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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

Software or Firmware

Server Cisco IMC

Server BIOS

Low-level server firmware

Cisco UCS Manager

(UCSM-managed system only)

You will be directed to this section from the upgrade procedures only for cases in which you are not using

Note

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.

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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.

If not already powered on, power on the server by using the GUI interface.

Step 2

Step 3

Power off the server by using the GUI interface.

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Cisco UCS C-Series Servers Upgrade Guide for Intel Xeon v3 Series CPUs

Cisco UCS C460 M4 Minimum Requirements for Intel Xeon v3 CPUs

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

If the server's low-level firmware is not up-to-date, a dialog appears with the following message:

Minimum Version

2.0(6)

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

Requirements, page

2.2(5)

Low-Level Firmware