Release Notes for Cisco UCS Central, Release 1.5

Available Languages

Download Options

PDF (458.0 KB)
View with Adobe Reader on a variety of devices

Updated:February 28, 2017

Bias-Free Language

The documentation set for this product strives to use bias-free language. For the purposes of this documentation set, bias-free is defined as language that does not imply discrimination based on age, disability, gender, racial identity, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and intersectionality. Exceptions may be present in the documentation due to language that is hardcoded in the user interfaces of the product software, language used based on RFP documentation, or language that is used by a referenced third-party product. Learn more about how Cisco is using Inclusive Language.

Introduction

Contents
Introduction
Revision History
Guidelines for Cisco UCS Domain Management from UCS Central
System Requirements
Supported Browsers
Supported Operating Systems
Changes in Cisco UCS Central, Release 1.5
New Software Features in Release 1.5(1a)
Behavior Changes in Release 1.5
Feature Support Matrix
Upgrade Paths
Known Limitations and Behaviors
Security Fixes
Resolved Caveats for Release 1.5(1c)
Resolved Caveats in Release 1.5(1c)
Resolved Caveats for Release 1.5(1b)
Resolved Caveats in Release 1.5(1b)
Open and Resolved Caveats for Release 1.5(1a)
Open Caveats in Release 1.5(1a)
Resolved Caveats in Release 1.5(1a)
Related Documentation

First Published: July 29, 2016
Last Updated: February 28, 2017

Introduction

This document describes system requirements, new features, resolved caveats, known caveats, and open caveats with workarounds for Cisco UCS Central software Release 1.5. This document also includes information that became available after the technical documentation was published.

Make sure to review other available documentation on Cisco.com to obtain current information on Cisco UCS Central.

Revision History

Release

Date

Description

1.5(1a)

July 29, 2016

Created release notes for Cisco UCS Central Release 1.5(1a).

—

September 17, 2016

Added Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server support.

1.5(1b)

September 28, 2016

Created release notes for Cisco UCS Central, release 1.5(1b).

—

October 31, 2016

Added table for supported versions of Cisco UCS Manager.

—

January 03, 2017

Modified supported version of Cisco UCS Manager for Admin Host port for PCI placement.

—

January 17, 2017

Updated supported Cisco UCS Manager version for Maintenance Policy on next reboot.

—

January 18, 2017

Added deprecation announcement for the Statistics Management feature.

—

January 30, 2017

Added guidelines for Cisco UCS Domain Management from Cisco UCS Central.

—

February 01, 2017

Added guidelines for downloading firmware images from Cisco.com.

1.5(1c)

February 28, 2017

Created release notes for Cisco UCS Central, release 1.5(1c).

Guidelines for Cisco UCS Domain Management from UCS Central

Cisco recommends the following guidelines for managing Cisco UCS domains from Cisco UCS Central:

Cisco recommends that you always register Cisco UCS domains using Cisco UCS Central's Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN). If domains are registered with FQDN, any change in the Cisco UCS Central IP address is transparent to the domain.

Cisco UCS Central does not support changing Cisco UCS Central's IP address if a Cisco UCS domain is registered with a Cisco UCS Central IP address. For more information about Changing a Cisco UCS Central IP Address, see Cisco UCS Central Installation and Upgrade Guide.

You can migrate a Cisco UCS Central instance to support Data Center migration or disaster recovery scenarios. For more information about migrating a Cisco UCS Central instance, see the Cisco UCS Central Instance Migration section in the Cisco UCS Central Installation and Upgrade Guide.

Unregistering a registered Cisco UCS domain in a production system has serious implications. Do not unregister a Cisco UCS domain unless you choose to permanently not manage it again from Cisco UCS Central. For more information about registering and unregistering a Cisco UCS Domain from Cisco UCS Central, see the Cisco UCS Domains and Cisco UCS Central section in the Cisco UCS Central Installation and Upgrade Guide.

When you unregister any registered Cisco UCS domain from Cisco UCS Central:

You can no longer manage the service profiles, policies, and other configuration for the Cisco UCS domain from Cisco UCS Central.

All global service profiles and policies become local and continue to operate as local entities. When you re-register the domain, the service profiles, and polices remain local.

Caution

Cisco recommends that you contact Cisco Technical Support if you want to unregister any registered Cisco UCS Domain in a production system.

See Related Documentation on Cisco.com for current information on Cisco UCS Central.

