Question

A data center engineer is upgrading firmware on an adapter in a UCS B-Series blade using direct firmware management (not a host firmware package). After downloading the image to the fabric interconnect, the engineer performs an 'Update' on the adapter endpoint, and the operation completes successfully. However, monitoring shows the adapter is still running the previous firmware version. What must the engineer do next to make the new firmware version the running version?

Accepted Answer

Activate the firmware on the endpoint, which sets it as the startup version and requires a reboot of the endpoint to become the running version

Answer

Re-run the Update operation with the 'Force' option enabled to overwrite the running image immediately

Answer

Delete the old firmware package from the fabric interconnect bootflash so the new version loads automatically

Answer

Acknowledge the server so the fabric interconnect re-discovers the adapter and copies the running image