensuring efficient server provisioning and management.

  • The session timeout setting in Cisco UCS Manager has been updated from Never to a default of 30 minutes for GUI inactivity. This change enhances security by automatically ending inactive sessions. You can still adjust the timeout setting to meet specific security needs.

  • Support for the NVMe Management Interface (NVMe-MI) for all Cisco UCS M8 servers. This advancement facilitates seamless integration of next-generation NVMe drives, ensuring robust compatibility and enhanced performance for advanced NVMe drive management and integration:

Release 4.3(5c)

Support for the following 5th Gen AMD® EPYC® Processors with Cisco UCS C245 M8 servers:

  • AMD 9655 2.6GHz 400W 96C/384MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9655)

  • AMD 9575F 3.3GHz 400W 64C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9575F)

  • AMD 9555 3.2GHz 360W 64C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9555)

  • AMD 9355 3.4GHz 280W 32C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9355)

  • AMD 9135 3.5GHz 200W 16C/64MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9135)

Support for the following 5th Gen AMD® EPYC® Processors with Cisco UCS C225 M8 servers:

  • AMD 9655P 2.6GHz 400W 96C/384MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9655P)

  • AMD 9555P 3.2GHz 360W 64C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9555P)

  • AMD 9355P 3.4GHz 280W 32C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9355P)

  • AMD 9355 3.4GHz 280W 32C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9355)

  • AMD 9135 3.5GHz 200W 16C/64MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9135)

Support for the following 5th Gen AMD® EPYC® Processors with Cisco UCS X215c M8 Compute Node:

  • AMD 9655 2.6GHz 400W 96C/384MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9655)

  • AMD 9575F 3.3GHz 400W 64C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9575F)

  • AMD 9555 3.2GHz 360W 64C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9555)

  • AMD 9355 3.4GHz 280W 32C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9355)

  • AMD 9135 3.5GHz 200W 16C/64MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9135)

Support for the following new GPU:

  • AMD MI210 GPU; 300W 64GB, 2 slot FHFL (UCSC-GPU-MI210) on Cisco UCS C245 M8 servers

Cisco UCS Manager adds support for the following Cisco Tri-Mode M1 24G RAID with Cisco UCS C245 M8 Server and Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server equipped with 5th Gen AMD® EPYC Processors:

  • UCSC-RAID-M1L16

  • UCSC-RAID-MP1L32

Cisco UCS Manager adds support for the following Cisco Tri-Mode M1 24G RAID and HBA controllers with Cisco UCS C245 M8 Server and Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server equipped with 4th Gen AMD® EPYC Processors:

  • UCSC-HBA-M1L16

  • UCSC-RAID-M1L16

  • UCSC-RAID-MP1L32

Release 4.3(5a)

  • Support for the following hardware:

    • Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server

    • Cisco UCS X215c M8 Compute Node

    • Cisco UCS Manager adds support for the following Cisco Tri-Mode M1 24G RAID and HBA controllers on Cisco UCS C-Series M7 servers:

      • UCSC-HBA-M1L16 and UCSC-RAID-M1L16 on Cisco UCSC-C220-M7 servers

      • UCSC-HBA-M1L16 and UCSC-RAID-MP1L32 on Cisco UCSC-C240-M7 servers

  • The Cisco UCS Manager release 4.3(5a) introduces advanced security management to protect sensitive data and ensure network integrity. This release includes encryption management with an AES encryption master key option. Additionally, Media Access Control Security (MACsec) now supports Type-6 (AES encryption) in addition to Type-0 and Type-7 encryption for Ethernet uplink ports on Cisco UCS 6536, 6454, and 64108 Fabric Interconnects through GUI and CLI interfaces. This feature offers robust encryption capabilities, allowing administrators to manage encryption settings effectively and ensure data security and compliance with encryption standards.


    Note

    This functionality is not supported on Cisco UCS X-Series Direct (Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects 9108 100G).

  • Cisco UCS Manager now includes dynamic polling support to monitor the port status (up/down) and port speed of third-party Network Interface Cards (NICs) on Cisco UCS C-Series M6, M7, and M8 servers, offering real-time insights into network interface performance and ensuring optimal server connectivity and efficiency.

  • Cisco UCS Manager enhances support for the server personality configuration of Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI). This feature is supported on Cisco UCS M6, M7, and M8 servers, allowing the servers to function either as standard UCS servers or HCI servers. The server personality field is an informational attribute that indicates the specific configuration or role assigned to the server. This simplifies the management of HCI and offers great visibility into server roles, enabling more efficient operations.

  • Cisco UCS Manager supports enabling the EtherChannel pinning option for Cisco UCS VIC adapters to enhance performance. This option allows vNIC adapters with EtherChannel capabilities to utilize multiple uplink ports for optimized traffic distribution. This setting applies only to eNIC interfaces on Cisco UCS 1400, 14000, and 15000 series adapters and does not apply to fNIC interfaces.

  • Cisco UCS Manager enables IPv6 overlay offload functionality. This feature, supported by updated async drivers, optimizes IPv6 network performance and enhances efficiency.

  • Support for U.2 Solidigm P5520 NVMe High Perf. Medium Endurance and U.2 Solidigm P5620 NVMe High Perf. High Endurance with Cisco UCS UCS C225 M8, C245 M8, and all M7 and M6 servers.

Release 4.3(4b)

Support for the following hardware:

  • Cisco UCS X-Series Direct

  • Cisco UCS C245 M8 Server

Release 4.3(4a)

  • Support for the following RAID controllers:

    • Cisco Tri-Mode 24G SAS RAID Controller w/4GB Cache (UCSC-RAID-HP) with Cisco UCS C220 M7 and C240 M7 servers.

    • Cisco boot optimized M.2 NVMe RAID controller (UCS-M2-NVRAID) with Cisco UCS C220 M7 and C240 M7 servers.

      This controller supports only RAID0, RAID1, or JBOD (default - JBOD) mode and only UEFI boot mode.

  • Support for the UCS-TPM-002D TPM module with Cisco UCS X410c M7, X210c M7, X210c M6, B200 M6, C220 M7, C240 M7, C220 M6, and C240 M6 servers.

  • Support for the UCS-TPM2-002D TPM module on Cisco UCS C225 M6 and C245 M6 servers.

  • Support for Cisco UCSX-440P PCIe Node

  • Support for the following GPUs:

    • Intel® Data Center GPU Flex 140, HHHL, 75W PCIe (UCSC-GPU-FLEX140) with Cisco UCS C220 M7 and C240 M7 servers

    • Intel® Data Center GPU Flex 170, FH-3/4L, 150W PCIe (UCSC-GPU-FLEX170) with Cisco UCS C240 M7 servers

    • NVIDIA® 350W, 40GB, 2-Slot FHFL L40S GPU (UCSX-GPU-L40S) on Cisco UCS X440p PCIe Node and Cisco UCS C240 M7 servers

    • NVIDIA® Hopper L4 70W, 24GB, 1-slot HHHL (UCSC-GPU-L4M6) with Cisco UCS C220 and C240 M6 servers

    • NVIDIA® H100 on Cisco UCS X440p PCIe Node, and Cisco UCS C240 M7 servers

  • Cisco UCS Manager introduces support for Media Access Control Security (MACsec) type-0 and type-7 encryption for Ethernet uplink ports on Cisco UCS FI 6536, 6454 and 64108 through GUI and CLI interfaces.

  • Cisco UCS Manager support for ERSPAN traffic monitoring on Cisco UCS 6536, 6454, and 64108 Fabric Interconnects.

  • Cisco UCS Manager now provides support to configure Hybrid Slots Configuration policy for Cisco Tri-Mode 24G SAS RAID Controller w/4GB Cache (UCSC-RAID-HP) that indicates whether the RAID controller can handle U.3 drives in RAID or Direct attached modes.

  • Cisco UCS Manager uses Data Sanitization feature to erase all sensitive data, thus making extraction or recovery of data impossible on the following UCS servers:

    • Cisco UCS C220 M7, C240 M7, X210c M7, X410c M7

    • Cisco UCS C220 M6, C240 M6, C225 M6, C245 M6, B200 M6, X210c M6 servers

    • Cisco UCS C220 M5, C240 M5, C480 M5, C125 M5, B200 M5, B480 M5 servers

  • Cisco UCS Manager supports inventory listing for PCIe Node adapters.

  • Cisco UCS Manager supports TLS 1.3 protocol for HTTPS communication for improved Transport Layer Security.

  • New Ethernet port error, MACsec and DCE counters are added for the adapters under statistics.

  • Starting with Cisco UCS Manager release 4.3(4a), new optimized adapter policies are available for Windows, Linux, and VMware operating systems, for the Cisco UCS VIC 1400, 14000 and 15000 series adapter.

  • Starting with Cisco UCS Manager release 4.3(4a), adapter stats collection includes rx_no_buffer counters of vNIC which is represented as no buffer drop packets.

  • NXOS now includes Fabric Interconnect port data-rate and PFC monitoring and is accessible through show logging onboard commands, capturing threshold crossings without duplications allowing user to monitor congestion in the Cisco UCS fabric interconnects.

  • Release 4.3(4a) qualifies the new CipherTrust KMIP server from Thales®, which is set to take over from the old SafeNet and Vormetric servers that are being phased out. The new CipherTrust KMIP server offers enhanced usability and an expanded feature set, but keeps the user experience the same. Support for new CipherTrust in Cisco UCS Manager starts with version 4.3(4a). For detailed instructions on the configuration process of the CipherTrust KMIP manager, please refer to the CipherTrust Manager user guide provided by Thales®.

Release 4.3(3a)

Support for the following 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors with Cisco X210c M7 servers:

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8558P Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8562Y+ Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8592+ Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8568Y+ Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8592V Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8580 Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8558 Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8558U Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8570 Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8571N Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8581V Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6542Y Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6544Y Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6530 Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6554S Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6548Y+ Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6526Y Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6534 Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6538Y+ Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6548N Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 5512U Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 5515+ Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 5520+ Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6538N Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Silver 4514Y Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Silver 4516Y+ Processor

Support for the following 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors with Cisco UCS C220 M7 and C240 M7 servers:

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8592V Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8562Y+ Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8568Y+ Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8592+ Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8558P Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8580 Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8558 Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6542Y Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6544Y Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6548Y+ Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6526Y Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6530 Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6534 Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6554S Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6538Y+ Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 5515+ Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 5520+ Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6548N Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Silver 4514Y Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Silver 4516Y+ Processor

Release 4.3(2c)

  • Support for the following X-Series servers with Cisco UCSX-9508 Chassis:

    • Cisco UCS X410c M7 Compute Node

  • Support for the following UCS VIC cards:

    • Cisco UCS VIC 15427 (Support with Secure Boot feature)

    • Cisco UCS VIC 15230 (Support with Secure Boot feature)

    • Cisco UCS VIC 15237 mLOM (Support with Secure Boot feature)

Release 4.3(2b)

  • Support for the following rack servers:

    • Cisco UCS C240 M7 Server

    • Cisco UCS C220 M7 Server

  • Support for Cisco UCSX-9508 Chassis

  • Support for the following X-Series servers with Cisco UCSX-9508 Chassis:

    • Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node

    • Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node

  • Support for the following Intelligent Fabric Modules with Cisco UCS X-Series Servers:

    • UCSX-I-9108-25G

    • UCSX-I-9108-100G

  • Support for the following UCS VIC cards:

    • Cisco UCS VIC 15425(Support with Secure Boot feature)

    • Cisco UCS VIC 15235 (Support with Secure Boot feature)

    • Cisco UCS VIC 15231

    • Cisco UCS VIC 15420 (Support with Secure Boot feature)

    • Cisco UCS VIC 15422 (Support with Secure Boot feature)

    • Cisco UCS VIC 14425

    • Cisco UCS VIC 14825

  • Support for Cisco UCS VIC Q-in-Q tunneling configuration. A Cisco UCS Manager based Q-in-Q (802.1Q-in-802.1Q) tunnel originating from Cisco UCS VIC allows to segregate the traffic in the Cisco UCS infrastructure, and helps to expand the VLAN space through the double-tagging of packets in hypervisor or non-hypervisor environments.

Supported Platforms and Release Compatibility Matrix

Supported Platforms in this Release

4.3(6a)

Support for the following servers is introduced in this release and continues in future releases within the same release train:

  • Cisco UCS C240 M8 Server

  • Cisco UCS C220 M8 Server

  • Cisco UCS X210c M8 Compute Node

4.3(5a)

Support for the following servers is introduced in this release and continues in future releases within the same release train:

  • Cisco UCS X215c M8 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server

4.3(4b)

Support for the following server is introduced in this release and continues in future releases within the same release train:

  • Cisco UCS C245 M8 Server

4.3(2c)

Support for the following server is introduced in this release and continues in future releases within the same release train:

  • Cisco UCS X410c M7 Compute Node

4.3(2b)

The following servers are supported in this release and continue to receive support in subsequent releases within the same release train:

  • Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS C240 M7 Server

  • Cisco UCS C220 M7 Server

  • Cisco UCS C220 M6

  • Cisco UCS C240 M6

  • Cisco UCS C245 M6

  • Cisco UCS C225 M6

  • Cisco UCS B200 M6

  • Cisco UCS B200 M5

  • Cisco UCS B480 M5

  • Cisco UCS C220 M5

  • Cisco UCS C240 M5

  • Cisco UCS C240 SD M5

  • Cisco UCS C480 M5

  • Cisco UCS C480 M5 ML

  • Cisco UCS S3260 M5

  • Cisco UCS C125 M5

Cisco UCS Manager and Cisco UCS C-Series Release Compatibility Matrix for C-Series Rack-Mount Servers

Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Servers are managed by built-in standalone software— Cisco Integrated Management Controller (Cisco IMC). However, when a C-Series Rack-Mount Server is integrated with Cisco UCS Manager, the Cisco IMC does not manage the server anymore.

Each Cisco UCS Manager release incorporates its corresponding C-Series Standalone release. For example, Cisco UCS Manager Release 4.2(1) is integrated with C-Series Standalone Release 4.2(1) for the M6 servers, Release 4.1(1) for the M4 and M5 servers, Release 4.0(2) for all the M4 and M5 servers. Hence, it supports all the M6, M5 and M4 servers supported by C-Series Standalone releases.

Cisco UCS Equivalency Matrix for Cisco Intersight, Cisco IMC, and Cisco UCS Manager outlines the release timeline for Cisco Intersight, Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC), and Cisco UCS Manager (UCSM). It includes essential information such as the date each patch was posted, the specific patch version, and the platforms that are supported by each release. By referring to this matrix, you can identify the appropriate firmware and software versions required for your servers before migrating them to Cisco Intersight. This ensures that your server infrastructure remains supported and operates efficiently during and after the transition.

The following table lists the Cisco UCS Manager and C-Series software standalone releases for C-Series Rack-Mount Servers:

Table 6. Cisco UCS Manager and C-Series Software releases for C-Series Servers

Cisco UCS Manager Release

C-Series Standalone Releases Included

C-Series Servers Supported by the C-Series Standalone Releases

4.3(6)

4.3(6)

All M8, M7, M6, and S3260 M5

4.3(2)

All M5

4.3(5)

4.3(5)

All M8, M7, and M6

4.3(4)

S3260 M5

4.3(2)

All M5

4.3(4)

4.3(4)

C245 M8

All M7, M6, and S3260 M5

4.3(2)

All M5

4.3(3)

4.3(3)

All M7, M6, and S3260 M5

4.3(2)

All M5

4.3(2)

4.3(2)

All M7, M6, and M5

4.2(3)

4.2(3)

All M6, M5, and S3260 M4

4.1(3)

All M5 and S3260 M4

4.1(2)

C220 M4, C240 M4, and C460 M4

4.2(2)

4.2(2)

All M6, M5, and S3260 M4

4.1(3)

S3260 M4, All M5

4.1(2)

C220 M4, C240 M4, C460 M4

4.2(1)

4.2(1)

All M6

4.1(3)

S3260 M4, All M5

4.1(2)

C220 M4, C240 M4, C460 M4

4.1(3)

4.1(3)

S3260 M4, All M5

4.1(2)

C220 M4, C240 M4, C460 M4

3.0(4)

All M3

4.1(2)

4.1(2)

C220 M5, C240 M5, C240 SD M5, C480 M5, S3260 M5, C480 M5 ML, C125 M5, C220 M4, C240 M4, C460 M4, S3260 M4

3.0(4)

All M3

4.1(1)

4.1(1)

C220 M5, C240 M5, C480 M5, S3260 M5, C125 M5, C480 M5 ML only

4.0(2)

C220 M4, C240 M4, C460 M4, S3260 M4, C125 M5 only

3.0(4)

All M3

4.0(4)

4.0(4)

C220 M5, C240 M5, C480 M5, S3260 M5, C480 M5 ML only

4.0(2)

C220 M4, C240 M4, C460 M4, S3260 M4, C125 M5 only

3.0(4)

All M3

4.0(2)

4.0(2)

C220 M4, C240 M4, C460 M4, C220 M5, C240 M5, C480 M5, S3260 M4, S3260 M5, C125 M5, C480 M5 ML only

3.0(4)

All M3

4.0(1)

4.0(1)

C220 M4, C240 M4, C460 M4, C220 M5, C240 M5, C480 M5, S3260 M4, S3260 M5, C125 M5 only

3.0(4)

All M3

System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems

For detailed information about supported operating system, see the interactive UCS Hardware and Software Compatibility matrix.

Supported Web Browsers

To access the Cisco UCS Manager GUI, Cisco recommends using the most recent version of one of the following supported browsers for Windows, Linux RHEL, and MacOS:

  • Microsoft Edge

  • Mozilla Firefox

  • Google Chrome

  • Apple Safari


Note

HTML-5 UI supports one user session per browser.

Network Requirements

The Cisco UCS Manager Administration Management Guide, Release 4.3 provides detailed information about configuring the Intersight Device Connector.

Cisco UCS Central Integration

For the complete list of compatible versions of Cisco UCS Central and Cisco UCS Manager, see Feature Support Matrix in Release Notes for Cisco UCS Central.

Upgrade and Downgrade Guidelines

To get a complete overview of all the possible upgrade paths in Cisco UCS Manager, see Cisco UCS Manager Upgrade/Downgrade Support Matrix.

Upgrade and Downgrade to Release 4.3(6)

  • In a setup equipped with Cisco UCS C240 M8 Server, UCS C220 M8 Server, or UCS X210c M8 Compute Node, you cannot downgrade Infrastructure Firmware Version (A Bundle) or Host Firmware Version (C or B Bundle) to any release earlier than 4.3(6a).

  • If you enable the Package Power Limit (PPL) feature on Cisco UCS C225 and C245 M8 servers after upgrading to release 4.3(6) and then downgrade to any previous release, the configuration settings for PPL feature, while retained, will not be adjustable from any user interface.

Table 7. Upgrade Paths to Release 4.3(6)

Upgrade from Release

Recommended Upgrade Path

Upgrade from any 4.3(5) release

Direct upgrade to release 4.3(6).

Upgrade from any 4.3(4) release

Direct upgrade to release 4.3(6).

Note

 

When updating the Cisco UCS-FI-6324 Fabric Interconnect from firmware version 4.3(4), first download Infrastructure A bundle for release 4.3(6) and perform the upgrade. Then, proceed to download the server bundles for version 4.3(6).

Upgrade from any 4.3(3) release

Direct upgrade to release 4.3(6).

Note

 

When updating the Cisco UCS-FI-6324 Fabric Interconnect from firmware version 4.3(3), first download Infrastructure A bundle for release 4.3(6) and perform the upgrade. Then, proceed to download the server bundles for version 4.3(5).

Upgrade from any 4.3(2) release

Direct upgrade to release 4.3(6).

Note

 

When updating the Cisco UCS-FI-6324 Fabric Interconnect from firmware version 4.3(2), first download Infrastructure A bundle for release 4.3(6) and perform the upgrade. Then, proceed to download the server bundles for version 4.3(5).

Upgrade from any 4.2(2) or 4.2(3) release

Direct upgrade to release 4.3(6).

Upgrade from any 4.2(1) release

  1. Upgrade from 4.2(1i) or later patch—Direct upgrade to release 4.3(6).

  2. Upgrade from a patch earlier than 4.2(1i) —

    1. Upgrade to release 4.2(1i)A bundle and activate.

      Note

       

      Do not download release 4.3(6)A bundle before activating release 4.2(1i)A.

    2. Download and upgrade to release 4.3(6).

Upgrade from any 4.1(3) release

  1. Upgrade from 4.1(3h) or later patch—Direct upgrade to release 4.3(6).

  2. Upgrade from a patch earlier than 4.1(3h)—

    1. Upgrade to release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version and activate.

      Note

       

      Do not download release 4.3(6)A bundle before activating release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version.

    2. Download and upgrade to release 4.3(6).

Upgrade from any 4.1(2) release

  1. Upgrade to release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version and activate.

    Note

     

    Do not download release 4.3(6)A bundle before activating release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version.

  2. Download and upgrade to release 4.3(6).

Upgrade from any 4.1(1) release

  1. Upgrade to release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version and activate.

    Note

     

    Do not download release 4.3(6)A bundle before activating release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version.

  2. Download and upgrade to release 4.3(6).

Upgrade from any 4.0(4) release

  1. Upgrade to release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version and activate.

    Note

     

    Do not download release 4.3(6)A bundle before activating release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version.

  2. Download and upgrade to release 4.3(6).

Upgrade and Downgrade to Release 4.3(5)

  • In a setup equipped with Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server or Cisco UCS X215c M8 Compute Node, you cannot downgrade Infrastructure Firmware Version (A Bundle) or Host Firmware Version (C Bundle) to any release earlier than 4.3(5a).

  • If your setup includes any of the following components, then you can not downgrade to any release earlier than 4.3(5a):

    • Cisco Tri-mode M1 24G RAID Controller W/4GB FBWC (16 Drives) (UCSC-RAID-M1L16)

    • Cisco Tri-mode M1 24G HBA Controller (16 Drives) (UCSC-HBA-M1L16)

    • Cisco Tri-mode M1 24G RAID Controller W/4GB FBWC (32Drives) (UCSC-RAID-MP1L32)

  • MACsec Type-6 keys are supported in releases 4.3(5a) and later. You must remove Type-6 keys or migrate Type-6 keys to supported types, Type-0 or Type-7, before downgrading to any 4.3(4) release. If you wish to downgrade to any release earlier than 4.3(4a), then you must disable MACsec functionality before downgrading.

Table 8. Upgrade Paths to Release 4.3(5)

Upgrade from Release

Recommended Upgrade Path

Upgrade from any 4.3(4) release

Direct upgrade to release 4.3(5).

Note

 

When updating the Cisco UCS-FI-6324 Fabric Interconnect from firmware version 4.3(4), first download Infrastructure A bundle for release 4.3(5) and perform the upgrade. Then, proceed to download the server bundles for version 4.3(5).

Upgrade from any 4.3(3) release

Direct upgrade to release 4.3(5).

Note

 

When updating the Cisco UCS-FI-6324 Fabric Interconnect from firmware version 4.3(3), first download Infrastructure A bundle for release 4.3(5) and perform the upgrade. Then, proceed to download the server bundles for version 4.3(5).

Upgrade from any 4.3(2) release

Direct upgrade to release 4.3(5).

Note

 

When updating the Cisco UCS-FI-6324 Fabric Interconnect from firmware version 4.3(2), first download Infrastructure A bundle for release 4.3(5) and perform the upgrade. Then, proceed to download the server bundles for version 4.3(5).

Upgrade from any 4.2(2) or 4.2(3) release

Direct upgrade to release 4.3(5).

Upgrade from any 4.2(1) release

  1. Upgrade from 4.2(1i) or later patch—Direct upgrade to release 4.3(5).

  2. Upgrade from a patch earlier than 4.2(1i) —

    1. Upgrade to release 4.2(1i)A bundle and activate.

      Note

       

      Do not download release 4.3(5)A bundle before activating release 4.2(1i)A.

    2. Download and upgrade to release 4.3(5).

Upgrade from any 4.1(3) release

  1. Upgrade from 4.1(3h) or later patch—Direct upgrade to release 4.3(5).

  2. Upgrade from a patch earlier than 4.1(3h)—

    1. Upgrade to release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version and activate.

      Note

       

      Do not download release 4.3(5)A bundle before activating release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version.

    2. Download and upgrade to release 4.3(5).

Upgrade from any 4.1(2) release

  1. Upgrade to release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version and activate.

    Note

     

    Do not download release 4.3(5)A bundle before activating release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version.

  2. Download and upgrade to release 4.3(5).

Upgrade from any 4.1(1) release

  1. Upgrade to release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version and activate.

    Note

     

    Do not download release 4.3(5)A bundle before activating release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version.

  2. Download and upgrade to release 4.3(5).

Upgrade from any 4.0(4) release

  1. Upgrade to release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version and activate.

    Note

     

    Do not download release 4.3(5)A bundle before activating release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version.

  2. Download and upgrade to release 4.3(5).

Upgrade and Downgrade to Release 4.3(4)

  • You cannot downgrade Infrastructure Firmware Version (A Bundle) of a Cisco UCS X-Series Direct setup to any release earlier than 4.3(4b).

  • In a setup equipped with Cisco UCS C245 M8 Server, you cannot downgrade Infrastructure Firmware Version (A Bundle) or Host Firmware Version (C Bundle) to any release earlier than 4.3(4b).

  • When upgrading the Cisco UCS-FI-6324 Fabric Interconnect from firmware version 4.3(3) or 4.3(2), first download Infrastructure A bundle for release 4.3(4) and perform the upgrade. Then, proceed to download the server bundles for version 4.3(4).

  • If your setup includes any of the following components, then you can not downgrade to any release earlier than 4.3(4a):

    • Cisco UCSX-440P PCIe Node

    • Cisco Tri-Mode 24G SAS RAID Controller w/4GB Cache (UCSC-RAID-HP)

  • To downgrade to any release earlier than 4.3(4a), you must remove the configuration for ERSPAN source traffic monitoring sessions and ERSPAN Origin Interface configuration.

  • If you have enabled MACsec after upgrading to release 4.3(4a) or later, then you must disable it before downgrading to any release earlier than 4.3(4a).

  • If your configuration includes any of the following adapters for management connectivity between Rack servers and UCS Fabric Interconnect, then you cannot upgrade to release 4.3(4a) or later:

    • Qlogic QL41132HORJ dual port 10GBase T OCP (UCSC-OCP-QD10GC)

    • QLogic QL41162HLRJ PCIe dual-port 10Gb Base-T PCIe NIC (UCSC-PCIE-QD10GC)

    • Cisco FastLinQ QL41212H 25GbE (UCSC-PCIE-QD25GF)

    • Qlogic QL41232HOCU dual port 25G OCP (UCSC-OCP-QD25GF)

    • Qlogic FastLinQ QL45412H 40GbE (UCSC-PCIE-QD40GF)

    • QLogic QL45611HLCU single port 100GbE PCIe NIC (UCSC-PCIE-QS100GF)

    • Qlogic FastLinQ QL45631HOCU single port 100G QSFP28 OCP 2.0 (UCSC-OCP-QS100GF)

    If these adapters are not used for management connectivity with UCS Fabric Interconnect, then upgrade to release 4.3(4a) is allowed. However, if you need to revert to release 4.3(4a) or an earlier version, then you must re-acknowledge the server to recover the adapter inventory.

Table 9. Upgrade Paths to Release 4.3(4)

Upgrade from Release

Recommended Upgrade Path

Upgrade from any 4.3(3) release

Direct upgrade to release 4.3(4).

Note

 

When updating the Cisco UCS-FI-6324 Fabric Interconnect from firmware version 4.3(3), first download Infrastructure A bundle for release 4.3(4) and perform the upgrade. Then, proceed to download the server bundles for version 4.3(4).

Upgrade from any 4.3(2) release

Direct upgrade to release 4.3(4).

Note

 

When updating the Cisco UCS-FI-6324 Fabric Interconnect from firmware version 4.3(2), first download Infrastructure A bundle for release 4.3(4) and perform the upgrade. Then, proceed to download the server bundles for version 4.3(4).

Upgrade from any 4.2(2) or 4.2(3) release

Direct upgrade to release 4.3(4).

Upgrade from any 4.2(1) release

  1. Upgrade from 4.2(1i) or later patch—Direct upgrade to release 4.3(4).

  2. Upgrade from a patch earlier than 4.2(1i) —

    1. Upgrade to release 4.2(1i)A bundle and activate.

      Note

       

      Do not download release 4.3(4)A bundle before activating release 4.2(1i)A.

    2. Download and upgrade to release 4.3(4).

Upgrade from any 4.1(3) release

  1. Upgrade from 4.1(3h) or later patch—Direct upgrade to release 4.3(4).

  2. Upgrade from a patch earlier than 4.1(3h)—

    1. Upgrade to release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version and activate.

      Note

       

      Do not download release 4.3(4)A bundle before activating release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version.

    2. Download and upgrade to release 4.3(4).

Upgrade from any 4.1(2) release

  1. Upgrade to release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version and activate.

    Note

     

    Do not download release 4.3(4)A bundle before activating release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version.

  2. Download and upgrade to release 4.3(4).

Upgrade from any 4.1(1) release

  1. Upgrade to release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version and activate.

    Note

     

    Do not download release 4.3(4)A bundle before activating release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version.

  2. Download and upgrade to release 4.3(4).

Upgrade from any 4.0(4) release

  1. Upgrade to release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version and activate.

    Note

     

    Do not download release 4.3(4)A bundle before activating release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version.

  2. Download and upgrade to release 4.3(4).

Upgrade and Downgrade to Release 4.3(3)

  1. You cannot downgrade any Cisco UCS C220 M7, C240 M7, and X210c server equipped with any 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processor listed in New Hardware in Release 4.3(3a) to any release earlier than 4.3(3a).

  2. If you are planing to install any 15000 series Cisco UCS VIC, first supported in any 4.3 release, then ensure that you first upgrade the servers to the minimum supported release and then install the adapters in the server.

    If you install the adapters into the server running an earlier release and then upgrade the servers to the supported release, the servers require A/C power cycle to recognize the adapters.

    For example, to install Cisco UCS VIC 15427 adapter, first upgrade to release 4.3(2c) or later and then install the adapter in the server.

  3. If you are managing Cisco UCS X-Series chassis or Cisco UCS M7 servers after upgrading to any 4.3(3) release, then you must decommission the X-Series chassis and M7 servers before downgrading to any unsupported release. Refer New Features in Release 4.3 for minimum supported version for Cisco UCS X-Series chassis and Cisco UCS M7 servers.

  4. Cisco UCS M4 servers are not supported by 4.3(2) and later releases. You must decommission Cisco UCS M4 servers before upgrading to release 4.3(3).

  5. Once you upgrade to 4.3(3) or any later release and enable Netflow feature from Cisco UCS Manager GUI, then you cannot downgrade to any release earlier than 4.3(2). To downgrade to any release earlier than 4.3(2), you must first disable Netflow feature from Cisco UCS Manager GUI.

  6. Once you upgrade Cisco UCS 6400 or 64108 FI to 4.3(3) or any later release and enable Q-in-Q feature from Cisco UCS Manager GUI, then you cannot downgrade to any release earlier than 4.3(2). To downgrade to any release earlier than 4.3(2), you must first disable Q-in-Q feature from Cisco UCS Manager GUI.

  7. Once you upgrade to release 4.3(3) or later and enable SMTP Authentication under Call Home in Cisco UCS Manager GUI, then you cannot downgrade to any release earlier than 4.3(2). To downgrade to any release earlier than 4.3(2), you must first disable SMTP Authentication from Cisco UCS Manager GUI.

  8. If you have installed any Cisco UCS VIC with secure boot feature, then you cannot downgrade to any release earlier than 4.3(2).

  9. If Fibre Channel ports on UCS Fabric Interconnect are connected to non-Cisco products, ensure that these are operating as individual Fibre Channel links and not aggregated into a port channel. Fibre Channel port channels are not compatible with non-Cisco technology.

Table 10. Upgrade Paths to Release 4.3(3)

Upgrade from Release

Recommended Upgrade Path

Upgrade from any 4.3(2) release

Direct upgrade to release 4.3(3).

Upgrade from any 4.2(2) or 4.2(3) release

Direct upgrade to release 4.3(3).

Upgrade from any 4.2(1) release

  1. Upgrade from 4.2(1i) or later patch—Direct upgrade to release 4.3(3).

  2. Upgrade from a patch earlier than 4.2(1i) —

    1. Upgrade to release 4.2(1i)A bundle and activate.

      Note

       

      Do not download release 4.3(3)A bundle before activating release 4.2(1i)A.

    2. Download and upgrade to release 4.3(3).

Upgrade from any 4.1(3) release

  1. Upgrade from 4.1(3h) or later patch—Direct upgrade to release 4.3(3).

  2. Upgrade from a patch earlier than 4.1(3h)—

    1. Upgrade to release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version and activate.

      Note

       

      Do not download release 4.3(3)A bundle before activating release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version.

    2. Download and upgrade to release 4.3(3).

Upgrade from any 4.1(2) release

  1. Upgrade to release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version and activate.

    Note

     

    Do not download release 4.3(3)A bundle before activating release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version.

  2. Download and upgrade to release 4.3(3).

Upgrade from any 4.1(1) release

  1. Upgrade to release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version and activate.

    Note

     

    Do not download release 4.3(3)A bundle before activating release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version.

  2. Download and upgrade to release 4.3(3).

Upgrade from any 4.0(4) release

  1. Upgrade to release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version and activate.

    Note

     

    Do not download release 4.3(3)A bundle before activating release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version.

  2. Download and upgrade to release 4.3(3).

Infrastructure Upgrade and Downgrade to Release 4.3(2)

  1. If you are planing to install any 15000 series Cisco UCS VIC, first supported in 4.3(2) release, then ensure that you first upgrade the servers to the supported release and then install the adapters in the server.

    If you install the adapters into the server running an earlier release and then upgrade the servers to the supported release, the servers require A/C power cycle to recognize the adapters.

    For example, to install Cisco UCS VIC 15427 adapter, first upgrade to release 4.3(2c) or later and then install the adapter in the server.

  2. If you are managing Cisco UCS X-Series chassis or Cisco UCS M7 servers after upgrading to release 4.3(2), then you must decommission the X-Series chassis and M7 servers before downgrading.

  3. Cisco UCS M4 servers are not supported by 4.3(2) and later releases. You must decommission Cisco UCS M4 servers before upgrading to release 4.3(2)

  4. Once you upgrade to release 4.3(2) or later and enable Netflow feature from Cisco UCS Manager GUI, then you cannot downgrade to any previous release. To downgrade to any release earlier than 4.3(2), you must first disable Netflow feature from Cisco UCS Manager GUI.

  5. Once you upgrade Cisco UCS 6400 or 64108 FI to release 4.3(2) or later and enable Q-in-Q feature from Cisco UCS Manager GUI, then you cannot downgrade to any previous release. To downgrade to any release earlier than 4.3(2), you must first disable Q-in-Q feature from Cisco UCS Manager GUI.

  6. Once you upgrade to release 4.3(2) or later and enable SMTP Authentication under Call Home in Cisco UCS Manager GUI, then you cannot downgrade to any previous release. To downgrade to any release earlier than 4.3(2), you must first disable SMTP Authentication from Cisco UCS Manager GUI.

  7. If you have installed any Cisco UCS VIC with secure boot feature, then you cannot dowgrade to any previous release.

  8. If Fibre Channel ports on UCS Fabric Interconnect are connected to non-Cisco products, ensure that these are operating as individual Fibre Channel links and not aggregated into a port channel. Fibre Channel port channels are not compatible with non-Cisco technology.

Table 11. Upgrade Paths to Release 4.3(2)

Upgrade from Release

Recommended Upgrade Path

Upgrade from any 4.2(2) or 4.2(3) release

Direct upgrade to release 4.3(2).

Upgrade from any 4.2(1) release

  1. Upgrade from 4.2(1i) or later patch—Direct upgrade to release 4.3(2).

  2. Upgrade from a patch earlier than 4.2(1i) —

    1. Upgrade to release 4.2(1i)A bundle and activate.

      Note

       

      Do not download release 4.3(2)A bundle before activating release 4.2(1i)A.

    2. Download and upgrade to release 4.3(2).

Upgrade from any 4.1(3) release

  1. Upgrade from 4.1(3h) or later patch—Direct upgrade to release 4.3(2).

  2. Upgrade from a patch earlier than 4.1(3h)—

    1. Upgrade to release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version and activate.

      Note

       

      Do not download release 4.3(2)A bundle before activating release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version.

    2. Download and upgrade to release 4.3(2).

Upgrade from any 4.1(2) release

  1. Upgrade to release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version and activate.

    Note

     

    Do not download release 4.3(2)A bundle before activating release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version.

  2. Download and upgrade to release 4.3(2).

Upgrade from any 4.1(1) release

  1. Upgrade to release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version and activate.

    Note

     

    Do not download release 4.3(2)A bundle before activating release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version.

  2. Download and upgrade to release 4.3(2).

Upgrade from any 4.0(4) release

  1. Upgrade to release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version and activate.

    Note

     

    Do not download release 4.3(2)A bundle before activating release 4.1(3h)A bundle or later infrastructure bundle in 4.1(3) release version.

  2. Download and upgrade to release 4.3(2).

UCS Manager Health and Pre-Upgrade Check Tool

The UCS Manager Health and Pre-Upgrade Check Tool provides automated health and pre-upgrade checks that are designed to ensure your clusters are healthy before you upgrade. It is imperative that this healthcheck is not just performed, but that you take corrective action on any cluster that is found to be unhealthy. Correct all issues reported by the UCS Manager health check before continuing.

