Upgrading the UCS B Series can be a trick affair however, here is a summary of tasks to guide you:
- Upload UCS Infrastructure Package
- Upload Server Host Software Package
- Take screenshots of Firmware Versions pre-upgrade
- Backup UCS Managers Configuration - Pre-upgrade
- Update Adapters, CIMC and IOMS on Service Profiles - Do not reboot
- Activate Adapters on Service Profiles
- Activate CIMC - Does not Reboot
- Activate UCS Manager - Reboot
- Activate I/O modules - Do not Reboot
- Activate Subordinate Fabric Interconnect
- Switch Fabric Subordinate - Reboot
- Activate Primary Fabric Interconnect - Reboot
- Migrate VM's off a Single UCS Test Host
- Install ENIC and FNIC Drivers on OS level and hold off on the reboot - VMWARE 5.0 Drivers Link below and a how to install link as well:
Driver Install Guide:
http://pibytes.wordpress.com/2013/02/17/vmware-esxi-network-driver-install-and-upgrade/
FNIC Driver
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/info/slug/datacenter_cloud_infrastructure/vmware_vsphere/5_0#drivers_tools
ENIC Driver
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/details?downloadGroup=DT-ESXI5X-CISCO-ENIC-21238&productId=229 - Update Test Host Firmware using New Profiles - Reboot Host from
- Perform Host Test by Migrating a VM Across to upgraded Host
- Confirm then perform the updated to each host one by one
- Take screenshots of Firmware Versions post-upgrade
- Backup UCS Managers Configuration - Post-upgrade
Offical Cisco Upgrade Guide: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/sw/upgrading/from2.0/to2.2/b_UpgradingCiscoUCSFrom2.0To2.2.html
