I’ve been meaning to get the posts for updating Cisco UCS C-Series server firmware with: Server Configuration Utility Server Standalone Host Utilities … up for awhile but have been caught up with a lot of other projects but I’ve committed tonight to get both of
While it’s not a very complicated process to configure a virtual drive on a Cisco UCS C-Series server with a LSI MegaRAID controller, I noticed that I’ve been asked a few times about the process so I took a few screenshots for the purpose of
While troubleshooting an ESXi issue on a Cisco UCS C210 M2 server, I ran into several small annoying issues which ultimately had me reboot the CIMC via SSH and I thought it would be good to write a short post about it in case I
I was recently asked by a client about an error message he received when he tried to mount an ISO via the virtual media on one of his Cisco UCS C-Series server. The error message he would see is the following: The selected Virtual Media
One of the reasons why I like what I do an my position at the company is that whenever there’s any problems with a Cisco UCS B or C series servers, I’m one of the few who always get the email, call or IM about
I took a bit of time to think about what title I should give this post and while I’m sure no one is going to Google/Bing “Ops”, I figured someone might type in “deleted service profiles” and may end up finding this post. So without
I received a call from a colleague earlier last week about a problem updating the firmware for a new UCS B Series infrastructure that he was deploying. Just an hour ago I had showed him where to download the packages and how to FTP or
I ran into an issue a month ago while configuring a Cisco UCS C210 M2 server with a LSI MegaRAID controller where the mouse and keyboard would become non responsive as soon as I get into the WebBIOS utility. After hitting Ctrl-H in the screen
I’ve been tackling a RAID issue on one of the new Cisco UCS C210 M2 servers we’re adding to our production environment and since I’ve ran out of options, I thought maybe I should try updating the firmware. What I noticed was that no matter
I was told that one of the new features in UCS firmware version 1.4 was that you can now statically assign a CIMC management IP to the blades rather than having the IP randomly assigned from a Management IP Pool you’ve defined. This definitely deserves