Default Open Ports

The following table lists the default open ports used in Cisco UCS Manager Release 4.3.

Port

Interface

Protocol

Traffic Type

Fabric Interconnect

Usage

22

CLI

SSH

TCP

UCS 6300 Series

UCS 6400 Series

UCS 6536

UCSX-S9108-

100G

Cisco UCS Manager CLI access

80

XML

HTTP

TCP

UCS 6300 Series

UCS 6400 Series

UCS 6536

UCSX-S9108-

100G

Cisco UCS Manager GUI and third party management stations.

Client download

443

XML

HTTP

TCP

UCS 6300 Series

UCS 6400 Series

UCS 6536

UCSX-S9108-

100G

Cisco UCS Manager login page access

Cisco UCS Manager XML API access

743

KVM

HTTP

TCP

UCS 6300 Series

UCS 6400 Series

UCS 6536

UCSX-S9108-

100G

CIMC Web Service / Direct KVM

7546

CFS

CFSD

TCP

UCS 6400 Series

UCS 6536

UCSX-S9108-

100G

Cisco Fabric Service

Cisco UCS Manager Network Management Guide, Release 4.2 provides a complete list of open TCP and UDP ports.

New Features in Release 4.3

Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.3 is a unified software release for all supported UCS hardware platforms.

New Hardware Features

New Software Features

New Hardware in Release 4.3

New Hardware in Release 4.3(6c)

Added support for NVIDIA H200-NVL GPU (UCSC-GPU-H200-NVL) on Cisco UCS C240 M8 servers.

Cisco UCS Manager introduces dual support for the Cisco Tri-Mode M1 24G RAID (UCSC-RAID-M1L16) controllers on Cisco UCS C245 M8 Servers, enabling independent configuration and management of two controllers within the same server environment.

New Hardware in Release 4.3(6a)

Cisco UCS C240 M8 Server

The 2RU, 2-socket Cisco UCS C240 M8 Rack Server offers I/O flexibility and larger storage capacity. It combines the fastest Intel® processors and is a versatile general-purpose application and infrastructure server delivering leading performance and efficiency for a wide range of workloads, including AI, big-data analytics, databases, collaboration, virtualization, and high-performance computing.

The Cisco UCS C240 M8 Server extends the capabilities of the Cisco UCS rack server portfolio by incorporating Intel Xeon® 6 CPUs. It improves security, performance, and efficiency while helping you achieve your sustainability goals with built-in accelerators such as Intel Trust Domain Extensions (TDX), Intel Data Streaming Accelerator (DSA), Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT), Intel Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX), and Intel In-Memory Analytics Accelerator (IAA).

You are able to decrease server Operating Expenses (OpEx) for power and cooling, management, and maintenance by consolidating older servers onto the latest generation of Cisco UCS C240 M8 Server.

The Cisco UCS C240 M8 Server offers the following:

  • Processors: Up to 2x Intel Xeon 6700P or 6500P processors (1 or 2)

  • Memory

    • 32 DIMM slots (16 DIMMS per CPU): 16, 32, 48, 64, 96, 128, 256GB DDR5 at up to 6400 MT/s for up to 8TB of memory

    • 32, 64GB MRDIMMs at up to 8000 MT/s

  • PCIe expansion: Up to 8 PCIe 5.0 slots plus 1 dedicated 24-Gbps RAID controller slot and 1 dedicated mLOM/OCP 3.0 slot

  • RAID controllers:

    • Cisco 24-Gbps modular tri-mode RAID controller supports SAS 4 or NVMe hardware RAID

    • Cisco 24-Gbps modular tri-mode SAS Host Bus Adapter (HBA)

  • Internal storage:

    • Backplane options: Up to 28 SFF SAS/SATA/U.3 NVMe drives through SAS4 tri-mode RAID or HBA controller, with optional up to eight direct-attach U.2/U.3 NVMe drives

    • Up to 36 E3.S 1T direct-attach NVMe drives

    • Up to 16 LFF SAS HDDs plus optional 4 rear SFF HDD/SSDs

  • mLOM/OCP 3.0:

    • One dedicated PCIe Gen5x16 slot that can be used to add an mLOM or OCP 3.0 card for additional rear-panel connectivity

    • mLOM slot can flexibly accommodate 10/25/50 and 40/100/200 Gbps Cisco VIC adapters

    • OCP 3.0 slot features full out-of-band manageability that supports Intel X710 OCP Dual 10GBase-T via mLOM interposer

  • Power supplies: Hot-pluggable, redundant platinum and titanium options:

    • Platinum: 1050W DC and 1600W AC

    • Titanium: 1200W AC and 2300W AC

  • Other storage:

    • Dedicated Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) FlexMMC for utilities (on board)

    • Dual M.2 SATA SSDs (internal or hot-swappable) with HW RAID support

  • GPU: Up to three double-wide or eight single-wide GPUs supported

Cisco UCS Manager supports all the peripherals supported by Cisco UCS C240 M8 Server. For complete list of supported peripherals for Cisco UCS C240 M8 Server, see Cisco UCS C240 M8 SFF Rack Server.


Note

Cisco UCS C240 M8 Server supports only Cisco UCS 15000 series secure boot adapters.

Cisco UCS C220 M8 Server

The 1RU, 2-socket Cisco UCS C220 M8 Rack Server is designed to meet the needs of customers that choose to deploy high density rack-mount servers. It combines the latest Intel® processors and is a versatile general-purpose application and infrastructure server delivering leading performance and efficiency for a wide range of workloads, including virtualization, collaboration, and bare-metal applications.

The Cisco UCS C220 M8 Server extends the capabilities of the Cisco UCS rack server portfolio incorporating Intel Xeon® 6 CPUs. It improves security, performance, and efficiency while helping achieve sustainability goals with built-in accelerators the such as Intel Trust Domain Extensions (TDX), Intel Data Streaming Accelerator (DSA), Intel QuickAssist Technology (QAT), Intel Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX), and Intel In-Memory Analytics Accelerator (IAA).

Operating Expenses (OpEx) for power and cooling, management, and maintenance can be decreased by consolidating older servers onto the latest generation of Cisco UCS C220 M8 Rack Servers.

The Cisco UCS C220 M8 Server is a dense, fault-tolerant server that provides value, performance, and flexibility for both commercial and enterprise customers.

The Cisco UCS C220 M8 Server offers the following:

  • Processors: Up to 2x Intel Xeon 6700P or 6500P processors (1 or 2)

  • Memory:

    • 32 DIMM slots (16 DIMMS per CPU): 16, 32, 48, 64, 96, 128GB DDR5 at up to 6400 MT/s for up to 4TB of memory

    • 32, 64GB MRDIMMs at up to 8000 MT/s

  • PCIe expansion: Up to 3 PCIe 5.0 half-height slots or up to 2 PCIe 5.0 full-height slots plus 1 dedicated 24-Gbps RAID controller slot and 1 dedicated mLOM/OCP 3.0 slot

  • RAID controllers:

    • Cisco® 24-Gbps modular tri-mode RAID controller supports SAS 4 or NVMe hardware RAID

    • Cisco 24-Gbps modular tri-mode SAS Host Bus Adapter (HBA)

  • Internal storage:

    • Backplane options: Up to 10 SFF SAS/SATA/U.3 NVMe drives through SAS4 tri-mode RAID or HBA controller, with optional up to eight direct-attach U.2/U.3 NVMe drives

    • Up to 16 E3.S 1T direct-attach NVMe drives at PCIe Gen5 x4 each

  • mLOM/OCP 3.0:

    • One dedicated PCIe Gen5x16 slot that can be used to add an mLOM or OCP 3.0 card for additional rear-panel connectivity

    • mLOM slot can flexibly accommodate 10/25/50 and 40/100/200 Gbps Cisco VIC adapters

    • OCP 3.0 slot features full out-of-band manageability that supports Intel X710 OCP dual 10GBase-T through mLOM interposer

  • Power supplies: Hot-pluggable, redundant platinum, and titanium options:

    • Platinum: 1050W DC and 1600W AC

    • Titanium: 1200W AC and 2300W AC

  • Other storage:

    • Dedicated Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) FlexMMC for utilities (on board)

    • Dual M.2 SATA SSDs (internal or hot-swappable) with HW RAID support

  • GPU: Up to three single-wide GPUs supported

Cisco UCS Manager supports all the peripherals supported by Cisco UCS C220 M8 Server. For complete list of supported peripherals for Cisco UCS C220 M8 Server, see Cisco UCS C220 M8 SFF Rack Server Spec Sheet.


Note

Cisco UCS C220 M8 Server supports only Cisco UCS 15000 series secure boot adapters.

Cisco UCS X210c M8 Compute Node

The Cisco UCS X210c M8 Compute Node is the third generation of compute node to integrate into the Cisco UCS X-Series Modular System. It delivers performance, flexibility, and optimization for deployments in data centers, in the cloud, and at remote sites. This enterprise-class server offers market-leading performance, versatility, and density without compromise for workloads. Up to eight compute nodes can reside in the 7-Rack-Unit (7RU) Cisco UCS X9508 Chassis, offering one of the highest densities of compute, I/O, and storage per rack unit in the industry.

The Cisco UCS X210c M8 Compute Node provides these main features:

  • Processors: Up to 2x Intel Xeon 6 Scalable Processors (1 or 2)

  • Memory: Up to 32 DDR5 DIMM slots (up to 16 DIMMS per CPU)

    • 16, 32, 64, 128, 256GB RDIMM at up to 6400 MT/s

    • Support of 32, 64GB MRDIMM at up to 8000 MT/s

  • mLOM: mLOM slot for Cisco UCS VIC 15420 or Cisco VIC 15230

  • Mezzanine adapter (rear): Cisco UCS 15422 mezzanine card with UCS VIC 15000 bridge connector compatible with Cisco UCS VIC 15420

  • Mezzanine Module (front)

    • EDSFF E3.S NVMe passthrough controller

    • NVMe passthrough controller (for U.2 and U.3 NVMe drives only)

    • RAID controller with 4GB cache (for SSD and mix of SSD and NVMe)

    • GPU front mezzanine

    • No front mezzanine

  • Internal storage and GPU

    • Front mezzanine storage options:

      • Up to 9x EDSFF E3.S NVMe drives

      • Up to 6x 2.5-inch SAS and SATA RAID-compatible SSDs

      • Up to 6x 2.5-inch NVMe PCIe drives

      • A mixture of up to six SAS/SATA or NVMe drives

    • Note: Drives require a RAID or passthrough controller in the front mezzanine module slot.

    • Boot drive options:

      • Mini storage module with 2x M.2 (up to 960GB per drive) SATA drives with Hardware RAID

      • Mini storage module with 2x M.2 (up to 960GB per drive) NVMe drives in pass-through mode

    • GPU options: GPU front mezzanine module with 2x 2.5-inch NVMe drives and 2x GPUs

Cisco UCS Manager supports all the peripherals supported by Cisco UCS X210c M8 Compute Node. For complete list of supported peripherals for Cisco UCS X210c M8 Compute Node, see Cisco UCS X210c M8 Compute Node Spec Sheet.

GPU Support

Extended support for the following existing GPUs:

GPU

Server

NVIDIA A16 GPU on X440p: PCIE 250W 4X16GB, FHFL (UCSX-GPU-A16) (with PCIe Node)

Cisco UCS X210c M8 Compute Node

Intel GPU Flex 140, Gen4x8, HHHL, 75W PCIe (Front Mezz) (UCSX-GPU-FLX140MZ)

NVIDIA H100-NVL GPU 400W, 94GB, 2-slot FHFL (UCSX-GPU-H100-NVL)

Intel GPU Flex 140, Gen4x8, HHHL, 75W PCIe (UCSX-GPU-FLEX140)

Intel GPU Flex 170, Gen4x16, HHFL, 150W PCIe (UCSX-GPU-FLEX170)

NVIDIA L4 Tensor Core, 70W, 24GB (UCSX-GPU-L4)

NVIDIA L40S: 350W, 48GB, 2-slot FHFL GPU (UCSX-GPU-L40S) (with PCIe Node)

NVIDIA H100-NVL GPU 400W, 94GB, 2-slot FHFL (UCSC-GPU-H100-NVL)

 Cisco UCS C240 M8 Server

Intel GPU Flex 140, Gen4x8, HHHL, 75W PCIe (UCSC-GPU-FLEX140)

NVIDIA TESLA A16 PCIE 250W 4X16GB (UCSC-GPU-A16)

NVIDIA L40S: 350W, 48GB, 2-slot FHFL GPU (UCSC-GPU-L40S)

NVIDIA L4:70W, 24GB, 1-slot HHHL GPU (UCSC-GPU-L4)

Intel GPU Flex 140, Gen4x8, HHHL, 75W PCIe (UCSC-GPU-FLEX140)

Cisco UCS C220 M8 Server

NVIDIA L4:70W, 24GB, 1-slot HHHL GPU (UCSC-GPU-L4)

Support for the following new GPU:

  • AMD MI210 GPU; 300W 64GB, 2 slot FHFL (UCSX-GPU-MI210) with Cisco UCS X215c M8 Compute Node.

Controller Support

Support for the following controllers with Cisco UCS X210c M8 Compute Node:

  • 24G Tri-Mode M1 RAID Controller w/4GB FBWC 6Drv (UCSX-RAID-M1L6)

  • UCS X10c Compute Pass Through Controller for E3.S (Front) (UCSX-X10C-PTE3)

  • UCSX Front UCSX Front panel w/M.2 RAID controller Included for SATA drvpanel with M.2 RAID controller for SATA drives (UCSX-M2I-HWRD-FPS)

Third-Party Adapters

Support for the following NVIDIA OEM adapters with Cisco UCS C220 M8 and C240 M8 servers:

  • NVIDIA OEM MCX623436AC-CDAB CX6Dx 2x100G QSFP56 x16 OCP NIC (UCSC-O-N6CD100GFO)

  • NVIDIA OEM MCX623106AC-CDAT 2x100 GbE QSFP56 PCIe Crypto Enabled (UCSC-P-M6CD100GFO)

  • NVIDIA OEM MCX623106AS-CDAT 2x100 GbE QSFP56 PCIe Crypto Disabled (UCSC-P-M6DD100GFO)

  • NVIDIA OEM MCX631432AC-ADAB CX6Lx 2x25G SFP28 x8 OCP NIC (UCSC-O-N6CD25GFO)

  • NVIDIA OEM MCX755106AS-HEAT 2x200GbE QSFP112 Gen5x16, PCIe VPI NIC; No Crypto (UCSC-P-N7D200GFO)

  • NVIDIA OEM MCX713104AS-ADAT CX-7 4x25GbE SFP56 Gen4 x16 PCIe NIC (UCSC-P-N7Q25GFO)

  • NVIDIA OEM MCX715105AS-WEAT CX-7 1x400GbE QSFP112 PCIe Gen5 x16 VPI NIC (UCSC-P-N7S400GFO)

  • NVIDIA OEM MCX631102AS-ADAT CX6Lx 2x25GbE SFP28 x8 PCIe NIC (UCSC-P-N6D25GFO)

Support for the following BlueField adapters with Cisco UCS C220 M8 and C240 M8 servers:

  • NVIDIA BlueField-3 B3210E DPU 2x100G QSFP112, PCIe Gen5.0 x16, Crypto Disabled (900-9D3B6-00CC-EA0)

  • NVIDIA BlueField-3 B3220L SuperNIC 2x200G QSFP112, PCIe Gen5.0 x16, Crypto Disabled (UCSC-P-N3220L)

New Hardware in Release 4.3(5c)

Support for 5th Gen AMD® EPYC® Processors

Support for the following 5th Gen AMD® EPYC® Processors with Cisco UCS C245 M8 servers:

  • AMD 9655 2.6GHz 400W 96C/384MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9655)

  • AMD 9575F 3.3GHz 400W 64C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9575F)

  • AMD 9555 3.2GHz 360W 64C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9555)

  • AMD 9355 3.4GHz 280W 32C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9355)

  • AMD 9135 3.5GHz 200W 16C/64MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9135)

  • AMD 9655P 2.6GHz 400W 96C/384MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9655P)

  • AMD 9555P 3.2GHz 360W 64C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9555P)

  • AMD 9455P 2.9GHz 300W 48C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9455P)

  • AMD 9355P 3.55GHz 280W 32C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9355P)

  • AMD 9645 2.0GHz 320W 96C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9645)

  • AMD 9455 2.9GHz 300W 48C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9455)

  • AMD 9365 3.2GHz 300W 36C/192MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9365)

  • AMD 9255 3.2GHz 200W 24C/128MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9255)

  • AMD 9015 3.5GHz 155W 8C/64MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9015)

  • AMD 9475F 3.6GHz 360W 48C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9475F)

  • AMD 9375F 3.7GHz 320W 32C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9375F)

  • AMD 9845 2.0GHz 400W 160C/320MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9845)

  • AMD 9825 2.0GHz 400W 144C/384MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9825)

  • AMD 9745 2.2GHz 400W 128C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9745)

  • AMD 9565 3.0GHz 400W 72C/384MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9565)

  • AMD 9535 2.1GHz 300W 64C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9535)

  • AMD 9335 3.2GHz 210W 32C/128MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9335)

  • AMD 9275F 3.9GHz 320W 24C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9275F)

  • AMD 9175F 4.2GHz 320W 16C/512MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9175F)

  • AMD 9115 3.2GHz 165W 16C/64MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9115)

Support for the following 5th Gen AMD® EPYC® Processors with Cisco UCS C225 M8 servers:

  • AMD 9355 3.4GHz 280W 32C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9355)

  • AMD 9135 3.5GHz 200W 16C/64MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9135)

  • AMD 9655P 2.6GHz 400W 96C/384MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9655P)

  • AMD 9555P 3.2GHz 360W 64C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9555P)

  • AMD 9355P 3.4GHz 280W 32C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9355P)

  • AMD 9825 2.0GHz 390W 144C/384MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9825)

  • AMD 9745 2.4GHz 400W 128C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9745)

  • AMD 9655 2.6GHz 400W 96C/384MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9655)

  • AMD 9565 3.0GHz 400W 72C/384MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9565)

  • AMD 9575F 3.3GHz 400W 64C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9575F)

  • AMD 9555 3.2GHz 360W 64C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9555)

  • AMD 9645 2.0GHz 320W 96C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9645)

  • AMD 9455 2.9GHz 300W 48C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9455)

  • AMD 9365 3.2GHz 300W 36C/192MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9365)

  • AMD 9255 3.2GHz 200W 24C/128MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9255)

  • AMD 9015 3.5GHz 155W 8C/64MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9015)

  • AMD 9475F 3.6GHz 360W 48C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9475F)

  • AMD 9375F 3.7GHz 320W 32C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9375F)

  • AMD 9845 2.1GHz 390W 160C/320MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9845)

  • AMD 9535 2.1GHz 300W 64C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9535)

  • AMD 9335 3.2GHz 210W 32C/128MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9335)

  • AMD 9275F 3.9GHz 320W 24C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9275F)

  • AMD 9175F 4.2GHz 320W 16C/512MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9175F)

  • AMD 9455P 2.9GHz 300W 48C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9455P)

  • AMD 9115 3.2GHz 165W 16C/64MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9115)

Support for the following 5th Gen AMD® EPYC® Processors with Cisco UCS X215c M8 Compute Node:

  • AMD 9655 2.6GHz 400W 96C/384MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9655)

  • AMD 9575F 3.3GHz 400W 64C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9575F)

  • AMD 9555 3.2GHz 360W 64C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9555)

  • AMD 9355 3.4GHz 280W 32C/256MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9355)

  • AMD 9135 3.5GHz 200W 16C/64MB Cache DDR5 6000MT/s (UCS-CPU-A9135)

GPU Support

Support for the following new GPU:

  • AMD MI210 GPU; 300W 64GB, 2 slot FHFL (UCSC-GPU-MI210) on Cisco UCS C245 M8 servers

RAID Controllers

Cisco UCS Manager adds support for the following Cisco Tri-Mode M1 24G RAID with Cisco UCS C245 M8 Server and Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server equipped with 5th Gen AMD® EPYC Processors:

  • UCSC-RAID-M1L16

  • UCSC-RAID-MP1L32

Cisco UCS Manager adds support for the following Cisco Tri-Mode M1 24G RAID and HBA controllers with Cisco UCS C245 M8 Server and Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server equipped with 4th Gen AMD® EPYC Processors:

  • UCSC-HBA-M1L16

  • UCSC-RAID-M1L16

  • UCSC-RAID-MP1L32

New Hardware in Release 4.3(5a)

Cisco UCS X215c M8 Compute Node

The Cisco UCS X-Series Modular System simplifies your data center, adapting to the unpredictable needs of modern applications while also providing for traditional scale-out and enterprise workloads. It reduces the number of server types to maintain, helping to improve operational efficiency and agility as it helps reduce complexity. Powered by the Cisco Intersight™ cloud operations platform, it shifts your thinking from administrative details to business outcomes with hybrid cloud infrastructure that is assembled from the cloud, shaped to your workloads, and continuously optimized.

The Cisco UCS X215c M8 Compute Node is integrate into the Cisco UCS X-Series Modular System. Up to eight compute nodes can reside in the 7-Rack-Unit (7RU) Cisco UCS X9508 Chassis, offering one of the highest densities of compute, IO, and storage per rack unit in the industry.

The Cisco UCS X215c M8 Compute Node offers the following:

  • CPU: Up to 2x 4th Generation AMD EPYC Processors with up to 128 cores per processors

  • Memory:

    • 24 DIMM slots (12 DIMMs per CPU socket), up to 4800 MT/s DDR5.

    • Up to 6 TB of capacity.

  • Storage: Up to 6 hot-pluggable, Solid-State Drives (SSDs), or Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) 2.5-inch drives with a choice of enterprise-class Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) or pass-through controllers with four lanes each of PCIe Gen 4 connectivity and up to 2 M.2 SATA or NVMe drives for flexible boot and local storage capabilities.

  • Optional Front Mezzanine GPU module: The Cisco UCS Front Mezzanine GPU module is a passive PCIe Gen 4 front mezzanine option with support for up to two U.2 or U.3 NVMe drives and two HHHL GPUs.

  • mLOM virtual interface cards:

    • Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 15420 occupies the server's Modular LAN on Motherboard (mLOM) slot, enabling up to 50Gbps (2 x25Gbps) of unified fabric connectivity to each of the chassis Intelligent Fabric Modules (IFMs) for 100Gbps connectivity per server.

    • Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 15230 occupies the server's modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) slot, enabling up to 100 Gbps of unified fabric connectivity to each of the chassis Intelligent Fabric Modules (IFMs) for 100 Gbps connectivity per server with secure boot capability.

  • Optional Mezzanine card:

    • Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 15422 can occupy the server's mezzanine slot at the bottom rear of the chassis. An included bridge card extends this VIC's 100Gbps (4 x 25Gbps) of network connections through IFM connectors, bringing the total bandwidth to 100Gbps per VIC 15420 and 15422 (for a total of 200Gbps per server). In addition to IFM connectivity, the VIC 15422 I/O connectors link to Cisco UCS X-Fabric technology.

    • Cisco UCS PCI Mezz card for X-Fabric can occupy the server's mezzanine slot at the bottom rear of the chassis. This card's I/O connectors link to Cisco UCS X-Fabric modules and enable connectivity to the X440p PCIe Node.

  • Security: Includes secure boot silicon root of trust FPGA, ACT2 anti-counterfeit provisions, and optional Trusted Platform Model (TPM).

For complete list of supported peripherals for Cisco UCS X215c M8 Compute Node, see Cisco UCS X215c M8 Compute Node Spec Sheet.


Note

Cisco UCS X215c M8 Compute Node supports only 15000 Series secure boot VIC adapters.

Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server

The Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server is a versatile general-purpose infrastructure and application server. This high-density, 1RU, single-socket rack server delivers industry-leading performance and efficiency for a wide range of workloads, including virtualization, collaboration, and bare-metal applications.

The Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server extends the capabilities of the Cisco UCS rack server portfolio. It powers 4th Gen AMD EPYC™ Processors with 100 percent more cores per socket designed using AMD’s chiplet architecture. With advanced features such as AMD Infinity Guard, compute-intensive applications will see significant performance improvements and reap other benefits such as power and cost efficiencies.

You can deploy the Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server as standalone servers or as part of the Cisco Unified Computing System™ managed by Cisco Intersight® or Cisco UCS Manager to take advantage of Cisco® standards-based unified computing innovations that can help reduce your Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and increase your business agility.

The C225 M8 rack server brings many new innovations to the Cisco UCS AMD rack server portfolio. With the introduction of PCIe Gen 5.0 for high-speed I/O, a DDR5 memory bus, and expanded storage capabilities, the server delivers significant performance and efficiency gains that will improve your application performance.

The key features of Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server include:

  • Supports one 4th Gen AMD EPYC CPU, with up to 128 cores per socket

  • Up to 12 DDR5 DIMMs for up to 1.5 TB of capacity using 128 GB DIMMs

  • Up to 4800 MT/s DDR5 memory

  • Up to 3 PCIe 4.0 slots or up to 2 PCIe 5.0 slots, plus a modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) / OCP slot 3.0 (details below)

  • Support for Cisco UCS VIC 15000 Series adapters as well as a host of third-party NIC options

  • UCS C225 M8S chassis: up to 10 SAS/SATA or NVMe disk drives

    • New tri-mode RAID controller supports SAS4 or NVMe hardware RAID

    • Up to 4 direct-attach NVMe SSDs

  • UCS C225 M8N chassis: up to 10 direct attach NVMe SSDs

    • All 10 NVMe drives connected at PCIe Gen4 x4

  • M.2 boot options

    • Up to two 960GB SATA M.2 drives with hardware RAID, or

    • Up to two 960GB NVMe M.2 drives with NVMe hardware RAID

  • Up to three GPUs supported

  • Hybrid modular LOM/OCP 3.0

    • One dedicated Gen 4.0 x16 slot that can be used to add an mLOM or OCP 3.0 card for additional rear-panel connectivity

    • mLOM allows for Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Cards (VICs) without consuming a PCIe slot, supporting quad-port 10/25/50 Gbps or dual-port 40/100/200 Gbps network connectivity

    • OCP 3.0 slot features full out-of-band management for select adapters

Cisco UCS Manager supports all the peripherals supported by Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server. For complete list of supported peripherals for Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server, see Cisco UCS C225 M8 SFF Rack Server Spec Sheet.


Note

Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server supports only 15000 Series secure boot VIC adapters.

RAID Controllers

Cisco UCS Manager adds support for the following Cisco Tri-Mode M1 24G RAID and HBA controllers on Cisco UCS C-Series M7 servers:

  • UCSC-HBA-M1L16 and UCSC-RAID-M1L16 on Cisco UCSC-C220-M7 servers

  • UCSC-HBA-M1L16 and UCSC-RAID-MP1L32 on Cisco UCSC-C240-M7 servers

GPU Support

Support for the following new GPUs:

  • NVIDIA A16 GPU on X440p: PCIE 250W 4X16GB, FHFL (UCSC-CGPU-A16 )—Cisco UCS X215c M8 (with PCIe Node).

  • NVIDIAH100-NVL GPU 400W, 94GB, 2-slot FHFL (UCSC-GPU-H100-NVL)—Cisco UCS X215c M8 (with PCIe Node), UCS X210c M7, UCS C245 M8, UCS C240 M7.

  • NVIDIA L4-Mezz GPU 70W, 24GB, 1-slot HHHL (UCSX-GPU-L4-Mezz)—Cisco UCS X215c M8 and UCS X210c M7.

Extended support for the following existing GPUs:

  • NVIDIAL40 300W, 48GB wPWR CBL (UCSC-GPU-L40)—Cisco UCS X215c M8 (with PCIe Node).

  • NVIDIA L40S: 350W, 48GB, 2-slot FHFL GPU (UCSC-GPU-L40S)—Cisco UCS X215c M8 (with PCIe Node).

  • NVIDIA L4:70W, 24GB, 1-slot HHHL GPU (UCSC-GPU-L4)—Cisco UCS X215c M8 (with PCIe Node).

New Hardware in Release 4.3(4b)

Cisco UCS X-Series Direct®

The Cisco UCS X-Series Direct® simplifies your data center, adapting to the unpredictable needs of modern applications while also providing an edge scaled for remote branch office workloads. It minimizes the IT infrastructure deployed at edge locations to achieve desired business outcomes. As you are looking to increase the number of applications at the edge while deploying as little IT infrastructure as possible, the Cisco UCS X-Series Direct®, powered by Cisco Intersight® and Cisco UCS Manager, enables the benefits of scale together with a secure and unified connectivity.

The Cisco UCS X-Series Direct begins with the Cisco UCS X9508 Chassis engineered to be adaptable and future ready. It is a standard, open system designed to deploy and automate faster in concert with a hybrid-cloud environment.

With a midplane-free design, I/O connectivity for the X9508 chassis is accomplished with frontloading, vertically oriented compute nodes intersecting with horizontally oriented I/O connectivity modules in the rear of the chassis. The I/O connectivity modules of the solution are the Cisco UCS X-Series Direct Fabric Interconnect Modules, a unified fabric for Ethernet and Fibre Channel. Additionally, the UCS X9508 chassis can have expanded GPU capabilities using the Cisco UCS X-Fabric technology which interconnects X-series compute and PCIe nodes using high-speed PCIe technology.

For more information see Cisco UCS X-Series Direct Data Sheet.

Cisco UCS C245 M8 Rack Server

The Cisco UCS C245 M8 Server is perfectly suited for a wide range of storage and I/O-intensive applications such as big data analytics, databases, collaboration, virtualization, consolidation, AI/ML and high-performance computing supporting up to two AMD® CPUs in a 2RU form factor.

The Cisco UCS C245 M8 Server extends the capabilities of the Cisco UCS rack server portfolio. With advanced features like AMD Infinity Guard, compute-intensive applications will see significant performance improvements and will reap other benefits such as power and cost efficiencies.

You can deploy the Cisco UCS C-Series rack servers as part of the Cisco Unified Computing System™ managed by Cisco Intersight® or Cisco UCS Manager® to take advantage of Cisco® standards-based unified computing innovations that can help reduce your Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and increase your business agility or as standalone servers.

The Cisco UCS C245 M8 Server brings many innovations to the UCS AMD® rack server line. With the introduction of PCIe Gen 5.0 expansion slots for high-speed I/O, a DDR5 memory bus, and expanded storage capabilities, the server delivers significant performance and efficiency gains that will greatly enhance application performance. Features include:

  • Support for up to two 4th Gen AMD EPYC™ CPUs in a server designed to drive as much as 256 CPU cores (128 cores per socket)

  • Up to 24 DDR5 DIMM slots

  • Up to 4800 MT/s DDR5 memory

  • Up to 8 x PCIe Gen 4.0 slots or up to 4 x PCIe Gen 5.0 slots, plus a hybrid modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) /OCP 3.0 slot (details below)

  • Support for Cisco UCS VIC 15000 Series adapters as well as a host of third-party NIC options

  • Up to 28 hot-swappable small-form-factor (SFF) SAS/SATA or NVMe drives (with up to 8 direct-attach NVMe drives) and New tri-mode RAID controller supports SAS4 plus NVMe hardware RAID.

  • M.2 boot options

    • Up to two 960GB SATA M.2 drives with hardware RAID support

    • Up to two 960GB NVMe M.2 drives with NVMe hardware RAID

  • Support for up to Eight GPUs

  • Modular LOM / OCP 3.0

    • One dedicated PCIe Gen4x16 slot that can be used to add an mLOM or OCP 3.0 card for additional rear-panel connectivity

    • mLOM slot that can be used to install a Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) without consuming a PCIe slot, supporting quad-port 10/25/50 Gbps or dual-port 40/100/200 Gbps network connectivity

    • OCP 3.0 slot that features full out-of-band management for select adapters

Cisco UCS Manager supports all the peripherals supported by Cisco UCS C245 M8 Server. For complete list of supported peripherals for Cisco UCS C245 M8 Server, see Cisco UCS C245 M8 SFF Rack Server Spec Sheet.


Note

Cisco UCS C245 M8 Server supports only 15000 Series secure boot VIC adapters.

New Hardware in Release 4.3(4a)

  • Support for the following RAID controllers:

    • Cisco Tri-Mode 24G SAS RAID Controller w/4GB Cache (UCSC-RAID-HP) with Cisco UCS C220 M7 and C240 M7 servers.

    • Cisco boot optimized M.2 NVMe RAID controller (UCS-M2-NVRAID) with Cisco UCS C220 M7 and C240 M7 servers.

      This controller supports only RAID0, RAID1, or JBOD (default - JBOD) mode and only UEFI boot mode.

  • Support for the UCS-TPM-002D TPM module with Cisco UCS X410c M7, X210c M7, X210c M6, B200 M6, C220 M7, C240 M7, C220 M6, and C240 M6 servers.

  • Support for the UCS-TPM2-002D TPM module on Cisco UCS C225 M6 and C245 M6 servers.

  • Support for Cisco UCSX-440P PCIe Node. For more information, see Cisco UCS X440p PCIe Node Spec Sheet.

  • Support for the following GPUs:

    • Intel® Data Center GPU Flex 140, HHHL, 75W PCIe (UCSC-GPU-FLEX140) with Cisco UCS C220 M7 and C240 M7 servers

    • Intel® Data Center GPU Flex 170, FH-3/4L, 150W PCIe (UCSC-GPU-FLEX170) with Cisco UCS C240 M7 servers

    • NVIDIA® 350W, 40GB, 2-Slot FHFL L40S GPU (UCSX-GPU-L40S) on Cisco UCS X440p PCIe Node and Cisco UCS C240 M7 servers

    • NVIDIA® Hopper L4 70W, 24GB, 1-slot HHHL (UCSC-GPU-L4M6) with Cisco UCS C220 and C240 M6 servers

    • NVIDIA® H100 on Cisco UCS X440p PCIe Node, and Cisco UCS C240 M7 servers

  • Support for Hynix® 96GB 2Rx4 PC5-5600B-RA0-1010-XT (HMCGM4MGBRB) DIMM with Cisco UCS X410c M7 servers equipped with the following processors:

    • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6416H Processor

    • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6418H Processor

    • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6434H Processor

    • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6448H Processor

New Hardware in Release 4.3(3a)

Support for 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors

Support for the following 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors with Cisco X210c M7 servers:

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8558P Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8562Y+ Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8592+ Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8568Y+ Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8592V Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8580 Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8558 Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8558U Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8570 Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8571N Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8581V Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6542Y Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6544Y Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6530 Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6554S Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6548Y+ Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6526Y Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6534 Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6538Y+ Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6548N Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 5512U Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 5515+ Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 5520+ Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6538N Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Silver 4514Y Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Silver 4516Y+ Processor

Support for the following 5th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors with Cisco UCS C220 M7 and C240 M7 servers:

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8592V Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8562Y+ Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8568Y+ Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8592+ Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8558P Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8580 Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8558 Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6542Y Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6544Y Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6548Y+ Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6526Y Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6530 Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6534 Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6554S Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6538Y+ Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 5515+ Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 5520+ Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Gold 6548N Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Silver 4514Y Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Silver 4516Y+ Processor

Support for 5600 DIMMs

Support for the following 5600 DIMMs with Cisco UCS X210c M7 servers:

  • Samsung® 16GB 1Rx8 PC5-5600B-RD0-1010-XT (KR M321R2GA3PB0-CWMKH 2323)

  • Samsung® 32GB 1Rx4 PC5-5600B-RC0-1010-XT (M321R4GA0PB0-CWM)

  • Samsung® 64GB 2Rx4 PC5-5600B-RA0-1010-XT (KR M321R8GA0PB0-CWMCH 2326)

  • Samsung® 96GB (M321RYGA0PB0-CWM)

  • Hynix® 16GB 1Rx8 PC5-5600B-RD0-1010-XT (HMCG78AGBRA190N BB 307)

  • Hynix® 32GB 1Rx4 PC5-5600B-RC0-1010-XT (HMCG84AGBRA190N BB 310)

  • Hynix® 64GB 2Rx4 PC5-5600B-RA0-1010-XT (HMCG94AGBRA177N BB 327)

  • Hynix® 96GB 96GB 2Rx4 PC5-5600B-RA0-1010-XT (HMCGM4MGBRB)

  • Hynix® 128GB 2S2Rx4 PC5-5600B-RA0-1010-XT (HMCT04AGERA)

Support for the following 5600 DIMMs with Cisco UCS C240 M7 and C220 M7 servers:

  • Hynix® 16GB 1Rx8 PC5-5600B-RD0-1010-XT (HMCG78AGBRA190N BB 307)

  • Hynix® 32GB 1Rx4 PC5-5600B-RC0-1010-XT (HMCG84AGBRA190N BB 310)

  • Hynix® 64GB 2Rx4 PC5-5600B-RA0-1010-XT (HMCG94AGBRA177N BB 327)

  • Hynix® 96GB 2Rx4 PC5-5600B-RA0-1010-XT (HMCGM4MGBRB)

  • Hynix® 128GB 2S2Rx4 PC5-5600B-RA0-1010-XT (HMCT04AGERA)

  • Samsung® 16GB 1Rx8 PC5-5600B-RD0-1010-XT (KR M321R2GA3PB0-CWMKH 2323)

  • Samsung® 32GB 1Rx4 PC5-5600B-RC0-1010-XT (M321R4GA0PB0-CWM)

  • Samsung® 64GB 2Rx4 PC5-5600B-RA0-1010-XT (KR M321R8GA0PB0-CWMCH 2326)

  • Micron® 96GB 2RX4 PC5-5600B-RA0-1010-XT (MTC40F204WS1RC56BB1 317)

Support for Hynix® 96GB 2Rx4 PC5-5600B-RA0-1010-XT (HMCGM4MGBRB) DIMM with Cisco UCS X410c M7 servers equipped with the following processors:

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8444H Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8450H Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8454H Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8460H Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8468H Processor

  • Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8490H Processor

Supported GPUs

Support for the following Intel® GPU cards with the CPUs listed here:

  • Support for Intel® Data Center GPU Flex 170, FH-3/4L, 150W PCIe with Cisco UCS C240 M7 servers

  • Support for Intel® Data Center GPU Flex 140, HHHL, 75W PCIe with Cisco UCS C220 M7 and C240 M7 servers

New Hardware in Release 4.3(2c)

Cisco UCS X410c M7 Compute Node

The Cisco UCS X410c M7 Compute Node is the first 4-socket 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors computing device to integrate into the Cisco UCS X-Series Modular System. Up to four compute nodes or two compute nodes and two GPU nodes can reside in the 7-rack-unit (7RU) Cisco UCS X9508 Server Chassis, offering high performance and efficiency gains for a wide range of mission-critical enterprise applications, memory-intensive applications and bare-metal and virtualized workloads.

