I’ve been asked several times in the past week about the error Net mode is invalid. Please Select a valid configuration message when configuring a Cisco UCS C series server’s CIMC management network traverse through the dedicated port. While the following may not cover all
As per one of my previous posts, I updated a UCS’ firmware from 1.3(1c) to 1.3(1n) (See post here: https://blog.terenceluk.com/2010/10/updating-cisco-ucs-firmware-from-131c.html) as I needed to 2 blades from the chassis for a VIEW deployment. Before I begin writing about the problem, let me give a bit
I ran into a problem last week while updating a Cisco UCS chassis and blade servers that I thought may be a common issue that other professionals may encounter. Basically what happened was once I successfully updated the firmware within UCS Manager then proceeding to
It’s been awhile since I had to update a Cisco UCS as I was on vacation when 2 projects needed to be delivered. Needless to say, I missed out on 2 deployments and was anxious to get involved with the next few deployments. Luckily for
I wouldn’t say this was extremely interesting but wanted to write a short post to remind myself what was done in case I run into this again in the future. A client had ordered 2 x 5108 chassis, 2 x 6120XP fabric interconnects and 8
One of the emails I sent out after completing my first firmware update: Some other notes worth mentioning during the firmware update: Updating Passive Fabric As per the document with instructions on how to update the firmware step-by-step: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/sw/upgrading/from1.1.1/to1.2.1/UpgradingCiscoUCSFrom1.1.1To1.2.1_chapter4.html While performing the following step: Activating
Here’s an internal email I sent out to our UCS guys when I completed my first firmware update from 1.1(1l) to 1.2(1d): I just wanted to give you a heads up that I had a lot of issues with having UCSM download an updated firmware
I was out to a client’s site to close off a project with a list of items that I wrote down to completed. As 3:30p.m. came around the corner and everything was happily chugging along, I started writing a status report for my PM: Task
I had an extremely bad end to a work week last Friday when one issue lead to another and after accumulating multiple small issues, a UCS and VMware infrastructure that was happily chugging along fell apart. I finally got a taste of all the blogs
The following lists the steps required for configuring vNetwork Distributed Switches on a UCS with a Menlo card (2 NICs): 1. The New vNetwork Distributed Switch… option is always grayed out if you are not in the right context within vCenter so make sure you
