Wednesday, June 4, 2014

How to update the UCS’s Capability Catalog to enable new server components to be displayed correctly

What is Capability Catalog

From UCS Release Note "Cisco UCS Manager uses the catalog to update the display and configurability of server components such as newly qualified DIMMs and disk drives. The Cisco UCS Manager Capability Catalog is a single image, but it is also embedded in Cisco UCS Manager. Cisco UCS Manager 2.1(x) releases work with any 2.1(x) catalog file, but not the 1.x or 2.0 catalog versions. If a server component is not dependent on a specific BIOS version, using it and having it recognized by Cisco UCS Manager is primarily a function of the catalog version. The catalog is released as a single image in some cases for convenience purposes in addition to being bundled with Cisco UCS infrastructure releases"

1. Go to UCS Manager Release Notes page to locate the corresponding “Capability Catalog” update content.  http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/servers-unified-computing/ucs-manager/products-release-notes-list.html
2. Click on “Capability Catalog” on the UCSM 2.0 Release Notes
 3. Download the "Capability Catalog”
 4. Locate “Capability Catalog” tab under Admin in UCSM and Click “+” to start uploading the new Catalog file just downloaded


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 5. Wait it process to complete the update, it will activate automatically.