The Cisco UCS X410c M7 Compute Node provides these main features:

  • CPU: Four 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors with up to 60 cores per processor

  • Memory: Up to 16TB of main memory with 64x 256 GB DDR5-4800 Memory DIMMs

  • Storage: Up to six hot-pluggable solid-state drives (SSDs), or non-volatile memory express (NVMe) 2.5-inch drives with a choice of enterprise-class RAID or passthrough controllers, up to two M.2 SATA drives with optional hardware RAID

  • mLOM virtual interface cards:

    • Cisco UCS VIC 15420 occupies the server's modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) slot, enabling up to 50 Gbps of unified fabric connectivity to each of the chassis’s intelligent fabric modules (IFMs) for 100 Gbps connectivity per server.

    • Cisco UCS VIC 15231 occupies the server's modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) slot, enabling up to 100 Gbps of unified fabric connectivity to each of the chassis’s intelligent fabric modules (IFMs) for 100 Gbps connectivity per server.

    • Cisco UCS VIC 15230 (with secure boot feature) occupies the server's modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) slot, enabling up to 100 Gbps of unified fabric connectivity to each of the chassis’s intelligent fabric modules (IFMs) for 100 Gbps connectivity per server.

  • Optional mezzanine card:

    • Cisco UCS 5th Gen VIC 15422 can occupy the server's mezzanine slot at the bottom rear of the chassis. This card's I/O connectors link to Cisco UCS X-Fabric technology. An included bridge card extends this VIC's 2x 50 Gbps of network connections through IFM connectors, bringing the total bandwidth to 100 Gbps per fabric (for a total of 200 Gbps per server).

    • Cisco UCS PCI Mezz card for Cisco UCS X-Fabric can occupy the server's mezzanine slot at the bottom rear of the chassis. This card's I/O connectors link to Cisco UCS X-Fabric modules and enable connectivity to the Cisco UCS X440p PCIe Node.

    • All VIC mezzanine cards also provide I/O connections from the X410c M7 compute node to the X440p PCIe node.

  • Security: The server supports an optional trusted platform module (TPM). Additional features include a secure boot FPGA and ACT2 anti-counterfeit provisions.

Cisco UCS VIC Cards

Following Cisco UCS VIC Cards are supported from release 4.3(2c) onwards:

  • Cisco UCS VIC 15427—The Cisco UCS VIC 15427 is a Quad Port CNA MLOM, 4 x 10/25/50G with Secure Boot for Cisco UCS C-Series M6 and M7 servers.

  • Cisco UCS VIC 15230—The Cisco UCS VIC 15230 is a MLOM with Secure Boot for Cisco UCS X210c M6, X210c M7, and X410c M7 servers.

  • Cisco UCS VIC 15237 mLOM—The Cisco UCS VIC 15237 mLOM is a MLOM, 2x40/100/200G with Secure Boot for Cisco UCS C-Series M6 and M7 servers.

New Hardware in Release 4.3(2b)

Cisco UCSX-9508 Chassis

The Cisco UCS® X-Series Modular System simplifies your data center, adapting to the unpredictable needs of modern applications while also providing for traditional scale-out and enterprise workloads. It reduces the number of server types to maintain, helping to improve operational efficiency and agility as it helps reduce complexity.

The Cisco UCS X-Series Modular System begins with the Cisco UCSX-9508 Chassis engineered to be adaptable and future ready. It is a standard, open system designed to deploy and automate faster in concert with a hybrid cloud environment.

With a midplane-free design, I/O connectivity for the X9508 chassis is accomplished with frontloading, vertically oriented compute nodes intersecting with horizontally oriented I/O connectivity modules in the rear of the chassis. A unified Ethernet fabric is supplied with the Cisco UCS 9108 Intelligent Fabric Modules. In the future, Cisco UCS X-Fabric Technology interconnects will supply other industry-standard protocols as standards emerge. Interconnections can be easily updated with new modules.

For more information, see Cisco UCS X9508 Chassis Data Sheet.

Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node

The Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node is the second generation of compute node to integrate into the Cisco UCS X-Series Modular System. It delivers performance, flexibility, and optimization for deployments in data centers, in the cloud, and at remote sites. This enterprise-class server offers market-leading performance, versatility, and density without compromise for workloads. Up to eight compute nodes can reside in the 7-rack-unit (7RU) Cisco UCSX-9508 Chassis, offering one of the highest densities of compute, I/O, and storage per rack unit in the industry.

The Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node provides these main features:

  • CPU: Up to 2x 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors with up to 60 cores per processor and up to 2.625 MB Level 3 cache per core and up to 112.5 MB per CPU.

  • Memory: Up to 8TB of main memory with 32x 256 GB DDR5-4800 DIMMs.

  • Storage: Up to six hot-pluggable, solid-state drives (SSDs), or non-volatile memory express (NVMe) 2.5-inch drives with a choice of enterprise-class redundant array of independent disks (RAIDs) or passthrough controllers, up to two M.2 SATA and M.2 NVMe drives with optional hardware RAID.

  • Optional front mezzanine GPU module: The Cisco UCS front mezzanine GPU module is a passive PCIe Gen 4.0 front mezzanine option with support for up to two U.2 NVMe drives and two HHHL GPUs.

  • mLOM virtual interface cards:

    • Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 15420 occupies the server's modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) slot, enabling up to 50 Gbps of unified fabric connectivity to each of the chassis intelligent fabric modules (IFMs) for 100 Gbps connectivity per server.

    • ◦ Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 15231 occupies the server's modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) slot, enabling up to 100 Gbps of unified fabric connectivity to each of the chassis intelligent fabric modules (IFMs) for 100 Gbps connectivity per server.

  • Optional mezzanine card:

    • Cisco UCS 5th Gen Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 15422 can occupy the server's mezzanine slot at the bottom rear of the chassis. This card's I/O connectors link to Cisco UCS X-Fabric technology. An included bridge card extends this VIC's 2x 50 Gbps of network connections through IFM connectors, bringing the total bandwidth to 100 Gbps per fabric (for a total of 200 Gbps per server).

    • Cisco UCS PCI Mezz card for X-Fabric can occupy the server's mezzanine slot at the bottom rear of the chassis. This card's I/O connectors link to Cisco UCS X-Fabric modules and enable connectivity to the Cisco UCS X440p PCIe Node.

    • All VIC mezzanine cards also provide I/O connections from the X210c M7 compute node to the X440p PCIe Node.

  • Security: The server supports an optional trusted platform module (TPM). Additional features include a secure boot FPGA and ACT2 anti-counterfeit provisions.

Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node

The Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node is the first computing device to integrate into the Cisco UCS X-Series Modular System. Up to eight compute nodes can reside in the 7-Rack-Unit (7RU) Cisco UCS X9508 Chassis, offering one of the highest densities of compute, I/O, and storage per rack unit in the industry.

The Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node provides these main features:

  • CPU: Up to 2x 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors with up to 40 cores per processor and 1.5 MB Level 3 cache per core

  • Memory: Up to 32x 256 GB DDR4-3200 DIMMs for up to 8 TB of main memory. Configuring up to 16x 512-GB Intel Optane™ persistent memory DIMMs can yield up to 12 TB of memory.

  • Storage: Up to 6 hot-pluggable, solid-state drives (SSDs), or non-volatile memory express (NVMe) 2.5-inch drives with a choice of enterprise-class redundant array of independent disks (RAIDs) or pass-through controllers with four lanes each of PCIe Gen 4 connectivity and up to 2 M.2 SATA drives for flexible boot and local storage capabilities

  • Optional front mezzanine GPU module: The Cisco UCS Front Mezzanine GPU module is a passive PCIe Gen 4 front mezzanine option with support for up to two U.2 NVMe drives and two GPUs.

  • mLOM virtual interface cards:

    • Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 14425 occupies the server's modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) slot, enabling up to 50 Gbps of unified fabric connectivity to each of the chassis intelligent fabric modules (IFMs) for 100 Gbps connectivity per server.

    • Cisco UCS VIC 15231 occupies the server's modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) slot, enabling up to 100 Gbps of unified fabric connectivity to each of the chassis intelligent fabric modules (IFMs) for 100 Gbps connectivity per server.

    • Cisco UCS VIC 15420 occupies the server's modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) slot, enabling up to 100 Gbps of unified fabric connectivity to each of the chassis intelligent fabric modules (IFMs) for 100 Gbps connectivity per server.

  • Optional mezzanine card:

    • Cisco UCS VIC 14825 can occupy the server's mezzanine slot at the bottom rear of the chassis. This card's I/O connectors link to Cisco UCS X-Fabric technology. An included bridge card extends this VIC's 2x 50 Gbps of network connections through IFM connectors, bringing the total bandwidth to 100 Gbps per fabric (for a total of 200 Gbps per server).

    • Cisco UCS VIC 15422 X-Series mezz (UCSX-ME-V5Q50G) 4x25G can occupy the server's mezzanine slot at the bottom rear of the chassis. This card's I/O connectors link to Cisco UCS X-Fabric technology. An included bridge card extends this VIC's 2x 50 Gbps of network connections through IFM connectors, bringing the total bandwidth to 100 Gbps per fabric (for a total of 200 Gbps per server).

    • Cisco UCS PCI Mezz card for X-Fabric can occupy the server's mezzanine slot at the bottom rear of the chassis. This card's I/O connectors link to Cisco UCS X-Fabric modules and enable connectivity to the X440p PCIe Node.

  • Security: The server supports an optional trusted platform module (TPM). Additional features include a secure boot FPGA and ACT2 anti-counterfeit provisions

Intelligent Fabric Module

The Intelligent Fabric Modules (IFMs) bring the unified fabric into the blade server enclosure, providing connectivity between the blade servers and the fabric interconnect, simplifying diagnostics, cabling, and management. Cisco UCS X-Series Servers support following IFMs:

  • Cisco UCS 9108 25G IFMs (UCSX-I-9108-25G)

  • Cisco UCS 9108 100G IFMs (UCSX-I-9108-100G)

Cisco UCS C240 M7 Server

The Cisco UCS C240 M7 Server is well-suited for a wide range of storage and I/O-intensive applications such as big data analytics, databases, collaboration, virtualization, consolidation, and high-performance computing in its two-socket, 2RU form factor. It incorporates the 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors with up to 60 cores per socket.

In addition to the advanced features, the server is also equipped with the PCIe Gen 5.0 for high-speed I/O, a DDR5 memory bus, and expanded storage capabilities (up to 32 DDR5 DIMMs for up to 8 TB of capacity using 128 GB DIMMs (16 DIMMs per socket)) and delivers sigficant performance and efficiency gains that will improve your application performance.

You can deploy the Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers as standalone servers or as part of the Cisco Unified Computing System managed by Cisco Intersight or Intersight Managed Mode.

Cisco UCS C220 M7 Server

The Cisco UCS C220 M7 Server is a versatile general-purpose infrastructure and application server. This high-density, 1RU, 2-socket rack server delivers industry-leading performance and efficiency for a wide range of workloads, including virtualization, collaboration, and bare-metal applications. It incorporates the 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors, with up to 52 cores per socket. With advanced features such as Intel Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX), Data Streaming Accelerator (DSA), In-Memory Analytics Accelerator (IAA), and QuickAssist Technology (QAT), the server offers significant performance improvements.

In addition to the advanced features, the server is also equipped with the PCIe Gen 5.0 for high-speed I/O, a DDR5 memory bus, and expanded storage capabilities (up to 32 DDR5 DIMMs for up to 4 TB of capacity using 128 GB DIMMs (16 DIMMs per socket)).

You can deploy the Cisco UCS C-Series rack servers as standalone servers or as part of the Cisco Unified Computing System™ with the Cisco Intersight Infrastructure Service cloud-based management platform. These computing innovations help reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and increase their business agility. These improvements deliver significant performance and efficiency gains that improve your application performance.

Cisco UCS VIC Cards

Following Cisco UCS VIC Cards are supported from release 4.3(2) onwards:

  • Cisco UCS VIC 15425—The Cisco UCS VIC 15425 is a quad-port small-form-factor pluggable (SFP+/SFP28/SFP56) PCIe card designed for Cisco UCS C-series M6/M7 rack servers. The card supports 10/25/50-Gbps Ethernet or FCoE. The card can present PCIe standards-compliant interfaces to the host, and these can be dynamically configured as either NICs or HBAs.

  • Cisco UCS VIC 15235—The Cisco UCS VIC 15235 is a dual-port quad small-form-factor pluggable (QSFP/QSFP28/QSFP56) PCIe card designed for Cisco UCS C-series M6/M7 rack servers. The card supports 40/100/200-Gbps Ethernet or FCoE. The card can present PCIe standards-compliant interfaces to the host, and these can be dynamically configured as either NICs or HBAs.

  • Cisco UCS VIC 15231—The Cisco UCS VIC 15231 is a 2x100-Gbps Ethernet/FCoE-capable modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) designed exclusively for the Cisco UCS X210 Compute Node. The Cisco UCS VIC 15231 enables a policy-based, stateless, agile server infrastructure that can present to the host PCIe standards-compliant interfaces that can be dynamically configured as either NICs or HBAs.

    Cisco UCS VIC 15231 occupies the modular LAN on motherboard (mLOM) slot of the server, enabling up to 100 Gbps of unified fabric connectivity to each of the chassis intelligent fabric modules (IFMs) for 200 Gbps (2x 100G) connectivity per server.

  • Cisco UCS VIC 15420—The Cisco UCS VIC 15420 is a 4x25-Gbps Ethernet/FCoE capable modular LAN On Motherboard (mLOM) designed exclusively for Cisco UCS X210c M6/M7 Compute Node. The Cisco UCS VIC 15420 enables a policy-based, stateless, agile server infrastructure that can present to the host PCIe standards-compliant interfaces that can be dynamically configured as either NICs or HBAs.

    Cisco UCS VIC 15420 card occupies the modular LAN on the motherboard (mLOM) slot of the server, enabling up to 50 Gbps of unified fabric connectivity to each of the chassis intelligent fabric modules (IFMs) for 100 Gbps connectivity per server.

  • Cisco UCS VIC 15422—The Cisco UCS VIC 15422 is a 4x25-Gbps Ethernet/FCoE capable mezzanine card (mezz) designed exclusively for Cisco UCS X210c M6/M7 Compute Node. The card enables a policy-based, stateless, agile server infrastructure that can present PCIe standards-compliant interfaces to the host that can be dynamically configured as either NICs or HBAs.

  • Cisco UCS VIC 14425—The Cisco UCS VIC 14425 is a 4x25-Gbps Ethernet/FCoE capable modular LAN On Motherboard (mLOM) designed exclusively for Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node. The Cisco UCS VIC 14425 enables a policy-based, stateless, agile server infrastructure that can present to the host PCIe standards-compliant interfaces that can be dynamically configured as either NICs or HBAs.

  • Cisco UCS VIC 14825—The Cisco UCS VIC 14825 is a 4x25-Gbps Ethernet/FCoE capable mezzanine card (mezz) designed exclusively for Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node. Cisco UCS X The card enables a policy-based, stateless, agile server infrastructure that can present PCIe standards-compliant interfaces to the host that can be dynamically configured as either NICs or HBAs. The UCS VIC 14000 bridge connector is required with the mezz card to connect the UCS X-Series Blade Server to Intelligent Fabric Module UCSX-I-9108-25G.

Supported GPUs

Following table shows the new GPU support matrix:

GPU

Cisco UCS Blade Servers

Cisco UCS Rack Servers

NVIDIA H100-80 GPU

No

Yes

NVIDIA L40 GPU

No

Yes

NVIDIA L4 GPU

No

Yes

NVIDIA T4 GPU

Yes

No

Note
The NVIDIA T4 GPU is supported on the front mezzanine GPU module and on the Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node and Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node only.

Other Peripherals

Support for Cisco UCSB-PSU-2500ACDV 2500 Watt Server AC Power Supply for Cisco UCS 5108 Chassis.

Cisco UCS Manager supports all the peripherals supported by Cisco UCS C240 M7 Server, Cisco UCS C220 M7 Server, Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node, and Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node. For complete list of supported peripherals for a server, see Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers Data Sheet and Spec Sheet and Cisco UCS X-Series Modular System Data Sheet and Spec Sheet.

New Software in Release 4.3

New Software Feature in Release 4.3(6a)

Cisco UCS Manager adds the following new features:

  • Package Power Limit (PPL) feature, aimed at measuring and controlling the power delivered to the CPU socket on the motherboard. This feature is supported only with Cisco UCS C225, C245 M8, and X210c servers. It enhances power management efficiency and ensures optimal power usage by allowing users to configure PPL to Default, Maximum, or Minimum, thereby optimizing server performance and energy efficiency.

  • Expanded Forward Error Correction (FEC) capabilities, adding RS Cons 16 and RS 1eee to its existing suite of options which includes Auto, CL74, and CL91. Both RS Cons 16 and RS 1eee FEC options are supported on Cisco Nexus switches and are configurable for 25 Gbps port speed, providing flexibility and enhanced error correction for high-speed networking environments. This enhancement boosts data integrity and transmission reliability for Ethernet and Appliance ports to optimize network performance and efficiency.

  • New option in the fan policy of Power Control Policy, Maximum Cooling, designed for C-Series servers to optimize cooling efficiency. This option enforces a 100% Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) fan speed, ensuring that CPU temperatures remain as low as possible. You can select this new option in addition to Acoustic, Low Power, Balanced, High Power, and Max Power, offering enhanced control over server cooling strategies.

  • Support for PXE Boot in IPv6-only environments using UEFI mode for LAN Boot. This enhancement allows administrators to operate in modern network settings while minimizing the dependency on IPv4 addresses, ensuring efficient server provisioning and management.

  • The session timeout setting in Cisco UCS Manager has been updated from Never to a default of 30 minutes for GUI inactivity. This change enhances security by automatically ending inactive sessions. You can still adjust the timeout setting to meet specific security needs.

  • Support for the NVMe Management Interface (NVMe-MI) for all Cisco UCS M8 servers. This advancement facilitates seamless integration of next-generation NVMe drives, ensuring robust compatibility and enhanced performance for advanced NVMe drive management and integration:

New Software Feature in Release 4.3(5d)

Cisco UCS Manager adds a security option that enables administrators to configure user blocking levels following failed login attempts, allowing them to choose between blocking all users at once or imposing restrictions on a per-user basis.

Additionally, syslog messages are generated for authentication failures, providing details such as user ID, domain ID, IP address, and account status.

New Software Feature in Release 4.3(5c)

Cisco UCS Manager 4.3(5c) now supports Local Disk Configuration Policy for the following Cisco Tri-Mode M1 24G RAID and HBA controllers on the Cisco UCS C225 M8 and C245 M8 servers:

  • UCSC-HBA-M1L16

  • UCSC-RAID-M1L16

  • UCSC-RAID-MP1L32

New Software Feature in Release 4.3(5a)

  • The Cisco UCS Manager release 4.3(5a) introduces advanced security management to protect sensitive data and ensure network integrity. This release includes encryption management with an AES encryption master key option. Additionally, Media Access Control Security (MACsec) now supports Type-6 (AES encryption) in addition to Type-0 and Type-7 encryption for Ethernet uplink ports on Cisco UCS 6536, 6454, and 64108 Fabric Interconnects through GUI and CLI interfaces. This feature offers robust encryption capabilities, allowing administrators to manage encryption settings effectively and ensure data security and compliance with encryption standards.


    Note

    This functionality is not supported on Cisco UCS X-Series Direct (Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects 9108 100G).

  • Cisco UCS Manager now includes dynamic polling support to monitor the port status (up/down) and port speed of third-party Network Interface Cards (NICs) on Cisco UCS C-Series M6, M7, and M8 servers, offering real-time insights into network interface performance and ensuring optimal server connectivity and efficiency.

  • Cisco UCS Manager enhances support for the server personality configuration of Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI). This feature is supported on Cisco UCS M6, M7, and M8 servers, allowing the servers to function either as standard UCS servers or HCI servers. The server personality field is an informational attribute that indicates the specific configuration or role assigned to the server. This simplifies the management of HCI and offers great visibility into server roles, enabling more efficient operations.

  • Cisco UCS Manager supports enabling the EtherChannel pinning option for Cisco UCS VIC adapters to enhance performance. This option allows vNIC adapters with EtherChannel capabilities to utilize multiple uplink ports for optimized traffic distribution. This setting applies only to eNIC interfaces on Cisco UCS 1400, 14000, and 15000 series adapters and does not apply to fNIC interfaces.

  • Cisco UCS Manager enables IPv6 overlay offload functionality. This feature, supported by updated async drivers, optimizes IPv6 network performance and enhances efficiency.

  • Support for U.2 Solidigm P5520 NVMe High Perf. Medium Endurance and U.2 Solidigm P5620 NVMe High Perf. High Endurance with Cisco UCS UCS C225 M8, C245 M8, and all M7 and M6 servers.

New Software Feature in Release 4.3(4a)

  • Cisco UCS Manager introduces support for Media Access Control Security (MACsec) type-0 and type-7 encryption for Ethernet uplink ports on Cisco UCS FI 6536, 6454 and 64108 through GUI and CLI interfaces.


    Note

    This functionality is not supported on Cisco UCS X-Series Direct.

  • Cisco UCS Manager support for ERSPAN traffic monitoring on Cisco UCS 6536, 6454, and 64108 Fabric Interconnects.


    Note

    This functionality is not supported on Cisco UCS X-Series Direct.

  • Cisco UCS Manager now provides support to configure Hybrid Slots Configuration policy for Cisco Tri-Mode 24G SAS RAID Controller w/4GB Cache (UCSC-RAID-HP) that indicates whether the RAID controller can handle U.3 drives in RAID or Direct attached modes.

  • Cisco UCS Manager uses Data Sanitization feature to erase all sensitive data, thus making extraction or recovery of data impossible on the following UCS servers:

    • Cisco UCS C220 M7, C240 M7, X210c M7, X410c M7

    • Cisco UCS C220 M6, C240 M6, C225 M6, C245 M6, B200 M6, X210c M6 servers

    • Cisco UCS C220 M5, C240 M5, C480 M5, C125 M5, B200 M5, B480 M5 servers

  • Cisco UCS Manager supports inventory listing for PCIe Node adapters.

  • Cisco UCS Manager supports TLS 1.3 protocol for HTTPS communication for improved Transport Layer Security.

  • New Ethernet port error, MACsec and DCE counters are added for the adapters under statistics.

  • Starting with Cisco UCS Manager release 4.3(4a), new optimized adapter policies are available for Windows, Linux, and VMware operating systems, for the Cisco UCS VIC 1400, 14000 and 15000 series adapter.

  • Starting with Cisco UCS Manager release 4.3(4a), adapter stats collection includes the following:

    • rx_no_buffer counters of vNIC which is represented as no buffer drop packets.

    • support for PFC pause time through TxWait and RxWait counters.

  • NXOS now includes Fabric Interconnect port data-rate and PFC monitoring and is accessible through show logging onboard commands, capturing threshold crossings without duplications allowing user to monitor congestion in the Cisco UCS fabric interconnects.

  • Release 4.3(4a) qualifies the new CipherTrust KMIP server from Thales®, which is set to take over from the old SafeNet and Vormetric servers that are being phased out. The new CipherTrust KMIP server offers enhanced usability and an expanded feature set, but keeps the user experience the same. Support for new CipherTrust in Cisco UCS Manager starts with version 4.3(4a). For detailed instructions on the configuration process of the CipherTrust KMIP manager, please refer to the CipherTrust Manager user guide provided by Thales®.

New Software Feature in Release 4.3(3c)

Cisco UCS Manager is enhanced to better handle high power demand during discovery and deep discovery of a server in Cisco UCSX-9508 chassis when the chassis is under load.

New Software Feature in Release 4.3(2b)

  • Beginning with release 4.3(2b), Cisco UCS Manager introduces support for Secure Boot on the following Virtual Interface Cards (VIC) on Cisco UCS C-Series and X-Series servers:

    • Cisco UCS VIC 15420

    • Cisco UCS VIC 15422

    • Cisco UCS VIC 15235

    • Cisco UCS VIC 15425

    Secure Boot is a trustworthy technology that ensures the code running on Cisco hardware platforms is authentic, unmodified, and operational as intended. The Secure Boot uses a trust anchor module (TAm) in hardware to verify the bootloader code. It also protects the boot code in hardware and checks digitally signed images to verify that only genuine, unmodified code boots on a Cisco device.

  • Added Windows NENIC Driver support to enable Receive Side Scaling Version 2 (RSSv2) for Cisco UCS VIC 15000 series adapters. When RSS is enabled on the VIC, multiple hardware receive queues can be configured on the Physical Function (PF). With RSSv2, the VIC adapters can now support up to 16 queues (4x). RSSv2 is supported on the following servers:

    • Cisco UCS B-Series and C-Series M6 servers

    • Cisco UCS C-Series and X-Series M7 servers

  • Added support for NVMeOF using RDMA on Cisco UCS VIC 14000 series adapters.

  • Support for Cisco UCS VIC Q-in-Q tunneling configuration. A Cisco UCS Manager based Q-in-Q (802.1Q-in-802.1Q) tunnel originating from Cisco UCS VIC allows to segregate the traffic in the Cisco UCS infrastructure, and helps to expand the VLAN space through the double-tagging of packets in hypervisor or non-hypervisor environments.

  • Added support for migrating Cisco UCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnect to Cisco UCS 6536 Fabric Interconnect:

    • Support for UCS-FI-6454 to UCS-FI-6536 migration

    • Support for UCS-FI-64108 to UCS-FI-6536 migration

    • Support for UCS-FI-6454 to UCS-FI-6536 migration with UCS Central

    • Support for UCS-FI-64108 to UCS-FI-6536 migration with UCS Central

  • Cisco UCS Manager introduces Netflow Monitoring support for Cisco UCS 6400 and 6500 Series Fabric Interconnects.

    NetFlow monitoring includes both Host Receive and Transmit Direction Monitor. On Cisco UCS 6400 series and Cisco UCS 6536 Fabric Interconnects, NetFlow monitoring session applied to the Host Receive Direction Monitor will enable both transmit and receive monitoring, while NetFlow monitoring session applied to the Host transmit Direction Monitor is a NO-OP.

  • Cisco UCS Manager introduces Policy Driven Chassis Group Cap for Cisco UCSX-9508 Chassis.

  • SR-IOV support for ESXi on Cisco UCS VIC 15000 Series with Cisco UCS M6/M7 B-series, C-series and X-series servers and on Cisco UCS VIC 1400/14000 series for Cisco UCS M5/M6 B-series and C-series servers.

  • QSFP - 100G SR 1.2 support with Cisco UCS VIC 1400 and 15000 Series.

  • Cisco UCS Manager now supports soft check for IIS license.

    Cisco UCS X-Series Servers and Cisco M7 Servers require a valid Cisco Intersight license and a connection to Intersight to remain compliant. If Cisco UCS Manager 4.3(2) detects Cisco UCS X-Series or any M7 hardware, it checks to ensure that the domain is claimed with a Cisco Intersight instance (SaaS, Connected Virtual Appliance, or Private Virtual Appliance). If the domain is not claimed within Cisco Intersight (where the Cisco Intersight licenses are managed), Cisco UCS Manager displays a major fault to notify you of this requirement so that you can take necessary steps to move to a compliant deployment.

  • Cisco UCS Manager also supports BMC Auto Upgrade functionality—If you migrate Cisco UCS X-Series Servers running Cisco IMC release lower than 4.3(2b) from IMM to Cisco UCS Manager managed mode, then Cisco UCS Manager auto upgrades Cisco IMC version to 4.3(2b).

  • User Acknowledgment during Cisco UCS infra upgrade through Auto-Install is enhanced for better user experience:

    Reboot Now

Are you sure you want to apply the changes immediately?
Acknowledging will cause a reboot of the Primary Fabric Interconnect.  
Please make sure to validate (detailed info available in the Cisco UCS Manager 
Firmware Management Guide) the below points to avoid unexpected network issues:

         • Dynamic vNIC (if any) are up and running
         • Ethernet/FIber channel date paths are operating as expected
         • No unexpected faults that may indicate a potential error, exist.

Click Yes to apply the pending changes.

Deprecated Hardware and Software in Cisco UCS Manager

Release 4.3(4a)

Beginning with Cisco UCS Manager release 4.3(4a) following adapters are not supported:

  • Qlogic QL41132HORJ dual port 10GBase T OCP (UCSC-OCP-QD10GC)

  • QLogic QL41162HLRJ PCIe dual-port 10Gb Base-T PCIe NIC (UCSC-PCIE-QD10GC)

  • Cisco FastLinQ QL41212H 25GbE (UCSC-PCIE-QD25GF)

  • Qlogic QL41232HOCU dual port 25G OCP (UCSC-OCP-QD25GF)

  • Qlogic FastLinQ QL45412H 40GbE (UCSC-PCIE-QD40GF)

  • QLogic QL45611HLCU single port 100GbE PCIe NIC (UCSC-PCIE-QS100GF)

  • Qlogic FastLinQ QL45631HOCU single port 100G QSFP28 OCP 2.0 (UCSC-OCP-QS100GF)

Release 4.3(2b)

  • Beginning with Cisco UCS Manager Release 4.3(2b), all Cisco UCS M4 and older servers and their accessories are no longer supported on all platforms (6300 Series, and 6400 Series Fabric Interconnects).

  • Beginning with Cisco UCS Manager Release 4.3(2b), Cisco UCS 6200 Series FI is no longer supported.

Cross-Version Firmware Support

The Cisco UCS Manager A bundle software (Cisco UCS Manager, Cisco NX-OS, IOM and FEX firmware) can be mixed with previous B or C bundle releases on the servers (host firmware [FW], BIOS, Cisco IMC, adapter FW and drivers).

Cisco UCS Equivalency Matrix for Cisco Intersight, Cisco IMC, and Cisco UCS Manager outlines the release timeline for Cisco Intersight, Cisco Integrated Management Controller (IMC), and Cisco UCS Manager (UCSM). It includes essential information such as the date each patch was posted, the specific patch version, and the platforms that are supported by each release. By referring to this matrix, you can identify the appropriate firmware and software versions required for your servers before migrating them to Cisco Intersight. This ensures that your server infrastructure remains supported and operates efficiently during and after the transition.

The following table lists the mixed A, B, and C bundle versions that are supported on Cisco UCS 6300, 6400 series and 6536 Fabric Interconnects:

Table 12. Mixed Cisco UCS Releases Supported on Cisco UCS 6300, 6400, 6536 Series Fabric Interconnects

Infrastructure Versions (A Bundles)

Host FW Versions (B or C Bundles)

4.0(1)

4.0(2)

4.0(4)

4.1(1)

4.1(2)

4.1(3)

4.2(1)

4.2(2)

4.2(3)

4.3(2)

4.3(3)

4.3(4)

4.3(5)

4.3(6)

Note

 

In a setup equipped with Cisco UCS C240 M8 Server, C220 M8 Server, and UCS X210c M8 Compute Node, you cannot downgrade Infrastructure Version (A Bundle) or Host Firmware Version (C Bundle) to any release earlier than 4.3(6a).

In a setup equipped with Cisco UCS C245 M8 Server, you cannot downgrade Infrastructure Version (A Bundle) or Host Firmware Version (C Bundle) to any release earlier than 4.3(4b).

In a setup equipped with Cisco UCS X215c M8 Compute Node and Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server, you cannot downgrade Infrastructure Version (A Bundle) or Host Firmware Version (C Bundle) to any release earlier than 4.3(5a).

4.3(6)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

4.3(5)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

4.3(4)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

4.3(3)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

4.3(2)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

4.2(3)

—

—

—

—

—

—

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108, 6536

4.2(2)

—

—

—

—

—

—

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

4.2(1)

—

—

—

—

—

—

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

4.1(3)

—

—

—

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

4.1(2)

—

—

—

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

—

—

—

—

—

4.1(1)

—

—

—

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454, 64108

—

—

—

—

—

4.0(4)

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454

—

—

—

—

—

4.0(2)

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454

—

—

—

—

—

4.0(1)

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454

6200, 6332, 6332-16UP, 6454

—

—

—

—

—

The following table lists the mixed A and B bundle versions that are supported on Cisco UCS X-Series Direct:

Table 13. Mixed Cisco UCS Releases Supported on Cisco UCS X-Series Direct

Host FW Versions (B Bundles)

Infrastructure Versions (A Bundles)

4.3(4)

4.3(5)

4.3(6)

4.3(6)

UCSX-S9108-100G

UCSX-S9108-100G

UCSX-S9108-100G

4.3(5)

UCSX-S9108-100G

UCSX-S9108-100G

UCSX-S9108-100G

4.3(4)

UCSX-S9108-100G

UCSX-S9108-100G

UCSX-S9108-100G

Note

 

In a setup equipped with Cisco UCS X210c M8 Compute Node, you cannot downgrade Infrastructure Version (A Bundle) or Host Firmware Version (B bundle) to any release earlier than 4.3(6a).

In a setup equipped with Cisco UCS X-Series Direct, you cannot downgrade Infrastructure Version (A Bundle) to any release earlier than 4.3(4b).

The following table lists the mixed A, B, and C bundle versions that are supported on Cisco UCS Mini fabric interconnects:

Table 14. Mixed Cisco UCS Releases Supported on Cisco UCS Mini Fabric Interconnects

Infrastructure Versions (A Bundles)

Host FW Versions (B or C Bundles)

4.0(1)

4.0(2)

4.0(4)

4.1(1)

4.1(2)

4.1(3)

4.2(1)

4.2(2)

4.2(3)

4.3(2)

4.3(3)

4.3(4)

4.3(5)

4.3(6)

4.3(6)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

4.3(5)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

4.3(4)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

4.3(3)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

4.3(2)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

4.2(3)

—

—

—

—

—

—

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

4.2(2)

—

—

—

—

—

—

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

4.2(1)

—

—

—

—

—

—

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

4.1(3)

—

—

—

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

4.1(2)

—

—

—

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

—

—

—

—

—

4.1(1)

—

—

—

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

—

—

—

—

—

4.0(4)

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

—

—

—

—

—

4.0(2)

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

4.0(1)

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

6324

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

The following table lists the mixed B, C bundles that are supported on all platforms with the 4.3(6)A bundle:

Table 15. Mixed B, C Bundles Supported on All Platforms with the 4.3(6)A Bundle

Infrastructure Versions (A Bundles)

Host FW Versions (B, C Bundles)

4.3(6)

6300

6324

6400

6500

UCSX-S9108-100G

Note

 

Cisco UCSX-S9108-100G supports only Cisco UCS X-Series Servers.

4.3(6)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

4.3(5)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

4.3(4)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

4.3(3)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

4.3(2)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

4.2(3)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

4.2(2)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

4.2(1)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

4.1(3)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

4.1(2)

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

4.1(1)

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

4.0(1), 4.0(4)

(B, C Bundles)

No

No

No

No

No

Important

If you implement cross-version firmware, you must ensure that the configurations for the Cisco UCS domain are supported by the firmware version on the server endpoints.

Cisco UCS NVMeoF Support Matrix for 3rd Party Storage Vendors

Table 16. Cisco UCS NVMeoF Support Matrix for 3rd Party Storage Vendors (Updated)

Storage Vendor

Feature

Storage Array

Cisco UCS FI

Cisco UCS VIC

Operating System

NetApp Inc.®

NVMe-FC

ONTAP 9.7 onwards

Cisco UCS 6400 Series

Cisco UCS 6536

Cisco UCS 1400 Series

Cisco UCS 14000 Series

Cisco UCS 15000 Series

ESXi 7.0U3+, ESXi 8.0+, RHEL 8.6+, RHEL 9.0+, SLES 15SP3+

NVMe-FC

ONTAP 9.7 onwards

Cisco UCS UCSX-S9108-100G

Cisco UCS 15000 Series

ESXi 7.0U3+, ESXi 8.0U2+, RHEL 8.9+, RHEL 9.3+, SLES 15SP4+

NVMe-TCP

ONTAP 9.10 onwards

Cisco UCS 6400 Series

Cisco UCS 6536

Cisco UCS 1400 Series

Cisco UCS 14000 Series

Cisco UCS 15000 Series

ESXi 7.0U3 +, ESXi 8.0 +, RHEL 9.0+, SLES 15SP3

NVMe-TCP

ONTAP 9.10 onwards

Cisco UCS UCSX-S9108-100G

Cisco UCS 15000 Series

ESXi 7.0U3 +, ESXi 8.0 U2+, RHEL 9.3+, SLES 15SP4+

Note

 

Cisco UCS VIC 1300 series is supported only with RHEL 8.6+.