System Requirements
Supported Browsers

To access the Cisco UCS Central GUI, your computer must meet or exceed the following minimum system requirements:

Windows

Internet Explorer 11 and above

Firefox 45.0.2 and above

Chrome 49 and above

Linux RHEL

Firefox 45.0.2 and above

Chrome 49 and above

MacOS

Firefox 45.0.2 and above

Chrome 49 and above

Safari 9.0.3 and above

Supported Operating Systems

The released ISO is supported by the following:

VMWare ESXi5.0 U3, ESXi5.1, ESXi5.5, and ESXi 6.0 U1b

Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2016

KVM Hypervisor on Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.5 and 7.2

The released OVA is supported by VMWare ESXi5.0 U3, ESXi5.1, ESXi5.5, and ESXi 6.0 U1b.

Changes in Cisco UCS Central, Release 1.5
New Software Features in Release 1.5(1a)

This release includes full support for the HTML5-based user interface, which is now the default user interface. The previous flash-based user interface is available at http://UCSCentral_IP/flex.html.

Note

The flash-based user interface is being deprecated, and will not be supported after Cisco UCS Central release 1.5.

Release 1.5(1a) supports the following new features in the HTML 5-based user interface:

Feature Functions

Support for 160 LDAP group maps

Allows 160 LDAP group maps to be managed from Cisco UCS Central.

vNIC/vHBA pairing

Allows you to create redundancy pairs for vNICs and vHBAs.

Traffic monitoring

Allows you to use Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) to monitor network traffic.

UUID sync

Enables syncing of UUIDs to match operating systems on M3 and above servers.

Admin host port for PCI placement

Allows you to select an admin host port for vNICs or vHBAs attached to vCONs.

Object tagging

Allows you to create tags to organize objects, run infrastructure firmware updates, and run the hardware compatibility report.

Infrastructure firmware updates with tags

Allows you to run infrastructure firmware updates outside of domain groups.

Hardware compatibility report

Allows you to check interoperability information for Cisco UCS components and configurations.

Domain registration from Cisco UCS Central.

Allows you to register domains directly from Cisco UCS Central instead of Cisco UCS Manager.

Local service profile views

Service profiles created in Cisco UCS Manager can now be viewed in Cisco UCS Central.

Enhanced error messaging

Added additional text to clarify error messages.

UI localization

Added UI support for the following languages:

Spanish

German

Italian

Japanese

Korean

Chinese (mainland China)

Tech support enhancements

Allows you to generate a tech support file for servers, chassis, FEX, and other options.

Behavior Changes in Release 1.5

Deprecation Announcements

Cisco UCS M-Series Modular Servers have been deprecated and will not be supported in Cisco UCS Central release 1.5.

The Statistics Management feature is being deprecated and will not be supported after Cisco UCS Central release 1.5.

After March 3, 2017, Cisco UCS Central version 1.4 or earlier will be unable to fetch the updated firmware image list from Cisco.com. If you are running Cisco UCS Central version 1.4 or earlier, you can manually download firmware images directly from Cisco.com and import them to Cisco UCS Central. To continue to have Cisco UCS Central fetch the available image data from Cisco.com and place the firmware image in the Image Library, Cisco recommends that you upgrade to Cisco UCS Central release 1.5 or later.

Feature Support

RDM-based shared storage for Cisco UCS Central HA configurations is no longer supported with Cisco UCS Central release 1.5.

The following features that are available in the older flash-based user interface are not supported in the HTML5 user interface at this time:

Policy Import

Threshold Policy

Statistics

Note

Any functionality introduced in Cisco UCS Central release 1.4(1a) and newer releases will be available in the HTML 5 user interface only.

Behavior Changes Based on Design

You must create the global service profile template before you can create a service profile.

vNIC and vHBA Placement is now referred to as Interface Placement.

Registration Policy is now referred to as Domain Group Qualification Policy.

ID Range Qualification Policy is now referred to as ID Range Access Control Policy.

There are no qualified IP addresses for ID Range Access Control Policy.

Only the configuration export (all-config) and backup (full-state) options are used in Cisco UCS Central. Other backup types such as config logical and config system are not supported.

Feature Support Matrix

Cisco UCS Central 1.5(1b) supports Cisco UCS Manager versions 2.1 and later, up to and including 3.1(2). The following table lists the compatible versions of Cisco UCS Central and Cisco UCS Manager.

Cisco UCS Central

Supported versions of Cisco UCS Manager

1.5

2.1, 2.2, 3.0, 3.1 up to 3.1(2)

1.4

2.1, 2.2 up to 2.2(8), 3.0, 3.1 up to 3.1(1)

1.3

2.1, 2.2 up to 2.2(6)

The following tables provides a list of specific features in Cisco UCS Central, and the Cisco UCS Manager release versions in which these features are supported:

Note

Some features are built in Cisco UCS Central to be compatible with upcoming Cisco UCS Manager releases.

