Problem: When trying to install ESXi on a new UCS M5 Blade I got the following error partedUtil failed with message : Error: Can’t have a partition outside the disk! Resolution You will need to format the disks – in my case SD cards. Go to the Blade -> Inventory -> Local Storage -> Select Read More…
Category: Cisco UCS
Make Subordinate Primary UCS
Problem: After a successful firmware upgrade of a UCSM and Fabric Interconnects (4.0.4 -> 4.1.3), Fabric B continued to be primary. I wanted to fail this back over. Solution: To make the Fabric A the primary again, SSH to Fabric B and use the following commands:
Applying moref Properties. Remote-Invocation-Error: FSM Retries Exhausted Error
Problem When importing a configuration to a new Fabric Interconnect (6400) I got the following error: [FSM:FAILED]: Applying moref properties(FSM:sam:dme:MorefImportRootApplyMoRefs). Remote-Invocation-Error: FSM Retries Exhausted To find out what is pending – SSH to the FI and run the following I wasn’t concerned with these so to clear the import up.
Update Capability Catalog in UCS 4.1
The Capability Catalog version is determined by the version of Cisco UCS that you are using. For example, Cisco UCS 4.1 releases work with any 4.1 release of the Capability Catalog, but not with 4.0 releases of the Capability Catalog. Admin button on left -> Capability Catalog -> Catalog Update Tasks -> Upload new catalog Read More…
The Server Does Not Appear to Be Responding. Please Check That Power Is Connected and That the Cisco IMC IP Address Is Correct
Problem: When logging into the CIMC of the Cisco s3260 I got the following message: “The server does not appear to be responding. Please check that power is connected and that the Cisco IMC IP address is correct.” Resolution: This is known incompatibility bug using the Google Chrome browser. Use an alternative browser and it Read More…
Find Temperature of CPU on Cisco s3260
Problem I got an alert on a Cisco S-Series that CPU #1 and the rear temp was high in Zabbix (over 65c). There were no alerts via the CIMC GUI These temperatures did not match the sensors located in the GUI so i needed to track down where the values were actually coming from. Solution SSH Read More…
Reset and Configure Cisco Fabric Interconnect
Here are the steps to reset a Fabric Interconnect pair and set them up from scratch. Step 1 – Reset Fabric Interconnects to factory defaults Erase configuration on both Fabric A and Fabric B: old-swfi01-A# connect local-mgmt Cisco Nexus Operating System (NX-OS) Software TAC support: http://www.cisco.com/tac Copyright (c) 2009, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights Read More…
Adding vNICs in UCS Causes vmnic Reorder in ESXi 6.5
Problem I added two new vNics to UCS. When I rebooted I realised there was something wrong. One of my iSCSI paths was down and one of the new vmnics wasnt working at all. Troubleshooting After much investigation it appeared that the NICS in the ESXI had been re-ordered. Looking at the UCS I Read More…
Telnet from Cisco UCS
Problem: Ciscco UCS was not backing up the configuration via SFTP. I wanted to check I could connect to the backup server from the UCS on port 22 (SSH) Resolution: Execute the following commands using your desired SSH Client. I have used Putty in this example. 1) SSH to the Cisco UCS and enter Read More…
Backing Up Cisco UCS
Pre-requisites: You will need an FTP, TFTP, SCP or SFTP target. In this example I have created an SFTP destination on a CentOS 7 server. To schedule a backup of a Cisco UCS configuration simply log into the UCS Manager: Select Admin on the left hand side frame -> Policy Backup & Export -> Fill Read More…
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