First Published: May 2, 2019

Last Updated: November 12, 2019

Release Notes for Cisco BigData Express Connector Pack

Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data

Cisco UCS Director delivers unified, highly secure management for supported compute, network, storage, and virtualization platforms and for the industry's leading converged infrastructure solutions, which are based on the Cisco Unified Computing System (Cisco UCS) and Cisco Nexus platforms. Cisco UCS Director extends the unification of computing and network layers through Cisco UCS to provide data center administrators with comprehensive visibility and management capabilities for compute, network, storage, and virtualization. For more information, see Cisco UCS Director on Cisco.com.

Cisco UCS Director is the default personality made available after deployment, but you can choose to use only Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data, or use both Cisco UCS Director and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data.


Note

Depending on the personality, you start with and the personality selection, Cisco UCS Director and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data features are enabled or disabled with the restart of services on the appliance.

Revision History

Release

Date

Description

6.7.1.1

May 2, 2019

Created for Release 6.7.1.1.

6.7.3.1

November 12, 2019

Updated to include information on Release 6.7.3.1.

Connector Packs

Connector packs help you perform connector level upgrade in Cisco UCS Director without impacting other connectors and without having to upgrade the entire software version. After claiming Cisco UCS Director in Cisco Intersight, as a system administrator, you can view information on new versions of connector packs that are available for upgrade. The top header pane of the user interface displays a Download icon indicating that new connector pack versions are available. You can select and upgrade the connector packs in Cisco UCS Director.

Cisco BigData Express Connector Pack

Cisco BigData Express connector pack provides support for new versions of Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data. This is available only when both Cisco UCS Director and Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data or Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data personality is selected.

Upgrading Connector Packs

As a system administrator, you can upgrade connector packs using the Cisco UCS Director graphical user interface. When new connector pack versions are available, the system notifies you in the following ways:

  • Pop-up message when you log in to Cisco UCS Director user interface.

    When you log in to the user interface of Cisco UCS Director, and if there are new connector pack versions available for upgrade, a pop-up message prompting you to upgrade these versions is displayed. Click Yes to upgrade these connector pack versions immediately or click No to upgrade at a later time.


    Note

    This pop-up notification message is displayed once every 3 days. It is not displayed every time you log in to the user interface.

  • An alert with a downward facing arrow image and a number in the header pane of the user interface.

    This number indicates the number of connector packs that are available for upgrade.

The pop-up message and the alert on the header pane are displayed only when Cisco UCS Director has been claimed in Cisco Intersight. For information on establishing a connection with Cisco Intersight, see Configuring Device Connector section in the Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data Deployment and Management Guide.

Before you begin

  • You must have system administrator privileges in Cisco UCS Director .

  • Cisco UCS Director has been claimed in Cisco Intersight.

  • Cisco UCS Director is successfully connected to Cisco Intersight.

Procedure

Step 1

On the header, click New Upgrades Available.

The Available System Upgrades screen appears and will display all available connector packs for upgrade along with version information. Upon login, if you clicked Yes to the pop-up message, then the very same upgrade screen appears.

Note 

The New Upgrades Available icon is visible on the header only when new versions of the current running connector packs are available for upgrade.

Step 2

Check the check box of a connector pack from the list.

You can check the check boxes of multiple connector packs.
Step 3

Click Upgrade.

Step 4

In the Confirm Upgrade dialog box, click Yes.

After you confirm that the connector version must be upgraded, the validation process is initiated. If the validation process completes successfully, the upgrade process is initiated and the System Upgrade Status screen displays the upgrade status. After the upgrade process is successful, the Logout option is enabled.

Step 5

Click Logout.

You can login to Cisco UCS Director after the upgrade process is complete.

What to do next

You can view the upgrade reports by choosing Administration > System > System Updates. From this screen, you can double-click on a report, and view additional details on the upgrade process. For more information, see Viewing Connector Pack Upgrade Information.

Viewing Connector Pack Upgrade Information

Procedure

Step 1

Choose Administration > System.

Step 2

On the System page, click Connector Pack Upgrades.

Information such as upgrade request ID, user that initiated the upgrade, upgrade start time and end time, and the upgrade status are displayed.
Step 3

Select a connector pack and choose View Details to view details such as connector pack name, upgraded version, and prior version.

Step 4

Click State History to view the various states of the connector pack upgrade process. For example, upgrade request received, upgrade process initiated or upgrade process completed.

Step 5

Click Stages to view the entire lifecycle of the connector pack upgrade request.

New and Changed Features in Release 6.7.1.1

This section provides an overview of the significant new and changed features in this release.

Support for Cloudera 6.1

This connector pack release introduces support for Cloudera 6.1 version. For the latest support, you should download Cloudera 6.1 packages and parcels.

Download the following packages and parcels to /opt/cnsaroot/bd-sw-rep/cloudera-6.1:

The following table lists the supported upgrade scenario for Cloudera.

Hadoop Distribution Version to Upgrade

Supported Upgrade Version

Cloudera Enterprise 6.0.0, JDK 1.8

Cloudera Enterprise 6.1.0, JDK 1.8

New and Changed Features in Release 6.7.3.1

This section provides an overview of the significant new and changed features in this release.

Support for Deployment of Linux OS on Multiple Server Nodes

This connector pack release introduces support for OS provisioning on multiple server nodes managed within an UCS domain. You can now deploy only the OS and provision the Hadoop distributions separately through custom scripts. Also, you can now customize the disk slots for a given OS deployment. In addition, Cisco Boot-Optimized M.2 RAID Controller (UCS-M2-HWRAID) is supported for deploying Linux OS. This feature is supported for the following OS versions: CentOS 7.6, CentOS 7.5, RHEL 7.6, and RHEL 7.5.

For more information, see Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data Deployment and Management Guide, Release 3.7.

Open and Resolved Bugs

The open and resolved bugs for this 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 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 Bugs in Release 6.7.1.1

There are no open bugs in this release at the moment.

Open Bugs in Release 6.7.3.1

Following are the open bugs in this release:

Bug ID

Headline

CSCvp39403

Linux OS installation fails on M4 Server with PCH drive in C-series firmware 4.X version.

CSCvr85648

Stats Data is not purged which causes application to be unresponsive.

Resolved Bugs in Release 6.7.1.1

Following are the resolved bugs in this release:

Bug ID

Headline

CSCvp22952

Run inventory is timed out when mapr-loopbacknfs services for Edge Node are enabled outside Cisco UCS Director Express for Big Data.

Resolved Bugs in Release 6.7.3.1

There are no resolved bugs in this release.

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