Overview

This chapter includes the following sections:

Installing Cisco UCS Central, Release 2.0

You can install Cisco UCS Central, release 2.0 in the Standalone Mode.

The standalone installation enables you to install Cisco UCS Central on a virtual machine in the same way as the releases prior to release 1.3.

Upgrading Cisco UCS Central to Release 2.0

When you upgrade Cisco UCS Central to release 2.0, you can upgrade to a standalone mode.


Important


Before upgrading Cisco UCS Central, make sure the registered domains are upgraded to the supported Cisco UCS Manager release version. Cisco UCS Central, release 2.0 requires Cisco UCS Manager, release 2.1(2) or newer. If you do not upgrade Cisco UCS Manager before upgrading Cisco UCS Central, any registered Cisco UCS domains will stop receiving updates from Cisco UCS Central after the upgrade.

Before upgrading Cisco UCS Central to 2.0 you must do the following:


For supported upgrade options, requirements and procedures, see b_Cisco_UCSC_Install_and_Upgrade_Guide_2_0_chapter_0110.html#concept_53AFACE3D39743409C0E464ECAB53AEB.