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Cisco Cisco Nexus 1100 Cloud Services Platform Installation Guide

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Cisco Nexus 1010 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide, Release 4.2(1) SP1(3)
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Guidelines and Limitations
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Use N1010 CIMC GUI to update the CIMC, and BIOS firmware individually using the manual 
procedure. For more information, see the 
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Guidelines and Limitations
Use the following guidelines and limitations when reinstalling or upgrading software:
Caution
When you reinstall the software, all previous configuration is overwritten and lost. 
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The only way to upgrade the software is by using the install nexus1010 command
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Boot variables must be set by the system when you use the install command. Never attempt to set 
the boot variables manually.
CIMC And BIOS Information
Use the following guidelines for installing the latest software version of CIMC and for updating the 
CIMC and BIOS firmware. 
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You must have CIMC software version 1.2.1(b) or higher installed. The latest CIMC software is 
available in the 
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Use the 
 to verify you have this CIMC 
version installed. For more information, see the 
Servers document
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The upgrade or install fails if an earlier version of CIMC is installed.
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Use N1010 CIMC GUI to update the CIMC, and BIOS firmware individually using the manual 
procedure. 
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Upgrade to the latest CIMC version using the following manual procedure: 
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Upgrade the BIOS firmware using the following manual procedure:
Verifying the CIMC Software Version
Use this procedure to verify that you have CIMC software Version 1.2.1(b) or higher installed on your 
Cisco Nexus 1010 or Cisco Nexus 1010-X . 
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Before beginning this procedure, you must know or do the following:
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You must have CIMC software Version 1.2.1(b) or higher installed. 
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If CIMC software Version 1.2.1(b) or higher is installed, you will see the product ID N1K-C1010 
on Cisco Nexus 1010 or the product ID N1K-C1010-X on Cisco Nexus 1010-X in the output of the 
show hardware command. This procedure includes steps for this verification.