Feature Support for Release 1.5

Cisco UCS Central Features

Supported Cisco UCS Central Versions

Supported Cisco UCS Manager Versions

2.1

2.2

3.0

3.1

Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server support

1.5(1a)

No

No

No

3.1(2) and later

vNIC/vHBA pairing

1.5(1a)

No

2.2(7) and later

No

3.1(2) and later

Traffic monitoring

1.5(1a)

No

2.2(7) and later

No

3.1(1) and later

UUID sync

1.5(1a)

No

2.2(7) and later

No

3.1(2) and later

Admin host port for PCI placement

1.5(1a)

No

No

No

3.1(1e) and later

Support for 160 LDAP group maps

1.5(1a)

No

2.2(8) and later

No

3.1(2) and later

Feature Support for Release 1.4

Cisco UCS Central Features

Supported Cisco UCS Central Versions

Supported Cisco UCS Manager Versions

2.1

2.2

2.5

3.0

3.1

Port Configuration

1.4(1a)

No

2.2(7) and later

No

No

3.1(1) and later

Advanced Local Storage Configuration

1.4(1a)

No

2.2(7) and later

2.5(1) and later

No

3.1(1) and later

Multiple LUNs in Boot Policy

1.4(1a)

No

2.2(7) and later

2.5(1) and later

No

3.1(1) and later

Consistent Device Naming

1.4(1a)

No

2.2(4) and later

2.5(1) and later

3.0(1) and later

3.1(1) and later

Direct-Attached Storage/FC Zoning

1.4(1a)

No

2.2(7) and later

No

No

3.1(1) and later

Advanced Host Firmware Pack

1.4(1a)

No

2.2(6) and later

No

No

3.1(1) and later

usNIC Connection Policy

1.4(1a)

No

2.2(6) and later

No

No

3.1(1) and later

VMQ Connection Policy

1.4(1a)

No

2.2(6) and later

No

No

3.1(1) and later

Equipment Policies

1.4(1a)

No

2.2(7) and later

No

No

3.1(1) and later

Maintenance Policy on Next Reboot

1.4(1a)

No

No

No

No

3.1(1) and later

Feature Support for Release 1.3 and earlier

Cisco UCS Central Features

Supported Cisco UCS Central Versions

Supported Cisco UCS Manager Versions

2.1

2.2

2.5

3.0

3.1

Multi-version management support and viewing supported Cisco UCS Manager features

1.1(2a)

No

2.2(1b) and later

2.5(1a) and later

3.0(1c) and later

3.1(1a) and later

Importing policy/policy component and resources

No

2.2(1b) and later

2.5(1a) and later

3.0(1c) and later

3.1(1a) and later

Specifying remote location for backup image files

No

2.2(2b) and later

2.5(1a) and later

3.0(1c) and later

3.1(1a) and later

3rd party certificate

No

2.2(2c) and later

2.5(1a) and later

3.0(1c) and later

3.1(1a) and later

IPv6 inband management support

No

2.2(2c) and later

2.5(1a) and later

3.0(1c) and later

3.1(1a) and later

Estimate Impact on Reconnect

1.2(1a)

No

2.2(3a) and later

2.5(1a) and later

3.0(1c) and later

3.1(1a) and later

Precision Boot Order Control

No

2.2(1b) and later

2.5(1a) and later

3.0(1c) and later

3.1(1a) and later

Scriptable vMedia

1.2(1e) and later

No

2.2(2c) and later

2.5(1a) and later

3.0(2c) and later

3.1(1a) and later

Note

Searching for policy/policy components or resources is supported in Cisco UCS Manager, releases 2.1(2x) and 2.1(3x). To import policies, you must have Cisco UCS Manager, releases 2.2(1b) or higher.

For precision boot order control, the blade server must have CIMC version 2.2(1b) or above.

Upgrade Paths

You can upgrade Cisco UCS Central to release 1.5(1a) from any of the following releases:

From 1.3 to 1.5(1a)

From 1.4 to 1.5(1a)

Note

For information about how to upgrade to previous releases of Cisco UCS Central, see the installation and upgrade guide for that release.
Known Limitations and Behaviors
The following known limitations and behaviors are not otherwise documented:
Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround
CSCus21388

In a cluster set up, when the RDM shared storage link goes down on the primary node, DMEs cannot write to the database. This causes a crash on the primary node and failover to the subordinate node. The subordinate node takes over as the primary node. The database is then mounted in read-write mode on the new primary node. Because the RDM link is down, umount fails on the old primary node. When the RDM link comes up, the database is mounted on the old primary (current subordinate) node in read-only mode.

Restart pmon services on the current subordinate node or restart the node itself. Either of these processes will unmount the read-only partition and enable proper cleanup.
CSCuy37428

CSCuv32055

When registering a Cisco UCS domain immediately after installation, you may see one of the following issues:

After installing Cisco UCS Central on RHEL 7.2 KVM, domain registration fails.

