Step by Step Process – Install of Drivers on UCS-C(Rack Servers)

Step by Step Process to Find UCS Drivers and Install on UCS-C series(Rack Servers)

How to find Compatible Drivers:

Use Cisco UCS HCL Tool to Find the Drivers:

Select the options in the drop down as per the you UCS Server Details:

Select the Major and Minor version as per CIMC
Download the ISO as per the Hypervisor/Operating System

As per above example, Network Hardware is Intel Ethernet I350-T2.

Open ReadMe.html

Open the location, it will redirect to another page

Storage Hardware is LSI Broadcom UCSC-RAID-M5

Check the Drivers on the Host

Storage

vmkload_mod -s lsi_mr3 | grep Version

Version: 7.719.02.00-1OEM.670.0.1111111

Network

esxcli network nic get -n vmnic1 | grep Version

Version: 1.5.2

Install Driver

Storage

esxcli software vib install -v /tmp/lsi_mr3-7.719..02.00-1OEM.670.0.816992..x86_64.vib –no-sig-check

Installation Result

Message: The update was successfully, the system needs to be rebooted for the changes to take effective

Reboot Required: true

Network

esxcli software vib install -v /tmp/igbn-1.4.10-1OEM.670.0.0.8196922.x86_64.vib

Installation Result

Message: Host is not changed. Reboot is pending from previous transaction

Reboot Required: true

Reboot VMWare ESXI Host

After reboot, Exit Host from Maintenance Mode and disable SSH.

Check the installed drivers

Power On the VMs

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Author: Tirtha Tripathy