Refer https://hwu.netapp.com/ for latest Storage Array support details.

A valid NetApp® account is required to access the compatibility information

Pure Storage, Inc.®

NVMe-FC

Purity//FA 6.1 onwards

Cisco UCS 6300 Series

Cisco UCS 6400 Series

Cisco UCS 1300 Series

RHEL 8.6+

Note

 

Cisco UCS VIC 1300 series is supported only with RHEL 8.6+.

Purity//FA 6.1 onwards

Cisco UCS 6300 Series

Cisco UCS 6400 Series

Cisco UCS 6536

Cisco UCS 1400 Series

Cisco UCS 14000 Series

Cisco UCS 15000 Series

ESXi 7.0U3+, ESXi 8.0+, RHEL 8.6+, RHEL 9.0+, SLES 15SP1+

Purity//FA onwards 6.6.3

Cisco UCS UCSX-S9108-100G

Cisco UCS 15000 Series

ESXi 7.0U3+, RHEL 8.6+, SLES 15SP3+, ESXi 8.0, RHEL 9.0+

NVMe-ROCEv2

Purity//FA 5.2 onwards

Cisco UCS 6300 Series

Cisco UCS 6400 Series

Cisco UCS 6536

Cisco UCS 1400 Series

Cisco UCS 14000 Series

Cisco UCS 15000 Series

RHEL 7.2+, RHEL 8.0+, RHEL 9.0+

Purity//FA 5.2 onwards

Cisco UCS 6400 Series

Cisco UCS 6536

Cisco UCS 1400 Series

Cisco UCS 14000 Series

Cisco UCS 15000 Series

ESXi 7.0U3, ESXi 8.0

Purity//FA onwards 6.6.3

Cisco UCS UCSX-S9108-100G

Cisco UCS 15000 Series

ESXi 7.0U3+, ESXi 8.0U2+, RHEL 8.9+, RHEL 9.3+

NVMe-TCP

Purity//FA 6.4.2 onwards

Cisco UCS 6300 Series

Cisco UCS 6400 Series

Cisco UCS 6536

Cisco UCS 1400 Series

Cisco UCS 14000 Series

Cisco UCS 15000 Series

ESXi 7.0U3+, RHEL 9.0+, SLES 15SP3+

Purity//FA onwards 6.6.3

Cisco UCS UCSX-S9108-100G

Cisco UCS 15000 Series

ESXi 7.0U3+, ESXi 8.0U2+, RHEL 8.9+, RHEL 9.3+, SLES 15SP4+

Dell Inc.®

NVMe-FC

PowerStore

PowerMax

Cisco UCS 6300 Series

Cisco UCS 6400 Series

Cisco UCS 6536

Cisco UCS 1400 Series

Cisco UCS 14000 Series

Cisco UCS 15000 Series

ESXi 7.0U3+, RHEL 8.6+, SLES 15SP3+

PowerStore

PowerMax

Cisco UCS UCSX-S9108-100G

Cisco UCS 15000 Series

ESXi 7.0U3+, ESXi 8.0U2+, RHEL 8.9+, RHEL 9.3+, SLES 15SP4+

NVMe-TCP

PowerStore

PowerMax

Cisco UCS 6300 Series

Cisco UCS 6400 Series

Cisco UCS 6536

Cisco UCS 1400 Series

Cisco UCS 14000 Series

Cisco UCS 15000 Series

ESXi 7.0U3+, RHEL 8.6+, SLES 15SP3+

PowerStore

PowerMax

Cisco UCS UCSX-S9108-100G

Cisco UCS 15000 Series

ESXi 7.0U3+, ESXi 8.0U2+, RHEL 8.9+, RHEL 9.3+, SLES 15SP4+

IBM® Information Technology

NVMe-FC

IBM FlashSystem 9500

Cisco UCS 6400 Series

Cisco UCS 6500 Series

Cisco UCS 1400 Series

Cisco UCS 14000 Series

Cisco UCS 15000 Series

ESXi 8.0U2, ESXi 7.0U3, RHEL 8.8, RHEL 9.2

IBM FlashSystem 9200/R

IBM FlashSystem 9100

IBM FlashSystem 7300

IBM FlashSystem 7200/H

IBM FlashSystem 5300

IBM FlashSystem 5200

IBM FlashSystem 5045

IBM FlashSystem 5035

IBM FlashSystem 5015

IBM SAN Volume Controller SV3

IBM SAN Volume Controller SV2

Hitachi, Ltd.

NVMe-FC

HV Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform 5-Series(VSP 5600H)

Cisco UCS 6300 Series

Cisco UCS 6400 Series

Cisco UCS 6536

Cisco UCS 1400 Series

Cisco UCS 14000 Series

Cisco UCS 15000 Series

ESXi 8.0U1+, ESXi 8.0U2+, ESXi 7.0U3+

Note

 

Cisco UCS Manager versions 4.3(4) and 4.3(2) are supported.

HV Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform 5-Series(VSP 5600)

HV Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform 5-Series(VSP 5500)

HV Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform 5-Series(VSP 5100)

HV Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform 5-Series(VSP 5200)

HV Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform 5-Series(VSP 5500H)

HV Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform 5-Series(VSP 5200H)

HV Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform 5-Series(VSP 5100H)

HV Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform E-Series(VSP E1090H)

HV Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform E-Series(VSP E1090)

NVMe-TCP

HV Hitachi VSP One Block 24

Cisco UCSX-S9108-100G

Cisco UCS 15000 Series

ESXi 8.0U3

Note

 

Cisco UCS Manager version 4.3(5) is supported.

HV Hitachi VSP One Block 26

HV Hitachi VSP One Block 28

Note

+ under OS Support column refers to the newer release in that release train.

Compatibility and Support Matrix for Cisco Fabric Interconnects and MDS Switches

Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect

Older Supported Release of MDS

Recommended Release of MDS

Cisco UCS 6536 FI

9.2

9.4

Cisco UCS 6454 FI

8.4, 9.2

9.4

Cisco UCS 64108 FI

8.4, 9.2

9.4

Cisco UCS X-Series Direct

—

9.4

Note

For older supported release only MDS recommended minor version are supported. See Recommended Releases for Cisco MDS 9000 Series Switches for more information.

Compatibility and Support Matrix for Cisco Fabric Interconnects and Nexus Switches

Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect

Older Supported Release of NX-OS

Recommended Release of NX-OS

Cisco UCS 6536 FI

10.3(x), 10.4(x)

10.5(x)

Cisco UCS 6454 FI

10.3(x), 10.4(x)

10.5(x)

Cisco UCS 64108 FI

10.3(x), 10.4(x)

10.5(x)

Cisco UCS X-Series Direct

10.4(x)

10.5(x)

Compatibility and Support Matrix for Cisco Fabric Interconnects and Brocade Switches

Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect

Older Supported Release of Brocade

Recommended Release of Brocade

Cisco UCS 6536 FI

9.1

9.2

Cisco UCS 6454 FI

9.1

9.2

Cisco UCS 64108 FI

9.1

9.2

Cisco UCS X-Series Direct

NA

9.2

Internal Dependencies

The following sections provide information on the interdependencies between Cisco UCS hardware and versions of Cisco UCS Manager.

  • Version dependencies for Server FRU items such as DIMMs depend on the server type.

  • Chassis items such as fans and power supplies work with all versions of Cisco UCS Manager.

Cisco UCSX-S9108-100G, 6536, 6400, 6300, and 6332 Series Fabric Interconnects and Components

Blade Servers


Note

In a mixed firmware configuration, we recommend that the minimum server bundle corresponds to the Minimum Software Version. The infrastructure must be at or above the Minimum Software Version.

Table 17. Minimum Host Firmware Versions for Blade Servers

Servers

Minimum Software Version

UCS 6324, UCS 6332, 6332-16UP FI

Minimum Software Version

UCS 6324, UCS 6332, 6332-16UP FI

Minimum Software Version

UCS 6454 FI

Minimum Software Version

UCS 64108 FI

Minimum Software Version

UCS 6536 FI

Minimum Software Version

UCSX-S9108-100G

Suggested Software Version

UCS 6324 Series FI

UCS 6332, 6332-16UP FI

UCS 6400 Series FI

UCS 6536 Series FI

UCS-IOM- 2204

UCS-IOM- 2208

UCS-IOM- 2304

UCS-IOM- 2304V2

UCS-IOM- 2204

UCS-IOM- 2208

UCS-IOM- 2408*

UCSX-I-9108-25G

UCS-IOM- 2204

UCS-IOM- 2208

UCS-IOM- 2408*

UCSX-I-9108-25G

UCS-IOM- 2304V1/V2

UCS-IOM- 2408

UCSX-I-9108-25G or UCSX-I-9108-100G

UCSX-S9108-100G

UCS-IOM-2204

UCS-IOM-2208

UCS-IOM-2408

UCS-IOM- 2304

UCS-IOM- 2304V2

UCSX-I-9108-25G or UCSX-I-9108-100G

UCS-IOM-2408 support M5 server is with UCS 1300/1400 series VIC adapters.

UCS-IOM-2408 is supported with UCS 6400 Series/UCS 6536 FI

UCS IOM-2304v1/v2 is supported with UCS 6300/UCS 6536 FI

UCS IOM-220x is supported with UCS 6200 series/UCS 6300/UCS 6400 series FI.

Cisco UCS M6 servers are not supported with 6200 series FI

UCSX-I-9108-25G and UCSX-I-9108-100G are supported only with UCS X-Series Servers

UCS X210c M8

—

—

—

4.3(6a)

4.3(6a)

4.3(6a)

4.3(6a)

4.3(6c)

*

UCS X215c M8

—

—

—

4.3(5a)

4.3(5a)

4.3(5a)

4.3(5a)

4.3(6c)

*

UCS X410c M7

—

—

—

4.3(2c)

4.3(2c)

4.3(2c)

4.3(4b)

4.3(6c)

*

UCS X210c M7

—

—

—

4.3(2b)

4.3(2b)

4.3(2b)

4.3(4b)

4.3(6c)*

UCS X210c M6

—

—

—

4.3(2b)

4.3(2b)

4.3(2b)

4.3(4b)

4.3(6c)*
*

Cisco UCS X210c M8 Compute Node is supported only with Cisco UCS 6454, 64108, and 6536 FIs.

Cisco UCS X215c M8 Compute Node is supported only with Cisco UCS 6454, 64108, and 6536 FIs.

Cisco UCS X-Series M7 and M6 servers are supported only with Cisco UCS UCSX-S9108-100G, 6454, 64108, and 6536 FIs and are not supported with Cisco UCS 6324, UCS 6332, 6332-16UP FIs.

B200 M6

 4.2(1d) 4.2(1d) 4.2(1d) 4.2(1d) 4.2(1d)

4.2(3p)

-

4.3(6c)

B200 M5

3.2(1d)

3.2(1d)

4.0(4o)

4.0(1a)

4.1(1a)

4.2(3p)

-

4.3(6c)

B480 M5

3.2(2b)

3.2(2b)

4.0(4o)

4.0(1a)

4.1(1a)

4.2(3p)

-

4.3(6c)

Rack Servers


Note

In a mixed firmware configuration, we recommend that the minimum server bundle corresponds to the Minimum Software Version. The infrastructure must be at or above the Minimum Software Version.

Table 18. Minimum Host Firmware Versions for Rack Servers

Servers

Minimum Software Version

UCS 6332, 6332-16UP

2232 PP

2348

Minimum Software Version

UCS 6454

2232 PP (10G)

2348 UPQ (10G)

93180YC-FX3 (25G server ports)

93180YC-FX3 (10G server ports)

Minimum Software Version

UCS 64108

2232 PP (10G)

2348 UPQ (10G)

93180YC-FX3 (25G server ports)

93180YC-FX3 (10G server ports)

Minimum Software Version

UCS 6536

93180YC-FX3 (25G server ports)

93180YC-FX3 (10G server ports)

2348 UPQ (10G server ports)

Suggested Software Version

UCS 6332, 6332-16UP FI

UCS 6400 Series FI

UCS 6536

Cisco UCS C240 M8

—

4.3(6a)

4.3(6a)

4.3(6a)

4.3(6c)*

Cisco UCS C220 M8

—

4.3(6a)

4.3(6a)

4.3(6a)

4.3(6c)*

Cisco UCS C225 M8

—

4.3(5a)

4.3(5a)

4.3(5a)

4.3(6c)*

Cisco UCS C245 M8

—

4.3(4b)

4.3(4b)

4.3(4b)

4.3(6c)*

Cisco UCS C240 M7

—

4.3(2b)

4.3(2b)

4.3(2b)

4.3(6c)*

Cisco UCS C220 M7

—

4.3(2b)

4.3(2b)

4.3(2b)

4.3(6c)*

* Cisco UCS C-Series M7 and M8 Serves are supported only with Cisco UCS 6454, 64108, and 6536 FIs and are not supported with Cisco UCS UCS 6332, 6332-16UP FIs.

Cisco UCS C220 M6

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

4.2(3p)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS C240 M6

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

4.2(3p)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS C225 M6

4.2(1l)

4.2(1l)

4.2(1l)

4.2(3p)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS C245 M6

4.2(1i)

4.2(1i)

4.2(1i)

4.2(3p)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS C220 M5

3.2(1d)

4.0(1a)

4.1(1a)

4.2(3p)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS C240 M5

3.2(1d)

4.0(1a)

4.1(1a)

4.2(3p)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS C125 M5

 4.0(1a) 4.0(1a)

4.1(1a)

4.2(3p)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS S3260 M5

3.2(3a)

 4.0(1a)

4.1(1a)

4.2(3p)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS C480 M5 ML

4.0(2a)

4.0(2a)

4.1(1a)

4.2(3p)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS C480 M5

3.2(2b)

 4.0(1a)

4.1(1a)

4.2(3p)

4.3(6c)

Adapters

In the following table, the Suggested Software Version column does not provide FI, FEX/IOM, and adapter compatibility. Check the Minimum Software Version columns in the same table for compatibility information.

Table 19. Minimum Software Versions for Adapters

Adapters

Minimum Software Version

UCS 6332, 6332-16UP

Minimum Software Version

UCS 6332, 6332-16UP

Minimum

Software Version

UCS 6332, 6332

-16UP

Minimum Software Version

UCS 6454

Minimum

Software Version

UCS 6454

Minimum Software Version

UCS 64108

Minimum

Software Version

UCS 6536

Minimum

Software Version

UCS 6536

UCSX-S9108-

100G (Primary)

Suggested Software Version

UCS 6332, 6332-16UP FI

UCS 6400 Series FI

UCS 6500 Series FI

UCS-IOM

-2204

UCS-IOM

-2208

UCS-IOM-2304

UCS-IOM-2304V2

2232 PP

2348

UCS-IOM-

2204

UCS-IOM

-2208

UCS-IOM

-2408*

93180YC

-FX3 (10/25G server ports)

2232 PP

2348 UPQ

UCSX-I-9108

-25G

UCSX-I-9108-

100G

UCS-IOM

-2204

UCS-IOM

-2208

UCS-IOM

-2408*

UCSX-I-9108-25G

UCSX-I-9108-100G

UCS-IOM

-2304 V1/V2

UCS-IOM

-2408

93180YC

-FX3 (10/25G server ports)

2348 UPQ (10G server ports)

UCSX-I-9108

-25G

UCSX-I-9108-

100G

UCSX-I-9108

-25G

UCSX-I-9108-

100G

UCS-IOM

-2204

UCS-IOM

-2208

UCS-IOM

-2408*

UCS-IOM- 2304

UCS-IOM- 2304V2

Cisco UCS IOMs are applicable only for Cisco UCS B-Series Servers

UCSX-I-9108-25G and UCSX-I-9108-100G are supported only with Cisco UCS X-Series Servers

UCSX-S9108-100G (Primary) supports only Cisco UCS X-Series Servers

UCSC-M-V5Q50GV2 (Cisco UCS VIC 15427 Quad-port 10/25/50-G mLOM)

-

-

-

-

4.3(2c)

4.3(2c)

-

4.3(2c)

-

4.3(6c)

UCSX-ML-V5D200GV2 (Cisco UCS VIC 15230 Dual-port 100-G mLOM)

-

-

-

-

4.3(2c)

4.3(2c)

-

4.3(2c)

4.3(6c)

4.3(6c)

UCSC-M-V5D200GV2 (Cisco UCS VIC 15237 mLOM Dual-port 40/100/200-G mLOM)

-

-

-

-

4.3(2c)

4.3(2c)

-

4.3(2c)

-

4.3(6c)

UCSX-ML-V5D200G (Cisco UCS VIC 15231 Dual-port 100-G mLOM)

-

-

-

-

4.3(2b)

4.3(2b)

-

4.3(2b)

4.3(6c)

4.3(6c)
UCSX-ME-V5Q50G (Cisco UCS VIC 15422 Quad-port 25G mezzanine)

-

-

-

-

4.3(2b)

4.3(2b)

-

4.3(2b)

-

4.3(6c)

UCSX-ML-V5Q50G (Cisco UCS VIC 15420 Quad-port 25G mLOM)

-

-

-

-

4.3(2b)

4.3(2b)

-

4.3(2b)

4.3(6c)

4.3(6c)

UCSX-V4-Q25GML (Cisco UCS VIC 14425 Quad-port 25G mLOM)

-

-

-

-

4.3(2b)

4.3(2b)

-

4.3(2b)

4.3(6c)

4.3(6c)

UCSX-V4-Q25GME (Cisco VIC 14825 Quad-port 25G mezzanine)

-

-

-

-

4.3(2b)

4.3(2b)

-

4.3(2b)

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-P-V5D200G (Cisco UCS VIC 15235 Dual-port 40/100/200-G PCIe\)

-

-

4.3(2b)

-

-

-

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-P-V5Q50G (Cisco UCS VIC 15425 Quad-port 10/25/50-G PCIe

-

-

4.3(2b)

-

4.3(2b)

-

4.3(2b)

4.3(2b)

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-M-V5Q50G (Cisco UCS VIC 15428 MLOM 4-port adapter)

-

-

4.2(1d)

-

4.2(1d)

-

-

4.2(3p)

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-M-V5D200G (Cisco UCS VIC 15238 MLOM adapter)

Direct Attached only

4.2(3p)

Direct Attached only

4.2(3p)

Direct Attached only

4.2(3p)

Direct Attached only

-

-

-

4.2(3p)

Direct Attached only (40/100G)

4.2(3p)

Direct Attached only (40/100G)

-

4.3(6c)

UCSBMLV5Q

10G

(Cisco VIC 15411)

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

-

4.2(1d)

-

4.2(1d)

4.2(3p)

-

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-PCIE-C100

-04

(Cisco UCS VIC 1495)

4.0(2a) *

4.0(2a)

-

4.0(2a) *

-

4.0(2a) *

4.2(3p)

Direct Attach only (40/100G)

4.2(3p)

Direct Attach only (40/100G)

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-MLOM-C100

-04

(Cisco UCS VIC 1497)

4.0(2a) *

4.0(2a) *

-

4.0(2a) *

-

4.0(2a) *

4.2(3p)

Direct Attach only (40/100G)

4.2(3p)

Direct Attach only (40/100G)

-

4.3(6c)

UCSB-MLOM-

40G-04

(UCS VIC 1440)

4.0(1a) *

4.0(1a) *

-

4.0(1a) *

-

4.1(1a) *

4.2(3p)

-

-

4.3(6c)

UCSCM- V25-04 (UCS VIC 1467)

-

-

4.2(1l)

-

4.2(1l)

-

-

4.2(3p)

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-M-V100-04 (UCS VIC 1477)

4.2(1l)Direct Attached only

-

-

-

4.2(3p)

Direct Attached only

-

4.3(6c)

UCSB-VIC-

M84-4P

(UCS VIC 1480)

4.0(1a) *

4.0(1a) *

-

4.0(1a) *

-

4.1(1a) *

4.2(3p)

-

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-PCIE-

C25Q-04

(UCS VIC 1455)

4.0(1a) *

4.0(1a) *

4.2(3p)

4.0(1a) *

4.2(3p)

4.1(1a) *

-

4.2(3p)

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-MLOM-

C25Q-04

(UCS VIC 1457)

4.0(1a) *

4.0(1a) *

4.2(3p)

4.0(1a) *

4.2(3p)

4.1(1a) *

-

4.2(3p)

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-PCIE-C40Q

-03 (UCS VIC 1385)

UCSC-MLOM-C40Q

-03 (UCS VIC 1387)

3.1(3a) *

3.1(3a) *

4.2(3p)

4.0(1a) *

4.2(3p)

4.1(1a) *

-

4.2(3p)

-

4.3(6c)

UCSB-MLOM-

40G-03 (UCS VIC 1340)

UCSB-VIC-

M83-8P (UCS VIC 1380)

3.1(3a) *

3.1(3a) *

-

4.0(1a) *

-

4.1(1a) *

4.2(3p)

-

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-PCIE

-BD16GF (Emulex LPe31002 Dual-Port 16G FC HBA)

3.2(3a) *

3.2(3a) *

-

4.0(1a) *

-

4.1(1a) *

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-PCIE

-ID40GF (Intel XL710 adapter)

3.2(3a) *

3.2(3a) *

-

4.0(1a) *

-

4.1(1a) *

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-PCIE

-IQ10GF (Intel X710-DA4 Quad Port 10G Ethernet PCIe adapter)

3.2(3a) *

3.2(3a) *

-

4.0(1a)

*

-

4.1(1a)

*

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-PCIE

-ID10GF (Intel X710-DA2 Dual Port 10G Ethernet PCIe adapter)

3.2(3a)

*

3.2(3a) *

-

4.0(1a) *

-

4.1(1a) *

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-PCIE

-ID40GF: Intel XL710-QDA2 Dual port 40 Gigabit

Ethernet PCIe adapter

3.2(3a) *

3.2(3a) *

-

4.0(1a) *

-

4.1(1a) *

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-PCIE

-ID25GF (Intel XXV710-DA2 Dual port 25 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe adapter)

3.2(3a) *

3.2(3a) *

-

4.0(1a) *

-

4.1(1a) *

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-PCIE

-ID10GC (Intel X550-T2 adapter)

3.2(3a) *

3.2(3a) *

-

4.0(1a) *

-

4.1(1a) *

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

N2XX-AIPCI01 (Intel X520 dual port adapter)

3.2(3a) *

3.2(3a) *

-

4.0(1a) *

-

4.1(1a) *

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-PCIE-IRJ45:

Intel Ethernet Server Adapter I350-T4

3.2(3a) *

3.2(3a) *

-

4.0(1a) *

-

4.1(1a) *

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-MLOM-IRJ45:

Intel Ethernet I350-mLOM 1 Gbps Network Controller

3.2(3a) *

3.2(3a) *

-

4.0(1a) *

-

4.1(1a) *

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-PCIE

-ID25GF (Intel X710 25Gb Dual-port BaseT)

3.2(3a) *

3.2(3a) *

-

4.0(1a) *

-

4.1(1a) *

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-PCIE

-IQ10GC (Intel X710-T4)

3.2(2b) *

3.2(2b) *

-

4.0(1a) *

-

4.1(1a) *

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-PCIE

-IQ10GF (Intel X710-DA4 adapter)

UCSC-PCIE

-ID40GF (Intel XL710 adapter)

—

3.1(3a) *

-

4.0(1a) *

-

4.1(1a) *

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-PCIE

-BD32GF (Emulex LPe32002)

UCSC-PCIE

-BS32GF (Emulex LPe32000 Single-Port 32G FC HBA)

3.1(3a) *

3.1(3a) *

-

4.0(1a) *

-

4.1(1a) *

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-PCIE

-E16002 (Emulex LPe16002-M6 16G FC rack HBA)

3.2(1d) *

3.2(1d) *

-

4.0(1a) *

-

4.1(1a) *

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-PCIE

-ID10GC (Intel X550 Dual-port 10GBase-T NIC)

3.1(3a) *

3.1(3a) *

-

4.0(1a) *

-

4.1(1a) *

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-O

-ID25GF (Intel XXV710 - DA2 - OCP1 2x25/10GbE OCP 2.0 adapter)

4.0(1a) *

4.0(1a) *

-

4.0(1a) *

-

4.0(1a) *

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-P

-Q6D32GF (Cisco-QLogic QLE2772 2x32GFC Gen 6 Enhanced PCIe HBA)

4.2(1l)

4.2(1l)

-

4.2(1l)

-

4.2(1l)

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-P

-B7D32GF (Cisco-Emulex LPe35002-M2-2x32GFC Gen 7 PCIe HBA)

4.2(1l)

4.2(1l)

-

4.2(1l)

-

4.2(1l)

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-P

-I8D100GF(Cisco - Intel E810CQDA2 2x100 GbE QSFP28 PCIe NIC)

4.2(1l)

4.2(1l)

-

4.2(1l)

-

4.2(1l)

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-P

-I8Q25GF (Cisco - Intel E810XXVDA4 4x25/10 GbE SFP28 PCIe NIC)

4.2(1l)

4.2(1l)

-

4.2(1l)

-

4.2(1l)

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-P

-I8D25GF (Cisco - Intel E810XXVDA2 2x25/10 GbE SFP PCIe NIC)

4.2(1l)

4.2(1l)

-

4.2(1l)

-

4.2(1l)

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-P

-ID10GC (Cisco - Intel X710T2LG 2x10 GbE RJ45 PCIe NIC)

4.2(1l)

4.2(1l)

-

4.2(1l)

-

4.2(1l)

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-O

-ID10GC: Cisco(R) X710T2LG 2x10 GbE

RJ45 OCP 3.0 NIC

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-P

-IQ1GC: Intel I710-T4L

4x1GBASE-T NIC

Cisco UCS Manager does not support UCSC-P -IQ1GC: Intel I710-T4L 4x1GBASE-T NIC card even if the server supports this card.

UCSB-RAID12G-M6:

Cisco FlexStorage 12G SAS

RAID Controller

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

-

4.3(6c)

UCSC-SAS-M6T:

Cisco M6 12G SAS HBA for (16 Drives)

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

-

4.3(6c)

UCSX-X10C-RAIDF:

UCS X10c Compute RAID Controller

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

Cisco Mini Storage Carrier for M.2 SATA-SWRAID Mode

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

4.2(1d)

-

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCSC-P-M5S100GF (Mellanox ConnectX-5 MCX515A-CCAT 1 x 100GbE QSFP PCI NIC)

4.1(1a)

4.1(1a)

-

4.1(1a)

-

4.1(1a)

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCSC-P-M5D25GF (Mellanox ConnectX-5 MCX512A-ACAT 2 x 25Gb/10GbE SFP PCI)

4.1(1a)

4.1(1a)

-

4.1(1a)

-

4.1(1a)

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCSC-O-M5S100GF (Mellanox ConnectX-5 MCX545B-ECAN 1 x 100GbE QSFP PCI NIC)

4.1(1a)

4.1(1a)

-

4.1(1a)

-

4.1(1a)

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCSC-PCIE-QS100GF (QLogic R FastLinQ QL45611H 100GbE)

4.0(4o)

4.0(2a)

-

4.0(4o)

-

4.1(1a)

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCSC-PCIE-QD40GF (QLogic QL45412H 40GbE)

3.2(3a)

3.2(3a)

-

4.0(1a)

-

4.1(1a)

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCSC-PCIE-QD16GF (QLogic QLE2692 16GB dual Port FC HBA)

3.2(3a)

3.2(3a)

-

4.0(1a)

-

4.1(1a)

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCSC-PCIE-QD25GF (QLogic FastLinQ QL41212H 25GbE adapter)

3.2(3a)

3.2(3a)

-

4.0(1a)

-

4.1(1a)

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCSC-OCP-QD25GF (QLogic FastLinQ QL41232H Dual Port 25GbE Adapter)

4.0(1a)

4.0(1a)

-

4.0(1a)

-

4.0(1a)

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCSC-OCP-QD10GC (QLogic FastLinQ QL41132H Dual Port 10GbE Adapter)

4.0(1a)

4.0(1a)

-

4.0(1a)

-

4.0(1a)

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCSC-PCIE-QD10GC (Qlogic QL41162HLRJ-11-SP dual-port 10GBase-T CNA)

4.0(2a

4.0(2a

-

4.0(2a)

-

4.0(2a)

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCSB-MLOM-PT-01 (Cisco Port Expander Card)

3.2(2b)

3.2(2b)

-

4.0(1a)

-

4.0(1a)

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCSC-PCIE-QD32GF (Qlogic QLE2742 Dual Port 32Gb FC HBA)

3.2(3a)

3.2(3a)

-

4.0(1a)

-

4.1(1a)

-

-

-

4.3(6c)

Note

Cisco UCS Manager Infrastructure A Bundle only supports adapters running release 4.1(3) or later.

Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect Server Compatibility Matrix - Release 4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS 6536 FI

Table 20. Cisco UCS 6536 FI - Cisco UCS Rack Servers

Cisco VIC

Direct Attach

(40/100G)

Direct Attach

(4x25G or 25G QSA28)

FEX

93180YC-FX3

(25G server ports)

93180YC-FX3

(10G server ports)

2348 UPQ

(10G server ports)

15427 (UCSC-M-V5Q50GV2)

Not Supported

All Cisco UCS C-Series M8, M7, and M6 servers.

Note

 

Reverse breakout is not supported.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M8, M7, and M6 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M8, M7, and M6 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M8, M7, and M6 servers.

15237 (UCSC-M-V5D200GV2)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M8, M7, and M6 servers.

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

15235 (UCSC-P-V5D200G)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M8, M7, and M6 servers.

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

15238 (UCSC-M-V5D200G)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 and M7 servers

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

15425 (UCSC-P-V5Q50G)

Not Supported

All Cisco UCS C-Series M8, M7, and M6 servers.

Note

 

No reverse breakout supported

All Cisco UCS C-Series M8, M7, and M6 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M8, M7, and M6 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M8, M7, and M6 servers.

15428 (UCSC-M-V5Q50G)

Not Supported

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 and M7 servers

Note

 

No reverse breakout supported

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 and M7 servers

All Cisco UCS C-Series M8, M7, and M6 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 and M7 servers

1497-40G/100G (UCSC-MLOMC100-04)

All Cisco UCS C-series M5 servers.

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

1495-40G/100G (UCSC-PCIEC100-04)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6, C-Series M5, and S-series M5 servers

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

1477-40G/100G (UCSC-MV100-04)

All Cisco UCS C-series M6 servers.

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

1467-10G/25G (UCSC-MV25-04)

Not Supported

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 servers

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 servers

All Cisco UCS C-Series M8, M7, and M6 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 servers

1457-10G/25G (UCSC-MLOMC25Q-04)

Not Supported

All Cisco UCS C-series M5 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-series M5 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-series M5 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-series M5 servers.

1455-10G/25G (UCSC-PCIEC25Q-04)

Not Supported

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 and M5, and S-Series M5 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 and M5, and S-Series M5 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 and M5, and S-Series M5 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 and M5, and S-Series M5 servers.

1387 - 40G (UCSC-MLOM-C40Q-03)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M5 Servers (40G)

Not Supported

Not Supported

All Cisco UCS C-Series M5 servers with QSA and SFP-10G-SR/LR, SFP-H10GB-CU1/3/5M, SFP-H10GB-ACU7M only.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M5 servers with QSA and SFP-10G-SR only.

1385 - 40G (UCSC-PCIE-C40Q-03)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M5 Servers (40G)

Not Supported

Not Supported

All Cisco UCS C-Series M5 servers with QSA and SFP-10G-SR/LR, SFP-H10GB-CU1/3/5M, SFP-H10GB-ACU7M only.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M5 servers with QSA and SFP-10G-SR only.
Table 21. Cisco UCS 6536 FI - Cisco UCS Blade Servers

Cisco VIC

IOM

2304v1/v2 & /2408

UCSX-I-9108-25G or UCSX-I-9108-100G

15230 (UCSX-ML-V5D200GV2)

-

Cisco UCS X210c M8

Cisco UCS X215c M8

Cisco UCS X210c M6, X210c M7, and X410c M7

15420 + UCS VIC 15000 bridge connector + 15422 (UCSX-ML-V5Q50G + UCSX-V5-BRIDGE + UCSX-ME-V5Q50G)

-

Cisco UCS X210c M8

Cisco UCS X215c M8

Cisco UCS X210c M6, X210c M7, and X410c M7

15420 (UCSX-ML-V5Q50G)

-

Cisco UCS X210c M8

Cisco UCS X215c M8

Cisco UCS X210c M6, X210c M7, and X410c M7

15231 (UCSX-ML-V5D200G)

-

Cisco UCS X210c M6, X210c M7, and X410c M7

14425 + UCS VIC 14000 bridge connector + 14825 (UCSX-V4-Q25GML + UCSX-V4-BRIDGE + UCSX-V4-Q25GME)

-

Cisco UCS X210c M6

14425 (UCSX-V4-Q25GML)

-

Cisco UCS X210c M6

15411 + Port Expander (UCSB-ML-V5Q10G + UCSB-MLOM-PT-01)

Cisco UCS B200 M6

-

15411 (UCSB-ML-V5Q10G)

Cisco UCS B200 M6

-

1440 + 1480 + Port Expander (UCSB-MLOM-40G-04 + UCSB-VIC-M84-4P + UCSB-MLOM-PT-01)

Cisco UCS B480 M5

-

1440 + 1480 + 1480 (UCSB-MLOM-40G-04 + UCSB-VIC-M84-4P +UCSB-VIC-M84-4P)

Cisco UCS B480 M5

-

1440 + 1480 (UCSB-MLOM-40G-04 + UCSB-VIC-M84-4P)

Cisco UCS B200 M6, B200 M5, B480 M5

-

1440 + Port Expander (UCSB-MLOM-40G-04 + UCSB-MLOM-PT-01)

Cisco UCS B200 M6, B200 M5, B480 M5

-

1440 (UCSB-MLOM-40G-04)

Cisco UCS B200 M6, B200 M5, B480 M5

-

1340 + 1380 + Port Expander (UCSB-MLOM-40G-03 + UCSB-VIC-M83-8P + UCSB-MLOM-PT-01)

Cisco UCS B480 M5

-

1340 + 1380 + 1380 (UCSB-MLOM-40G-03 + UCSB-VIC-M83-8P + UCSB-VIC-M83-8P)

Cisco UCS B480 M5

-

1340 + 1380 (UCSB-MLOM-40G-03 + UCSB-VIC-M83-8P)

Cisco UCS B200 M5 and B480 M5

-

1340 + Port Expander - 10G/40G (UCSB-MLOM-40G-03 + UCSB-MLOM-PT-01)

Cisco UCS B200 M5 and B480 M5

-

1340 - 10G/40G (UCSB-MLOM-40G-03)

Cisco UCS B200 M5 and B480 M5

-

Cisco UCS 6400 and 64108 FIs

Table 22. Cisco UCS 6400 and 64108 FIs - Cisco UCS Rack Servers

Cisco VIC

Direct Attach

(10G/25G)

Direct Attach

(4x10G/4x25)

Direct Attach

(40G/100G)

FEX

2232 PP (10G)

93180YC-FX3

(25G server ports)

93180YC-FX3

(10G server ports)

15427 (UCSC-M-V5Q50GV2)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M8, M7, and M6 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M8, M7, and M6 servers.

Not Supported

Not Supported

All Cisco UCS C-Series M8, M7, and M6 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M8, M7, and M6 servers with SFP-10G-SR/SR-S only.

15237 (UCSC-M-V5D200GV2)

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

15235 (UCSC-P-

V5D200G)

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

15238 (UCSC-M

-V5D200G)

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

15425 (UCSC-P-

V5Q50G)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M8, M7, and M6 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M8, M7, and M6 servers.

Not Supported

Not Supported

All Cisco UCS C-Series M8, M7, and M6 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M8, M7, and M6 servers with SFP-10G-SR/SR-S only.

15428 (UCSC-M

-V5Q50G)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 and M7 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 and M7 servers.

Not Supported

Not Supported

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 and M7 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M8, M7, and M6 servers with SFP-10G-SR/SR-S only.

Note

 

Break-out is supported (6400 side QSFP, on adapter side two ports can be connected to 1 VIC ( like ports 1 and 2)

Reverse-breakout : Not supported

1495-40G/100G

(UCSC

-PCIEC100

-04)

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

1497-40G/100G

(UCSC

-MLOMC100

-04)

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

1477-40G/100G

(UCSC-MV100

-04)

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

1467-10G/25G

(UCSC

-MV25-04)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 servers.

Not Supported

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 servers with SFP-10G-SR/SR-S only.

1457-10G/25G

(UCSC-MLOM

C25Q-04)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M5 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M5 servers.

Not Supported

All Cisco UCS C-Series M5 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M5 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M5 servers with SFP-10G-SR/SR-S only.

1455-10G/25G

(UCSC-PCIEC

25Q-04)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 and M5, and S-Series M5 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 and M5, and S-Series M5 servers.

Not Supported

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 and M5, and S-Series M5 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 and M5, and S-Series M5 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 and M5, and S-Series M5 servers with SFP-10G-SR/SR-S only.

1387 - 40G

(UCSC-MLOM

-C40Q-03)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M5 servers

with QSA at adapter.

Not Supported

Not Supported

All Cisco UCS C-Series M5 servers

with QSA at adapter.

Not Supported

All Cisco UCS C-Series M5 servers

with QSA and SFP-10G-SR/LR, SFP-H10GB-CU1/3/5M, or SFP-H10GB-ACU7M only.

1385 - 40G

(UCSC-PCIE

-C40Q-03)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M5 except C125 M5 and S-Series M5 servers

with QSA at the adapter.

