Software Deferral Notice CSCvj32984

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Dear Cisco Customer,

Cisco engineering has identified the following software issues with the release that you have selected that may affect your use of this software. The software is no longer available for download. Please review the Software Deferral notice here to determine if the issues apply to your environment.

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Affected Software and Replacement Solution for CSCvj32984

Software Type

Software Affected

Software Solution

Cisco Virtual Interface Controller (VIC) Firmware

Version:

ucs-m82-8p-vic.4.2.3a.bin

ucs-m83-8p40-vic.4.2.3a.bin

ucs-pcie-c40q-03.4.2.3a.bin

ucsc-pcie-csc-02.4.2.3a.bin

 

Affected Images:

ucs-k9-bundle-b-series.3.2.3a.B.bin

ucs-k9-bundle-c-series.3.2.3a.C.bin

ucs-k9-bundle-b-series.3.2.3b.B.bin

ucs-k9-bundle-c-series.3.2.3b.C.bin

ucs-c220m5-huu-3.1.3a.iso

ucs-c240m5-huu-3.1.3a.iso

ucs-c480m5-huu-3.1.3a.iso

ucs-c220m5-huu-3.1.3b.iso

ucs-c240m5-huu-3.1.3b.iso

ucs-c480m5-huu-3.1.3b.iso

Version:

ucs-m82-8p-vic.4.2.3b.bin

ucs-m83-8p40-vic.4.2.3b.bin

ucs-pcie-c40q-03.4.2.3b.bin

ucsc-pcie-csc-02.4.2.3b.bin

 

Replacement Images:

ucs-k9-bundle-b-series.3.2.3d.B.bin

ucs-k9-bundle-c-series.3.2.3d.C.bin

ucs-c220m5-huu-3.1.3c.iso

ucs-c240m5-huu-3.1.3c.iso

ucs-c480m5-huu-3.1.3c.iso

 

 

Reason for Advisory:

This software advisory addresses one software issue.

CSCvj32984 – Unexpected network credit depletion disrupts FC storage traffic

 

Affected Platforms:

Cisco UCS VIC 1340 modular LOM (UCSB-MLOM-40G-03)

Cisco UCS VIC 1380 mezzanine adapter (UCS-VIC-M83-8P)

Cisco UCS VIC 1385 Dual Port 40Gb QSFP+ CAN (UCSC-PCIE-C40Q-03)

Cisco UCS VIC 1387 Dual Port 40Gb QSFP CNA MLOM (UCSC-MLOM-C40Q-03)

 
 
 
Symptom: 
Operating System logs have a large amount of persistent SCSI abort commands for FCID 0xffffffff
Operating Systems utilizing remote FC / FCoE storage may hang
 
Conditions: 
Significant Fibre Channel (FC) / Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) traffic
 
Workaround:
For Cisco UCS B-Series Servers and Integrated C-Series Rack-Mount Servers, upgrade blade or rack firmware to the 3.2(3d) Release Bundle or newer.
 
For Cisco UCS C-Series Standalone Rack-Mount Servers, upgrade rack firmware to the 3.1(3c) Standalone Release Bundle or newer.

 

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