Release Notes for Cisco C880 M4 Server Release 1.0.1
Release Notes for Cisco UCS Director Cisco C880 M4 Server Release 1.0.1 2
Introduction 2
System Requirements 2
Supported Browser Versions 2
Open Caveats 3
Applying the Cisco C880 M4 Server Connector Patch 3
Related Documentation 4
Revised: November 19, 2014,
Release Notes for Cisco UCS Director Cisco C880 M4 Server
Release 1.0.1
Introduction
This document describes the system requirements, supported browsers, open caveats and applying the Cisco C880 M4 server connector
patch. Use this document in combination with documents listed in Related Documentation, on page 4. Release notes are sometimes
updated with new information about restrictions and caveats. See the following website for the most recent version of the Cisco C880
M4 Server Release Notes:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps13050/tsd_products_support_general_information.html
System Requirements
Following table outlines the minimum system requirements for Cisco UCS Director to manage the Cisco C880 M4 Server.
Table 1: Minimum System Requirements
Resource
Minimum Requirements
vCPU
4
Memory
Minimum = 4GB High Loads and Scalability = 8 GB
Hard disk
40 GB
Note
• We recommend that you reserve 8 GB of memory and 2000 MHz of CPU resources for Cisco C880
M4 Server.
• To manage a Cisco C880 M4 server, you must have Cisco UCS Director, Release 5.1.0.1.
Supported Browser Versions
Cisco C880 M4 Server supports the following browsers:
• Internet Explorer 8 or higher
• Google Chrome 4.1 or higher
• Firefox 3.5 or higher
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• Safari 4.0 or higher (for Apple Mac or Microsoft Windows)
Browsers require the Adobe Flash Player 11 and above plug-in.
Open Caveats
Following table shows caveats that are open in Cisco UCS Director for C880 M4 Server.
Defect ID
Symptom
CSCur52581
Trigger is not getting invoked as per the count mentioned in
Maximum Invocations for stateful and stateless triggers.
Trigger invocation count is one for all triggers.
CSCur63086
Stateless trigger is not working
CSCur63535
For multiple trigger conditions Email notification is generated
for n number of times, where n=number of conditions
Note
Release notes information is sometimes updated after the Release Notes for Cisco C880 M4 Server
document is published. Use the Cisco Bug Search Tool to see the most up-to-date release note information
for any caveat listed in this document.
Applying the Cisco C880 M4 Server Connector Patch
Before You Begin
• Download the Cisco C880 M4 Server connector, Release 1.0 patch from http://www.cisco.com.
• Place the software in the FTP or HTTP server that you plan to use to install the upgrade.
• If NFS mount is used for application storage, disable it before you apply a patch. If you do not, the upgrade will fail.
Note
We recommend that you take a snapshot of the VM before you begin the upgrade. If you do this, you do
not need to back up the existing configuration database through an FTP server.
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Procedure
Step 1
Step 2
Start your current version of Cisco UCS Director.
In the shelladmin, choose Stop services to stop all services.
Step 3
To verify that all services are stopped, choose Display services status.
Step 4
(Optional) If desired, you can choose Backup database to back up the Cisco UCS Director database.
You do not need to back up the database if you took a snapshot of the VM before you started.
Step 5
Step 6
To apply patch application to Cisco UCS Director Choose Apply patch .
When prompted, enter the location of the Cisco C880 M4 Server connector patch.
ftp://username:password@hostname|IP_address/software_location_and_name
Step 7
Step 8
Wait for the download and installation to complete.
When prompted, choose Start services to start services and complete the upgrade process.
Note
After patch application is complete, choose the Start Services option of ShellAdmin to start/restart the Cisco UCS
Director services and complete the patch process. The patch process is not complete or successful until the Cisco
UCS Director services have started, Cisco UCS Director is available, the login screen is displayed, and the admin
user can log in to Cisco UCS Director.
Step 9
All Cisco UCS Director services must be started before you attempt to perform other shelladmin procedures, such
as apply additional patches, take a database backup, or restore a database from a backup.
When the patch application is complete, choose Show Version in ShellAdmin to verify the current version of Cisco
UCS Director.
Related Documentation
Cisco UCS Director Documentation Roadmap
For a complete list of Cisco UCS Director documentation, see the Cisco UCS Director Documentation Roadmap available at the
following URL: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/ucs-director/doc-roadmap/b_UCSDirectorDocRoadmap.html.
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