Not Supported

Not Supported

All Cisco UCS C-Series M5 except C125 M5 and S-Series M5 servers

with QSA at the adapter.

Not Supported

All Cisco UCS C-Series M5 except C125 M5 and S-Series M5 servers

with QSA and SFP-10G-SR/LR, SFP-H10GB-CU1/3/5M, or SFP-H10GB-ACU7M only.
Table 23. Cisco UCS 6400 and 64108 FIs - Cisco UCS Blade Servers

Cisco VIC

IOM

2204/2208/2408

UCSX-I-9108-25G

15230 (UCSX-ML-V5D200GV2)

Not Supported

Cisco UCS X210c M8

Cisco UCS X215c M8

Cisco UCS X210c M6, X210c M7, and X410c M7

15420 +

UCS VIC 15000 bridge connector +

(15422 (UCSX-ML-V5Q50G +

UCSX-V5-BRIDGE +

UCSX-ME-V5Q50G)

Not Supported

Cisco UCS X210c M8

Cisco UCS X215c M8

Cisco UCS X210c M6, X210c M7, and X410c M7

15420

(UCSX-ML-V5Q50G)

Not Supported

Cisco UCS X210c M8

Cisco UCS X215c M8

Cisco UCS X210c M6, X210c M7, and X410c M7

15231

(UCSX-ML-V5D200G)

Not Supported

Cisco UCS X210c M6, X210c M7, and X410c M7

14425 +

UCS VIC 14000 bridge connector +

(14825 (UCSX-V4-Q25GML +

UCSX-V4-BRIDGE +

UCSX-V4-Q25GME)

Not Supported

Cisco UCS X210c M6

14425

(UCSX-V4-Q25GML)

Not Supported

Cisco UCS X210c M6

15411 + Port Expander (UCSB-ML

-V5Q10G + UCSB-MLOM

-PT-01)

B200 M6

Not Supported

15411 (UCSB-ML

-V5Q10G)

B200 M6

Not Supported

1440 + 1480 + Port Expander

(UCSB-MLOM-40G-04 +

UCSB-VIC-M84-4P +

UCSB-MLOM-PT-01)

Cisco UCS B480 M5

Not Supported

1440 + 1480 + Port Expander

(UCSB-MLOM-40G-04 +

UCSB-VIC- M84-4P) +

UCSB-MLOM-PT-01)

Cisco UCS B480 M5

Not Supported

1440 + 1480

(UCSB-MLOM-40G-04 +

UCSB-VIC-M84-4P)

Cisco UCS B200 M6, B200 M5, B480 M5

Not Supported

1440 + Port Expander

(UCSB-MLOM-40G-04 +

UCSB-MLOM-PT-01)

Cisco UCS B200 M6, B200 M5, B480 M5

Not Supported

1440

(UCSB-MLOM-40G-04)

Cisco UCS B200 M6, B200 M5, B480 M5

Not Supported

1340 + 1380 + 1380

(UCSB-MLOM-40G-03 +

UCSB-VIC-M83-8P +

UCSB-VIC-M83-8P)

Cisco UCS B480 M5

Not Supported

1340 + 1380 + Port Expander

(UCSB-MLOM-40G-03 +

UCSB-VIC-M83-8P +

UCSB-MLOM-PT-01)

Cisco UCS B480 M5

Not Supported

1340 + Port Expander - 10G/40G

(UCSB-MLOM-40G-03 +

UCSB-MLOM-PT-01)

Cisco UCS B200 M5 and B480 M5

Not Supported

1340 + 1380

(UCSB-MLOM-40G-03 +

UCSB-VIC-M83-8P)

Cisco UCS B200 M5 and B480 M5

Not Supported

1340 - 10G/40G

(UCSB-MLOM-40G-03)

Cisco UCS B200 M5 and B480 M5

Not Supported

Cisco UCS 6300 FI

Table 24. Cisco UCS 6300 FI - Cisco UCS Rack Servers

Cisco VIC

Direct Attach

Direct Attach

(Break-out)

FEX

2232 PP

2348

15427 (UCSC-M-V5Q50GV2)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 servers.

Not Supported

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 servers.

15237 (UCSC-M-V5D200GV2)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 servers.

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

15235 (UCSC-P-V5D200G)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 servers.

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

15425 (UCSC-P-V5Q50G)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 servers.

Not Supported

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 servers.

15428 (UCSC-M-V5Q50G)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 servers.

Not Supported

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 servers.

15238 (UCSC-M-V5D200G)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 servers.

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

1497-40G/100G (UCSC-MLOMC100-04)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M5 servers.

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

1495-40G/100G (UCSC-PCIEC100-04)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6, M5, and S-Series M5 servers.

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

1477-40G/100G (UCSC-MV100-04)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 servers.

Not Supported

Not Supported

Not Supported

1467-10G/25G (UCSC-MV25-04)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 servers (10G speed with 6332-16UP).

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6 servers.

1457-10G/25G (UCSC-MLOMC25Q-04)

Cisco UCS C220 M5 and C240 M5 (10G speed with 6332-16UP).

Cisco UCS C220 M5 and C240 M5 servers.

Cisco UCS C220 M5 and C240 M5 servers.

Cisco UCS C220 M5 and C240 M5 servers.

1455-10G/25G (UCSC-PCIEC25Q-04)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6, M5, and S-Series M5 servers (10G speed with 6332-16UP).

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6, M5, and S-Series M5 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6, M5, and S-Series M5 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series M6, M5, and S-Series M5 servers.

1387 - 40G (UCSC-MLOM-C40Q-03)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M5 servers (40G or 10G using QSA)

Not Supported

All Cisco UCS C-Series M5 servers (QSA at adapter)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M5 servers (QSA at adapter)

1385 - 40G (UCSC-PCIE-C40Q-03)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M5 servers (except UCS C125 M5) and S-Series M5 servers (40G or 10G using QSA)

Not Supported

All Cisco UCS C-Series M5 servers (except UCS C125 M5) and S-Series M5 servers (40G or 10G using QSA)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M5 servers (except UCS C125 M5) and S-Series M5 servers (40G or 10G using QSA)
Table 25. Cisco UCS 6300 FI - Cisco UCS Blade Servers

Cisco VIC

IOM

2304v1/v2

2204/2208

15411 + Port Expander

(UCSB-ML-V5Q10G + UCSB-MLOM-PT-01)

Cisco UCS B200 M6

15411 (UCSB-ML-V5Q10G)

Cisco UCS B200 M6

1440 + 1480 + 1480

(UCSB-MLOM-40G-04 + UCSB-VIC-M84-4P +

UCSB-VIC-M84-4P)

Cisco UCS B480 M5

1440 + 1480 + Port Expander

(UCSB-MLOM-40G-04 + UCSB-VIC-M84-4P +

UCSB-MLOM-PT-01)

Cisco UCS B480 M5

1440 + 1480 (UCSB-MLOM-40G-04 + UCSB-VIC-M84-4P)

Cisco UCS B200 M5, B480 M5 and B200 M6 servers

1440 + Port Expander (UCSB-MLOM-40G-04 + UCSB-MLOM-PT-01)

Cisco UCS B200 M5, B480 M5 and B200 M6 servers

1440 (UCSB-MLOM-40G-04)

Cisco UCS B200 M5, B480 M5 and B200 M6 servers

1340 + 1380 + 1380

(UCSB-MLOM-40G-03 + UCSB-VIC-M83-8P +

UCSB-VIC-M83-8P)

Cisco UCS B480 M5

1340 + 1380 + Port Expander

(UCSB-MLOM-40G-03 + UCSB-VIC-M83-8P +

UCSB-MLOM-PT-01)

Cisco UCS B480 M5

1340 + Port Expander - 10G/40G (UCSB-MLOM-40G-03 + UCSB-MLOM-PT-01)

Cisco UCS B200 M5 and B480 M5 servers

1340 + 1380 (UCSB-MLOM-40G-03 + UCSB-VIC-M83-8P)

Cisco UCS B200 M5 and B480 M5 servers

1340 - 10G/40G (UCSB-MLOM-40G-03)

Cisco UCS B200 M5 and B480 M5 servers

Cisco UCS 6324 FI

Table 26. Cisco UCS 6324 FI - Cisco UCS Rack Servers

Cisco VIC

Direct Attach (10G)

Direct Attach

(Break-out)

15428 (UCSC-M-V5Q50G)

Not Supported

Not Supported

15238 (UCSC-M-V5D200G)

Not Supported

Not Supported

1497-40G/100G (UCSC-MLOMC100-04)

Not Supported

Not Supported

1495-40G/100G (UCSC-PCIEC100-04)

Not Supported

Not Supported

1477-40G/100G (UCSC-MV100-04)

Not Supported

Not Supported

1467-10G/25G (UCSC-MV25-04)

Not Supported

Not Supported

1457-10G/25G (UCSC-MLOMC25Q-04)

Cisco UCS C220 M5 and C240 M5 servers.

Cisco UCS C220 M5 and C240 M5 servers.

1455-10G/25G (UCSC-PCIEC25Q-04)

All Cisco UCS C-Series and S-Series M5 servers.

All Cisco UCS C-Series and S-Series M5 servers.

1387 - 40G (UCSC-MLOM-C40Q-03)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M5 servers.

(QSA at the adapter)

Not Supported

1385 - 40G (UCSC-PCIE-C40Q-03)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M5 servers.

(QSA at the adapter)

Not Supported

Table 27. Cisco UCS 6324 FI - Cisco UCS Blade Servers

Cisco VIC

IOM

6324

(Primary Chassis)

2204/2208

15411 (UCSB-ML-V5Q10G)

Not Supported

Not Supported

15411 + Port Expander (UCSB-ML-V5Q10G + UCSB-MLOM-PT-01)

Not Supported

Not Supported

1440 + 1480 + 1480 (UCSB-MLOM-40G-04 + UCSB-VIC-M84-4P +UCSB-VIC-M84-4P)

Not Supported

Cisco UCS B480 M5

1440 + 1480 + Port Expander (UCSB-MLOM-40G-04 + UCSB-VIC-M84-4P) + UCSB-MLOM-PT-01)

Not Supported

Cisco UCS B480 M5

1440 + 1480 (UCSB-MLOM-40G-04 + UCSB-VIC-M84-4P)

Not Supported

Cisco UCS B200 M5, B480 M5, and B200 M6

1440 + Port Expander (UCSB-MLOM-40G-04 + UCSB-MLOM-PT-01)

Not Supported

Cisco UCS B200 M5, B480 M5, and B200 M6

1440 (UCSB-MLOM-40G-04)

Not Supported

Cisco UCS B200 M5, B480 M5, and B200 M6

1340 + 1380 + 1380

(UCSB-MLOM-40G-03 + UCSB-VIC-M83-8P +

UCSB-VIC-M83-8P)

Cisco UCS B480 M5

Cisco UCS B480 M5

1340 + 1380 + Port Expander

(UCSB-MLOM-40G-03 + UCSB-VIC-M83-8P +

UCSB-MLOM-PT-01)

Cisco UCS B480 M5

Cisco UCS B480 M5

1340 + 1380

(UCSB-MLOM-40G-03 + UCSB-VIC-M83-8P)

Cisco UCS B200 M5 and B480 M5

Cisco UCS B200 M5 and B480 M5

1340 + Port Expander - 10G/40G

(UCSB-MLOM-40G-03 + UCSB-MLOM-PT-01)

Cisco UCS B200 M5 and B480 M5

Cisco UCS B200 M5 and B480 M5

1340 - 10G/40G (UCSB-MLOM-40G-03)

Cisco UCS B200 M5 and B480 M5

Cisco UCS B200 M5 and B480 M5

Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect 9108 100G

Table 28. Cisco UCS FI 9108 100G - Cisco UCS Blade Servers

Cisco VIC

UCSX-S9108-100G

(Primary Chassis)

14425 (UCSX-V4-Q25GML)

Cisco UCS X210c M6

14425 + UCS VIC 14000 bridge connector + 14825

(UCSX-V4-Q25GML + UCSX-V4-BRIDGE +

UCSX-V4-Q25GME)

Cisco UCS X210c M6

15231 (UCSX-ML-V5D200G)

Cisco UCS X410c M7, X210c M7, X210c M6

15230 (UCSX-ML-V5D200GV2)

Cisco UCS X210c M8, X215c M8, X410c M7, X210c M7, and X210c M6

15420 (UCSX-ML-V5Q50G)

Cisco UCS X210c M8, X215c M8, X410c M7, X210c M7, and X210c M6

15420 + UCS VIC 15000 bridge connector + 15422

(UCSX-ML-V5Q50G + UCSX-V5-BRIDGE +

UCSX-ME-V5Q50G)

Cisco UCS X210c M8, X215c M8, X410c M7, X210c M7, and X210c M6

Other Hardware

Other Hardware

We recommend that you use the latest software version for all Chassis, Fabric Interconnects, Fabric Extenders, Expansion Modules and Power Supplies. To determine the minimum software version for your mixed environment, see Cross-Version Firmware Support. The following is the list of other supported hardware:

Table 29. Supported Hardware for UCS 6500 Series Fabric Interconnects

Type

Details

Chassis

UCSB-5108-AC2

UCSB-5108-DC2

Cisco UCSX-9508 Chassis (For Cisco UCS X-Series Servers)

Fabric Interconnects

UCS 6500

Fabric Extenders

93180YC-FX3 (25G server ports)

93180YC-FX3 (10G server ports)

2348 UPQ (10G server ports)

2304v1/v2 & /2408

UCSX-I-9108-25G or UCSX-I-9108-100G (Supported with Cisco UCS X-Series Servers)

Power Supplies

UCS-PSU-6536-AC

UCSX-PSU-2800AC (For Cisco UCSX-9508 Chassis)

Table 30. Supported Hardware for UCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnects

Type

Details

Chassis

UCSC-C4200-SFF

N20–C6508

UCSB-5108-DC

UCSB-5108-AC2

UCSB-5108-DC2

UCSB-5108-HVDC

Cisco UCSX-9508 Chassis (For Cisco UCS X-Series Servers)

Fabric Interconnects

UCS 64108

UCS 6454

Fabric Extenders

2232 PP (10G)

93180YC-FX3 (25G server ports)

93180YC-FX3 (10G server ports)

2204/2208/2408

UCSX-I-9108-25G

Power Supplies

UCS-PSU-6332-AC

UCS-PSU-6332-DC

UCS-PSU-64108-AC

UCS-PSU-6332-DC
Table 31. Supported Hardware for UCS 6332, UCS 6332-16UP Fabric Interconnects

Type

Details

Chassis

N20–C6508

UCSB-5108-DC

UCSB-5108-AC2

UCSB-5108-DC2

UCSB-5108-HVDC

Fabric Interconnects

UCS 6332UP

UCS 6332-16UP

Fabric Extenders

2232 PP

2348

2304v1/v2

2204/2208

Power Supplies

UCS-PSU-6332-AC

UCS-PSU-6332-DC

Note

The 40G backplane setting is not applicable for 22xx IOMs.

GB Connector Modules, Transceiver Modules, and Cables

Following is the list of Gb connector modules, transceiver modules, and supported cables:


Note
Table 32. UCS 6500 Series Fabric Interconnects

Gb Connector Modules

Transceiver Modules and Cables

FC for UCS 6500 Series Fabric Interconnects

DS-SFP-4X32G-SW

1GbE for UCS 6500 Series Fabric Interconnects

GLC-TE (QSA), port 9, 10

GLC-SX-MMD (QSA)

10GbE for UCS 6500 Series Fabric Interconnects

SFP-10G-SR (QSA)

SFP-10G-SR-S(QSA)

SFP-10G-LR (QSA)

SFP-10G-LR-S (QSA)

CVR-QSFP-SFP10G

SFP-H10GB-CU1M

25GbE for UCS 6500 Series Fabric Interconnects

SFP-10/25G-LR-S

SFP-10/25G-CSR-S

SFP-25G-SL

CVR-QSFP28-SFP25G

SFP-H25G-CU1M (P1)

SFP-H25G-CU2M (P1)

SFP-H25GB-CU3M

SFP-25G-AOC2M

SFP-25G-AOC3M

SFP-25G-SR-S

40GbE for UCS 6500 Series Fabric Interconnects

QSFP-H40G-AOC1M

QSFP-H40G-AOC2M

QSFP-H40G-AOC3M

QSFP-H40G-AOC5M

QSFP-H40G-AOC15M

QSFP-H40G-AOC25M

QSFP-40G-CU1M

QSFP-40G-CU2M

QSFP-40G-CU3M

QSFP-40G-CU5M

QSFP-40G-SR4

QSFP-40G-SR4-S

QSFP-40G-CSR4

QSFP-40G-LR4

QSFP-40G-LR4-S

QSFP-4SFP10G-CU1M

QSFP-4SFP10G-CU3M

FET-40G

Note

 

FET-40G is supported only between FI and IOM/FEX

QSFP-40G-ACU10M

QSFP-40G-SR-BD

QSFP-100G40G-BIDI

Note

 

QSFP-100G40G-BIDI is supported only on border ports/uplink ports in 40G mode.

100GbE for UCS 6500 Series Fabric Interconnects

QSFP-100G-SR1.2

QSFP-100G-SR4-S

QSFP-100G-LR4-S

QSFP-100G-SM-SR

QSFP-100G-SL4

QSFP-40/100-SRBD (or) QSFP-100G40G-BIDI

Note

 

QSFP-100G40G-BIDI is supported between FI and I9108-100G IOM/N9K-C93180YC-FX3 FEX/border ports in 100G mode.

QSFP-100G-CU1M

QSFP-100G-CU2M

QSFP-100G-CU3M

QSFP-100G-CU5M

QSFP-4SFP25G-CU1M

QSFP-4SFP25G-CU2M

QSFP-4SFP25G-CU3M

QSFP-4SFP25G-CU5M

QSFP-100G-AOC1M

QSFP-100G-AOC2M

QSFP-100G-AOC3M

QSFP-100G-AOC5M

QSFP-100G-AOC7M

QSFP-100G-AOC10M

QSFP-100G-AOC15M

QSFP-100G-AOC20M

QSFP-100G-AOC25M

QSFP-100G-AOC30M

QSFP-100G-DR-S

QSFP-100G-FR-S
Table 33. UCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnects

Gb Connector Modules

Transceiver Modules and Cables

FC for UCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnects

DS-SFP-FC8G-SW

DS-SFP-FC8G-LW

DS-SFP-FC16G-SW

DS-SFP-FC16G-LW

DS-SFP-FC32G-SW

DS-SFP-FC32G-LW

100-Gb for UCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnects

QSFP-100G-SR1.2

QSFP-40/100G-SRBD

QSFP-100G-SR4-S

QSFP-100G-LR4-S

QSFP-100G-SM-SR

QSFP-100G-CU1M

QSFP-100G-CU2M

QSFP-100G-CU3M

QSFP-100G-AOC1M

QSFP-100G-AOC2M

QSFP-100G-AOC3M

QSFP-100G-AOC5M

QSFP-100G-AOC7M

QSFP-100G-AOC10M

QSFP-100G-AOC15M

QSFP-100G-AOC20M

QSFP-100G-AOC25M

QSFP-100G-AOC30M

QSFP-4SFP25G-CU1M

QSFP-4SFP25G-CU2M

QSFP-4SFP25G-CU3M

QSFP-4SFP25G-CU5M

40-Gb for UCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnects

QSFP-40G-SR4

QSFP-40G-SR4-S

QSFP-40G-SR-BD

QSFP-40G-LR4

QSFP-40G-LR4-S

QSFP-40G-ER4

WSP-Q40GLR4L

QSFP-H40G-CU1M

QSFP-H40G-CU3M

QSFP-H40G-CU5M

QSFP-H40G-ACU7M

QSFP-H40G-ACU10M

QSFP-H40G-AOC1M

QSFP-H40G-AOC2M

QSFP-H40G-AOC3M

QSFP-H40G-AOC5M

QSFP-H40G-AOC10M

QSFP-H40G-AOC15M

QSFP-4SFP10G-CU1M

QSFP-4SFP10G-CU3M

QSFP-4SFP10G-CU5M

QSFP-4X10G-AC7M

QSFP-4X10G-AC10M

QSFP-4X10G-AOC1M

QSFP-4X10G-AOC3M

QSFP-4X10G-AOC5M

QSFP-4X10G-AOC7M

32-Gb FC for UCS 6454 Fabric Interconnects

DS-SFP-FC32G-SW

DS-SFP-FC32G-LW

25-Gb for UCS 6454 Fabric Interconnects

4x25GbE 10M1

25-Gb for UCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnects

SFP-25G-SR-S

SFP-H25G-CU1M

SFP-H25G-CU2M

SFP-H25G-CU3M

SFP-H25G-CU5M

SFP-H25G-AOC1M

SFP-H25G-AOC2M

SFP-H25G-AOC3M

SFP-H25G-AOC5M

SFP-H25G-AOC7M

SFP-H25G-AOC10M

SFP-10/25G-LR-S

SFP-10/25G-CSR-S

16-Gb for UCS 6454 Fabric Interconnects

DS-SFP-FC16G-LW

DS-SFP-FC16G-SW

10-Gb for UCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnects

SFP-10G-SR

SFP-10G-SR-S

SFP-10G-LR

SFP-10G-LR-S

SFP-10G-ER

SFP-10G-ER-S

SFP-10G-ZR

SFP-10G-ZR-S

FET-10G

Note

 

FET-10G is only supported between Fabric Interconnects and IOMs/FEXs.

SFP-10G-LRM

SFP-H10GB-CU1M

SFP-H10GB-CU2M

SFP-H10GB-CU3M

SFP-H10GB-CU5M

SFP-H10GB-ACU7M

SFP-H10GB-ACU10M

SFP-10G-AOC1M

SFP-10G-AOC2M

SFP-10G-AOC3M

SFP-10G-AOC5M

SFP-10G-AOC7M

SFP-10G-AOC10M

8-Gb FC for UCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnects

DS-SFP-FC8G-SW

DS-SFP-FC8G-LW

1-Gb for UCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnects

GLC-TE

GLC-SX-MMD

SFP-GE-T
1 Supported from Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.1(2)
Table 34. UCS 6300 Series Fabric Interconnects

Gb Connector Modules

Transceiver Modules and Cables

40-Gb for UCS 6300 Series Fabric Interconnects

QSFP-40G-SR4 in 4x10G mode with external 4x10G splitter cable to SFP-10G-SR

QSFP-40G-CSR4

QSFP-40G-LR4

QSFP-40G-LR4-S

QSFP-40G-SR-BD

QSFP-40G-SR4

QSFP-40G-SR4-S

FET-40G

QSFP-4SFP10G-CU1M

QSFP-4SFP10G-CU3M

QSFP-4SFP10G-CU5M

QSFP-4X10G-AC7M

QSFP-4X10G-AC10M

QSFP-4X10G-AOC1M

QSFP-4X10G-AOC2M

QSFP-4X10G-AOC3M

QSFP-4X10G-AOC5M

QSFP-4X10G-AOC7M

QSFP-4X10G-AOC10M

QSFP-H40G-ACU7M

QSFP-H40G-ACU10M

QSFP-H40G-AOC1M

QSFP-H40G-AOC2M

QSFP-H40G-AOC3M

QSFP-H40G-AOC5M

QSFP-H40G-AOC7M

QSFP-H40G-AOC10M

QSFP-H40G-AOC15M

QSFP-H40G-CU1M

QSFP-H40G-CU3M

QSFP-H40G-CU5M

10-Gb for UCS 6300 Series Fabric Interconnects

SFP-10G-SR

SFP-10G-SR-S

SFP-10G-LR

SFP-10G-LR-S

SFP-H10GB-CU1M

SFP-H10GB-CU2M

SFP-H10GB-CU3M

SFP-H10GB-CU5M

SFP-H10GB-ACU7M

SFP-H10GB-ACU10M

FET-10G

2SFP-10G-AOC1M

SFP-10G-AOC2M

SFP-10G-AOC3M

SFP-10G-AOC5M

SFP-10G-AOC7M

SFP-10G-AOC10M

4-Gb FC for UCS 6300 Series Fabric Interconnects

DS-SFP-FC4G-SW

DS-SFP-FC4G-LW

1-Gb for UCS 6300 Series Fabric Interconnects

GLC-TE

GLC-SX-MM

GLC-LH-SM

16-Gb for UCS 6332UP Fabric Interconnects

DS-SFP-FC16G-LW

DS-SFP-FC16G-SW

8-Gb FC for UCS 6332UP Fabric Interconnects

DS-SFP-FC8G-SW

DS-SFP-FC8G-LW

2 SFP-10G-AOC cables are only supported for Cisco 1455 and 1457 VIC cards.

Note

The maximum length of fiber optic runs is limited to 300 meters. This is imposed by our use of 802.3X/802.1Qbb Priority Pauses. SFP-10G-LR is supported between fabric interconnect and FEX, but the 300 m limit still applies.

Table 35. Supported GPU/GPU PCIe Node

GPU/GPU PCIe Node

PID

Supported Servers

Minimum Software Version

Suggested Software Version

NVIDIA A16 GPU on X440p: PCIE 250W 4X16GB, FHFL

UCSX-GPU-A16

Cisco UCS X210c M8 (with PCIe Node)

4.3(6a)

4.3(6c)

UCSC-CGPU-A16

Cisco UCSX215c M8 (with PCIe Node)

4.3(5a)

4.3(6c)
AMD MI210 GPU; 300W 64GB, 2 slot FHFL

UCSX-GPU-MI210

Cisco UCS X215c M8

4.3(6a)

4.3(6c)

NVIDIA H100-NVL GPU 400W, 94GB, 2-slot FHFL

UCSX-GPU-H100-NVL

Cisco UCS X210c M8 (with PCIe Node)

4.3(6a)

4.3(6c)

UCSC-GPU-H100-NVL

Cisco UCS C240 M8

4.3(6a)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS X210c M7

Cisco UCS X215c M8 (with PCIe Node)

4.3(5a)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS C245 M8

4.3(5a)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS C240 M7

4.3(5a)

4.3(6c)

NVIDIA L4-Mezz GPU 70W, 24GB, 1-slot HHHL

UCSX-GPU-L4-Mezz

Cisco UCS X210c M7

Cisco UCS X215c M8

4.3(5a)

4.3(6c)

UCSX-440P-D GPU PCIe Node

UCSX-440P-D

Cisco UCS X210c M7, X210c M6, and X410c M7

4.3(4a)

4.3(6c)

Intel GPU Flex 140, Gen4x8, HHHL, 75W PCIe (Front Mezz)

UCSX-GPU-FLX140MZ

Cisco UCS X210c M7

4.3(2b)

4.3(6c)

Intel GPU Flex 140, Gen4x8, HHHL, 75W PCIe

UCSX-GPU-FLEX140

Cisco UCS X410c M7 and X210c M7 (with PCIe Node)

4.3(4a)

4.3(6c)

UCSC-GPU-FLEX140

Cisco UCS C220 M7 and C240 M7

4.3(4a)

4.3(6c)

Intel GPU Flex 170, Gen4x16, HHFL, 150W PCIe

UCSX-GPU-FLEX170

Cisco UCS X410c M7 and X210c M7 (with PCIe Node)

4.3(4a)

4.3(6c)

UCSC-GPU-FLEX170

Cisco UCS C240 M7

4.3(4a)

4.3(6c)

NVIDIA TESLA A16 PCIE 250W 4X16GB

UCSX-GPU-A16-D

Cisco UCS X210c M7 and X210c M6 (with PCIe Node)

4.3(4a)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS X410c M7 (with PCIe Node)

4.3(4a)

4.3(6c)

UCSC-GPU-A16

Cisco UCS C240 M8

4.3(6a)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS C240 M6

4.2(1d)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS C245 M6

4.2(1i)

4.3(6c)

NVIDIA L4 Tensor Core, 70W, 24GB

UCSX-GPU-L4

Cisco UCS X210c M8 (with PCIe Node)

4.3(6a)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS X210c M7 (with PCIe Node)

4.3(4a)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS X410c M7 (with PCIe Node)

4.3(4a)

4.3(6c)

NVIDIA L40 300W, 48GB wPWR CBL

UCSX-GPU-L40

Cisco UCS X210c M7 (with PCIe Node)

4.3(4a)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS X410c M7 (with PCIe Node)

4.3(4a)

4.3(6c)

UCSC-GPU-L40

Cisco UCS C240 M7

4.3(2b)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS X215c M8 (with PCIe Node)

4.3(5a)

4.3(6c)

NVIDIA L40S: 350W, 48GB, 2-slot FHFL GPU

UCSX-GPU-L40S

 Cisco UCS X210c M8 (with PCIe Node)

4.3(6a)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS X210c M7 (with PCIe Node)

Cisco UCS X410c M7 (with PCIe Node)

4.3(4a)

UCSC-GPU-L40S

 Cisco UCS C240 M8

4.3(6a)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS C240 M7

4.3(4a)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS X215c M8 (with PCIe Node)

4.3(5a)

4.3(6c)

NVIDIA T4 PCIE 75W 16GB

UCSX-GPU-T4-16

Cisco UCS X210c M6 (with PCIe Node)

4.3(4a)

4.3(6c)

UCSC-GPU-T4-16

Cisco UCS C220 M6

4.3(2b)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS C245 M6

4.2(1f)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS C225 M6

4.2(1l)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS C240 M5, C220 M5, and C480 M5

3.2(3a)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS S3260 M5

3.1(2b)

4.3(6c)

NVIDIA T4 GPU PCIE 75W 16GB, MEZZ form factor (Front Mezz)

UCSX-GPU-T4-MEZZ

Cisco UCS X210c M7 and X210c M6

4.3(2b)

4.3(6c)

NVIDIA Hopper L4 70W, 24GB, 1-slot HHHL

UCSC-GPU-L4M6

Cisco UCS C220 M6, C240 M6

4.3(4a)

4.3(6c)

NVIDIA H100: 350W, 80GB, 2-slot FHFL GPU

UCSX-GPU-H100-80

Cisco UCS X210c M7 and X410c M7 (with PCIe Node)

4.3(4a)

4.3(6c)

UCSC-GPU-H100-80

Cisco UCS C240 M7

4.3(4a)

4.3(6c)

NVIDIA L4:70W, 24GB, 1-slot HHHL GPU

UCSC-GPU-L4

Cisco UCS C240 M8 and C220 M8

4.3(6a)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS C245 M8

4.3(5a)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS C220 M7 and C240 M7

4.3(2b)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS X215c M8 (with PCIe Node)

4.3(5a)

4.3(6c)

NVIDIA P4

UCSC-GPU-P4

Cisco UCS C220 M5

3.2(3a)

4.3(6c)

NVIDIA M10

UCSC-GPU-M10

Cisco UCS C240 M5 and C480 M5

3.2(3a)

4.3(6c)

NVIDIA GRID P6 Front Mezzanine

UCSB-GPU-P6-F

Cisco UCS B200 M5

3.2(1d)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS B480 M5

3.2(2b)

4.3(6c)

NVIDIA GRID P6 Rear Mezzanine

UCSB-GPU-P6-R

Cisco UCS B200 M5

3.2(1d)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS B480 M5

3.2(2b)

4.3(6c)

TESLA A30, PASSIVE, 180W, 24GB

UCSC-GPU-A30-D

Cisco UCS C240 M7

4.3(2b)

4.3(6c)

UCSC-GPU-A30

Cisco UCS C240 M6

4.2(1d)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS C245 M6

4.2(1i)

4.3(6c)

TESLA A40 RTX, PASSIVE, 300W, 48GB

UCSX-GPU-A40-D

Cisco UCS X210c M7 and X210c M6 (with PCIe Node)

4.3(4a)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS X410c M7 (with PCIe Node)

4.3(4a)

4.3(6c)

UCSC-GPU-A40-D

Cisco UCS C240 M7

4.3(2b)

4.3(6c)

UCSC-GPU-A40

Cisco UCS C240 M6

4.2(1d)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS C245 M6

4.2(1i)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS C480 M5

3.2(3a)

4.3(6c)

TESLA A100, PASSIVE, 300W, 80GB12

UCSX-GPU-A100-80-D

Cisco UCS X210c M7 and X210c M6 (with PCIe Node)

4.3(4a)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS X410c M7 (with PCIe Node )

4.3(4a)

4.3(6c)

UCSC-GPUA100-80-D

Cisco UCS C240 M7

4.3(2b)

4.3(6c)

UCSC-GPU-A100-80

Cisco UCS C240 M6

4.2(1d)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS C245 M6

4.2(1i)

4.3(6c)

All Cisco UCS C-Series M5

4.2(2c)

4.3(6c)

TESLA A10, PASSIVE, 150W, 24GB

UCSC-GPU-A10

Cisco UCS C240 M6

4.2(1d)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS C245 M6

4.2(1i)

4.3(6c)

NVIDIA H200-NVL GPU

UCSC-GPU-H200-NVL

Cisco UCS C240 M8

4.3(6c)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS Mini and Components

UCS Mini Supported Chassis

Table 36. Minimum Software Versions for UCS Mini Chassis

Chassis

Minimum Software Version

Suggested Software Version

UCSB-5108-AC2

3.0(1e)

4.3(6c)

UCSB-5108-DC2

3.0(2c)

4.3(6c)

UCS Mini Supported Blade and Rack Servers

Table 37. Minimum Host Firmware Versions for Blade and Rack Servers on UCS Mini

Servers

Minimum Software Version

Suggested Software Version

B200 M6

4.2(1d)

4.3(6c)

B200 M5

4.2(1d)

4.3(6c)

B480 M5

4.2(1d)

4.3(6c)

C220 M5

4.2(1d)

4.3(6c)

C240 M5

4.2(1d)

4.3(6c)

C480 M5

4.2(1d)

4.3(6c)

UCS Mini Supported Adapters

Adapters

Minimum Software Version

Suggested Software Version

UCSC-PCIE-C25Q-04

(UCS VIC 1455)

4.2(2a)

4.3(6c)

UCSC-MLOM-C25Q-04

(UCS VIC 1457)

4.2(2a)

4.3(6c)

UCSB-VIC-M84-4P

(UCS VIC 1480)

4.2(2a)

4.3(6c)

UCSB-MLOM-40G-04

(UCS VIC 1440)

4.2(2a)

4.3(6c)

UCSC-PCIE-C40Q-03 (UCS VIC 1385)

UCSC-MLOM-C40Q-03 (UCS VIC 1387)

3.1(3a)

4.3(6c)

UCSB-MLOM-40G-03 (UCS VIC 1340)

UCSB-VIC-M83-8P (UCS VIC 1380)

3.1(3a)

4.3(6c)

UCS Mini Supported Fabric Interconnects

Fabric Interconnects

Minimum Software Version

Suggested Software Version

Cisco UCS 6324

3.1(3a)

4.3(6c)

UCS Mini Supported Fabric Extenders for Secondary Chassis

Fabric Extenders

Minimum Software Version

Suggested Software Version

UCS 2204 XP

3.1(3a)

4.3(6c)

UCS 2208 XP

3.1(3a)

4.3(6c)

UCS Mini Supported Power Supplies

Power Supplies

Minimum Software Version

Suggested Software Version

UCSB-PSU-2500ACDV

UCSB-PSU-2500DC48

UCSC-PSU-930WDC

UCSC-PSU2V2-930WDC

UCSC-PSUV2-1050DC

UCSC-PSU1-770W

UCSC-PSU2-1400

UCSC-PSU2V2-1400W

UCSC-PSU2V2-650W

UCSC-PSU2V2-1200W

3.1(3a)

4.3(6c)

UCS Mini Supported Gb Connector Modules

We recommend that you use the current software version for Gb port speed connections. Following is the list of Gb connector modules and supported cables:


Note

Transceiver modules and cables that are supported on a specific Fabric Interconnect are not always supported on all VIC adapters, IOMs, or FEXes that are compatible with that Fabric Interconnect. Detailed compatibility matrices for the transceiver modules are available here:https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/interfaces-modules/transceiver-modules/products-device-support-tables-list.html

Gb Connector Modules

Transceivers Modules and Cables

40-Gb

QSFP-40G-SR4 in 4x10G mode with external 4x10G splitter cable to SFP-10G-SR

QSFP-4SFP10G-CU1M

QSFP-4SFP10G-CU3M

QSFP-4SFP10G-CU5M

QSFP-4X10G-AC7M

QSFP-4X10G-AC10M

QSFP-4X10G-AOC1M

QSFP-4X10G-AOC2M

QSFP-4X10G-AOC3M

QSFP-4X10G-AOC5M

QSFP-4X10G-AOC7M

QSFP-4X10G-AOC10M

10-Gb

SFP-10G-LR

SFP-10G-LR-S

SFP-10G-LR-X

SFP-10G-SR

SFP-10G-SR-S

SFP-10G-SR-X

SFP-H10GB-CU1M

SFP-H10GB-CU2M

SFP-H10GB-CU3M

SFP-H10GB-CU5M

SFP-H10GB-ACU7M

SFP-H10GB-ACU10M

SFP-10G-AOC1M

SFP-10G-AOC2M

SFP-10G-AOC3M

SFP-10G-AOC5M

SFP-10G-AOC7M

SFP-10G-AOC10M

8-Gb

DS-SFP-FC8G-SW

DS-SFP-FC8G-LW

4-Gb

DS-SFP-FC4G-SW

DS-SFP-FC4G-LW

1-Gb

GLC-TE

GLC-LH-SM

GLC-SX-MM

Cisco UCS X-Series Direct and Components

Cisco UCS X-Series Direct Supported Chassis

Table 38. Minimum Software Versions

Chassis

Minimum Software Version

Suggested Software Version

Cisco UCS X9508 Chassis

4.3(4b)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS X-Series Direct Supported Blade Servers

Table 39. Minimum Host Firmware Versions for Blade Servers on Cisco UCS X-Series Direct

Servers

Minimum Software Version

Suggested Software Version

X210c M8

4.3(6a)

4.3(6c)

X215c M8

4.3(5a)

4.3(6c)

X210c M7

4.3(4b)

4.3(6c)

X410c M7

4.3(4b)

4.3(6c)

X210c M6

4.3(4b)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS X-Series Direct Supported Fabric Interconnects

Fabric Interconnects

Minimum Software Version

Suggested Software Version

Cisco UCS 9108-100G

4.3(4b)

4.3(6c)

Cisco UCS X-Series Direct Supported Gb Connector Modules

We recommend that you use the current software version for Gb port speed connections. Following is the list of Gb connector supported cables:

Gb Connector Modules

Cables

100-GbE

QSFP-100G-SR4-S

QSFP-100G-SR4-S (Breakout)

QSFP-100G-LR4-S

QSFP-100G-SM-SR

QSFP-100G-SL4

QSFP-100G-SL4 (Breakout)

QSFP-100G-SR1.2

QSFP-40/100-SRBD

QSFP-100G-DR-S

QSFP-100G-FR-S

QSFP-100G-CU1M

QSFP-100G-CU2M

QSFP-100G-CU3M

QSFP-100G-CU5M

QSFP-100G-AOC1M

QSFP-100G-AOC2M

QSFP-100G-AOC3M

QSFP-100G-AOC5M

QSFP-100G-AOC7M

QSFP-100G-AOC10M

QSFP-100G-AOC15M

QSFP-100G-AOC20M

QSFP-100G-AOC25M

QSFP-100G-AOC30M

40GbE

QSFP-40G-SR4

QSFP-40G-SR4 (Breakout)

QSFP-40G-SR4-S

QSFP-40G-SR4-S (Breakout)

QSFP-40G-CSR4

QSFP-40G-CSR4 (Breakout)

QSFP-40G-SR-BD

4X25GbE

QSFP-4SFP25G-CU1M

QSFP-4SFP25G-CU2M

QSFP-4SFP25G-CU3M

QSFP-4SFP25G-CU5M

4x10GbE

QSFP-4SFP10G-CU1M

QSFP-4SFP10G-CU2M

QSFP-4SFP10G-CU3M

QSFP-4X10G-AOC3M

QSFP-4X10G-AOC5M

25GbE via QSA28

SFP-25G-SR-S

SFP-10/25G-LR-S

SFP-10/25G-CSR-S

SFP-25G-SL

SFP-H25G-CU1M

SFP-H25G-CU2M

SFP-H25G-CU3M

SFP-H25G-CU5M

10GbE/1GbE via QSA or QSA28

SFP-10G-SR

SFP-10G-SR

SFP-10G-SR-S

SFP-10G-LR (With QSA)

SFP-10G-LR

SFP-10G-LR-S

SFP-10G-LR-S

CVR-QSFP-SFP10G+ GLC-T (ports 7, 8)

CVR-QSFP-SFP28+ GLC-T (ports 7, 8)

8G, 16G, 32G FC

4x 8G FC breakout with 128G QSF

4x 16G FC breakoutwith 128G QSFP

4x 32G FC breakoutwith 128G QSFP

Capability Catalog

The Cisco UCS Manager Capability Catalog is a set of tunable parameters, strings, and rules. Cisco UCS uses the catalog to update the display and configurability of components such as newly qualified DIMMs and disk drives for servers.

