Contents

Problem Statement. 1

Cisco Recommendation and Instruction. 2

How to identify whether the CDE280 has the latest approved BIOS firmware (2.09a)?. 2

Using command line. 2

Using CIMC. 2

Supported Matrix. 3

Firmware and Patch Update. 4

VDS-IS Patch Apply. 4

Firmware Upgrade. 4

VDS-IS Special Image Update. 5

Author. 5

For more information. 5

Problem Statement

Cisco will be shipping CDE280 with the new drives, and that requires upgrade of the CDE280 BIOS FW version C240M4.2.0.9a.0.120120151913.

The newly supported HDDs and SSDs are mentioned in the table below.

VDS-IS Software application versions 4.1.2 b2 and 4.2.1b8 are not compatible with the latest CDE280 BIOS firmware version. The software versions will not be detecting the internal disks and so Cisco requires the customers to follow the next process.

Cisco Recommendation and Instruction

Cisco Customers that deploy CDE280 need to upgrade VDS-IS software using image or patch and upgrade the CDE280 BIOS firmware to version 2.09a.

How to identify whether the CDE280 has the latest approved BIOS firmware (2.09a)?

The following changes indicate that the CDE280 has the latest approved firmware.

Using command line

Check the BIOS version of the CDE280 device, using the CLI – show tech-support in the VDS-IS application.

UCS280-QA-08#show tech-support | include Version: C240M4
        Version: C240M4.2.0.3c.0.091920142008
UCS280-QA-08#

You need to upgrade the BIOS version if the BIOS version is less than ‘C240M4.2.0.9a’.

Using CIMC

You need to upgrade the BIOS version if the BIOS FW Running version is less than ‘C240M4.2.0.9a’.

Supported Matrix

­*­ CDE280 Patch – can be downloaded from the Latest release 4.3.1 CCO

^# Customers with 4.2.1b8 in their CDN need to upgrade or downgrade to 4.2.1b9 on the CDE280 device shipped with the latest CDE280 BIOS FW 2.09a and VDS-IS application software 4.1.2b9 or 4.3.1 respectively.

^## This new CDE280 devices, may be shipped with this updated software that will be compatible with the latest CDE280 BIOS FW 2.09a.

Firmware and Patch Update

The next process is to apply the patch to CDE280. Cisco customers running with VDS-IS versions 4.1.2b2 and 4.2.1b8 on CDE280 devices must apply VDS-IS patch and execute the following CDE280 firmware update.

VDS-IS Patch Apply

The CDE280 patch can be downloaded from release 4.3.1 CCO

1.      Download the script to CDE280 device with 4.1.2 / 4.2.1 image.

2.      Execute the script – patch-cde280.sh.

UCS280-QA-02#script check patch-cde280.sh

Script file patch-cde280.sh is valid.

UCS280-QA-02#script execute patch-cde280.sh

Installing static mapping files to /boot

Script completed

Script patch-cde280.sh exited with return code 1

Firmware Upgrade

Instruction for CDE280 FW upgrade:

To upgrade the CDE280 FW, see the Appendix chapter in the Cisco Content Delivery Engine 205/220/250/280/420/460/470 Hardware Installation Guide.

Instruction for VDS-IS software image using recovery/rescue ISO

To install VDS-IS using recovery or rescue ISO, see the Re-manufacturing and Installing CDE280 section in the Cisco Content Delivery Engine 205/220/250/280/420/460/470 Hardware Installation Guide.

VDS-IS Special Image Update

The customers ordering new CDE280 or RMA-ed CDE280 chassis-lite will receive VDS-IS application software version 4.1.2b3 or 4.3.1.

Author

Lew Barding (lbarding@cisco.com)

For more information

Please contact Cisco TAC team.