Installation Guide

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Cisco Nexus 1010 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide, Release 4.2(1) SP1(3)
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Guidelines and Limitations
• Use N1010 CIMC GUI to update the CIMC, and BIOS firmware individually using the manual
procedure. For more information, see the CIMC And BIOS Information, page 3.
Guidelines and Limitations
Use the following guidelines and limitations when reinstalling or upgrading software:
Caution When you reinstall the software, all previous configuration is overwritten and lost.
• The only way to upgrade the software is by using the install nexus1010 command
• Boot variables must be set by the system when you use the install command. Never attempt to set
the boot variables manually.
CIMC And BIOS Information
Use the following guidelines for installing the latest software version of CIMC and for updating the
CIMC and BIOS firmware.
• You must have CIMC software version 1.2.1(b) or higher installed. The latest CIMC software is
available in the Unified Computing System (UCS) Server Firmware 1.2(1b) download page.
• Use the “Verifying the CIMC Software Version” procedure on page 3 to verify you have this CIMC
version installed. For more information, see the CIMC Firmware Management on UCS C-Series
Servers document.
The upgrade or install fails if an earlier version of CIMC is installed.
• Use N1010 CIMC GUI to update the CIMC, and BIOS firmware individually using the manual
procedure.
– Upgrade to the latest CIMC version using the following manual procedure:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps10493/products_configuration_example09186a0080b
07b7c.shtml#gui-firmware-browser
– Upgrade the BIOS firmware using the following manual procedure:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/unified_computing/ucs/c/sw/bios/b_Upgrading_BIOS_Fir
mware.html#task_DD83FB75DB8C485FA4E8ED222C77BD3C
Verifying the CIMC Software Version
Use this procedure to verify that you have CIMC software Version 1.2.1(b) or higher installed on your
Cisco Nexus 1010 or Cisco Nexus 1010-X .
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Before beginning this procedure, you must know or do the following:
• You must have CIMC software Version 1.2.1(b) or higher installed.
• If CIMC software Version 1.2.1(b) or higher is installed, you will see the product ID N1K-C1010
on Cisco Nexus 1010 or the product ID N1K-C1010-X on Cisco Nexus 1010-X in the output of the
show hardware command. This procedure includes steps for this verification.