Archive for December, 2013

UCS: Chassis Decommission is stuck


27 Dec

After trying to decommission chassis the task never finishes. It gets stuck at Erasing chassis identity task:
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FSM is stuck at 8% with error 403, Error Leaving fabric port-channel for port 1/16 (the port can be different)
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Trying to Acknowledge or Remove Chassis is not successful.
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UCS: Running UCS Server Configuration Utility (SCU) Diagnostic on C series servers


18 Dec

UCS Server Configuration Utility (SCU) allows user to configure the server and also run diagnostics tests.

Do the following to run SCU diagnostics tests:

1. Download SCU from Cisco.com
2. Login to CIMC of the server and map the SCU ISO image
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3. Restart the server and wait until it boots to SCU
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4. Accept the License Agreement
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5. In SCU expand Diagnostic Tools, select Quick Tasks and choose the test you want to run Quick or Comprehensive.
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6. Confirm
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7. You can see the status of the tests under Tests Summary and the results under Test log Summary.
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8. Once finished click on Reboot button
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UCS: After firmware upgrade B230 M1 blade is failing discovery at 4%


15 Dec

After upgrading B230 M1 blade it gets stuck in discovery at 4% and is showing following errors:

no connection to MC endpoint
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Error retrieving Server Params-MC Error(-6): Connection is closing

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No DIMMs present

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The errors can be rotating but it is stuck at 4%.

1. Check Firmware versions and see if all are as expected.
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2. Reset CIMC and after this is done Reacknowledge the server.
3. Check the firmware versions of the blade again. The Running Board Controller version is set to 00000000
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4. Activate the Board Controller with correct version and wait until activation is finished.
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5. Reacknowledge the server

UCSPE 2.2(1bPE1) is out


15 Dec

UCSPE 2.2(1bPE1) is out. Get it here.

UCS: Blade is stuck in EFI Shell, service profile association stuck


11 Dec

After associating service profile to a blade it gets stuck in EFI Shell and association can not complete.
The KVM is showing EFI Shell
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FSM status is stuck on Configure Apply Config
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The problem could be because the service profile does not have all the required configuration. Have a look at Status under General tab to see what is the error.
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In this case there were no MACs or WWPNs defined. CNA cards must have these defined as they do not have them burned in.

 

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