You should be able to register on Cisco's website for the downloads. None of the UCS stuff requires a support contract to download, just an account.
Each driver file is 4-6GB, they're bundles.
Which cards did you purchase?
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I should have mentioned, you can download the FRU list on Cisco's support website. You just need an account, nothing else. It's called the Cisco Capabilities Catalog.
There is a list of Cisco FRU's. I have no idea what FRU stands for, factory recognized unit maybe? It's a list of hardware that Cisco will recognize, it doesn't matter if it's a Cisco SKU or not. If it's on that list it's "official".
Outside of that these things will run with anything...
I don't know where this stuff is setup in CIMC. We use UCS Manager and there is a fan policy that can be set to a service profile that is then applied to the server.
I believe all of the same options are available via CIMC, but I don't really know. Maybe it's just the M5's with that option in...
I'm not sure the firmware is Cisco specific. We have purchased after-market parts that are the same model but HPE or Dell branding and Cisco picks up the SKU and thinks it's a Cisco part.
When using UCS Manager there is a compatibility catalog that has every part Cisco can 'see'. In my...
If the NVMe firmware is up to date via the OS then update CIMC.
There was an issue with M5 boards where below a certain version if a non-Cisco piece of hardware was detected it would ramp the fans. They fixed that bug and you can now turn them down.
I was the one with the NVMe firmware. I'm...
You need to put the SIOC in trunk mode, if there is a virtual NIC with a vlan the link won't come up. Then trunk the other side.
These will work fine without a fabric interconnect.
We have a single node in ours. The SIOC's are configured for failover.
We've run Cisco servers for a LONG time...
These are loaded with custom BIOS's and to get to all the advanced features you need to use their tool to access it.
The way these are supposed to be managed is with something called UCS Manager. It's a central management platform where you can template out bios profiles and boot profiles and...
Seems like you need to start over with this.
On the SIOC there is a 1GbE ethernet port. Plug that into a switch that has dhcp, make sure the link comes up. Then use your browser to hit the IP assigned. If the username/password aren't default then boot the server with the kvm. When it gets...
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