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Cisco UCS B-Series Servers Upgrade Guide for Intel E5-2600/E5 2400 v2 Series CPUs
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Step 10 Do not continue with the next step until the board controller activation completes. Verify whether the
activation is complete by using the show version command.
As shown in the example below, wait until the Activate-Status returns Ready. This process takes a few
minutes before the Activate-status is successfully completed and returns Ready.
# show version
BoardController:
Running-Vers: 8.0
Package-Vers:
Activate-Status: Ready
Step 11 Clear the WILL_BOOT_FAULT by using the Cisco UCS Manager GUI to reset the server CIMC:
a. In the Navigation pane, click the Equipment tab.
b. On the Equipment tab, expand Equipment > Chassis > Chassis number > Servers, then choose
your server.
c. In the Work pane, click the General tab.
d. In the Actions area, click Recover Server.
e. In the Recover Server dialog, click Reset CIMC (Server Controller), then click OK.
Wait for CIMC to reboot and for Cisco UCS Manager to do a shallow discovery of the server. This
takes two to three minutes. At the end of this process the WILL_BOOT_FAULT is cleared.
Upgrade Scenario 2: UCSM and BIOS at Version 2.1(3a) or Later, CPU Earlier Than Intel E5-2600 v2
This scenario assumes the following conditions:
• The Cisco UCS Manager software is at version 2.1(3a) or later.
• The server is already using BIOS/CIMC version 2.1(3a) or later.
• The server is using CPUs earlier than Intel E5-2600 v2 Series CPUs.
In this case, the server already has the software and firmware prerequisites. Use the following procedure
to upgrade the CPUs:
Step 1 Disassociate the server in Cisco UCS Manager.
Step 2 Power off the server.
Step 3 Replace the CPUs with the Intel E5-2600 v2 Series CPUs.
Use the procedures in the Blade Server Installation and Service Note for your server.
Step 4 Reinsert the server to the chassis.
Step 5 Wait for Cisco UCS Manager to automatically discover the server.
Note At this point, the Health LED of the server shows a critical fault and Cisco UCS Manager reports
a generic error message:
WILL_BOOT_FAULT: Sensor failure asserted. This is because a board
controller activation is required, as described in the next step.
Step 6 Perform a board controller activation by using the Cisco UCS Manager CLI interface. Use the following
sequence of commands:
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