Cisco UCS C-Series Servers Upgrade Guide for
Intel Xeon v3 Series CPUs
Caution You must follow the procedures in this guide when upgrading an existing server to use Intel Xeon v3
Series CPUs. Failure to follow these procedures might result in a non-bootable server.
This document describes the process for successfully upgrading a Cisco UCS C-Series server to use Intel
Xeon v3 Series CPUs. Downgrade scenarios are also covered.
The procedures in this guide support the following server:
• Cisco UCS C460 M4 server
Note To successfully upgrade a Cisco UCS C460 M4 server to use Intel Xeon v3 CPUs, you must also
update the firmware and update the memory risers and DIMMs to DDR4 versions.
This document contains the following sections:
• Minimum Software and Firmware Requirements, page 2
• Upgrading to Intel Xeon v3 Series CPUs, page 4
• Downgrading From Intel Xeon v3 Series CPUs, page 8
• TPM 2.0 Considerations, page 10
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Minimum Software and Firmware Requirements
Minimum Software and Firmware Requirements
Cisco UCS C460 M4 Minimum Software and Firmware Requirements
The minimum software and firmware versions required for the Cisco UCS C460 M4 server to support
Intel Xeon E7-4800 or E7-8800 v3 Series EX CPUs are as follows:
Table 1 Cisco UCS C460 M4 Minimum Requirements for Intel Xeon v3 CPUs
Software or Firmware Minimum Version
Server Cisco IMC 2.0(6)
Server BIOS 2.0(6)
Low-level server firmware Updated automatically when Cisco IMC is updated using Cisco
Host Upgrade Utility or Cisco UCS Manager. Otherwise, check for
“update available” message as described in Low-Level Firmware
Requirements, page 2.
Cisco UCS Manager
(UCSM-managed system only)
2.2(5)
Low-Level Firmware Requirements
Note You will be directed to this section from the upgrade procedures only for cases in which you are not using
the Cisco Host Upgrade Utility or Cisco UCS Manager to upgrade the server firmware.
Low-level server firmware controls server components such as the power sequencer, field-programmable
gate arrays (FPGAs), and power supply units (PSUs).
Note The low-level firmware must be up-to-date before you upgrade the CPU hardware.
If you update the server BIOS and Cisco IMC management firmware by using the Cisco Host Upgrade
Utility (HUU) or the Cisco UCS Manager as directed in these procedures, the low-level firmware is
updated automatically. If you use any other method such as the Cisco IMC interface, you must manually
initiate the low-level firmware update.
• Initiating a Low-Level Firmware Update Using the Cisco IMC GUI interface, page 2
• Initiating a Low-Level Firmware Update Using the Cisco IMC CLI interface, page 3
Initiating a Low-Level Firmware Update Using the Cisco IMC GUI interface
Step 1 Log into the GUI interface for the server by using a browser and the IP address that was assigned to the
server.
Step 2 If not already powered on, power on the server by using the GUI interface.
Step 3 Power off the server by using the GUI interface.
• If the server’s low-level firmware is not up-to-date, a dialog appears with the following message:
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There is an update available for Chassis Firmware, would you like to continue?
• If you do not see this dialog, all components are up-to-date and no further update is required.
Step 4 Click OK to initiate the low-level firmware update.
When the low-level firmware update is finished, you can continue with replacing the hardware.
Initiating a Low-Level Firmware Update Using the Cisco IMC CLI interface
Step 1 Log in to the CLI interface for the server.
Step 2 Enter the following commands and observe the message that is returned:
# scope chassis/firmware
/chassis/firmware # show detail
• If the return is Firmware update not required, all components are up to date, skip to Step 4.
• If the return is Firmware update required on some components, please run update-all,
continue with the following step.
Step 3 Enter the following command:
/chassis/firmware # update-all
Starting firmware update process, this will take a while. Check status using show command.
Minimum Software and Firmware Requirements
Step 4 When the update is done, enter the following commands:
/chassis/firmware # exit
/chassis # exit
The following is an example of these commands used in an update operation.
# scope chassis/firmware
/chassis/firmware # show detail
Firmware update required on some components, please run update-all (under chassis/firmware
scope).
/chassis/firmware # update-all
Starting firmware update process, this will take a while. Check status using show command
/chassis/firmware # show detail
Firmware update process is running, retry to get latest status.
...
/chassis/firmware # show detail
Firmware update completed
/chassis/firmware # show detail
Firmware update not required, all components are up to date
/chassis/firmware # exit
/chassis # exit
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