Cisco UCS B Series Upgrade 2.0 to 2.2 Step by Step

Upgrading the UCS B Series can be a trick affair however, here is a summary of tasks to guide you:

1. Upload UCS Infrastructure Package
2. Upload Server Host Software Package
3. Take screenshots of Firmware Versions pre-upgrade
4. Backup UCS Managers Configuration - Pre-upgrade
5. Update Adapters, CIMC and IOMS on Service Profiles - Do not reboot
6. Activate Adapters on Service Profiles
7. Activate CIMC - Does not Reboot
8. Activate UCS Manager - Reboot
9. Activate I/O modules - Do not Reboot
10. Activate Subordinate Fabric Interconnect
11. Switch Fabric Subordinate - Reboot
12. Activate Primary Fabric Interconnect - Reboot
13. Migrate VM's off a Single UCS Test Host
14. 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
15. Update Test Host Firmware using New Profiles - Reboot Host from 
16. Perform Host Test by Migrating a VM Across to upgraded Host
17. Confirm then perform the updated to each host one by one
18. Take screenshots of Firmware Versions post-upgrade
19. 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