Archive for June, 2014

Nexus: %VMS-1-CONN_SSL_NOAUTH: SSL AUTHENTICATION after upgrading Nexus 1000v


16 Jun

After upgrading Nexus 1000V VSM to version 4.2(1)SV2(2.1a) you start recieving ‘%VMS-1-CONN_SSL_NOAUTH1: SSL AUTHENTICATION failure.‘ message in the console every couple minutes:

N1Kv# 2014 Jun 1 18:34:48 N1Kv %VMS-1-CONN_SSL_NOAUTH: SSL AUTHENTICATION failure.
2014 Jun 1 18:37:48 N1Kv %VMS-1-CONN_SSL_NOAUTH1: SSL AUTHENTICATION failure.
2014 Jun 1 18:40:48 N1Kv %VMS-1-CONN_SSL_NOAUTH: SSL AUTHENTICATION failure.
2014 Jun 1 18:43:47 N1Kv %VMS-1-CONN_SSL_NOAUTH1: SSL AUTHENTICATION failure.
2014 Jun 1 18:46:47 N1Kv %VMS-1-CONN_SSL_NOAUTH: SSL AUTHENTICATION failure.

This is expected behavior because of a new feature that was added in Nexus 1000v 4.2(1)SV2(2.1a) version:
vCenter Server Certificate Validation
The Cisco Nexus 1000V VSM can validate the certificate presented by vCenter Server to authenticate it. The certificate may be self-signed or signed by a Certificate Authority (CA). The validation is done each time the VSM connects to the vCenter Server. If the certificate authentication fails, a warning is generated but the connection is not impaired. This is an optional feature.

To get rid of the warning please generate a valid SSL certificate for vCenter server.

Nexus: Pre-upgrade check failed. Return code 0x40930062 (free space in the filesystem is below threshold).


16 Jun

While trying to upgrade Nexus 5000 series switch I ran into following issue:

Pre-upgrade check failed. Return code 0x40930062 (free space in the filesystem is below threshold).

Pre-upgrade check failed. Return code 0x40930062 (free space in the filesystem is below threshold).

Switch has enough free:

Enough free space

Enough free space

Look at install logs to identify where the problem is by typing:
show system internal log install details | include space

show system internal log install details | include space

show system internal log install details | include space

As you can see the problem is because /var/tmp is bellow the threshold.
To identify what is  taking space in /var/tmp type:
show system internal dir /var/tmp (more…)

UCS: Cisco FN – 63812


13 Jun

Cisco has release a field notice FN – 63812 on 4th of June for their servers that are using Seagate hard drives.
According to Cisco some Seagate drives with specific level of firmware might not respond to requests.
There is a list of drives and instructions how to identify these drives. Unfortunately if you have C220 M2 server with integrated controller like LSI 1064E the instruction are not going to work as the drives are not visible in CIMC.

In CIMC there is nothing listed under Storage tab

CIMC/Storage

CIMC/Storage

In CLI you cannot scope to storage adapter as non exists

show storageadapter

show storageadapter

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