The Capability Catalog is embedded in Cisco UCS Manager, but at times it is also released as a single image file to make updates easier.

The following table lists the PIDs added in this release and maps UCS software releases to the corresponding Capability Catalog file.

Table 40. Version Mapping

UCS Release

Catalog File Name

Additional PIDs in this Release

4.3(6c)

ucs-catalog.4.3.6c.T.bin

—

4.3(6b)

ucs-catalog.4.3.6b.T.bin

—

4.3(6a)

ucs-catalog.4.3.6a.T.bin

Cisco UCS X210c M8 Compute Node

  • UCSX-210C-M8

  • UCSX-210C-M8-U

Cisco UCS C240 M8 Server

  • UCSC-C240-M8SX

Cisco UCS C220 M8 Server

  • UCSC-C220-M8S

Intel® CPUs:

  • UCS-CPU-I6748P

  • UCS-CPU-I6738P

  • UCS-CPU-I6728P

  • UCS-CPU-I6505P

  • UCS-CPU-I6714P

  • UCS-CPU-I6507P

  • UCS-CPU-I6788P

  • UCS-CPU-I6768P

GPU:

  • UCSC-GPU-FLEX170

  • UCSX-GPU-MI210

Controllers:

  • UCSX-RAID-M1L6

  • UCSX-X10C-PTE3

  • UCSX-M2I-HWRD-FPS

Drives:

  • UCS-HDM8TW1S74K

  • UCS-HDM20TW1S74K

  • UCS-SD19TM1X-EV

  • UCS-SD76TM1X-EV

  • UCS-SD19TBEM2NK9

  • UCS-SD76TS1X-EV

  • UCS-SD64TS3X-EP

  • UCS-SD38T63X-EP

  • UCS-HDB1T8GS10K4K

  • UCS-HDB2T4GS10K4K

  • UCS-HD24T10BNK9

  • UCS-S3260-HDW16TR

  • UCS-NVB12T8O1P

  • UCS-NVB15T3O1L

DIMM:

  • UCS-MR256G4RG5

Third-party Adapters:

  • UCSC-O-N6CD100GFO

  • UCSC-P-M6CD100GFO

  • UCSC-P-M6DD100GFO

  • UCSC-O-N6CD25GFO

  • UCSC-P-N7D200GFO

  • UCSC-P-N7Q25GFO

  • UCSC-P-N7S400GFO

  • 900-9D3B6-00CC-EA0

  • UCSC-P-N3220L

  • UCSC-P-N6D25GFO

4.3(5e)

ucs-catalog.4.3.5e.T.bin

—

4.3(5d)

ucs-catalog.4.3.5d.T.bin

Drives for Cisco UCS B200 M6 servers:

  • UCS-SDC960SA1V

  • UCS-SDC1T9SA1V

  • UCS-SDC3T8SA1V

  • UCS-SDC7T6SA1V

Drives for Cisco UCS B-Series M5 servers:

  • UCS-SDA960SA1V

  • UCS-SDA1T9SA1V

  • UCS-SDA3T8SA1V

  • UCS-SDA7T6SA1V

Drives for Cisco UCS C-Series and X-Series servers:

  • UCS-SDB960SA1V

  • UCS-SDB1T9SA1V

  • UCS-SDB3T8SA1V

  • UCS-SDB7T6SA1V

4.3(5c)

ucs-catalog.4.3.5c.T.bin

CPUs for Cisco UCS C245 M8 servers:

  • UCS-CPU-A9655

  • UCS-CPU-A9575F

  • UCS-CPU-A9555

  • UCS-CPU-A9355

  • UCS-CPU-A9135

CPUs for Cisco UCS C225 M8 servers:

  • UCS-CPU-A9355

  • UCS-CPU-A9135

  • UCS-CPU-A9655P

  • UCS-CPU-A9555P\

  • UCS-CPU-A9355P

CPUs for Cisco UCSX-215C-M8 Compute Node:

  • UCSX-CPU-A9655

  • UCSX-CPU-A9555

  • UCSX-CPU-A9355

  • UCSX-CPU-A9135

  • UCSX-CPU-A9575F

GPU Support:

  • UCSC-GPU-MI210

4.3(5a)

ucs-catalog.4.3.5a.T.bin

Cisco UCS X215c M8 Compute Node

  • UCSX-215C-M8

  • UCSX-215C-M8-U

Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server

  • UCSC-C225-M8S

  • UCSC-C225-M8N

Cisco Tri-Mode M1 24G RAID and HBA controllers:

  • UCSC-RAID-MP1L32

  • UCSC-RAID-M1L16

  • o UCSC-HBA-M1L16

GPUs:

  • UCSC-CGPU-A16

  • UCSC-GPU-H100-NVL

  • UCSX-GPU-L4-Mezz

Drives:

  • UCS-NVB1T9O1V

  • UCSB-NVA1T9O1V

  • UCS-NVB3T8O1V

  • UCSB-NVA3T8O1V

  • UCS-NVB7T6O1V

  • UCSB-NVA7T6O1V

  • UCS-NVB15TO1V

  • UCSB-NVA15TO1V

  • UCS-NVB1T6O1P

  • UCSB-NVA1T6O1P

  • UCS-NVB3T2O1P

  • UCSB-NVA3T2O1P

  • UCS-NVB6T4O1P

  • UCSB-NVA6T4O1P

  • UCS-NVB12T8O1P

  • UCS-SDB480OA1V

  • UCS-SDB960OA1V

  • UCS-SDB3T8OA1V

  • UCSB-SDA480OA1V

  • UCSB-SDA960OA1V

  • UCSB-SDA3T8OA1V

  • UCSB-SDC480OA1V

  • UCSB-SDC960OA1V

  • UCSB-SDC3T8OA1V

  • UCS-SDB480OA1P

  • UCS-SDB960OA1P

  • UCS-SDB1T9OA1P

  • UCS-SDB3T8OA1P

  • UCSB-SDA480OA1P

  • UCSB-SDA960OA1P

  • UCSB-SDA1T9OA1P

  • UCSB-SDC480OA1P

  • UCSB-SDC960OA1P

  • UCSB-SDC1T9OA1P

  • UCS-M2240OA1V

  • UCS-M2480OA1V

4.3(4f)

ucs-catalog.4.3.4f.T.bin

—

4.3(4e)

ucs-catalog.4.3.4e.T.bin

—

4.3(4d)

ucs-catalog.4.3.4d.T.bin

—

4.3(4c)

ucs-catalog.4.3.4c.T.bin

—

4.3(4b)

ucs-catalog.4.3.4b.T.bin

Cisco UCS C245 M8 Server

  • UCSC-C245-M8SX

Cisco UCS 9108 100G FI

  • UCSX-S9108-100G

4.3(4a)

 ucs-catalog.4.3.4a.T.bin

RAID Controllers:

  • UCSC-RAID-HP

  • UCS-M2-NVRAID

TPM Module:

  • UCS-TPM-002D

GPU:

  • UCSX-GPU-FLEX170

  • UCSX-GPU-FLEX140

  • UCSX-GPU-L40S

  • UCSC-GPU-L4M6

  • UCSX-GPU-H100-80

4.3(3c)

ucs-catalog.4.3.3c.T.bin

—

4.3(3a)

ucs-catalog.4.3.3a.T.bin

CPUs for Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node:

  • UCSX-CPU-I8592V

  • UCSX-CPU-I8592+

  • UCSX-CPU-I8581V

  • UCSX-CPU-I8580

  • UCSX-CPU-I8571N

  • UCSX-CPU-I8570

  • UCSX-CPU-I8568Y+

  • UCSX-CPU-I8562Y+

  • UCSX-CPU-I8558U

  • UCSX-CPU-I8558P

  • UCSX-CPU-I8558

  • UCSX-CPU-I6554S

  • UCSX-CPU-I6548Y+

  • UCSX-CPU-I6548N

  • UCSX-CPU-I6544Y

  • UCSX-CPU-I6542Y

  • UCSX-CPU-I6538Y+

  • UCSX-CPU-I6538N

  • UCSX-CPU-I6534

  • UCSX-CPU-I6530

  • UCSX-CPU-I6526Y

  • UCSX-CPU-I5520+

  • UCSX-CPU-I5515+

  • UCSX-CPU-I5512U

  • UCSX-CPU-I4516Y+

  • UCSX-CPU-I4514Y

CPUs for Cisco UCS C220 M7 and C240 M7 servers:

  • UCS-CPU-I6542Y

  • UCS-CPU-I6544Y

  • UCS-CPU-I6548Y+

  • UCS-CPU-I6526Y

  • UCS-CPU-I6530

  • UCS-CPU-I8562Y+

  • UCS-CPU-I8568Y+

  • UCS-CPU-I8592+

  • UCS-CPU-I8558P

  • UCS-CPU-I6534

  • UCS-CPU-I6554S

  • UCS-CPU-I6538Y+

  • UCS-CPU-I4514Y

  • UCS-CPU-I8580

  • UCS-CPU-I8592V

  • UCS-CPU-I5515+

  • UCS-CPU-I5520+

  • UCS-CPU-I4516Y+

  • UCS-CPU-I8558

  • UCS-CPU-I6548N

DIMMs for Cisco UCS C220 M7 and C240 M7 servers:

  • UCS-MRX16G1RE3

  • UCS-MRX32G1RE3

  • UCS-MRX64G2RE3

  • UCS-MRX96G2RF3

  • UCS-MR128G4RE3

DIMMs for Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node:

  • UCSX-MRX16G1RE3

  • UCSX-MRX32G1RE3

  • UCSX-MRX64G2RE3

  • UCSX-MRX96G2RF3

  • UCSX-MR128G4RE3

4.3(2f)

ucs-catalog.4.3.2f.T.bin

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4.3(2e)

ucs-catalog.4.3.2e.T.bin

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4.3(2c)

ucs-catalog.4.3.2c.T.bin

Cisco UCS X410c M7 Compute Node:

  • UCSX-410C-M7

  • UCSX-410C-M7-U

Cisco UCS VIC:

  • UCSC-M-V5Q50GV2

  • UCSC-M-V5Q50GV2D

  • UCSX-ML-V5D200GV2

  • UCSX-ML-V5D200GV2D

  • UCSC-M-V5D200GV2

  • UCSC-M-V5D200GV2D

4.3(2b)

ucs-catalog.4.3.2b.T.bin

Cisco UCSX-9508 Chassis M7:

  • UCSX-M7-MLB

  • UCSX-9508-D=

  • UCSX-9508-D-U

  • UCSX-9508-D-CH

Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node:

  • UCSX-210C-M7

  • UCSX-210C-M7-U

Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node:

  • UCSX-210C-M6

  • UCSX-210C-M6-U

Cisco UCS C240 M7 Server:

  • UCSC-C240-M7SX

  • UCSC-C240-M7SN

Cisco UCS C220 M7 Server:

  • UCSC-C220-M7S

  • UCSC-C220-M7N

Intelligent Fabric Module:

  • UCSX-I-9108-25G

  • UCSX-I-9108-100G

Cisco UCS VIC:

  • UCSC-P-V5Q50G

  • UCSC-P-V5D200G

  • UCSX-ML-V5D200G-D

  • UCSX-ML-V5Q50G-D

  • UCSX-ME-V5Q50G-D

  • UCSX-V4-Q25GML

  • UCSX-V4-Q25GME

NVIDIA GPU:

  • UCSC-GPU-T4-16

PSU:

  • UCSB-PSU-2500ACDV

Security Fixes

Security Fixes in Release 4.3(6c)

Defect ID - CSCwo49706 and CSCwo49702

The Cisco UCS B-Series M6 Blade Servers, UCS C-Series M6 Rack Servers, and UCS X-Series M6 Compute Nodes include an Intel CPU that is affected by the vulnerability identified by the following Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) ID:

  • CVE-2024-45332—Exposure of sensitive information caused by shared microarchitectural predictor state that influences transient execution in the indirect branch predictors for some Intel® Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

The affected third-party software component has been upgraded to a version that includes fixes for the vulnerability. Future versions of the product(s) will not be affected by this vulnerability.

Defect ID - CSCwo49711

The Cisco products UCS C-Series M7 Rack Servers and UCS X-Series M7 Compute Nodes include an Intel CPU that is affected by the vulnerabilities identified by the following Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) IDs:

  • CVE-2025-20103—Insufficient resource pool in the core management mechanism for some Intel® Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

  • CVE-2025-20054—Uncaught exception in the core management mechanism for some Intel® Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service through local access.

  • CVE-2024-45332—Exposure of sensitive information caused by shared microarchitectural predictor state that influences transient execution in the indirect branch predictors for some Intel® Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Security Fixes in Release 4.3(6b)

There are no security fixes in release 4.3(6b).

Security Fixes in Release 4.3(6a)

Defect ID - CSCwm82813

Cisco UCS Manager includes Third-party Software that is affected by the vulnerabilities identified by the following Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) IDs:

  • CVE-2010-5298—Race condition in the ssl3_read_bytes function in s3_pkt.c in OpenSSL through 1.0.1g, when SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject data across sessions or cause a denial of service (use-after-free and parsing error) through an SSL connection in a multithreaded environment.

  • CVE-2011-0014—ssl/t1_lib.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8h through 0.9.8q and 1.0.0 through 1.0.0c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), and possibly obtain sensitive information in applications that use OpenSSL, through a malformed ClientHello handshake message that triggers an out-of-bounds memory access, also called OCSP stapling vulnerability.

  • CVE-2011-1945—The elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) subsystem in OpenSSL 1.0.0d and earlier, when the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) is used for the ECDHE_ECDSA cipher suite, does not properly implement curves over binary fields, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to determine private keys through a timing attack and a lattice calculation.

  • CVE-2011-3207—crypto/x509/x509_vfy.c in OpenSSL 1.0.x before 1.0.0e does not initialize certain structure members, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass CRL validation by using a nextUpdate value corresponding to a time in the past.

  • CVE-2011-3210—The ephemeral ECDH ciphersuite functionality in OpenSSL 0.9.8 through 0.9.8r and 1.0.x before 1.0.0e does not ensure thread safety during processing of handshake messages from clients, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) through out-of-order messages that violate the TLS protocol.

  • CVE-2011-4108—The DTLS implementation in OpenSSL before 0.9.8s and 1.x before 1.0.0f performs a MAC check only if certain padding is valid, which makes it easier for remote attackers to recover plaintext through a padding oracle attack.

  • CVE-2011-4576—The SSL 3.0 implementation in OpenSSL before 0.9.8s and 1.x before 1.0.0f does not properly initialize data structures for block cipher padding, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by decrypting the padding data sent by an SSL peer.

  • CVE-2011-4577—OpenSSL before 0.9.8s and 1.x before 1.0.0f, when RFC 3779 support is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure) through an X.509 certificate containing certificate-extension data associated with IP address blocks or Autonomous System (AS) identifiers.

  • CVE-2011-4619—The Server Gated Cryptography (SGC) implementation in OpenSSL before 0.9.8s and 1.x before 1.0.0f does not properly handle handshake restarts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) through unspecified vectors.

  • CVE-2012-0027—The GOST ENGINE in OpenSSL before 1.0.0f does not properly handle invalid parameters for the GOST block cipher, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) through crafted data from a TLS client.

  • CVE-2012-0884—The implementation of Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) and PKCS #7 in OpenSSL before 0.9.8u and 1.x before 1.0.0h does not properly restrict certain oracle behavior, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to decrypt data through a Million Message Attack (MMA) adaptive chosen ciphertext attack.

  • CVE-2012-1165—The mime_param_cmp function in crypto/asn1/asn_mime.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8u and 1.x before 1.0.0h allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) through a crafted S/MIME message, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-7250.

  • CVE-2012-2110—The asn1_d2i_read_bio function in crypto/asn1/a_d2i_fp.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8v, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0i, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1a does not properly interpret integer data, which allows remote attackers to conduct buffer overflow attacks, and cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact, through crafted DER data, as demonstrated by an X.509 certificate or an RSA public key.

  • CVE-2012-2333—Integer underflow in OpenSSL before 0.9.8x, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0j, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1c, when TLS 1.1, TLS 1.2, or DTLS is used with CBC encryption, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact through a crafted TLS packet that is not properly handled during a certain explicit IV calculation.

  • CVE-2013-0166—OpenSSL before 0.9.8y, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0k, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1d does not properly perform signature verification for OCSP responses, which allows remote OCSP servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) through an invalid key.

  • CVE-2013-0169—The TLS protocol 1.1 and 1.2 and the DTLS protocol 1.0 and 1.2, as used in OpenSSL, OpenJDK, PolarSSL, and other products, do not properly consider timing side-channel attacks on a MAC check requirement during the processing of malformed CBC padding, which allows remote attackers to conduct distinguishing attacks and plaintext-recovery attacks through statistical analysis of timing data for crafted packets, also called the Lucky Thirteen issue.

  • CVE-2013-6449—The ssl_get_algorithm2 function in ssl/s3_lib.c in OpenSSL before 1.0.2 obtains a certain version number from an incorrect data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) through crafted traffic from a TLS 1.2 client.

  • CVE-2013-6450—The DTLS retransmission implementation in OpenSSL 1.0.0 before 1.0.0l and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1f does not properly maintain data structures for digest and encryption contexts, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to trigger the use of a different context and cause a denial of service (application crash) by interfering with packet delivery, related to ssl/d1_both.c and ssl/t1_enc.c.

  • CVE-2014-0076—The Montgomery ladder implementation in OpenSSL through 1.0.0l does not ensure that certain swap operations have a constant-time behavior, which makes it easier for local users to obtain ECDSA nonces through a FLUSH+RELOAD cache side-channel attack.

  • CVE-2014-0195—The dtls1_reassemble_fragment function in d1_both.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8za, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0m, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1h does not properly validate fragment lengths in DTLS ClientHello messages, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (buffer overflow and application crash) through a long non-initial fragment.

  • CVE-2014-0198—The do_ssl3_write function in s3_pkt.c in OpenSSL 1.x through 1.0.1g, when SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS is enabled, does not properly manage a buffer pointer during certain recursive calls, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) through vectors that trigger an alert condition.

  • CVE-2014-0221—The dtls1_get_message_fragment function in d1_both.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8za, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0m, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1h allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (recursion and client crash) through a DTLS hello message in an invalid DTLS handshake.

  • CVE-2014-0224—OpenSSL before 0.9.8za, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0m, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1h does not properly restrict processing of ChangeCipherSpec messages, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to trigger use of a zero-length master key in certain OpenSSL-to-OpenSSL communications, and consequently hijack sessions or obtain sensitive information, through a crafted TLS handshake, also called the CCS Injection vulnerability.

  • CVE-2014-3470—The ssl3_send_client_key_exchange function in s3_clnt.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8za, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0m, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1h, when an anonymous ECDH cipher suite is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and client crash) by triggering a NULL certificate value.

  • CVE-2014-3505—Double free vulnerability in d1_both.c in the DTLS implementation in OpenSSL 0.9.8 before 0.9.8zb, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0n, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1i allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) through crafted DTLS packets that trigger an error condition.

  • CVE-2014-3506—d1_both.c in the DTLS implementation in OpenSSL 0.9.8 before 0.9.8zb, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0n, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1i allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) through crafted DTLS handshake messages that trigger memory allocations corresponding to large length values.

  • CVE-2014-3507—Memory leak in d1_both.c in the DTLS implementation in OpenSSL 0.9.8 before 0.9.8zb, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0n, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1i allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) through zero-length DTLS fragments that trigger improper handling of the return value of a certain insert function.

  • CVE-2014-3508—The OBJ_obj2txt function in crypto/objects/obj_dat.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8 before 0.9.8zb, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0n, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1i, when pretty printing is used, does not ensure the presence of '\0' characters, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information from process stack memory by reading output from X509_name_oneline, X509_name_print_ex, and unspecified other functions.

  • CVE-2014-3509—Race condition in the ssl_parse_serverhello_tlsext function in t1_lib.c in OpenSSL 1.0.0 before 1.0.0n and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1i, when multithreading and session resumption are used, allows remote SSL servers to cause a denial of service (memory overwrite and client application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact by sending Elliptic Curve (EC) Supported Point Formats Extension data.

  • CVE-2014-3510—The ssl3_send_client_key_exchange function in s3_clnt.c in OpenSSL 0.9.8 before 0.9.8zb, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0n, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1i allows remote DTLS servers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and client application crash) through a crafted handshake message in conjunction with a (1) anonymous DH or (2) anonymous ECDH ciphersuite.

  • CVE-2014-3511—The ssl23_get_client_hello function in s23_srvr.c in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1i allows man-in-the-middle attackers to force the use of TLS 1.0 by triggering ClientHello message fragmentation in communication between a client and server that both support later TLS versions, related to a protocol downgrade issue.

  • CVE-2014-3512—Multiple buffer overflows in crypto/srp/srp_lib.c in the SRP implementation in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1i allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact through an invalid SRP (1) g, (2) A, or (3) B parameter.

  • CVE-2014-3566—The SSL protocol 3.0, as used in OpenSSL through 1.0.1i and other products, uses nondeterministic CBC padding, which makes it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain cleartext data through a padding-oracle attack, aka the POODLE issue.

  • CVE-2014-3567—Memory leak in the tls_decrypt_ticket function in t1_lib.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8zc, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0o, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1j allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) through a crafted session ticket that triggers an integrity-check failure.

  • CVE-2014-3568—OpenSSL before 0.9.8zc, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0o, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1j does not properly enforce the no-ssl3 build option, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions through an SSL 3.0 handshake, related to s23_clnt.c and s23_srvr.c.

  • CVE-2014-3570—The BN_sqr implementation in OpenSSL before 0.9.8zd, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0p, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1k does not properly calculate the square of a BIGNUM value, which might make it easier for remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms through unspecified vectors, related to crypto/bn/asm/mips.pl, crypto/bn/asm/x86_64-gcc.c, and crypto/bn/bn_asm.c.

  • CVE-2014-3571—OpenSSL before 0.9.8zd, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0p, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1k allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) through a crafted DTLS message that is processed with a different read operation for the handshake header than for the handshake body, related to the dtls1_get_record function in d1_pkt.c and the ssl3_read_n function in s3_pkt.c.

  • CVE-2014-3572—The ssl3_get_key_exchange function in s3_clnt.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8zd, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0p, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1k allows remote SSL servers to conduct ECDHE-to-ECDH downgrade attacks and trigger a loss of forward secrecy by omitting the ServerKeyExchange message.

  • CVE-2014-8176—The dtls1_clear_queues function in ssl/d1_lib.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8za, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0m, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1h frees data structures without considering that application data can arrive between a ChangeCipherSpec message and a Finished message, which allows remote DTLS peers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact through unexpected application data.

  • CVE-2014-8275—OpenSSL before 0.9.8zd, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0p, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1k does not enforce certain constraints on certificate data, which allows remote attackers to defeat a fingerprint-based certificate-blacklist protection mechanism by including crafted data within a certificate's unsigned portion, related to crypto/asn1/a_verify.c, crypto/dsa/dsa_asn1.c, crypto/ecdsa/ecs_vrf.c, and crypto/x509/x_all.c.

  • CVE-2015-0204—The ssl3_get_key_exchange function in s3_clnt.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8zd, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0p, and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1k allows remote SSL servers to conduct RSA-to-EXPORT_RSA downgrade attacks and facilitate brute-force decryption by offering a weak ephemeral RSA key in a noncompliant role, related to the FREAK issue. NOTE: the scope of this CVE is only client code based on OpenSSL, not EXPORT_RSA issues associated with servers or other TLS implementations.

  • CVE-2015-0205—The ssl3_get_cert_verify function in s3_srvr.c in OpenSSL 1.0.0 before 1.0.0p and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1k accepts client authentication with a Diffie-Hellman (DH) certificate without requiring a CertificateVerify message, which allows remote attackers to obtain access without knowledge of a private key through crafted TLS Handshake Protocol traffic to a server that recognizes a Certification Authority with DH support.

  • CVE-2015-0206—Memory leak in the dtls1_buffer_record function in d1_pkt.c in OpenSSL 1.0.0 before 1.0.0p and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1k allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by sending many duplicate records for the next epoch, leading to failure of replay detection.

  • CVE-2015-0209—Use-after-free vulnerability in the d2i_ECPrivateKey function in crypto/ec/ec_asn1.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8zf, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0r, 1.0.1 before 1.0.1m, and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2a might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact through a malformed Elliptic Curve (EC) private-key file that is improperly handled during import.

  • CVE-2015-0286—The ASN1_TYPE_cmp function in crypto/asn1/a_type.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8zf, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0r, 1.0.1 before 1.0.1m, and 1.0.2 before 1.0.2a does not properly perform boolean-type comparisons, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read operation and application crash) through a crafted X.509 certificate to an endpoint that uses the certificate-verification feature.

The affected third-party software component has been upgraded to a version that includes fixes for the vulnerability. Future versions of the product(s) will not be affected by this vulnerability.

Defect ID - CSCwm73565

Cisco UCS M5 servers are affected by the vulnerabilities identified by the following Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) IDs:

  • CVE-2024-28047—Improper input validation in UEFI firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

The affected third-party software component has been upgraded to a version that includes fixes for the vulnerability. Future versions of the product(s) will not be affected by this vulnerability.

Security Fixes in Release 4.3(5e)

There are no security fixes in release 4.3(5e).

Security Fixes in Release 4.3(5d)

There are no security fixes in release 4.3(5d).

Security Fixes in Release 4.3(5c)

Defect ID - CSCwm73573

Cisco UCS C-Series M7 Rack Servers and Cisco UCS X-Series M7 Compute Nodes include an Intel® CPU that is affected by the vulnerabilities identified by the following Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) IDs:

  • CVE-2024-27457—Improper check for unusual or exceptional conditions in Intel(R) TDX Module firmware before version 1.5.06 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

  • CVE-2024-23918—Improper conditions check in some Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor memory controller configurations when using Intel(R) SGX may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

  • CVE-2024-21820—Incorrect default permissions in some Intel(R) Xeon(R) processor memory controller configurations when using Intel(R) SGX may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

  • CVE-2024-21853—Improper finite state machines (FSMs) in the hardware logic in some 4th and 5th Generation Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors may allow an authorized user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

  • CVE-2024-25565—Insufficient control flow management in UEFI firmware for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to enable denial of service via local access.

  • CVE-2024-23984—Observable discrepancy in RAPL interface for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

  • CVE-2024-24968—Improper finite state machines (FSMs) in hardware logic in some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable a denial of service via local access.

  • CVE-2024-22185—Time-of-check Time-of-use Race Condition in some Intel(R) processors with Intel(R) ACTM may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

  • CVE-2024-24985—Exposure of resource to wrong sphere in some Intel(R) processors with Intel(R) ACTM may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

  • CVE-2024-21829—Improper input validation in UEFI firmware error handler for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

  • CVE-2024-23599—Race condition in Seamless Firmware Updates for some Intel(R) reference platforms may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

  • CVE-2024-21781—Improper input validation in UEFI firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to enable information disclosure or denial of service via local access.

  • CVE-2024-39279—Insufficient granularity of access control in UEFI firmware in some Intel(R) processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

  • CVE-2024-28047—Improper input validation in UEFI firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

  • CVE-2024-31157—Improper initialization in UEFI firmware OutOfBandXML module in some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

  • CVE-2024-36293—Improper access control in the EDECCSSA user leaf function for some Intel(R) Processors with Intel(R) SGX may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

  • CVE-2024-31068—Improper Finite State Machines (FSMs) in Hardware Logic for some Intel(R) Processors may allow privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

  • CVE-2024-25571—Improper input validation in some Intel(R) SPS firmware before SPS_E5_06.01.04.059.0 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

  • CVE-2024-21859—Improper buffer restrictions in the UEFI firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

  • CVE-2024-31155—Improper buffer restrictions in the UEFI firmware for some Intel(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

  • CVE-2024-37020—Sequence of processor instructions leads to unexpected behavior in the Intel(R) DSA V1.0 for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Security Fixes in Release 4.3(5a)

Defect ID - CSCwk62264

Cisco UCS 6400 Series Fabric Interconnects and UCS 6500 Series Fabric Interconnects in UCS Manager Mode includes Third-party Software that is affected by the vulnerabilities identified by the following Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) IDs:

  • CVE-2024-6387—A security regression (CVE-2006-5051) has been discovered in the OpenSSH server (sshd). A race condition exists that may cause sshd to handle certain signals unsafely. This vulnerability can potentially be exploited by an unauthenticated, remote attacker by failing to authenticate within a specified time period.

The affected third-party software component has been upgraded to a version that includes fixes for the vulnerability. Future versions of the product(s) will not be affected by this vulnerability.

Defect ID - CSCwk62723

Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers - Serial over LAN (SOL) and Cisco UCS X-Series Compute Nodes - Serial over LAN (SOL) includes Third-party Software that is affected by the vulnerabilities identified by the following Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) IDs:

  • CVE-2024-6387—A security regression (CVE-2006-5051) has been discovered in the OpenSSH server (sshd). A race condition exists that may cause sshd to handle certain signals unsafely. This vulnerability can potentially be exploited by an unauthenticated, remote attacker by failing to authenticate within a specified time period.

The affected third-party software component has been upgraded to a version that includes fixes for the vulnerability. Future versions of the product(s) will not be affected by this vulnerability.

Defect ID - CSCwk75392

Cisco UCS Manager includes Third-party Software that is affected by the vulnerabilities identified by the following Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) IDs:

  • CVE-2023-52425—libexpat through 2.5.0 allows a denial of service (resource consumption) because many full reparsings are required in the case of a large token for which multiple buffer fills are needed.

The affected third-party software component has been upgraded to a version that includes fixes for the vulnerability. Future versions of the product(s) will not be affected by this vulnerability.

Security Fixes in Release 4.3(4f)

There are no security fixes in release 4.3(4f).

Security Fixes in Release 4.3(4e)

There are no security fixes in release 4.3(4e).

Security Fixes in Release 4.3(4d)

There are no security fixes in release 4.3(4d).

Security Fixes in Release 4.3(4c)

Defect ID - CSCwk62264

Cisco UCS Manager includes Third-party Software that is affected by the vulnerabilities identified by the following Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) IDs:

  • CVE-2024-6387—A race condition has been identified in the sshd service related to its signal handler. If a client fails to authenticate within the LoginGraceTime period (default is 120 seconds, previously 600 seconds in older OpenSSH versions), the sshd SIGALRM handler is triggered asynchronously. This handler, however, invokes several functions that are not safe to call from within a signal handler, such as syslog().

The affected third-party software component has been upgraded to a version that includes fixes for the vulnerability. Future versions of the product(s) will not be affected by this vulnerability.

Security Fixes in Release 4.3(4b)

There are no security fixes in release 4.3(4b).

Security Fixes in Release 4.3(4a)

Defect ID - CSCwi59915

Cisco UCS Manager includes Third-party Software that is affected by the vulnerabilities identified by the following Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) IDs:

  • CVE-2023-48795—The SSH transport protocol with certain OpenSSH extensions, found in OpenSSH before 9.6 and other products, allows remote attackers to bypass integrity checks, such that some packets are omitted (from the extension negotiation message), and a client and server may consequently end up with a connection for which some security features have been downgraded or disabled, also known as Terrapin attack.

    This occurs because the SSH Binary Packet Protocol (BPP), implemented by these extensions, mishandles the handshake phase and use of sequence numbers. For example, when there is an effective attack against SSH's use of ChaCha20-Poly1305 (and CBC with Encrypt-then-MAC), the bypass occurs in chacha20-poly1305@openssh.com, (and if CBC is used, then the -etm@openssh.com MAC algorithms).

The affected third-party software component has been upgraded to a version that includes fixes for the vulnerability. Future versions of the product(s) will not be affected by this vulnerability.

Security Fixes in Release 4.3(3c)

There are no security fixes in Release 4.3(3c).

Security Fixes in Release 4.3(3a)

Defect ID - CSCwh58728

Cisco UCS Manager includes Third-party Software that is affected by the vulnerabilities identified by the following Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) IDs:

  • CVE-2023-38408—The PKCS#11 feature in ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 9.3p2 has an insufficiently trustworthy search path, leading to remote code execution if an agent is forwarded to an attacker-controlled system. (Code in /usr/lib is not necessarily safe for loading into ssh-agent.)

The affected third-party software component has been upgraded to a version that includes fixes for the vulnerability. Future versions of the product(s) will not be affected by this vulnerability.

Defect ID - CSCwi20282

This product includes Third-party Software that is affected by the vulnerabilities identified by the following Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) IDs:

  • CVE-2007-2768—OpenSSH, when using OPIE (One-Time Passwords in Everything) for PAM, allows remote attackers to determine the existence of certain user accounts, which displays a different response if the user account exists and is configured to use one-time passwords (OTP), a similar issue to CVE-2007-2243.

  • CVE-2008-3844—Certain Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5 packages for OpenSSH, as signed in August 2008 using a legitimate Red Hat GPG key, contain an externally introduced modification (Trojan Horse) that allows the package authors to have an unknown impact.

  • CVE-2016-20012—OpenSSH through 8.7 allows remote attackers, who have a suspicion that a certain combination of username and public key is known to an SSH server, to test whether this suspicion is correct. This occurs because a challenge is sent only when that combination could be valid for a login session.

  • CVE-2018-15473—OpenSSH through 7.7 is prone to a user enumeration vulnerability due to not delaying bailout for an invalid authenticating user until after the packet containing the request has been fully parsed, related to auth2-gss.c, auth2-hostbased.c, and auth2-pubkey.c.

  • CVE-2018-15919—Remotely observable behavior in auth-gss2.c in OpenSSH through 7.8 could be used by remote attackers to detect existence of users on a target system when GSS2 is in use.

  • CVE-2018-20685—In OpenSSH 7.9, scp.c in the scp client allows remote SSH servers to bypass intended access restrictions via the filename of . or an empty filename. The impact is modifying the permissions of the target directory on the client side.

  • CVE-2019-6109—An issue was discovered in OpenSSH 7.9. Due to missing character encoding in the progress display, a malicious server (or Man-in-The-Middle attacker) can employ crafted object names to manipulate the client output, for example, by using ANSI control codes to hide additional files being transferred. This affects refresh_progress_meter() in progressmeter.c.