After installing Cisco UCS Central on VMware using the ISO image, domain registration may fail due to a time sync issue between Cisco UCS Manager and Cisco UCS Central.
If this issue occurs, regenerate the certificate manually from the CLI in Cisco UCS Central using the following commands:
# connect policy-mgr
# scope org
# scope device-profile
# scope security
# scope keyring default
# set regenerate yes
# commit-buffer
—

When using the Cisco UCS Central HTML5 GUI, you may experience display issues such as missing icons or unclear fonts.

Clear your browser cache and restart the Cisco UCS Central HTML5 GUI.

CSCux75985

CSCuy07572

Excluding components from the host firmware package policy is supported in Cisco UCS Manager release 2.2.7 and above. When excluding components, you should be aware of the following:

The global-default host firmware package policy includes all components, but if you create a new custom host firmware package policy, the local disk component is automatically excluded.

Host firmware package policies created in Cisco UCS Central 1.3 or previous do not support excluding components. These policies are not changed when you upgrade to Cisco UCS Central release 1.5.

If you create your own custom host firmware package policy with excluded components, including the local disk component that is excluded by default, you cannot include that host firmware package policy in a service profile associated with a server running a Cisco UCS Manager version prior to 2.2.7. If you do, you will see the following error during service profile association:
ucs domain does not have the matching server capabilities for this service-profile

If you have issues with your custom host firmware package policies that include excluded components, you can either remove all excluded components in the host firmware package policy, or upgrade your version of Cisco UCS Manager to release 2.2.7 or above.
Security Fixes

The following security fixes are resolved:

Release

Defect ID

CVE ID

Symptom

1.5(1a)

CSCuy54500

CVE-2016-0800, CVE-2016-0705, CVE-2016-0798, CVE-2016-0797, CVE-2016-0799, CVE-2016-0702, CVE-2016-0703, CVE-2016-0704

A vulnerability in OpenSSL and the TLS protocol has been addressed.

CSCuz52405

CVE-2016-2108, CVE-2016-2107, CVE-2016-2105, CVE-2016-2106, CVE-2016-2109, CVE-2016-2176

A vulnerability in OpenSSL has been addressed.

CSCuz92669

CVE-2016-4957, CVE-2016-4953, CVE-2016-4954, CVE-2016-4955, CVE-2016-4956

A vulnerability in NTPd has been addressed.

Resolved Caveats for Release 1.5(1c)
Resolved Caveats in Release 1.5(1c)

The following caveats are resolved in Release 1.5(1c):

Defect ID

Symptom

CSCvc34642

Cisco UCS Central now displays the availability status of Cisco S3260 chassis, and displays only the available chassis during manual association to a chassis profile.

CSCva04178

A service profile in Cisco UCS Central no longer displays a different association status as that in Cisco UCS Manager.

CSCvc34656

Certain remote operations on the LUNs, such as bringing a LUN online, no longer fail when initiated from Cisco UCS Central when global service profiles are configured using a storage profile.

CSCvb59957

Cisco UCS Central HTML UI dashboard now displays Faults, Events, and Audit logs. These were not displayed in Cisco UCS Central releases 1.5(1a) and 1.5(1b) because of incorrect file permissions.

Resolved Caveats for Release 1.5(1b)
Resolved Caveats in Release 1.5(1b)

The following caveats are resolved in Release 1.5(1b):

Defect ID

Symptom

CSCuz25412

Legacy licensing expired faults no longer show up after enabling Smart Licensing.

CSCuz81757

Service profile association no longer fails with the FSM config error identpoolDomain already attached.

CSCva67779

Undeployed LUN becomes Online causing GSP config failure.

CSCva74219

In the Global BIOS Policy, Power Management and Energy Performance property values can now be set to Performance.

CSCva74326

Cisco UCS Central 1.5 HTML GUI accepts bind password when the password contains special characters such as + - ; | / \ ~ `

CSCva76835

Cisco UCS Central 1.5 HTML GUI is responsive after httpd gets restarted.

CSCva78188

Domain registration and hardware compatibility tables now refresh status automatically.

CSCva78997

Cisco UCS Central 1.5 HTML GUI setup with FQDN name is now accessible when the mgmt IP of the network interface on Cisco UCS Central is changed.

CSCva89609

When user-ack is triggered for the Chassis Profile changes in the Cisco UCS Central 1.5 HTML GUI, global 'pending activities' does not refresh after acknowledgment.

CSCva90596

HFP Policy with some excluded components does not resolve in 3.1(1) Cisco UCS Manager, when storage bridge device and sas expander regular firmware options are selected.

CSCva93540

vMedia policy with filename generated by SPName option is now resolved.

CSCva95505

Cisco UCS Central GUI now supports the use of special character (") in the password for a LDAP user or a local user.

