Updating Infrastructure Firmware
Previously, users scheduled infrastructure firmware updates per domain group. Cisco UCS Central has changed that feature. Now, you schedule infrastructure firmware updates for specific domains, or domains assigned to a domain group, using maintenance groups and tags.
You can trigger infrastructure firmware updates on one domain, multiple domains, or domains belonging to a domain group, based on the product family. For example, you could update the infrastructure firmware on all of the Cisco UCS Mini systems, and not update any of the blade servers. Another example is that you could update all maintenance groups on the west coast, but none on the east coast. The following is an overview of the initial steps needed.
Procedure
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Register UCS domains with Cisco UCS Central. See the Cisco UCS Central Getting Started Guide for more information. |
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During registration, subscribe to the infrastructure and catalog firmware policy and make it a global policy. See the Cisco UCS Central Getting Started Guide for more information. |
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Step 3 |
Download the appropriate infrastructure firmware image from the Image Library.
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Create values for maintenance group tags. Apply tags to individual domains, or all domains in a domain group, to include them in a maintenance group. See Creating Maintenance Groups and Adding Domains or Domain Groups for more information. |
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Schedule an infrastructure firmware update for a maintenance group tag. See Scheduling an Infrastructure Firmware Update for more information. |
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If you enabled user acknowledgment, then acknowledge the update in the pending activities section. See Acknowledging an Infrastructure Firmware Update Policy for more information. |