  • CVE-2019-6110—In OpenSSH 7.9, due to accepting and displaying arbitrary stderr output from the server, a malicious server (or Man-in-The-Middle attacker) can manipulate the client output, for example, to use ANSI control codes to hide additional files being transferred.

  • CVE-2019-6111—An issue was discovered in OpenSSH 7.9. Due to the scp implementation being derived from 1983 rcp, the server chooses which files/directories are sent to the client. However, the scp client only performs cursory validation of the object name returned (only directory traversal attacks are prevented). A malicious scp server (or Man-in-The-Middle attacker) can overwrite arbitrary files in the scp client target directory. If recursive operation (-r) is performed, the server can manipulate subdirectories as well (for example, to overwrite the .ssh/authorized_keys file).

  • CVE-2020-14145—The client side in OpenSSH 5.7 through 8.4 has an Observable Discrepancy leading to an information leak in the algorithm negotiation. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to target initial connection attempts (where no host key for the server has been cached by the client).

  • CVE-2020-15778—scp in OpenSSH through 8.3p1 allows command injection in the scp.c toremote function, as demonstrated by backtick characters in the destination argument.

  • CVE-2021-28041—ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 8.5 has a double free that may be relevant in a few less-common scenarios, such as unconstrained agent-socket access on a legacy operating system, or the forwarding of an agent to an attacker-controlled host.

  • CVE-2021-36368—An issue was discovered in OpenSSH before 8.9. If a client is using public-key authentication with agent forwarding but without -oLogLevel=verbose, and an attacker has silently modified the server to support the None authentication option, then the user cannot determine whether FIDO authentication is going to confirm that the user wishes to connect to that server, or that the user wishes to allow that server to connect to a different server on the user's behalf.

  • CVE-2021-41617—sshd in OpenSSH 6.2 through 8.x before 8.8, when certain non-default configurations are used, allows privilege escalation because supplemental groups are not initialized as expected. Helper programs for AuthorizedKeysCommand and AuthorizedPrincipalsCommand may run with privileges associated with group memberships of the sshd process, if the configuration specifies running the command as a different user.

  • CVE-2023-38408—The PKCS#11 feature in ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 9.3p2 has an insufficiently trustworthy search path, leading to remote code execution if an agent is forwarded to an attacker-controlled system. (Code in /usr/lib is not necessarily safe for loading into ssh-agent.)

The affected third-party software component has been upgraded to a version that includes fixes for the vulnerability. Future versions of the product(s) will not be affected by this vulnerability.

Security Fixes in Release 4.3(2f)

There are no security fixes in release 4.3(2f).

Security Fixes in Release 4.3(2e)

Defect ID - CSCwh23927

Cisco UCS C225 M6 and C245 M6 servers with certain AMD® CPUs are affected by vulnerabilities identified by the following Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) ID:

  • CVE-2023-20569—A side channel vulnerability on some of the AMD® CPUs may allow an attacker to influence the return address prediction. This may result in speculative execution at an attacker-controlled address, potentially leading to information disclosure.

Defect ID - CSCwh43415

Cisco UCS C225 M6 and C245 M6 servers with AMD® CPUs are affected by vulnerabilities identified by the following Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) IDs:

  • CVE-2021-26345—Failure to validate the value in APCB may allow a privileged attacker to tamper with the APCB token to force an out-of-bounds memory read potentially resulting in a denial of service.

  • CVE-2022-23830—SMM configuration may not be immutable, as intended, when SNP is enabled resulting in a potential limited loss of guest memory integrity.

  • CVE-2021-46774—Insufficient DRAM address validation in System Management Unit (SMU) may allow an attacker to read/write from/to an invalid DRAM address, potentially resulting in denial-of-service.

  • CVE-2023-20519—A Use-After-Free vulnerability in the management of an SNP guest context page may allow a malicious hypervisor to masquerade as the guest's migration agent resulting in a potential loss of guest integrity.

  • CVE-2023-20566—Improper address validation in ASP with SNP enabled may potentially allow an attacker to compromise guest memory integrity.

Defect ID - CSCwh68315

The Cisco products UCS B-Series M6 Blade Servers; UCS C-Series M6 Rack Servers; UCS X-Series M6 Compute Nodes include an Intel® CPU that is affected by the vulnerability identified by the following Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) ID:

  • CVE-2023-23583—Sequence of processor instructions leads to unexpected behavior for some Intel® Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access.

Security Fixes in Release 4.3(2c)

Defect ID - CSCwh46667

Cisco UCS Manager includes Third-party Software that is affected by the vulnerabilities identified by the following Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) IDs:

  • CVE-2022-0778—The BN_mod_sqrt() function, which computes a modular square root, contains a bug that can cause it to loop forever for non-prime moduli. This function is used when parsing certificates that contain elliptic curve public keys in compressed form or explicit elliptic curve parameters with a base point encoded in compressed form.

    It is possible to trigger the infinite loop by crafting a certificate that has invalid explicit curve parameters. Certificate parsing happens prior to verification of the certificate signature, and hence, any process that parses an externally supplied certificate may thus be subject to a denial of service attack.

    The infinite loop can also be reached when parsing crafted private keys as they can contain explicit elliptic curve parameters. Vulnerable situations include:

    • TLS clients consuming server certificates

    • TLS servers consuming client certificates

    • Hosting providers taking certificates or private keys from customers

    • Certificate authorities parsing certification requests from subscribers

    • Anything else which parses ASN.1 elliptic curve parameters

    • Also any other applications that use the BN_mod_sqrt() where the attacker can control the parameter values are vulnerable to this DoS issue

    In the OpenSSL 1.0.2 version the public key is not parsed during initial parsing of the certificate which makes it slightly harder to trigger the infinite loop. However, any operation which requires the public key from the certificate triggers the infinite loop. In particular the attacker can use a self-signed certificate to trigger the loop during verification of the certificate signature. This issue affects OpenSSL versions 1.0.2, 1.1.1 and 3.0. It was addressed in the releases of 1.1.1n and 3.0.2 on the 15th March 2022. Fixed in OpenSSL 3.0.2 (Affected 3.0.0,3.0.1). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1n (Affected 1.1.1-1.1.1m). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2zd (Affected 1.0.2-1.0.2zc).

    The affected third-party software component is upgraded to a version that includes fixes for the vulnerability. Future versions of the product(s) will not be affected by this vulnerability.

Security Fixes in Release 4.3(2b)

Defect ID - CSCwc01592

Cisco UCS Manager feature if affected by the following Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) ID:

  • CVE-2023-20016—A vulnerability in the backup configuration feature of Cisco UCS Manager and in the configuration export feature of Cisco FXOS Software could allow an unauthenticated attacker with access to a backup file to decrypt sensitive information stored in the full state and configuration backup files.

  • This vulnerability is due to a weakness in the encryption method used for the backup function. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by leveraging a static key used for the backup configuration feature. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to decrypt sensitive information that is stored in full state and configuration backup files, such as local user credentials, authentication server passwords, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) community names, and other credentials.

    Cisco has released software updates that address this vulnerability. There are no workarounds that address this vulnerability.

  • For more information see Cisco FXOS Software and UCS Manager Software Configuration Backup Static Key Vulnerability

Defect ID - CSCwf30460

Cisco UCS M6 B-Series and C-Series servers are affected by vulnerabilities identified by the following Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) IDs:

  • CVE-2022-41804—Unauthorized error injection in Intel® SGX or Intel® TDX for some Intel® Xeon® Processors which may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege through local access.

    CVE-2022-40982—Information exposure through microarchitectural state after transient execution in certain vector execution units for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure through local access.

    CVE-2023-23908—Improper access control in some 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure through local access.

    CVE-2022-37343— Improper access control in the BIOS firmware for some Intel® Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege through local access.

Defect ID - CSCwf30468

Cisco UCS M5 B-Series and C-Series servers are affected by vulnerabilities identified by the following Common Vulnerability and Exposures (CVE) IDs:

  • CVE-2022-40982—Information exposure through microarchitectural state after transient execution in certain vector execution units for some Intel® Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure through local access.

    CVE-2022-43505—Insufficient control flow management in the BIOS firmware for some Intel® Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service through local access.

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Resolved Caveats in Release 4.3(6c)

Defect ID

Symptom

First Bundle Affected

Resolved in Release

CSCwo90621

Cisco UCS systems equipped with Cisco UCS 2408 IOMs running infrastructure bundle release 4.3(5c) report thermal alerts. These alerts cause system fans to increase speed temporarily. Despite the critical alerts, the reported temperatures remain within normal operating ranges.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(5c)

4.3(6c)

CSCwp20088

Cisco UCS domains managed by Cisco UCS Central may become suspended after upgrading Cisco UCS Manager to certain versions. This occurs when a deprecated IO policy was configured from Cisco UCS Central. The domain shows as suspended in Cisco UCS Central, Cisco UCS Manager displays a warning F1057, and attempts to activate or acknowledge the domain fail with an error regarding the IO Policy.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(5a)

4.3(6c)

CSCwn86965

Cisco UCS chassis equipped with 2204XP IOMs may report a persistent error accessing shared-storage warning. This warning is triggered by read or write errors on the chassis. The warning does not clear automatically and requires a fix.

This issue is resolved.

4.2(3k)

4.3(6c)

CSCwo62993

Cisco UCS Manager domains may experience secure LDAP authentication failures after a Trustpoint configuration change. This issue has occurred intermittently and is often accompanied by TLS Start failed or Unknown CA errors in debug output. Affected domains are unable to authenticate users through LDAP.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(3a)

4.3(6c)

CSCwo85317

Cisco UCS Manager on servers equipped with DIMMs having vendor part number 36ASF4G72PZ-3G2J3 reports a Warning Fault F0502, indicating an invalid FRU. This occurs because the capability catalog does not recognize this specific DIMM part number. As a result, the DIMM identity is unestablishable.

This issue is resolved.

4.2(3m)

4.3(6c)

CSCwo37410

When Cisco UCS Manager is managed by Cisco UCS Central with the Infrastructure & Catalog Firmware setting changed from Global to Local, the bundle firmware version does not display on any Fabric Interconnect after a reboot. The Package Version field becomes empty following any reboot triggered by configuration changes.

This issue is resolved.

4.0(4g)

4.3(6c)

Resolved Caveats in Release 4.3(6b)

Defect ID

Symptom

First Bundle Affected

Resolved in Release

CSCwm45755

In Cisco UCS C220 M8 servers equipped with M.2 disks connected to a storage controller, the disks are not detected on the Windows Server 2025 installation page. However, the disks are detected during the installation of Windows Server 2022. This issue occurs specifically with Windows Server 2025.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(6a)

4.3(6b)

CSCwn99720

On Cisco UCS C-Series M8 servers with Intel processors and an R1S CPU configured in a single CPU setup on the 2S platform, Intel SGX remains disabled even after being enabled in the BIOS. This issue does not occur with a dual CPU configuration.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(6a)

4.3(6b)

CSCwn51498

Raw OEM SEL records are logged in CIMC SEL during the booting and shutdown of Windows Server 2025 on Cisco UCS C220 M8 servers.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(6a)

4.3(6b)

Resolved Caveats in Release 4.3(6a)

Defect ID

Symptom

First Bundle Affected

Resolved in Release

CSCwj61708

When performing a warm reboot of multiple servers in a scale-setup of 160 servers and high PV count of greater than 64K in Cisco UCS FI domain, secure boot adapters may not restart instantly under certain situations. This was observed in a scale setup where simultaneous warm reboot of 22 blades across three chassis was initiated. Some blades with Cisco UCS VIC 15000 series secure boot adapters failed to boot from the SAN after a soft reboot.

These adapters execute a cleanup process with the Fabric Interconnects to maintain system integrity, which needs to be finished before the server BIOS can recognize the adapters.

This issue arises specifically under conditions of very high PV count or exceptionally high CPU utilization on the FI. During these instances, if the server BIOS finalizes the boot sequence before the secure boot adapters finish the cleanup, the adapters may fail to be detected. Consequently, the server may not successfully boot from the SAN.

This issue is observed in configurations using Cisco UCS blade servers equipped with Cisco UCS VIC 15000 series adapters.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(4a)

4.3(6a)

CSCwn44955

During Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect (FI) replacement, the DME service may crash upon connecting the new FI, resulting in the failure of management services. This issue affects FI models under firmware version 4.3(5a) and leads to HA readiness and replication sync failures between FI-A and FI-B.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(5a)

4.3(6a)

CSCwo18968

During the transition of SNMP services to BMC Inventory, communication issues have been observed in two out of four Cisco UCS Manager instances. Traceroute confirms no network blockage, and the SNMP service (svc_sam_netSnmpAG) remains operational with no failures reported. However, reports indicate SNMP ports as closed.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(2c)

4.3(6a)

CSCwk47042

During migration from Cisco UCS 6200/6300 Series Fabric Interconnects to Cisco UCS 6500 FI, you may see errors when configuring Fibre Channel (FC) storage ports. The system returns an error indicating that FcEstcEp must be contained under the SubGroup hierarchy and does not support FC Breakout in this platform. Attempts to configure FC ports via CLI using the Unified Breakout Storage Ports guide result in an Update failed message.

This issue is resolved.

4.2(3l)

4.3(6a)

CSCwn29896

An error occurs at the FSM level when creating an SNMP user with a user name exceeding 23 characters. This issue has been observed specifically on Cisco UCS 6454 FI running firmware version 4.2(3k).

This issue is resolved.

4.2(3k)

4.3(6a)

CSCwo62993

After upgrading Cisco UCS Manager from any 4.1(3) release to 4.3(3a), LDAP/AD authentication fails intermittently, affecting login with AD credentials across multiple domains. TLS start failed error is repored, and packet captures indicate an Unknown CA alert. OpenSSL commands show a certificate verification error. Despite successful connectivity to the LDAP server, authentication issues persist.

4.3(3a)

4.3(6a)

Resolved Caveats in Release 4.3(5e)

Defect ID

Symptom

First Bundle Affected

Resolved in Release

CSCwo90621

After upgrading to Cisco UCS Manager Infrastructure Bundle 4.3(5c), several chassis with Cisco UCS IOM 2408 experienced false thermal alerts. These alerts led to fluctuations in fan speeds, though actual temperatures remained within normal operating ranges. Notably, this issue did not occur during the upgrade to Cisco UCS Manager Infrastructure Bundle 4.3(5a).

This issue is resolved.

4.3(5c)A

 4.3(5e)A

Resolved Caveats in Release 4.3(5d)

Defect ID

Symptom

First Bundle Affected

Resolved in Release

CSCwn65779

The UCS-FI-64108 Fabric Interconnects may experience unexpected reboots due to kernel panics. This is not a very common case. Initially, the Primary Fabric Interconnect (B) encountered a kernel panic and rebooted, leading to a cluster failover to the Secondary FI (A). About 48 hours later, the new Primary FI (A) also suffered a kernel panic and rebooted. The stack trace reveals a null pointer dereference, resulting in a fatal exception.

This issue is resolved.

4.2(3g)A

4.3(5d)A

CSCwn41380

Cisco UCS Blade servers lose SAN connectivity when one of the FC up-link or FI is down because of the following reasons:

  • FC link is congested

  • Peer FC link is down due to peer system crash or errors on the receiving side

This issue is resolved.

4.2(1f)A

4.3(5d)A

CSCwn32035

Some 5108 Chassis fans may pull the SDA line of the I2C bus low for an extended duration, causing the I2C bus to lock up and all system fans are flagged as faulty. Alarms are seen for the bad fans.

While not common, if it happens, replace the faulty fans, if the problem persists, contact TAC for more assistance.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(5a)

4.3(5d)

CSCwj60167

Cisco UCS B-Series Servers managed by Cisco UCS Manager may experience a temporary BMC reboot due to a kernel panic, affecting management connectivity without impacting server operation. You may notice a temporary loss of CIMC connectivity.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(2c)B

4.3(5d)B

CSCwn69805

The Cisco UCS 64108 Fabric Interconnectreboots unexpectedly, leading to a loss of network redundancy and high availability (HA), although the fabric interconnect eventually recovers itself. These reboots are often caused by a fatal upgrade error, as indicated by "IOFPGA POWER DEBUG" and "IOFPGA RESET CAUSE" messages in the logs. While rare, this issue can occur under specific conditions related to certain software and hardware configurations.

This issue is resolved.

4.2(1n)A

4.3(5d)B

CSCwn83351

This defect causes system reloads due to a Watchdog Timeout without generating diagnostic traces or cores. The condition is identified by the absence of kernel trace, dmesg, and show cores outputs, with the reset reason indicating a watchdog timeout or CATERR. No workaround is available; upgrading to the latest software version is necessary to resolve the issue. Data plane outages will not occur as long as the failover is enabled.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(5a)A

4.3(5d)A

CSCwm13829

On Cisco UCS X210c M6/M7 servers with a UCSX-X10C-RAIDF RAID controller, a BBU fault may occur, indicated by Safety Status Register 0xf000 in logs. This indicates a corrupted voltage reading, marking the BBU as bad and potentially needing replacement. To resolve, access the RAID setup during boot, reset to factory defaults, confirm, and save changes.

This issue is resolved.

4.2(3k)

4.3(5d)

CSCwo05892

Disabling a login profile does not delete the entry, resulting in stale configurations that continue to enforce policies even after disabling. This occurs when the blocking level is set to all-user or changed from all-users to per-user.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(5a)

4.3(5d)

CSCwn92039

Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect resets due to an HA policy triggered by a crash in the snmpd service. The issue, categorized as a software fault, results in a core dump and a supervisor reset in VDC 1. This occurs in environments using SNMP for management.

4.3(5a)

4.3(5d)

Resolved Caveats in Release 4.3(5c)

Defect ID

Symptom

First Bundle Affected

Resolved in Release

CSCwm72893

Under rare conditions, Cisco UCS VIC adapter may experience a firmware hang due to a software anomaly in the embedded CPU (eCPU), leading to a watchdog timeout and Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI). This can result in temporary storage connectivity loss.

This issue is resolved. The latest firmware update addresses this issue by enhancing error-handling mechanisms to prevent such occurrences.

4.2(3i)A

4.3(5c)A

CSCwm36266

In certain conditions, after a watchdog reset or kernel panic, the blade IOM may incorrectly set the blade to Safe Mode, causing fans to spin at full speed. This issue occurs when the CIMC kernel experiences a panic, and before rebooting completes, the IOM misidentifies the CIMC capabilities, leading to an incorrect state. This state persists even after rebooting the CIMC or the blade, resulting in elevated fan speeds. The issue is observed with Cisco UCS B200 M6 blade servers and requires an update to ensure proper IOM communication and blade state management.

This issue is resolved.

4.2(3b)B

4.3(5c)B

CSCwm83085

In Cisco UCS Manager, changing the FCoE VLAN associated with a VSAN can result in the loss of storage paths from the operating system perspective, even though Fibre Channel interfaces remain active and stable. This issue occurs in Cisco UCS 6454 FI environments using FC Switching mode connected directly to storage. Although the switch accurately reflects the changes, the operating system reports a loss of storage paths. Flapping the FC interfaces temporarily restores connectivity.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(5a)

4.3(5c)B

CSCwn42969

After power cycling or resetting a Cisco UCS server, NVME disk FRONT-NVME-2 may become inoperable when left idle for over 1.5 weeks or under minimal workload. If this issue occurs and the drive is inoperable, check your drive PID against Drive PIDs for NVME Disk FRONT-NVME Inoperable Issue - CSCwn42969. If listed, contact Cisco TAC for a replacement.

If not listed, upgrade to firmware release 9CV10490.

4.3(4e)

4.3(5c)

CSCwm47183

Certain HDDs (model MG06SCA800A) unexpectedly show removal marks by the backup application, even though Cisco IMC logs do not indicate any failures. This issue occurs on the Cisco UCS C240 M6 servers with firmware version 4.3(2.240002) equipped with Cisco 12G SAS HBA controller.

Disk I/O errors indicate timeouts and read issues, preventing successful mounting and leading to removal marks on the disks. This situation impacts clusters using the backup application, requiring further investigation to prevent disruptions.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(2e)C

4.3(5c)C

CSCwm80801

After applying the July 2024 patch KB5040434, you may experience issues logging into UCS devices through Radius, although other Cisco devices remain unaffected. This problem impacts UCS devices. The issue occurs in a system equipped with Cisco UCS 6332 FI managed by Cisco UCS Manager version 4.2(3h), and it may potentially affect any UCS device following the NPS upgrade with the specified patch.

This issue is resolved.

4.2(3h)A

4.3(5c)A

CSCwn00366

Server discovery failures occur on Cisco UCS C-series FI-managed Intersight Rack Servers with only eNICs or only vHBAs configured, due to a memory leak in the vniccfgd process triggered by the palo_vnic_listtype() API call. Over months, the memory leak accumulates, leading to failures once a threshold is crossed. Cisco UCS VIC 14xx and 15xxx series adapters experience persistent failures, while Cisco UCS VIC 13xx series adapters may reboot due to out-of-memory errors.

This issue is resolved.

4.2(3b)

4.3(5c)

Drive PIDs for NVME Disk FRONT-NVME Inoperable Issue - CSCwn42969

UCSX-NVME4-1600-D, UCSX-NVME4-1600-D=, HX-NVME4-1600, HX-NVME4-1600=, UCS-NVME4-3200, UCS-NVME4-3200=, UCSB-NVME4-3200, UCSB-NVME4-3200=, UCSX-NVME4-3200, UCSX-NVME4-3200=, UCS-NVME4-3200-D, UCS-NVME4-3200-D=, UCSX-NVME4-3200-D, UCSX-NVME4-3200-D=, HX-NVME4-3200, HX-NVME4-3200=, UCS-NVME4-6400, UCS-NVME4-6400=, UCSB-NVME4-6400, UCSB-NVME4-6400=, UCSX-NVME4-6400, UCSX-NVME4-6400=, UCS-NVME4-6400-D, UCS-NVME4-6400-D=, UCSX-NVME4-6400-D, UCSX-NVME4-6400-D=, HX-NVME4-6400, HX-NVME4-6400=, UCS-NVME4-1920, UCS-NVME4-1920=, UCSB-NVME4-1920, UCSB-NVME4-1920=, UCSX-NVME4-1920, UCSX-NVME4-1920=, UCS-NVME4-1920-D, UCS-NVME4-1920-D=, UCSX-NVME4-1920-D, UCSX-NVME4-1920-D=, HX-NVME4-1920, HX-NVME4-1920=, UCS-NVME4-3840, UCS-NVME4-3840=, UCSB-NVME4-3840, UCSB-NVME4-3840=, UCSX-NVME4-3840, UCSX-NVME4-3840=, UCS-NVME4-3840-D, UCS-NVME4-3840-D=, UCSX-NVME4-3840-D, UCSX-NVME4-3840-D=, HX-NVME4-3840, HX-NVME4-3840=, UCS-NVME4-7680, UCS-NVME4-7680=, UCSB-NVME4-7680, UCSB-NVME4-7680=, UCSX-NVME4-7680, UCSX-NVME4-7680=, UCS-NVME4-7680-D, UCS-NVME4-7680-D=, UCSX-NVME4-7680-D, UCSX-NVME4-7680-D=, HX-NVME4-7680, HX-NVME4-7680=, UCS-NVME4-15360, UCS-NVME4-15360, UCSB-NVME4-15360, UCSB-NVME4-15360, UCSX-NVME4-15360, UCS-NVME4-15360-D, UCSX-NVME4-15360D, HX-NVME4-15360, HX-NVME4-15360, UCSX-NVB1T6O1P, UCSX-NVB1T6O1P=, HX-NVB1T6O1PM6, HX-NVB1T6O1PM6=, UCS-NVB3T2O1PM6, UCS-NVB3T2O1PM6=, UCSB-NVA3T2O1P, UCSB-NVA3T2O1P=, UCSX-NVB3T2O1PM6, UCSX-NVB3T2O1PM6=, UCS-NVB3T2O1P, UCS-NVB3T2O1P=, UCSX-NVB3T2O1P, UCSX-NVB3T2O1P=, HX-NVB3T2O1PM6, HX-NVB3T2O1PM6=, UCS-NVB6T4O1PM6, UCS-NVB6T4O1PM6=, UCSB-NVA6T4O1P, UCSB-NVA6T4O1P=, UCSX-NVB6T4O1PM6, UCSX-NVB6T4O1PM6=, UCS-NVB6T4O1P, UCS-NVB6T4O1P=, UCSX-NVB6T4O1P, UCSX-NVB6T4O1P=, HX-NVB6T4O1PM6, HX-NVB6T4O1PM6=, UCS-NVB1T9O1VM6, UCS-NVB1T9O1VM6=, UCSB-NVA1T9O1V, UCSB-NVA1T9O1V=, UCSX-NVB1T9O1VM6, UCSX-NVB1T9O1VM6=, UCS-NVB1T9O1V, UCS-NVB1T9O1V=, UCSX-NVB1T9O1V, UCSX-NVB1T9O1V=, HX-NVB1T9O1VM6, HX-NVB1T9O1VM6=, UCS-NVB3T8O1VM6, UCS-NVB3T8O1VM6=, UCSB-NVA3T8O1V, UCSB-NVA3T8O1V=, UCSX-NVB3T8O1VM6, UCSX-NVB3T8O1VM6=, UCS-NVB3T8O1V, UCS-NVB3T8O1V=, UCSX-NVB3T8O1V, UCSX-NVB3T8O1V=, HX-NVB3T8O1VM6, HX-NVB3T8O1VM6=, UCS-NVB7T6O1VM6, UCS-NVB7T6O1VM6=, UCSB-NVA7T6O1V, UCSB-NVA7T6O1V=, UCSX-NVB7T6O1VM6, UCSX-NVB7T6O1VM6=, UCS-NVB7T6O1V, UCS-NVB7T6O1V=, UCSX-NVB7T6O1V, UCSX-NVB7T6O1V=, HX-NVB7T6O1VM6, HX-NVB7T6O1VM6=, UCS-NVB15TO1VM6, UCS-NVB15TO1VM6, UCSB-NVA15TO1V, UCSB-NVA15TO1V, UCSX-NVB15TO1VM6, UCS-NVB15TO1V, UCSX-NVB15TO1V, HX-NVB15TO1VM6, HX-NVB15TO1VM6

Resolved Caveats in Release 4.3(5a)

Defect ID

Symptom

First Bundle Affected

Resolved in Release

CSCwm67631

After updating the BMC and BIOS, clicking Power Off followed by Reset CMOS may result in a failure.

The server remains powered off even after a Redfish power-on command. This issue occurs with UCS Blade servers equipped with AMD® processors are fully populated with 64GB or higher DIMMs and all drives loaded, not previously powered on.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(5a)A

4.3(5a)A

CSCwk91747

FC traffic may experience a brief disruption due to the flap of vEth associated with the vFC interfaces in the following scenarios:

  • Rebooting one of the Fabric Interconnects (affects all servers with vHBAs).

  • PMON restart (affects all servers with vHBAs).

  • Making changes to the vNIC or vHBA in the service profile associated with a server (affects the specific server whose service profile is modified).

  • Loss of CIMC connectivity due to a CIMC reset or other issues (affects the specific server with CIMC connectivity issues).

This disruption can cause an FC traffic outage and may result in the operating system hanging, requiring a reset to restore normal functionality.

This issue impacts vFC interfaces corresponding to the vHBAs and FC traffic of the servers only. It does not impact the vNIC interfaces and Ethernet traffic of the servers.

4.3(4a)A

4.3(5a)A

Resolved Caveats in Release 4.3(4f)

Defect ID

Symptom

First Bundle Affected

Resolved in Release

CSCwn42969

After power cycling or resetting a Cisco UCS server, NVME disk FRONT-NVME-2 may become inoperable when left idle for over 1.5 weeks or under minimal workload. If this issue occurs and the drive is inoperable, check your drive PID against Drive PIDs for NVME Disk FRONT-NVME Inoperable Issue - CSCwn42969. If listed, contact Cisco TAC for a replacement.

If not listed, upgrade to firmware release 9CV10490.

4.3(4e)

4.3(4f)

Drive PIDs for NVME Disk FRONT-NVME Inoperable Issue - CSCwn42969

UCSX-NVME4-1600-D, UCSX-NVME4-1600-D=, HX-NVME4-1600, HX-NVME4-1600=, UCS-NVME4-3200, UCS-NVME4-3200=, UCSB-NVME4-3200, UCSB-NVME4-3200=, UCSX-NVME4-3200, UCSX-NVME4-3200=, UCS-NVME4-3200-D, UCS-NVME4-3200-D=, UCSX-NVME4-3200-D, UCSX-NVME4-3200-D=, HX-NVME4-3200, HX-NVME4-3200=, UCS-NVME4-6400, UCS-NVME4-6400=, UCSB-NVME4-6400, UCSB-NVME4-6400=, UCSX-NVME4-6400, UCSX-NVME4-6400=, UCS-NVME4-6400-D, UCS-NVME4-6400-D=, UCSX-NVME4-6400-D, UCSX-NVME4-6400-D=, HX-NVME4-6400, HX-NVME4-6400=, UCS-NVME4-1920, UCS-NVME4-1920=, UCSB-NVME4-1920, UCSB-NVME4-1920=, UCSX-NVME4-1920, UCSX-NVME4-1920=, UCS-NVME4-1920-D, UCS-NVME4-1920-D=, UCSX-NVME4-1920-D, UCSX-NVME4-1920-D=, HX-NVME4-1920, HX-NVME4-1920=, UCS-NVME4-3840, UCS-NVME4-3840=, UCSB-NVME4-3840, UCSB-NVME4-3840=, UCSX-NVME4-3840, UCSX-NVME4-3840=, UCS-NVME4-3840-D, UCS-NVME4-3840-D=, UCSX-NVME4-3840-D, UCSX-NVME4-3840-D=, HX-NVME4-3840, HX-NVME4-3840=, UCS-NVME4-7680, UCS-NVME4-7680=, UCSB-NVME4-7680, UCSB-NVME4-7680=, UCSX-NVME4-7680, UCSX-NVME4-7680=, UCS-NVME4-7680-D, UCS-NVME4-7680-D=, UCSX-NVME4-7680-D, UCSX-NVME4-7680-D=, HX-NVME4-7680, HX-NVME4-7680=, UCS-NVME4-15360, UCS-NVME4-15360, UCSB-NVME4-15360, UCSB-NVME4-15360, UCSX-NVME4-15360, UCS-NVME4-15360-D, UCSX-NVME4-15360D, HX-NVME4-15360, HX-NVME4-15360, UCSX-NVB1T6O1P, UCSX-NVB1T6O1P=, HX-NVB1T6O1PM6, HX-NVB1T6O1PM6=, UCS-NVB3T2O1PM6, UCS-NVB3T2O1PM6=, UCSB-NVA3T2O1P, UCSB-NVA3T2O1P=, UCSX-NVB3T2O1PM6, UCSX-NVB3T2O1PM6=, UCS-NVB3T2O1P, UCS-NVB3T2O1P=, UCSX-NVB3T2O1P, UCSX-NVB3T2O1P=, HX-NVB3T2O1PM6, HX-NVB3T2O1PM6=, UCS-NVB6T4O1PM6, UCS-NVB6T4O1PM6=, UCSB-NVA6T4O1P, UCSB-NVA6T4O1P=, UCSX-NVB6T4O1PM6, UCSX-NVB6T4O1PM6=, UCS-NVB6T4O1P, UCS-NVB6T4O1P=, UCSX-NVB6T4O1P, UCSX-NVB6T4O1P=, HX-NVB6T4O1PM6, HX-NVB6T4O1PM6=, UCS-NVB1T9O1VM6, UCS-NVB1T9O1VM6=, UCSB-NVA1T9O1V, UCSB-NVA1T9O1V=, UCSX-NVB1T9O1VM6, UCSX-NVB1T9O1VM6=, UCS-NVB1T9O1V, UCS-NVB1T9O1V=, UCSX-NVB1T9O1V, UCSX-NVB1T9O1V=, HX-NVB1T9O1VM6, HX-NVB1T9O1VM6=, UCS-NVB3T8O1VM6, UCS-NVB3T8O1VM6=, UCSB-NVA3T8O1V, UCSB-NVA3T8O1V=, UCSX-NVB3T8O1VM6, UCSX-NVB3T8O1VM6=, UCS-NVB3T8O1V, UCS-NVB3T8O1V=, UCSX-NVB3T8O1V, UCSX-NVB3T8O1V=, HX-NVB3T8O1VM6, HX-NVB3T8O1VM6=, UCS-NVB7T6O1VM6, UCS-NVB7T6O1VM6=, UCSB-NVA7T6O1V, UCSB-NVA7T6O1V=, UCSX-NVB7T6O1VM6, UCSX-NVB7T6O1VM6=, UCS-NVB7T6O1V, UCS-NVB7T6O1V=, UCSX-NVB7T6O1V, UCSX-NVB7T6O1V=, HX-NVB7T6O1VM6, HX-NVB7T6O1VM6=, UCS-NVB15TO1VM6, UCS-NVB15TO1VM6, UCSB-NVA15TO1V, UCSB-NVA15TO1V, UCSX-NVB15TO1VM6, UCS-NVB15TO1V, UCSX-NVB15TO1V, HX-NVB15TO1VM6, HX-NVB15TO1VM6

Resolved Caveats in Release 4.3(4e)

Defect ID

Symptom

First Bundle Affected

Resolved in Release

CSCwk91747

FC traffic may experience a brief disruption due to the flap of vEth associated with the vFC interfaces in the following scenarios:

  • Rebooting one of the Fabric Interconnects (affects all servers with vHBAs).

  • PMON restart (affects all servers with vHBAs).

  • Making changes to the vNIC or vHBA in the service profile associated with a server (affects the specific server whose service profile is modified).

  • Loss of CIMC connectivity due to a CIMC reset or other issues (affects the specific server with CIMC connectivity issues).

This disruption can cause an FC traffic outage and may result in the operating system hanging, requiring a reset to restore normal functionality.

This issue impacts vFC interfaces corresponding to the vHBAs and FC traffic of the servers only. It does not impact the vNIC interfaces and Ethernet traffic of the servers.

4.3(4a)A

4.3(4e)A

Resolved Caveats in Release 4.3(4d)

Defect ID

Symptom

First Bundle Affected

Resolved in Release

CSCwm49499

Upgrading Cisco UCS 6454 Fabric Interconnect from version 4.2(3h) to 4.3(4a) fails due to DME core file generation when Cisco UCS Manager setup includes Cisco UCS S3260 servers with Local LUN configured through a Storage Profile. This issue causes Cisco UCS Manager to become inaccessible post-upgrade.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(4a)A

4.3(4d)A

CSCwm55862

In a Cisco UCS Central managed UCS domain, after upgrading Cisco UCS Manager to version 4.3(4a) or later, you are unable to use the Use Global option to convert local policies to global policies. The error message indicates that policy ownership cannot be modified to global due to a reference to a local policy.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(4a)A

4.3(4d)A

CSCwk92950

When attempting to update the firmware for servers equipped with two H100-NVL GPUs, the firmware update process fails during activation in Cisco UCS Manager. This issue occurs when there are two GPU cards of the same version, such as A10, A40, A100-80, A16, A30, H100-80, and L40S. The failure is indicated by error code 4131 and results in the GPU firmware update not being completed.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(4d)A

4.3(4d)A

CSCwm44591

After upgrading the Cisco UCS Manager infrastructure firmware to version 4.3(4a), the Cisco UCS 6454 Fabric Interconnects stopped using the 100G_ETH_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG license and switched to the standard ETH_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG license.

This change results in a mismatch in license usage, triggering a grace period warning due to the overuse of the standard license. The system displays the error: One or more ports with license type ETH_PORT_ACTIVATION_PKG on fabric-interconnect A have started using license grace period.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(4a)A

4.3(4d)A

CSCwm02539

Booting from SAN sometimes fails to UEFI shell because an array is sending an ADISC to the initiator, or the initiator is sending an IO command before the connection is fully negotiated. This happens when multiple servers are booting from SAN to a target that uses ADISC to build the connection.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(4a)B

4.3(4d)B

Resolved Caveats in Release 4.3(4c)

Defect ID

Symptom

First Bundle Affected

Resolved in Release

CSCwk28221

When changing the FCoE VLAN from 3121 to 3120 in Cisco UCS Manager while FI is in FC Switch mode, initiators can FLOGI and obtain FCID but fail to PLOGI to target ports, resulting in indefinite timeouts. Admin down/up of the FC link or port-channel resolves the issue. This change causes path loss in ESXi, with host logs showing successful FLOGI and FCID assignment but PLOGI timeouts.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(2b)

4.3(4c)

CSCwk29071

On Cisco UCS-FI-6332-16UP FI running release 4.1(3j), the Transmit Fault Count increases by 3 when executing the show interface transceiver details command or generating tech support logs. This issue is observed on Fabric Interconnects (FI-A and FI-B) equipped with Cisco FINISAR SFP modules (DS-SFP-FC16G-SW) but does not occur with Cisco AVAGO SFP modules. The increment is specific to Cisco FINISAR SFP modules and does not indicate any hardware errors.

This issue is resolved.

