New and Changed Information

New and Changed Information for This Release

This section provides information on new feature and changed behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.3.

Table 1. New Features and Changed Behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.3(6a)

Feature

Description

Where Documented

Support for Cisco UCS C-Series M8 and Cisco UCS X-Series M8 servers

Cisco UCS Manager now supports Cisco UCS C220 M8 Server, Cisco UCS C240 M8 Server, and UCS X210c M8 Compute Node.

Server Pack

Table 2. New Features and Changed Behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.3(5a)

Feature

Description

Where Documented

Support for Cisco UCS C-Series M8 and Cisco UCS X-Series M8 servers

Cisco UCS Manager now supports Cisco UCS C225 M8 Server and Cisco UCS X215c M8 Compute Node.

Server Pack

Table 3. New Features and Changed Behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.3(4b)

Feature

Description

Where Documented

Support for Cisco UCS X-Series Direct

Cisco UCS Manager now supports Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects 9108 100G (Cisco UCS X-Series Direct).

Table 4. New Features and Changed Behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.3(4b)

Feature

Description

Where Documented

Support for Cisco UCS C-Series M8 server

Cisco UCS Manager now supports Cisco UCS C245 M8 Server.

Server Pack

Table 5. New Features and Changed Behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.3(4a)

Feature

Description

Where Documented

Cross version firmware update

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).

Cross-Version Firmware Support

Table 6. New Features and Changed Behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.3(2c)

Feature

Description

Where Documented

Support for Cisco UCS X-Series server

Cisco UCS Manager supports Cisco UCS X410c M7 Compute Node.

Cisco UCS X-Series servers support Intelligent Fabric Modules (IFM), which function similarly to the Input/Output Module (IOM) in Cisco UCS B-Series servers.

Server Pack

Table 7. New Features and Changed Behavior in Cisco UCS Manager, Release 4.3(2b)

Feature

Description

Where Documented

Support for Firmware Upgrade

Cisco UCS Manager supports Firmware Upgrade to Cisco UCS Manager Release 4.3 version

Firmware Upgrade to Cisco UCS Manager Release 4.3

Support for Cisco UCS C-Series M7 servers.

Cisco UCS Manager supports the following C-Series M7 servers:

  • Cisco UCS C240 M7 Server

  • Cisco UCS C220 M7 Server

Server Pack

Support for Cisco UCS X9508 server chassis with Cisco UCS X-Series servers

Cisco UCS Manager supports Cisco UCSX-9508 Chassis with the following Cisco UCS X-Series servers:

  • Cisco UCS X210c M7 Compute Node

  • Cisco UCS X210c M6 Compute Node

Cisco UCS X-Series servers support Intelligent Fabric Modules (IFM), which function similarly to the Input/Output Module (IOM) in Cisco UCS B-Series servers.

Server Pack

Support for Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnect is deprecated

Cisco UCS Manager deprecates support for Cisco UCS 6200 Series Fabric Interconnects.

Cross-Version Firmware Support

Support for Cisco UCS M4 servers are deprecated.

Cisco UCS Manager deprecates support for UCS B-series, C-series, and S-series M4 servers.