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Cisco UCS C210 Server Installation and Service Guide
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Appendix
Step 4 Find the Host Upgrade Utility ISO file download for your server online and download it to a temporary
location on your workstation:
a. See the following URL: http://www.cisco.com/cisco/software/navigator.html
b. Click Unified Computing and Servers in the middle column.
c. Click Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount Standalone Server Software in the right-hand column.
d. Click your model of server in the right-hand column.
e. Click Unified Computing System (UCS) Server Firmware.
f. Click the release number that you are downloading.
Note CIMC release 1.4(3c) or later is the required level for integration with Cisco UCS Manager
2.0(2xx).
g. Click Download Now to download the ISO file.
h. Verify the information on the next page, then click Proceed With Download.
i. Continue through the subsequent screens to accept the license agreement and then browse to a
location where you save the ISO file.
Step 5 Prepare the ISO file on either local media for local upgrade, or as a virtual device for remote upgrade:
• For local upgrade—Perform these steps before you go to Step 3:
a. Burn the ISO image onto a writable DVD.
b. Connect a VGA monitor and USB keyboard to the Cisco C-Series server.
c. Insert the DVD into the DVD drive of the Cisco C-Series server.
• For remote upgrade—Perform these steps before you go to Step 3:
a. Use a browser to connect to the CIMC Manager software on the server that you are upgrading.
Enter the CIMC IP address for that server in the address field of the browser, then enter your
user name and password.
b. Launch a KVM Console window (click the KVM keyboard icon).
c. When the Virtual KVM Console window launches, select Tools > Launch Virtual Media.
d. In the Virtual Media Session window, click Add Image and then use the dialog to navigate to
the utility ISO file and select it. Navigate to the location where you downloaded the ISO. The
ISO image is displayed in the Client View pane.
e. In the Virtual Media Session window, check the check box in the Mapped column for the ISO
file that you added, and then wait for mapping to complete. Observe the progress in the Details
pane.
Now the ISO file is mapped as a remote device.
Step 6 Boot the server and press F6 when prompted to open the Boot Menu screen.
Step 7 On the Boot Menu screen, select the device where you prepared the ISO in Step 2:
• If you are upgrading locally, select the physical CD/DVD device and then press Enter (for example,
SATA5:TSSTcorp CDDVDW TS-L633C).
• If you are upgrading remotely, select Cisco Virtual CD/DVD and then press Enter.
The server is rebooted from the device that you chose.
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