CSCvb05938

Cisco UCS Central certificate now maintains the name fields organization name (O) and (OU) uniformly from both the GUI and CLI.

CSCvb17347

Core dme no longer crashes due to SNMP query.

CSCvb19428

Cisco UCS Central does not lock user account during external authentication like LDAP.

Open and Resolved Caveats for Release 1.5(1a)
Open Caveats in Release 1.5(1a)
The following caveats are open in Release 1.5(1a):
Defect ID

Symptom

Workaround
CSCuz88613

In HA mode, the VIP fails to come up and the DB fails to load after admin failover is triggered and the primary node reboots immediately.

Restart pmon on the primary node.

CSCva56392

If you register a Cisco UCS immediately after installing Cisco UCS Central, then take a full state backup and restore the backup on a new VM, you may experience core dumps.

Contact Cisco TAC.

To avoid this issue, after you install Cisco UCS Central, wait at least 5 minutes before registering a domain. At that point, you can take a full state backup.
CSCux06188

After decommissioning a server, the server slot number cannot be recognized.
Acknowledge the slot using the CLI. For example:
UCSC# connect resource-mgr
ucsc(resource-mgr) # scope domain-mgmt 
ucsc(resource-mgr) /domain-mgmt # scope ucs-domain 1008
ucsc(resource-mgr) /domain-mgmt/ucs-domain # acknowledge slot 1/8
ucsc(resource-mgr) /domain-mgmt/ucs-domain* # commit-buffer
ucsc(resource-mgr) /domain-mgmt/ucs-domain #
CSCuz65590

If you change a WWXN pool to a static ID on an associated global service profile, Cisco UCS Manager will assign IDs to the vHBAs that are different from the IDs in Cisco UCS Central.

Assign new IDs to the vHBAs in Cisco UCS Central.

CSCuz67168

If you change a static IP in a service profile to pool, the global service profile may get a different IP.

Either leave the IP set to static ID, or use a pool with a static ID inside it.
Resolved Caveats in Release 1.5(1a)

The following caveats are resolved in Release 1.5(1a):

Defect ID

Symptom

CSCva11498

Cisco UCS Central messages file no longer grows extremely large.

CSCva42074

Cisco UCS Central in an HA pair no longer fails to receive the inventory update from the domain if a failover happens during upgrade.

CSCuy09692

Remote backups using FTP/TFTP no longer use an incorrect transfer mode.

CSCuy30580

Launching Cisco UCS Manager from Cisco UCS Central no longer fails when the certificate is installed using FQDN.

CSCuz22744

Cisco UCS Central no longer fails to check for duplicate VSAN IDs before deploying a global service profile.

CSCuz50941

Entering a SAN boot target no longer fails with certain WWNs or WWN blocks.

CSCuz72748

Renaming service profiles when config FSM is running no longer generates new IDs.

CSCuz74516

Service profiles no longer fail to associate with Cisco UCS Mini.

CSCva08192

Smart licensing no longer temporarily reverts to showing traditional licensing in the GUI.

CSCva08213

Smart Licensing no longer displays the incorrect time.

CSCva17240

Upgrading Cisco UCS Central with Smart Call Home enabled no longer causes a core dump.

CSCva24775

Adding a FC adapter policy to a vHBA no longer fails when it is created using a template.

CSCva40791

Using the estimate impact tool when creating a new organization no longer causes a core dump.

CSCva45134

Scheduled backups no longer after upgrading a Cisco UCS domain if the IP address is changed before the upgrade.

CSCuz09943

The backup/restore widget no longer fails to display the correct information.

CSCva05601

When you use the domain qualification policy to add IP IDs to a service profile, the IDs are now released back to the IP pool when the service profile is disassociated.

CSCup18781

Global service profile template names are now pushed to global service profiles on a Cisco UCS domain.

CSCva37187

Firmware image catalogs no longer fail to download when using an authenticated proxy.

Related Documentation

In addition to these release notes, you can find documentation for Cisco UCS Central in the following locations on Cisco.com:

Cisco UCS Documentation Roadmap

Cisco UCS Central Install and Upgrade Guides

Cisco UCS Central Configuration Guides

Cisco UCS Central Videos

Cisco UCS Central CLI Reference Manual

Cisco UCS Central Best Practices and Operations
Copyright © 2016, Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.

Release	Date	Description
1.5(1a)	July 29, 2016	Created release notes for Cisco UCS Central Release 1.5(1a).
—	September 17, 2016	Added Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server support.
1.5(1b)	September 28, 2016	Created release notes for Cisco UCS Central, release 1.5(1b).
—	October 31, 2016	Added table for supported versions of Cisco UCS Manager.
—	January 03, 2017	Modified supported version of Cisco UCS Manager for Admin Host port for PCI placement.
—	January 17, 2017	Updated supported Cisco UCS Manager version for Maintenance Policy on next reboot.
—	January 18, 2017	Added deprecation announcement for the Statistics Management feature.
—	January 30, 2017	Added guidelines for Cisco UCS Domain Management from Cisco UCS Central.
—	February 01, 2017	Added guidelines for downloading firmware images from Cisco.com.
1.5(1c)	February 28, 2017	Created release notes for Cisco UCS Central, release 1.5(1c).

