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bga68compRelease Notes for Cisco UCS C-series Software, Release 2.0(8)
Overview of Cisco UCS C240 M4 Rack Servers
The enterprise-class Cisco UCS C240 M4 server extends the capabilities of the Cisco UCS portfolio in a 2RU form -factor. Based on the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 series, it delivers an outstanding combination of performance, flexibility, and efficiency. In addition, the Cisco UCS C240 M4 offers outstanding levels of internal memory and storage expandability with exceptional performance. It delivers:
• Up to 24 DDR4 DIMMs for improved performance and lower power consumption
• Up to 6 PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0 slots (4 full-height, full-length)
• Up to 24 small-form factor drives or 12 large form-factor drives, plus two (optional) internal SATA boot drives
• Support for 12-Gbps SAS drives
• A modular LAN-on-motherboard (mLOM) slot for installing a next-generation Cisco virtual interface card (VIC) or third-party network interface card (NIC) without consuming a PCIe slot
• 2 x 1 Gigabit Ethernet embedded LOM ports
• Supports two double-wide Nvidia graphics processing units (GPUs), providing a graphics-rich experience to more virtual users
• Excellent reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features with tool-free CPU insertion, easy-to-use latching lid, hot-swappable and hot-pluggable components, and redundant Cisco® Flexible Flash (FlexFlash) SD cards.
The Cisco UCS C240 M4 Rack Server with the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 product family is well suited for a wide range of storage and I/O-intensive applications such as:
• Big data
• Collaboration
• Small and medium-sized business (SMB) databases
• Virtualization and consolidation
• Storage servers
• High-performance appliances
The Cisco UCS C240 M4 can be deployed as standalone servers or as part of the Cisco Unified Computing System, which unifies computing, networking, management, virtualization, and storage access into a single integrated architecture that enables end-to-end server visibility, management, and control in both bare-metal and virtualized environments. Within a Cisco UCS deployment, the Cisco UCS C240 M4 takes advantage of Cisco’s standards-based unified computing innovations, which significantly reduce customers’ total cost-of-ownership (TCO) and increase business agility.
Host Upgrade Utility
The Cisco Host Upgrade Utility (HUU) is a tool that upgrades the following firmware: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/release/notes/Release_Notes_for_Cisco_C-Series_SW_2_0_8.html#pgfId-966158
Separate ISO images of Host Upgrade Utility are available for different server platforms.
The ISO image is now named as ucs-<server_platform>-huu-<version_number>.iso.
System Requirements
The management client must meet or exceed the following minimum system requirements:
• Sun JRE 1.8.0_ 45 to Sun JRE 1.8.0_ 60
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher, Mozilla Firefox 3.0 or higher
• Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Mac OS X v10.6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 or higher operating systems
Updating the Firmware
Use the Host Upgrade Utility to upgrade the C-Series firmware. Host Upgrade Utility can upgrade the following software components:
• BIOS
• Cisco IMC
• Cisco VIC Adapters
• LSI Adapters
• LAN on Motherboard Settings
• PCIe adapter Firmware
• HDD firmware
All firmware should be upgraded together to ensure proper operation of your server.
Note Cisco recommends that you use the Update All option from the Host Upgrade Utility to update the firmware versions of Cisco IMC, BIOS and all other server components (VIC, RAID Controllers, PCI devices, and LOM) together.
Overview of Cisco UCS C240 M4 Rack Servers
The enterprise-class Cisco UCS C240 M4 server extends the capabilities of the Cisco UCS portfolio in a 2RU form -factor. Based on the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 series, it delivers an outstanding combination of performance, flexibility, and efficiency. In addition, the Cisco UCS C240 M4 offers outstanding levels of internal memory and storage expandability with exceptional performance. It delivers:
• Up to 24 DDR4 DIMMs for improved performance and lower power consumption
• Up to 6 PCI Express (PCIe) 3.0 slots (4 full-height, full-length)
• Up to 24 small-form factor drives or 12 large form-factor drives, plus two (optional) internal SATA boot drives
• Support for 12-Gbps SAS drives
• A modular LAN-on-motherboard (mLOM) slot for installing a next-generation Cisco virtual interface card (VIC) or third-party network interface card (NIC) without consuming a PCIe slot
• 2 x 1 Gigabit Ethernet embedded LOM ports
• Supports two double-wide Nvidia graphics processing units (GPUs), providing a graphics-rich experience to more virtual users
• Excellent reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) features with tool-free CPU insertion, easy-to-use latching lid, hot-swappable and hot-pluggable components, and redundant Cisco® Flexible Flash (FlexFlash) SD cards.
The Cisco UCS C240 M4 Rack Server with the Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v3 product family is well suited for a wide range of storage and I/O-intensive applications such as:
• Big data
• Collaboration
• Small and medium-sized business (SMB) databases
• Virtualization and consolidation
• Storage servers
• High-performance appliances
The Cisco UCS C240 M4 can be deployed as standalone servers or as part of the Cisco Unified Computing System, which unifies computing, networking, management, virtualization, and storage access into a single integrated architecture that enables end-to-end server visibility, management, and control in both bare-metal and virtualized environments. Within a Cisco UCS deployment, the Cisco UCS C240 M4 takes advantage of Cisco’s standards-based unified computing innovations, which significantly reduce customers’ total cost-of-ownership (TCO) and increase business agility.
Host Upgrade Utility
The Cisco Host Upgrade Utility (HUU) is a tool that upgrades the following firmware: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/release/notes/Release_Notes_for_Cisco_C-Series_SW_2_0_8.html#pgfId-966158
Separate ISO images of Host Upgrade Utility are available for different server platforms.
The ISO image is now named as ucs-<server_platform>-huu-<version_number>.iso.
System Requirements
The management client must meet or exceed the following minimum system requirements:
• Sun JRE 1.8.0_ 45 to Sun JRE 1.8.0_ 60
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher, Mozilla Firefox 3.0 or higher
• Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Mac OS X v10.6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 or higher operating systems
Updating the Firmware
Use the Host Upgrade Utility to upgrade the C-Series firmware. Host Upgrade Utility can upgrade the following software components:
• BIOS
• Cisco IMC
• Cisco VIC Adapters
• LSI Adapters
• LAN on Motherboard Settings
• PCIe adapter Firmware
• HDD firmware
All firmware should be upgraded together to ensure proper operation of your server.
Note Cisco recommends that you use the Update All option from the Host Upgrade Utility to update the firmware versions of Cisco IMC, BIOS and all other server components (VIC, RAID Controllers, PCI devices, and LOM) together.
