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Possible to download firmware package to UCS emulator?
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9/7/12 12:29 AM
I'm using UCSPE 2.0.2q. I tried to download 3b firmware package to the emulator. It seems it was downloading, but when it hits 100%, it shows a "Download Firmware" message box, with this line:
http://192.168.220.128:80//operations/file-ucs-k9-bundle-infra.2.0.3b.A.bin/image.txt
But there's no 3b package in the Packages tab.
Anyone successfully downloaded a firmware package to the emulator? If so, how did you do it?
Thanks,
Jason
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RE: Possible to download firmware package to UCS emulator?
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9/12/12 3:59 PM as a reply to Jason Lin.
I'm using UCSPE 2.0.2q. I tried to download 3b firmware package to the emulator. It seems it was downloading, but when it hits 100%, it shows a "Download Firmware" message box, with this line:
http://192.168.220.128:80//operations/file-ucs-k9-bundle-infra.2.0.3b.A.bin/image.txt
But there's no 3b package in the Packages tab.
Anyone successfully downloaded a firmware package to the emulator? If so, how did you do it?
Thanks,
Jason

It's something that is currently not supported in UCSPE.  We are working on ways to resolve this issue in the future releases of UCSPE.
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RE: Possible to download firmware package to UCS emulator?
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6/15/13 4:37 PM as a reply to Eric Williams.
Eric Williams:
I'm using UCSPE 2.0.2q. I tried to download 3b firmware package to the emulator. It seems it was downloading, but when it hits 100%, it shows a "Download Firmware" message box, with this line:
http://192.168.220.128:80//operations/file-ucs-k9-bundle-infra.2.0.3b.A.bin/image.txt
But there's no 3b package in the Packages tab.
Anyone successfully downloaded a firmware package to the emulator? If so, how did you do it?
Thanks,
Jason

It's something that is currently not supported in UCSPE.  We are working on ways to resolve this issue in the future releases of UCSPE.



I'm wondering why this still doesn't work in 2.1(1aPE3)? In the release notes it states the following:

UCSPE presents a controlled environment for the following:
  • Emulation of large-scale environments
  • Changes in the hardware inventory (device discovery)
  • Firmware upgrade testing
  • Troubleshooting real UCS problems
I'm still getting the same error that the original poster presented.

Two questions:
1. When is this finally going to be fixed?
2. Why do the release notes state that it works when it obviously doesn't?
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6/15/13 4:38 PM as a reply to pepe popo.
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RE: Possible to download firmware package to UCS emulator?
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6/17/13 6:58 PM as a reply to pepe popo.
pepe popo:
Eric Williams:
I'm using UCSPE 2.0.2q. I tried to download 3b firmware package to the emulator. It seems it was downloading, but when it hits 100%, it shows a "Download Firmware" message box, with this line:
http://192.168.220.128:80//operations/file-ucs-k9-bundle-infra.2.0.3b.A.bin/image.txt
But there's no 3b package in the Packages tab.
Anyone successfully downloaded a firmware package to the emulator? If so, how did you do it?
Thanks,
Jason

It's something that is currently not supported in UCSPE.  We are working on ways to resolve this issue in the future releases of UCSPE.



I'm wondering why this still doesn't work in 2.1(1aPE3)? In the release notes it states the following:

UCSPE presents a controlled environment for the following:
  • Emulation of large-scale environments
  • Changes in the hardware inventory (device discovery)
  • Firmware upgrade testing
  • Troubleshooting real UCS problems
I'm still getting the same error that the original poster presented.

Two questions:
1. When is this finally going to be fixed?
2. Why do the release notes state that it works when it obviously doesn't?

Upgrading of firmware on the server side via Host Firmware packs and the like will work in the next release of UCSPE.  We are fixing bugs related to that code in UCSPE.  For upgrading firmware on the infrastructure side (UCSM, Fabric interconnects, IOM's, etc). those elements aren't fully emulated, so we can not upgrade them today, nor have any short term plans in the future to support.  The release notes will be clarified to state upgrade of server pack firmware on the blades / rackmounts is supported.  The bugs with importing firmware into UCSM will be fixed in the next release as well.
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