Feature	Functions
Support for 160 LDAP group maps	Allows 160 LDAP group maps to be managed from Cisco UCS Central.
vNIC/vHBA pairing	Allows you to create redundancy pairs for vNICs and vHBAs.
Traffic monitoring	Allows you to use Switched Port Analyzer (SPAN) to monitor network traffic.
UUID sync	Enables syncing of UUIDs to match operating systems on M3 and above servers.
Admin host port for PCI placement	Allows you to select an admin host port for vNICs or vHBAs attached to vCONs.
Object tagging	Allows you to create tags to organize objects, run infrastructure firmware updates, and run the hardware compatibility report.
Infrastructure firmware updates with tags	Allows you to run infrastructure firmware updates outside of domain groups.
Hardware compatibility report	Allows you to check interoperability information for Cisco UCS components and configurations.
Domain registration from Cisco UCS Central.	Allows you to register domains directly from Cisco UCS Central instead of Cisco UCS Manager.
Local service profile views	Service profiles created in Cisco UCS Manager can now be viewed in Cisco UCS Central.
Enhanced error messaging	Added additional text to clarify error messages.
UI localization	Added UI support for the following languages: Spanish German Italian Japanese Korean Chinese (mainland China)
Tech support enhancements	Allows you to generate a tech support file for servers, chassis, FEX, and other options.

Cisco UCS Central	Supported versions of Cisco UCS Manager
1.5	2.1, 2.2, 3.0, 3.1 up to 3.1(2)
1.4	2.1, 2.2 up to 2.2(8), 3.0, 3.1 up to 3.1(1)
1.3	2.1, 2.2 up to 2.2(6)

Cisco UCS Central Features	Supported Cisco UCS Central Versions	Supported Cisco UCS Manager Versions
Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server support	1.5(1a)	No	No	No	3.1(2) and later
vNIC/vHBA pairing	1.5(1a)	No	2.2(7) and later	No	3.1(2) and later
Traffic monitoring	1.5(1a)	No	2.2(7) and later	No	3.1(1) and later
UUID sync	1.5(1a)	No	2.2(7) and later	No	3.1(2) and later
Admin host port for PCI placement	1.5(1a)	No	No	No	3.1(1e) and later
Support for 160 LDAP group maps	1.5(1a)	No	2.2(8) and later	No	3.1(2) and later

Cisco UCS Central Features	Supported Cisco UCS Central Versions	Supported Cisco UCS Manager Versions
Port Configuration	1.4(1a)	No	2.2(7) and later	No	No	3.1(1) and later
Advanced Local Storage Configuration	1.4(1a)	No	2.2(7) and later	2.5(1) and later	No	3.1(1) and later
Multiple LUNs in Boot Policy	1.4(1a)	No	2.2(7) and later	2.5(1) and later	No	3.1(1) and later
Consistent Device Naming	1.4(1a)	No	2.2(4) and later	2.5(1) and later	3.0(1) and later	3.1(1) and later
Direct-Attached Storage/FC Zoning	1.4(1a)	No	2.2(7) and later	No	No	3.1(1) and later
Advanced Host Firmware Pack	1.4(1a)	No	2.2(6) and later	No	No	3.1(1) and later
usNIC Connection Policy	1.4(1a)	No	2.2(6) and later	No	No	3.1(1) and later
VMQ Connection Policy	1.4(1a)	No	2.2(6) and later	No	No	3.1(1) and later
Equipment Policies	1.4(1a)	No	2.2(7) and later	No	No	3.1(1) and later
Maintenance Policy on Next Reboot	1.4(1a)	No	No	No	No	3.1(1) and later

Cisco UCS Central Features	Supported Cisco UCS Central Versions	Supported Cisco UCS Manager Versions
Multi-version management support and viewing supported Cisco UCS Manager features	1.1(2a)	No	2.2(1b) and later	2.5(1a) and later	3.0(1c) and later	3.1(1a) and later
Importing policy/policy component and resources	No	2.2(1b) and later	2.5(1a) and later	3.0(1c) and later	3.1(1a) and later
Specifying remote location for backup image files	No	2.2(2b) and later	2.5(1a) and later	3.0(1c) and later	3.1(1a) and later
3rd party certificate	No	2.2(2c) and later	2.5(1a) and later	3.0(1c) and later	3.1(1a) and later
IPv6 inband management support	No	2.2(2c) and later	2.5(1a) and later	3.0(1c) and later	3.1(1a) and later
Estimate Impact on Reconnect	1.2(1a)	No	2.2(3a) and later	2.5(1a) and later	3.0(1c) and later	3.1(1a) and later
Precision Boot Order Control	No	2.2(1b) and later	2.5(1a) and later	3.0(1c) and later	3.1(1a) and later
Scriptable vMedia	1.2(1e) and later	No	2.2(2c) and later	2.5(1a) and later	3.0(2c) and later	3.1(1a) and later