4.1(3j)A

4.3(4c)A

CSCwk49974

Cisco UCS-FI-6454 Fabric Interconnects Cisco UCS Manager release 4.3(4a) experience unexpected reboots when performing SNMP bulkwalkget requests with packet sizes greater than the MTU (1500). This issue is due to SNMP jumbo packet fragmentation, leading to kernel panics and high impact on data traffic if failover is not configured.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(3a)A

4.3(4c)A

CSCwk09092

During an upgrade of Cisco UCS Manager from 4.2(3g) to 4.3(3a) on Cisco UCS-FI-6454 Fabric Interconnects in UCS Manager Cluster mode, the Data Management Engine (DME) consumes 100% of FI CPU resources, leading to significant slowness. This results in the DME being inaccessible and unable to use scope commands. The Cisco UCS Manager GUI becomes inaccessible, CLI logins take excessive time and often fall to the default role regardless of the account, and changes in Cisco UCS Manager cannot be made. The issue persists through failover, pmon stop/start, and container restarts.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(3a)A

4.3(4c)A

CSCwf96053

When deploying a new Cisco UCS Domain within a Cisco UCS Central environment, global identifiers such as MAC pools, UUID pools, and iSCSI IP pools are not visible on Cisco UCS 6454 FI domains. This issue does not affect Cisco UCS 6300 FI. The issue occurs with Cisco UCS Central 2.0(1r) and Cisco UCS Manager 4.2(3d) on Cisco UCS 6454 FI, while Cisco UCS Manager 4.2(2c) or 4.2(1d) on Cisco 6300 FI works fine. The issue persists despite pushing global policies and identifiers from Cisco UCS Central.

This issue is resolved.

4.2(3k)A

4.3(4c)A

CSCwk66102

After upgrading Cisco UCS Manager from 4.3(2e)A to 4.3(3c)A on Cisco UCSX-FI-6536 Fabric Interconnects, the Communication Service FSM fails with the following error: 

[FSM:FAILED]: 
communication 
service configuration
(FSM:sam:dme:CommSvcEpUpdateSvcEp). 
Remote-Invocation-Error: 
name to naming 
property('snmpCommSecP.name') 
mismatch: Rn:
'[SNMP String]', Prop:'SNMP
    String'

This issue occurs despite the SNMP string being correctly set. The failure may impact LDAP authentication if FQDN is used for the LDAP server(s) due to DNS not being programmed when the FSM fails.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(3c)A

4.3(4c)A

CSCwm02504

When updating the UBM firmware on Cisco UCS X210c M6 servers with UCSX-X10C-RAIDF, the update may fail with the following error:

Error: Failed to get product serial number

This results in the UBM getting stuck in an activating state, which can be observed under the installed firmware tab by expanding the RAID controller. This issue is typically found in IMM-based firmwares, as no UCS Manager firmwares have featured a 0x42e UBM firmware.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(3a)A

4.3(4c)A

Resolved Caveats in Release 4.3(4b)

There are no resolved caveats in release 4.3(4b).

Resolved Caveats in Release 4.3(4a)

Defect ID

Symptom

First Bundle Affected

Resolved in Release

CSCwf49262

UCS Manager prevents VLAN ID 1 from being employed as a Q-in-Q VLAN unless the default name of the VLAN, which is default, is modified by a user.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(2b)

4.3(4a)

CSCwd35712

A critical defect has been identified in the Cisco UCS Manager where the Data Management Engine (DME) crashes due to an instance id not found error.

Additional symptoms include the inability to access the Cisco UCS Manager GUI, non-functionality of cluster management services, and a core dump indicated by the show pmon state command via SSH.

The problem is not firmware-specific and can impact any Cisco UCS Manager domain. Although the data plane and server operations of the domain remain unaffected, there is no workaround for this issue, and affected environments may require restoration from a backup.

This issue is resolved.

4.2(1d)

4.3(4a)

CSCwj01478

During the deployment of Cisco UCSX-9508 chassis equipped with Cisco UCS 6454 FI and Cisco UCS 9108 25G Intelligent Fabric Module (IFM) with Cisco UCS Manager integration, the PSU view displays Power: Error and Input Source: Unknown, despite the physical server PSU LEDs showing green. Major faults in Cisco UCS Manager persist even after decommissioning and re-acknowledging the chassis.

4.3(2b)A

4.3(4a)

Resolved Caveats in Release 4.3(3c)

The following caveat is resolved in Release 4.3(3c):

Defect ID Symptom First Bundle Affected Resolved in Release

CSCwj08579

In a setup equipped with Cisco UCSX-9508 Chassis, there is an issue where the values for the PowerExtended Policy VextendedMode attribute do not get communicated to the IFM, despite the Cisco UCS Manager GUI accurately reflecting the updated values. This discrepancy occurs following modifications made through Cisco UCS Central.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(3a)A

4.3(3c)A

CSCwj00344

Cisco UCS Manager may report insufficient power during discovery and deep discovery phases.

This issue is resolved. Cisco UCS Manager is updated to report real-time power available in Cisco UCSX-9508 Chassis equipped with Cisco UCS X-Series servers. This enhancement helps you to monitor power during discovery and deep discovery phases when the chassis available power is limited.

4.3(3a)A

4.3(3c)A

CSCwj54974

After upgrading Cisco UCS Manager to release 4.3(3c) version, a Cisco UCS X-Series server may revert to using the maximum power budget listed in the catalog if Cisco UCS Manager is unable to perform real-time power profiling accurately. This could lead to a situation where Cisco UCS Manager predicts insufficient power budget allocation, which might prevent the server from being discovered or associated successfully.

This issue occurs under following conditions:

  • UEFI BIOS Boot Security is enabled and applied to a server from Boot Order Service Profile Policy.

  • Global Power Profiling Policy is enabled.

  • A server is discovered or re-acknowledged before the activation of the host firmware pack version 4.3(3c).

  • Either the Grid Power mode is activated, or there is a reduced number of power supply units in a chassis.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(3a)B

4.3(3c)B

CSCwj28488

Cisco UCS server is unable to start the PNUOS because BIOS/bt/biosSecureVars/dbx_os file with an invalid certificate prevents PNUOS from operating. The dbx_os file holds certificates added by the operating system and specifies which certificates are prohibited from loading. The cause of the failure is a secure boot violation and following error message is displayed:

Invalid signature detected. Check secure boot policy in setup

This issue is resolved.

4.3(3a)A

4.3(3c)A

Resolved Caveats in Release 4.3(3a)

The following caveats are resolved in Release 4.3(3a):

Defect ID Symptom First Bundle Affected Resolved in Release

CSCwi31115

Cisco UCS 6454 FI does not detect the NX-OS on the active FI after replacement.

This issue is resolved.

4.2(1n)A

4.3(3a)A

CSCwh37590

Cisco UCS Manager displays error while changing the Power Save Policy.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(2c)A

4.3(3a)A

CSCwi07879

When VLAN group permissions are provided at the root level to the vNIC created at sub-org level, shows configuration failure.

This issue is resolved.

4.2(2c)A

4.3(3a)A

CSCwh75796

SCP backup on Linux host server fails due to MOD message.

This issue is resolved.

4.2(3h)C

4.3(3a)C

CSCwh26280

In a setup equipped with Cisco UCS X210c M7 servers, when IPMI tool sends a query to the out-of-band (OOB) IP address for the server, it takes more than 30 seconds to receive a response. This delay causes monitoring tools to display an error because the expected response time in less than 30 seconds.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(2c)A

4.3(3a)A

Resolved Caveats in Release 4.3(2f)

The following caveats are resolved in Release 4.3(2f):

Defect ID Symptom First Bundle Affected Resolved in Release

CSCwm72893

Under rare conditions, Cisco UCS VIC adapter may experience a firmware hang due to a software anomaly in the embedded CPU (eCPU), leading to a watchdog timeout and Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI). This can result in temporary storage connectivity loss.

This issue is resolved. The latest firmware update addresses this issue by enhancing error-handling mechanisms to prevent such occurrences.

4.2(3i)A

4.3(2f)A

Resolved Caveats in Release 4.3(2e)

The following caveats are resolved in Release 4.3(2e):

Defect ID Symptom First Bundle Affected Resolved in Release

CSCwe95417

Cisco UCS 5108 AC2 chassis shows incorrect power chart after upgrading to release 4.3(2c)A bundle.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(2c)A

4.3(2e)A

CSCwh26280

In a setup equipped with Cisco UCS X210c M7 servers, when IPMI tool sends a query to the out-of-band (OOB) IP address for the server, it takes more than 30 seconds to receive a response.

This delay causes monitoring tools to display an error because the expected response time in less than 30 seconds.

This issue is resolved.

4.3(2c)A

4.3(2e)A

CSCwh31644

Cisco UCS Manager fails to discover any Chassis or rack servers.

This issue is resolved.

4.2(3e)A

4.3(2e)A

CSCwh28338

vMedia image mount fails during OS deployment on a server with OOB IP configuration. This issue happens because the IP NAT is on the secondary FI, while the Cisco IMC is informed that it resides on primary FI.

This issue is resolved.

4.2(3g)A

4.3(2e)A

Resolved Caveats in Release 4.3(2c)

The following caveats are resolved in Release 4.3(2c):

Defect ID Symptom First Bundle Affected Resolved in Release

CSCwf52054

Cisco UCS 2200/2300/2400 IOMs may go offline after upgrading to release 4.2(3d).

This issue is resolved.

4.2(3d)A

4.3(2c)A

CSCwh15315

Third-party SFP goes into unsupported state after upgrading to release 4.2(2a)A or later.

This issue is resolved.

4.2(2a)A

4.3(2c)A

CSCwf56305

Cisco UCS VIC 1455 shows incorrect Port enumeration.

This issue is resolved.

4.2(2a)A

4.3(2c)A

CSCwh60769
DIMMs with M321R8GA0BB0-CQKDS OEM part number (Samsung 64gb DIMMs 4800MHz) display the following fault:
Severity: Warning
Code: F0502
ID: 327373
Status: None
Description: DIMM DIMM_PX_X1 on server 1/6 
has an invalid FRU
Affected Object: sys/chassis-X/blade-X
/board/memarray-X/mem-X
Name: Memory Unit Identity Unestablishable
Cause: Identity Unestablishable

This issue is resolved.

4.3(2b)A

4.3(2c)A

CSCwf91291

The RAID controller in Cisco UCS X210c servers may read incorrect voltage value and mark the battery as dead. This results in the following error:

Battery Backup unit IMM/ chassis-x/server-y/ controller-1/ BBU is marked bad and needs to be replaced

This issue is resolved.

4.3(2b)A

4.3(2c)A

CSCwf88211

Cisco UCS C240 M6 servers may show the following error while in operation:

AdapterHostEthInterfaceDown

There is no functionality impact.

This issue is resolved.

4.2(3h)A

4.3(2c)A

CSCwb82433

Cisco UCS C220 M5 servers equipped with Cisco UCS VIC 1400 series adapter and have Geneve feature enabled, go offline after the Cisco UCS VIC adapters fail to respond.

This issue is resolved.

4.1(3d)A

4.3(2c)A

CSCwh30074

Cisco UCS 6332 FI unexpectedly gets reset with the following reason:

vlan_mgr hap reset

This issue is resolved.

4.2(2c)A

4.3(2c)A

Resolved Caveats in Release 4.3(2b)

The following caveats are resolved in Release 4.3(2b):

Defect ID Symptom First Bundle Affected Resolved in Release

CSCvy59090

In a rare event when all the fans are Inoperable and a thermal even occurs, the IOM CMC may shutdown the entire chassis.

This issue is resolved.

4.0(4a)A

4.3(2b)A

CSCwd82597

Infrastructure downgrade fails due to missing image. This issue occurs under the following condition: If Q-in-Q feature is enabled while downgrading, it will block the downgrade process. When Q-in-Q feature is manually disabled, and downgraded is restarted, delete package script and auto-install scrip may start at the same time and auto-install may not find the correct image version to set boot path.

This issue is resolved.

4.2(3b)

4.3(2b)

CSCvf88524

Creating and storing kernel dump on any alternate drive (other than C drive) corrupts the OS even if the Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) is enabled in the boot policy and in iSCSI SAN.

This issue is resolved.

3.1(3a)B

4.3(2b)B

CSCvh04298

The IOMs connected to an FI no longer reboot unexpectedly due to software-controlled resets.

This issue is resolved.

3.1(3c)A

4.3(2b)A

CSCwf00940

Broadcom Inc.® AERO RAID Controller (Cisco UCS X210c RAID module) power good response is high when host is powered on.

This issue is resolved. Broadcom Inc.® released new Vision PSOC image to improve AERO RAID Controller board power good response.

4.3(2b)A

4.3(2b)A

CSCwf18625

Few UCS-HD1T7K12N and UCS-HD2T7K12N running firmware version CN05 may experience timeouts and go offline.

This issue is resolved.

4.1(3j)C

4.3(2b)C

Open Caveats

The open bugs for a release are accessible through the Cisco Bug Search Tool. This web-based tool provides you with access to the Cisco bug tracking system, which maintains up-to-date information about bugs and vulnerabilities in this product and other Cisco hardware and software products.


Note

You must have a Cisco.com account to log in and access the Cisco Bug Search Tool. If you do not have one, you can register for an account.

For more information about the Cisco Bug Search Tool, see the Bug Search Tool Help & FAQ.

Open Caveats for Release 4.3(6c)

The following caveats are open in Release 4.3(6c).

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Bundle Affected

CSCwj57044

Cisco UCS VIC 1400 and 15000 series adapters configured in EtherChannel mode may experience lower than expected TCP/UDP throughput. Network bandwidth does not scale to the combined line rate of the physical links. This issue is observed with Quad Port adapters when used in port-channel configurations.

There is no known workaround.

4.3(2e)

Open Caveats for Release 4.3(6b)

There are no open caveats in Release 4.3(6b).

Open Caveats for Release 4.3(6a)

The following caveats are open in Release 4.3(6a).

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Bundle Affected

CSCwo57642

An issue arises when attempting to power on an Cisco US X210c M7 blade server with a PCIe X440p attached in a chassis within a capped Power Group. The blade fails to boot, displaying the error message Insufficient power available to power on server.

This problem occurs even if other blades in the chassis are already discovered and operational.

Move the chassis to an unbounded Power Group and then move back to the Capped Power Group once the discovery is done.

4.3(4a)

CSCwo77289

After upgrading Cisco UCS B200 M5 server, equipped with M2 disks with UCS-M2-HWRAID controllers, to release 4.3(5c), a degraded status due to drive temperatures exceeding the 70°C threshold, with recorded temperatures reaching 75°C is reported.

This causes instability across UCS domains, resulting in alerts for exceeding temperature limits.

Downgrade to release 4.3(5a).

4.3(5a)B

CSCwm45755

In Cisco UCS C220 M8 servers equipped with M.2 disks connected to a storage controller, the disks are not detected on the Windows Server 2025 installation page. However, the disks are detected during the installation of Windows Server 2022. This issue occurs specifically with Windows Server 2025.

There is no known workaround.

4.3(6a)

CSCwn99720

On Cisco UCS C-Series M8 servers with Intel processors and an R1S CPU configured in a single CPU setup on the 2S platform, Intel SGX remains disabled even after being enabled in the BIOS. This issue does not occur with a dual CPU configuration.

There is no known workaround.

4.3(6a)

CSCwn51498

Raw OEM SEL records are logged in CIMC SEL during the booting and shutdown of Windows Server 2025 on Cisco UCS C220 M8 servers.

Ignore the Raw OEM SEL records logged while booting Windows 2025.

4.3(6a)

Open Caveats for Release 4.3(5e)

There are no open caveats in Release 4.3(5e).

Open Caveats for Release 4.3(5d)

There are no open caveats in Release 4.3(5d).

Open Caveats for Release 4.3(5c)

There are no open caveats in Release 4.3(5c).

Open Caveats for Release 4.3(5a)

There are no open caveats in Release 4.3(5a).

Open Caveats for Release 4.3(4f)

There are no open caveats in Release 4.3(4f).

Open Caveats for Release 4.3(4e)

There are no open caveats in Release 4.3(4e).

Open Caveats for Release 4.3(4d)

There are no open caveats in Release 4.3(4d).

Open Caveats for Release 4.3(4c)

The following caveats are open in Release 4.3(4c).

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Bundle Affected

CSCwm09720

In Cisco UCS Manager releases 4.3(3) and 4.3(4), the MC Server generates a high volume of delta events in Cisco UCS X9508 chassis, causing a flood of events to Cisco bladeAG. This results in continuous Cisco bladeAG crashes, preventing blade discovery and user SP operations. The issue is due to the mc_delta_psu_fw_version function incorrectly setting the "used" length, generating unnecessary 256KB delta events. Initializing the "used" length to 0 prevents these delta events.

To mitigate this issue, contact Cisco TAC to increase the bladeAG virtual memory limit to 800MB.

4.3(3c)C

CSCwk82692

In Cisco UCS Manager releases 4.3(3a) through 4.3(4b) on Cisco UCS 6454/64108/6536 Fabric Interconnects, bladeAG processes may reach the 400MB memory limit and crash due to memory aborts. This results in blades being stuck in a consistent discovery loop.

The bladeAG service experience multiple restarts, causing users to be unable to perform blade operations such as power on/off and complete discovery until the process stabilizes. This issue is observed in domains with a minimum of 16+ Cisco UCS X-Series chassis.

To mitigate this issue, contact Cisco TAC to increase the bladeAG virtual memory limit.

4.3(3c)A

CSCwk68790

Solidigm NVMe U.2 Drive information is partially inventoried on Cisco UCS M5 Rack servers. Missing details include PID, VID, Vendor name, Product Name, model version, package version, and startup version. This results in incomplete inventory information being displayed.

Solidigm drives are supported on Cisco UCS M5 and M6 rack servers, but the missing data (PID, VID, Vendor name, Product Name, model version, package version, startup version) are not displayed.

4.3(4c)A and C

CSCwm06144

When installing Solidigm NVMe drives in Cisco UCS M7 Blade servers, the PCIe Address property is not visible in the Cisco UCS Manager GUI Inventory under Inventory > Storage > Controller. Despite this, the drives are discovered and usable.

There is no known workaround.

4.3(4c)A

Open Caveats for Release 4.3(4b)

The following caveats are open in Release 4.3(4b).

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Bundle Affected

CSCwk45543

Cisco UCS C245 M8 Server hybrid display incorrectly shows two Ethernet ports on the rear image of the server; these ports are not physically present and will be removed to reflect the actual hardware configuration.

This is a display only issue. There is no functionality impact.

4.3(4b)

Open Caveats for Release 4.3(4a)

The following caveats are open in Release 4.3(4a):

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Bundle Affected

CSCwj61708

When performing a warm reboot of multiple servers in a scale-setup of 160 servers and high PV count of greater than 64K in Cisco UCS FI domain, secure boot adapters may not restart instantly under certain situations. This was observed in a scale setup where simultaneous warm reboot of 22 blades across three chassis was initiated. Some blades with Cisco UCS VIC 15000 series secure boot adapters failed to boot from the SAN after a soft reboot.

These adapters execute a cleanup process with the Fabric Interconnects to maintain system integrity, which needs to be finished before the server BIOS can recognize the adapters.

This issue arises specifically under conditions of very high PV count or exceptionally high CPU utilization on the FI. During these instances, if the server BIOS finalizes the boot sequence before the secure boot adapters finish the cleanup, the adapters may fail to be detected. Consequently, the server may not successfully boot from the SAN.

This issue is observed in configurations using Cisco UCS blade servers equipped with Cisco UCS VIC 15000 series adapters.

Reboot the failed servers.

4.3(4a)

CSCwi70374

If you have configured Cisco UCS Manager to only allow TLSv1.3 under the Allowed SSL Protocols setting, connection to UCS Central fails. Cisco UCS Central connects using an older version of TLS (such as TLSv1.2 or earlier).

Use TLS 1.2 only.

4.3(4a)

CSCwj40445

The issue is seen in Cisco UCS Central where updating a Global Service Profile Template with certain number of Service Profiles and analyzing the impact of a host firmware policy change erroneously reports incorrect number of affected servers.

This problem occurs when the Service Profiles are from different sub-organizations; however, it does not manifest when Service Profiles are from the same sub-organization.

In Cisco UCS Central, create a new Host Firmware Policy with the same package but ensure it is not in use. Apply this policy to the Service Profile Template in question, run impact analysis, and if the expected number of affected profiles is reported, you may safely save and proceed with the changes.

4.3(2b)A

CSCwk91747

FC traffic may experience a brief disruption due to the flap of vEth associated with the vFC interfaces in the following scenarios:

  • Rebooting one of the Fabric Interconnects (affects all servers with vHBAs).

  • PMON restart (affects all servers with vHBAs).

  • Making changes to the vNIC or vHBA in the service profile associated with a server (affects the specific server whose service profile is modified).

  • Loss of CIMC connectivity due to a CIMC reset or other issues (affects the specific server with CIMC connectivity issues).

This disruption can cause an FC traffic outage and may result in the operating system hanging, requiring a reset to restore normal functionality.

This issue impacts vFC interfaces corresponding to the vHBAs and FC traffic of the servers only. It does not impact the vNIC interfaces and Ethernet traffic of the servers.

The FC traffic recover automatically after a brief disruption.

If the operating system hangs, a reset may be required to restore normal functionality.

4.3(4a)

Open Caveats for Release 4.3(3c)

There are no open caveats in Release 4.3(3c).

Open Caveats for Release 4.3(3a)

The following caveats are open in Release 4.3(3a):

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Bundle Affected

CSCwi70964

In a setup up equipped with Cisco UCS M7 servers (with Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8558P Processor) and Nvidia® H100 GPU adapter, RHEL/Ubuntu installation or bootup fail with kernal panic.

Perform one of the following:

  • Update BIOS settings MMIO High Granularity to 1024GB from Advanced > Socket Config > Uncore Config > Uncore General Config

  • Disable QAT setting for all processors in BIOS settings from Advanced > Socket Confg > IIO Config > IOAT Config > Sck0 IOAT Config.

    Disable CPM.

    Perform these for all the sockets in the processor.

4.3(3a)B and C

CSCwi84495

Cisco UCS M7 Blade servers equipped with Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8558P Processor and Intel Flex 170 GPU adapter fail to boot and gets into continuous reset loop.

Disable QAT setting for all processors in BIOS settings from Advanced > Socket Confg > IIO Config > IOAT Config > Sck0 IOAT Config.

Disable CPM.

Perform these for all the sockets in the processor.

4.3(3a)B and C

CSCwi01267

In a setup up equipped with Cisco UCS M7 Blade servers and Intel® Flex 170, 140 GPU adapters, RHEL/Ubuntu installation or bootup fail with kernal panic.

Update BIOS following MMIO High settings from Advanced > Socket Config > Uncore Config > Uncore General Config

  • MMIO High Granularity to 1024 GB

  • MMIO High Base to 56T

  • Disable Limit CPU PA to 46 bits

4.3(3a)B and C

CSCwd35712

A critical defect has been identified in the Cisco UCS Manager where the Data Management Engine (DME) crashes due to an instance id not found error.

Additional symptoms include the inability to access the Cisco UCS Manager GUI, non-functionality of cluster management services, and a core dump indicated by the show pmon state command via SSH.

The problem is not firmware-specific and can impact any Cisco UCS Manager domain. Although the data plane and server operations of the domain remain unaffected, there is no workaround for this issue, and affected environments may require restoration from a backup.

There is no known workaround. Restore the domain from backup.

4.2(1d)

CSCwj01478

During the deployment of Cisco UCSX-9508 chassis equipped with Cisco UCS 6454 FI and Cisco UCS 9108 25G Intelligent Fabric Module (IFM) with Cisco UCS Manager integration, the PSU view displays Power: Error and Input Source: Unknown, despite the physical server PSU LEDs showing green. Major faults in Cisco UCS Manager persist even after decommissioning and re-acknowledging the chassis.

Reboot the primary IFM.

4.3(2b)A

Open Caveats for Release 4.3(2f)

There are no open caveats in Release 4.3(2f).

Open Caveats for Release 4.3(2e)

There are no open caveats in Release 4.3(2e).

Open Caveats for Release 4.3(2c)

There are no open caveats in Release 4.3(2c).

Open Caveats for Release 4.3(2b)

The following caveats are open in Release 4.3(2b):

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Bundle Affected

CSCwe09048

If you install ESXi OS on SAN LUN on Cisco UCS X210 M6 server and same service profile is associated with Cisco UCS X210 M7 server, the OS results in PSOD boot error.

  1. Press Shift + O to enter boot option.

  2. Execute the following command to get the recovery_key:

    esxcli system settings encryption recovery list

  3. Provide this TPM recovery key as a boot option during Cisco UCS X210 M7 boot.

    encryptionRecoveryKey=recovery_key
 4.3(2b)

CSCwf53294

In a setup with Cisco UCS M7 servers, RHEL 8.7 does not boot up when VMD is enabled in the BIOS.

Server boots to a blank screen or boot halts with the following message: 

DMAR: DRHD: handling 
fault status reg 2 DMAR: 
[INTR-REMAP] Request device 
[c2:00.5] fault index 0x8000 
[fault reason 0x25] 
Blocked a compatibility 
format interrupt request.

Perform one of the following:

  1. Cisco recommends that you should upgrade to RHEL release 8.8

  2. For existing RHEL 8.7 installation, perform the following:

    1. Upgrade the kernel to 4.18.0-425.13.1.el8_7 or later.

    2. Remove boot parameter intremap=off if used before

    3. Update BIOS to release 4.3(2b)

  3. For new RHEL 8.7 installation, perform the following:

    1. Disable VMD.

    2. Install RHEL version 8.7

    3. Update kernel to 4.18.0-425.13.1.el8_7 or later.

    4. Reboot and Enable VMD in the BIOS.

4.3(2b)

CSCwf44478

In a setup equipped with Cisco UCS C-Series and X-Series M7 servers, running RHEL OS versions 8.6 or 9.0, Micron 7450 NVMe drives do not get detected after hot-plug.

For RHEL version 8.6, update kernel to version 4.18.0-425.13.1.el8_7 or later

For RHEL version 9.0, update kernel to version 5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1 or later

4.3(2b)

CSCwe95482

While moving Cisco UCS X-Series server managed by Cisco UCS X9508 Chassis from IMM to UCS Manager manged mode, it may take about 10 minutes for the Discovery FSM to show. This happens when the servers are in CIMC version 5.1.1.x or earlier.

Wait for 10 minutes after inserting the blade in the chassis. The discovery FSM status should show up.

If it does not, upgrade the server to CIMC 5.1.1.x or later version before inserting the server to a UCS Manager managed chassis.

4.3(2b)

CSCwb76030

After decommissioning and recommissioning, server discovery fails with the following error message:

no connection to MC endpoint

Wait for at least 30 seconds after decommissioning is completed before performing recommission.

4.3(2b)

CSCwc85559

Currently, Cisco UCS Manager does not support a speed configuration of 40G for FCoE ports and sets the speed as auto.

Therefore, with a 40G transceiver, FCoE uplink port and Port channel go into Admin State down state. Cisco UCS Manager is unable to match the speed configuration with the upstream switch speed of 40G.

Ensure that the speed is set as Auto and Auto Negotiation is set to ON on the upstream switch side.

4.2(3b)

CSCvx88159

When a power grid policy is enabled, the maximum power limit for chassis is set as 5 KW. However, while creating a power group for chassis having M6 blades, the range of values shown for power group is 6400-8300W which is beyond the set limit for the power grid policy.

There is no known workaround.

4.2(1d)

CSCwd71199

Cisco IMC VMedia mounts with out of band external IP addresses assigned to management interfaces do not work.

Move CIMC management connection to inband and back to out of band to help clear the stale entries.

4.2(3b)

CSCwc87968

Associated vLANs do not show up as enabled while removing them for a border port from LAN Uplinks Manager in Cisco UCS Manager UI option. As a result, you cannot remove vLAN from the border port. This issue happens only while using Cisco UCS Manager in Google Chrome® browser.

Use any other supported web browser to access Cisco UCS Manager.

4.2(3b)

CSCwf21977

Cisco UCS Manager CLI interface does not support manual control over day light saving time settings.

There is no known workaround.

4.2(1l)

CSCwd35712

A critical defect has been identified in the Cisco UCS Manager where the Data Management Engine (DME) crashes due to an instance id not found error.

Additional symptoms include the inability to access the Cisco UCS Manager GUI, non-functionality of cluster management services, and a core dump indicated by the show pmon state command via SSH.

The problem is not firmware-specific and can impact any Cisco UCS Manager domain. Although the data plane and server operations of the domain remain unaffected, there is no workaround for this issue, and affected environments may require restoration from a backup.

There is no known workaround. Restore the domain from backup.

4.2(1d)

Known Behavior and Limitations in Release 4.3

Known Behavior and Limitations in Release 4.3(6c)

There are no known behavior and limitations in Release 4.3(6c).

Known Behavior and Limitations in Release 4.3(6b)

There are no known behavior and limitations in Release 4.3(6b).

Known Behavior and Limitations in Release 4.3(6a)

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Bundle Affected

CSCwo27237

During Microsoft Windows 2025® operating system installations on any Cisco UCS M8 servers equipped with Intel® processor (both rack and blade configurations) with VMD enabled in the BIOS, the loading of the F6 Intel VMD driver may experience a longer-than-usual delay. The time required to display NVMe drives increases with the number of NVMe drives present in the system.

Once the windows installer screen appears, perform the following steps:

  1. Click Load VMD driver once and wait upto 3 mins before you hit refresh.

  2. If the drives are not listed, load driver the second time.

If you see any error message, click the back button to search for the disks again.

All the NVMe drive should be visible now.

4.3(6a)

Known Behavior and Limitations in Release 4.3(5e)

There are no known behavior and limitations in Release 4.3(5e).

Known Behavior and Limitations in Release 4.3(5d)

There are no known behavior and limitations in Release 4.3(5d).

Known Behavior and Limitations in Release 4.3(5c)

Defect ID Symptom Workaround First Bundle Affected

CSCwq27350

After upgrading to release 4.3(5c), some UCS 5100 series chassis with B200-M5 servers may show high power budget allocations despite low average power consumption. This can cause chassis capacity alerts, especially when the chassis is configured as Grid. The issue leads to power budget unavailability faults and server discovery or association failures due to insufficient power availability.

Perform one of the following actions:

  • Change the blade power priority setting from no-cap to cap.

    OR

  • Change the PSU redundancy policy to N or N+1 to increase the available power for chassis allocation.

4.3(5c) and 4.2(3l)

Known Behavior and Limitations in Release 4.3(5a)

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Bundle Affected

CSCwm70985

 During or immediately after a firmware upgrade/downgrade on NVIDIA L40s GPUs, no read/write operations should be performed on the card. However, PNUOS performs read operations using the nvidia-smi utility to check the GPU mode immediately after the upgrade. This issue occurs when upgrading/downgrading firmware on NVIDIA L40 GPUs, causing PNUOS to crash and raise a major fault.

As a result, Cisco UCS Manager does not support mode switch for NVIDIA L40 GPUs from release 4.3(5a) onwards.

You can perform mode changes using NVIDIA tools on the host OS if required.

This limitation does not affect other L-series GPUs, which continue to support mode changes.

4.3(5a)

CSCwj96037

In an ESXi 8.0U2 environment with VMs running RHEL9.3/RHEL9.4, there are observed issues when hot-pluggable Intel® and Micron® NVMe drives are removed or inserted. Commands such as lsblk, lspci, and nvme list do not update correctly, resulting in incorrect drive information and potential VM power-off. VMs may not properly recognize and update new drive information after NVMe drive removal or insertion.

Perform the following steps to ensure that VM can detect the newly inserted NVME drive:

  1. Power off VM.

  2. Add PCIe NVME Drive to VM Config.

  3. Power on VM.

4.3(5a)

Known Behavior and Limitations in Release 4.3(4f)

There are no known behavior and limitations in Release 4.3(4f).

Known Behavior and Limitations in Release 4.3(4e)

There are no known behavior and limitations in Release 4.3(4e).

Known Behavior and Limitations in Release 4.3(4d)

There are no known behavior and limitations in Release 4.3(4d).

Known Behavior and Limitations in Release 4.3(4c)

There are no known behavior and limitations in Release 4.3(4c).

Known Behavior and Limitations in Release 4.3(4b)

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Bundle Affected

CSCwk45449

Enhanced VIC-FPGA and Storage PSOC: Once updated to the latest version, the high FPGA/PSOC version is irreversible and cannot be downgraded; however, firmware versions remain flexible for downgrade or upgrade.

The PSOC component within any storage controllers is not eligible for downgrade after upgrade; users can only adjust the firmware version as needed.

The PSOC version is fixed post-upgrade and cannot revert to a previous version. Plan your upgrades accordingly, as this change is permanent. Downgrading the PSOC component is intentionally restricted by design. Ensure that all necessary considerations are made before initiating an upgrade.

4.3(4b)

Known Behavior and Limitations in Release 4.3(4a)

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Bundle Affected

CSCwb76030

 After decommissioning and recommissioning, server discovery fails with the following error message:

no connection to MC endpoint

Wait for at least 30 seconds after decommissioning is completed before performing recommission.

4.3(2b)

CSCwc85559

Cisco UCS Manager does not support a speed configuration of 40G for FCoE ports and sets the speed as auto. Therefore, with a 40G transceiver, FCoE uplink port and Port channel go into Admin State down state. Cisco UCS Manager is unable to match the speed configuration with the upstream switch speed of 40G.

Ensure that the speed is set as Auto and Auto Negotiation is set to ON on the upstream switch side.

4.2(3b)

Known Behavior and Limitations in Release 4.3(3c)

There are no known behavior and limitations in Release 4.3(3c).

Known Behavior and Limitations in Release 4.3(3a)

There are no known behavior and limitations in Release 4.3(3a).

Known Behavior and Limitations in Release 4.3(2f)

There are no known behavior and limitations in Release 4.3(2f).

Known Behavior and Limitations in Release 4.3(2e)

There are no known behavior and limitations in Release 4.3(2e).

Known Behavior and Limitations in Release 4.3(2c)

There are no known behavior and limitations in Release 4.3(2c).

Known Behavior and Limitations in Release 4.3(2b)

Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround

First Bundle Affected

CSCwd82136

In a setup equipped with Cisco UCS 6400 Series FI connecting using passive copper cables to Cisco UCS C-Series servers with Cisco UCS VIC1457/1455/1467, ports on the FI may to error-disabled state with the following reason after a link flap or after a server is decommissioned and recommissioned:

errDisabledExcessportIn

Flap the Fabric Interconnect (FI) port connected to the Cisco UCS C-Series server.

4.3(2b)

CSCwe98830

If Cisco UCS S3260 chassis is equipped with Cisco UCS B-Series server, the firmware details are not displayed for Cisco UCS VIC card.

There is no known workaround.

4.3(2b)

CSCwe48563

In a setup equipped with Cisco UCS 6400 Series or 6536 FIs, logical configuration from any 4.2(3) patch release to 4.2(3b) succeeds instead of failing due to enhancement in the security.

There is no known workaround.

4.3(2b)

CSCwe32091

Under the following conditions Cisco UCS VIC support MAX LUN values above 1024:

  • UCS Manager with release 4.2(3d) or later.

  • Cisco UCS VIC firmware version 5.2.3c.230101 or earlier for 14XX series or 4.5.3b.230101 or earlier for 13XX series.

There is no known workaround.

Update Cisco UCS VIC firmware version.

4.3(2b)

CSCwf61445

Cisco recommends the below screen resolutions for launching the UCS Manager for the best experience.

  • 1920 x 1080

  • 1600 x 900

  • 1440 x 900

  • 1360 x 768

  • 1280 x 768

  • 1280 x 720

Cisco UCS Manager does not support browser full screen mode. Hence, use the recommended resolutions only.

There is no known workaround.

4.3(2b)

CSCvp31928

UCS Manager allows you to delete security without any warning. Set-up continues to function normally without security.

This issue does not have any functionality impact.

4.3(2b)

CSCvh60768

In a setup running ESXi OS, when vNICs are removed in Service Profile while CDN ( Consistent Device Naming) is enabled, the vNICs are re-orederd from the vNIC, which was removed.

Manually assign vmNIC number in /etc/vmware/esx.conf file and reboot.

3.2(2)B

CSCwd82136

In a setup equipped with Cisco UCS 6400 series FI connected to Cisco UCS C-Series servers using Cisco VIC 1457/1455/1467, ports on the FI may go to error-disabled state with errDisabledExcessportIn reason after a link flap.

Flap the FI port connected to the Cisco UCS C-Series servers.

4.2(3b)A

CSCvp38564

NMPTU in AD mode hangs or goes into infinite loop when DCPMM in AppDirect mode.

If DCPMM is detected in system, BIOS does not load NMPTU to prevent hang/infinite loop.

4.0(3)

CSCvp37389

DCPMM clock stop may cause DCPMM media to go into disable state.

There is no known workaround.

4.0(3)

CSCva74263

Cisco UCS 6324

In a setup equipped with Cisco UCS 6324 FI (Cisco UCS Mini FI), QoS buffers get full and do not drain out. As a result, all packets get dropped on the FI and there are no Tx on the uplink ports.

Reboot the FI to clear this cnodition.

3.1(1e)

CSCvh17760

IOM reboots without core.

There is no known workaround.

3.(1g)

CSCvs83647

Cisco UCS 6454 FI reboots with the following error mssage:

Security Daemon hap reset

There is no known workaround.

4.0(4d)A

CSCwh22856

UCS Manager does not allow creation of same VSAN ID in both SAN cloud and storage cloud from release 4.3(2b).

However, if you were already using the same VSAN for both SAN cloud and storage cloud, then you cannot modify the duplicate VSAN configuration after upgrading to release 4.3(2b).

There is no known workaround.

4.3(2b)