Cisco UCS S3260 Service Manual

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Cisco UCS S3260 Storage Server Chassis Installation and Service Guide
Appendix E Upgrading to Cisco UCS S3260 System With S3260 M5 Server Nodes
Upgrading From S3260 With One M4 Server Node to S3260 With One M5 Server Node
Upgrading From S3260 With One M4 Server Node to S3260
With One M5 Server Node
This procedure upgrades a Cisco UCS S3260 system that is using one C3X60 M4 server node to a Cisco
UCS S3260 system that uses one S3260 M5 server node.
Note The OS and data on any NVMe SSDs in the M4 server node will be lost during the upgrade to M5 server
node. The M4 and M5 server nodes have different form factor NVMe SSDs.
Items Required For This Upgrade
Hardware
• A Cisco UCS S3260 system with one M4 server node and one SIOC. All chassis and server node
components must be running Cisco IMC 3.0(3e) firmware before you begin the upgrade.
Note Migration to S3260 with M5 server nodes is supported only with chassis part-number versions
68-5286-06 and later. The motherboard in these chassis versions supports all M5 system
components.
• New M5 server node running Cisco IMC 3.1(3x) or later firmware (the factory default).
Software
• Up to five IP addresses, either configured in your DHCP server or manually entered for static IP
addresses. See System IP Addresses, page 2-14 for more information.
• The latest Host Upgrade Utility package for Cisco IMC 3.0(3e) firmware. This is used to update the
entire Cisco S3260 system with M4 node to the prerequisite firmware.
• The Host Upgrade Utility package for Cisco IMC 3.1(3x) or later firmware. This is used to upgrade
the system to M5 server node requirements.
For instructions on downloading and using the utility, see the instructions in the guide for your
release: HUU Guides
Upgrade Considerations
Note the following considerations:
• After the upgrade, you must manually define drive zoning to map the hard drives to the individual
server node.
• After the upgrade, your boot SSDs might lose their operating system. In this case, reinstall your
operating system to the boot SSDs.
• The OS and data on any NVMe SSDs in the M4 server node will be lost during the upgrade to M5
server node. The M4 and M5 server nodes have different form factor NVMe SSDs.

Cisco UCS S3260 Specifications

General

Drive Bays	Up to 56
Maximum Storage Capacity	Up to 600 TB
Power Supply	Up to 4 hot-plug power supplies
Product Type	Storage Server Chassis
Supported Drives	SAS, SATA
Processors	Up to two Intel Xeon Scalable processors
Memory	Up to 1.5 TB DDR4 RAM
Power Supplies	Redundant 80+ Platinum power supplies
Total Drive Bays	56
Management	Cisco UCS Manager
Compatibility	Cisco UCS system
Form Factor	4U rack