Defect ID	Symptom	Workaround
CSCus21388	In a cluster set up, when the RDM shared storage link goes down on the primary node, DMEs cannot write to the database. This causes a crash on the primary node and failover to the subordinate node. The subordinate node takes over as the primary node. The database is then mounted in read-write mode on the new primary node. Because the RDM link is down, umount fails on the old primary node. When the RDM link comes up, the database is mounted on the old primary (current subordinate) node in read-only mode.	Restart pmon services on the current subordinate node or restart the node itself. Either of these processes will unmount the read-only partition and enable proper cleanup.
CSCuy37428 CSCuv32055	When registering a Cisco UCS domain immediately after installation, you may see one of the following issues: After installing Cisco UCS Central on RHEL 7.2 KVM, domain registration fails. After installing Cisco UCS Central on VMware using the ISO image, domain registration may fail due to a time sync issue between Cisco UCS Manager and Cisco UCS Central.	If this issue occurs, regenerate the certificate manually from the CLI in Cisco UCS Central using the following commands: # connect policy-mgr # scope org # scope device-profile # scope security # scope keyring default # set regenerate yes # commit-buffer
—	When using the Cisco UCS Central HTML5 GUI, you may experience display issues such as missing icons or unclear fonts.	Clear your browser cache and restart the Cisco UCS Central HTML5 GUI.
CSCux75985 CSCuy07572	Excluding components from the host firmware package policy is supported in Cisco UCS Manager release 2.2.7 and above. When excluding components, you should be aware of the following: The global-default host firmware package policy includes all components, but if you create a new custom host firmware package policy, the local disk component is automatically excluded. Host firmware package policies created in Cisco UCS Central 1.3 or previous do not support excluding components. These policies are not changed when you upgrade to Cisco UCS Central release 1.5. If you create your own custom host firmware package policy with excluded components, including the local disk component that is excluded by default, you cannot include that host firmware package policy in a service profile associated with a server running a Cisco UCS Manager version prior to 2.2.7. If you do, you will see the following error during service profile association: `ucs domain does not have the matching server capabilities for this service-profile`	If you have issues with your custom host firmware package policies that include excluded components, you can either remove all excluded components in the host firmware package policy, or upgrade your version of Cisco UCS Manager to release 2.2.7 or above.

Release	Defect ID	CVE ID	Symptom
1.5(1a)	CSCuy54500	CVE-2016-0800, CVE-2016-0705, CVE-2016-0798, CVE-2016-0797, CVE-2016-0799, CVE-2016-0702, CVE-2016-0703, CVE-2016-0704	A vulnerability in OpenSSL and the TLS protocol has been addressed.
CSCuz52405	CVE-2016-2108, CVE-2016-2107, CVE-2016-2105, CVE-2016-2106, CVE-2016-2109, CVE-2016-2176	A vulnerability in OpenSSL has been addressed.
CSCuz92669	CVE-2016-4957, CVE-2016-4953, CVE-2016-4954, CVE-2016-4955, CVE-2016-4956	A vulnerability in NTPd has been addressed.

Defect ID	Symptom
CSCvc34642	Cisco UCS Central now displays the availability status of Cisco S3260 chassis, and displays only the available chassis during manual association to a chassis profile.
CSCva04178	A service profile in Cisco UCS Central no longer displays a different association status as that in Cisco UCS Manager.
CSCvc34656	Certain remote operations on the LUNs, such as bringing a LUN online, no longer fail when initiated from Cisco UCS Central when global service profiles are configured using a storage profile.
CSCvb59957	Cisco UCS Central HTML UI dashboard now displays Faults, Events, and Audit logs. These were not displayed in Cisco UCS Central releases 1.5(1a) and 1.5(1b) because of incorrect file permissions.

Defect ID	Symptom
CSCuz25412	Legacy licensing expired faults no longer show up after enabling Smart Licensing.
CSCuz81757	Service profile association no longer fails with the FSM config error `identpoolDomain already attached`.
CSCva67779	Undeployed LUN becomes Online causing GSP config failure.
CSCva74219	In the Global BIOS Policy, Power Management and Energy Performance property values can now be set to `Performance`.
CSCva74326	Cisco UCS Central 1.5 HTML GUI accepts bind password when the password contains special characters such as + - ; \| / \ ~ `
CSCva76835	Cisco UCS Central 1.5 HTML GUI is responsive after httpd gets restarted.
CSCva78188	Domain registration and hardware compatibility tables now refresh status automatically.
CSCva78997	Cisco UCS Central 1.5 HTML GUI setup with FQDN name is now accessible when the `mgmt IP` of the network interface on Cisco UCS Central is changed.
CSCva89609	When user-ack is triggered for the Chassis Profile changes in the Cisco UCS Central 1.5 HTML GUI, global 'pending activities' does not refresh after acknowledgment.
CSCva90596	HFP Policy with some excluded components does not resolve in 3.1(1) Cisco UCS Manager, when `storage bridge device` and `sas expander regular firmware` options are selected.
CSCva93540	vMedia policy with filename generated by SPName option is now resolved.
CSCva95505	Cisco UCS Central GUI now supports the use of special character (") in the password for a LDAP user or a local user.
CSCvb05938	Cisco UCS Central certificate now maintains the name fields organization name (O) and (OU) uniformly from both the GUI and CLI.
CSCvb17347	Core dme no longer crashes due to SNMP query.
CSCvb19428	Cisco UCS Central does not lock user account during external authentication like LDAP.

Defect ID	Symptom	Workaround
CSCuz88613	In HA mode, the VIP fails to come up and the DB fails to load after admin failover is triggered and the primary node reboots immediately.	Restart pmon on the primary node.
CSCva56392	If you register a Cisco UCS immediately after installing Cisco UCS Central, then take a full state backup and restore the backup on a new VM, you may experience core dumps.	Contact Cisco TAC. To avoid this issue, after you install Cisco UCS Central, wait at least 5 minutes before registering a domain. At that point, you can take a full state backup.
CSCux06188	After decommissioning a server, the server slot number cannot be recognized.	Acknowledge the slot using the CLI. For example: UCSC# connect resource-mgr ucsc(resource-mgr) # scope domain-mgmt ucsc(resource-mgr) /domain-mgmt # scope ucs-domain 1008 ucsc(resource-mgr) /domain-mgmt/ucs-domain # acknowledge slot 1/8 ucsc(resource-mgr) /domain-mgmt/ucs-domain* # commit-buffer ucsc(resource-mgr) /domain-mgmt/ucs-domain #
CSCuz65590	If you change a WWXN pool to a static ID on an associated global service profile, Cisco UCS Manager will assign IDs to the vHBAs that are different from the IDs in Cisco UCS Central.	Assign new IDs to the vHBAs in Cisco UCS Central.
CSCuz67168	If you change a static IP in a service profile to pool, the global service profile may get a different IP.	Either leave the IP set to static ID, or use a pool with a static ID inside it.

Defect ID	Symptom
CSCva11498	Cisco UCS Central messages file no longer grows extremely large.
CSCva42074	Cisco UCS Central in an HA pair no longer fails to receive the inventory update from the domain if a failover happens during upgrade.
CSCuy09692	Remote backups using FTP/TFTP no longer use an incorrect transfer mode.
CSCuy30580	Launching Cisco UCS Manager from Cisco UCS Central no longer fails when the certificate is installed using FQDN.
CSCuz22744	Cisco UCS Central no longer fails to check for duplicate VSAN IDs before deploying a global service profile.
CSCuz50941	Entering a SAN boot target no longer fails with certain WWNs or WWN blocks.
CSCuz72748	Renaming service profiles when config FSM is running no longer generates new IDs.
CSCuz74516	Service profiles no longer fail to associate with Cisco UCS Mini.
CSCva08192	Smart licensing no longer temporarily reverts to showing traditional licensing in the GUI.
CSCva08213	Smart Licensing no longer displays the incorrect time.
CSCva17240	Upgrading Cisco UCS Central with Smart Call Home enabled no longer causes a core dump.
CSCva24775	Adding a FC adapter policy to a vHBA no longer fails when it is created using a template.
CSCva40791	Using the estimate impact tool when creating a new organization no longer causes a core dump.
CSCva45134	Scheduled backups no longer after upgrading a Cisco UCS domain if the IP address is changed before the upgrade.
CSCuz09943	The backup/restore widget no longer fails to display the correct information.
CSCva05601	When you use the domain qualification policy to add IP IDs to a service profile, the IDs are now released back to the IP pool when the service profile is disassociated.
CSCup18781	Global service profile template names are now pushed to global service profiles on a Cisco UCS domain.
CSCva37187	Firmware image catalogs no longer fail to download when using an authenticated proxy.

Was this Document Helpful?

Feedback

Contact Cisco

Open a Support Case
(Requires a Cisco Service Contract)

This Document Applies to These Products

UCS Central Software