Downloading and Installing Cisco UCS VIC Drivers This chapter contains the following sections:. Downloading Cisco UCS VIC Drivers Obtaining the ISO Image Bundle This procedure describes how to download the UCS Drivers ISO bundle, which contains most of the Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card drivers. In some cases, a driver might be in a different bundle, which is noted in the installation procedure for that driver.
Procedure Step 1 In a web browser, navigate to. Step 2 Under Support, click All Downloads. Step 3 In the product selector, click Products, then click Servers - Unified Computing.
Step 4 If prompted, enter your Cisco.com username and password to log in. You must be signed in to download Unified Computing System (UCS) drivers. Step 5 Choose your server. Cisco UCS drivers are available for Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Server Software, Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount UCS-Managed Server Software, and Cisco UCS M-Series Modular Server Software. Step 6 Click Unified Computing System (UCS) Drivers. Step 7 Click the Release Notes link to view the latest version of the Release Notes. Step 8 For each driver ISO that you want to download, do the following:.
Click the link for the release that you want to download. The latest release version is selected by default. Choose your download method and follow the prompts to complete your driver download. Download Downloads the software immediately. Add to Cart Adds the software driver ISO to your cart to download at a later time.
What to Do Next Read the Release Notes before installing the Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card drivers. Installing Cisco UCS VIC Drivers Installation Methods Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card drivers for Windows be can installed in the following ways:.
During a new Windows OS installation. After OS installation using the Device Manager. Administrative privileges are required to install and update Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card drivers. Note To avoid a system crash, you must first upgrade the infrastructure firmware, which includes the UCS Manager, the Fabric Interconnects, and the chassis I/O Modules. For information on the proper sequence to installing the drivers, see. Installing Windows Drivers During OS Install (Windows 2012 and 2012 R2) If you are installing Windows on a LUN, you must install Cisco VIC drivers for Windows during the OS installation. If you do not provide the drivers during the OS installation, the system is not able to detect the LUN.
Except in Cisco UCS M-Series, if installing Windows on the local hard disk, it is not required to install the drivers during the OS installation. You can install the drivers after completing the OS installation. In Cisco UCS M-Series, to install Windows on the local hard disk, you must install the VIC drivers during OS installation. Caution The driver installation file modifies certain registry entries, such as the disk timeout value of the system disk driver.
Removing the driver does not restore these values. Ensure that you adhere to the following best practice for installing the Windows drivers during the OS installation of Windows 2012 and 2012 R2. You must upgrade the infrastructure in the following order before upgrading the drivers. Upgrade the infrastructure firmware which includes the UCS Manager, the Fabric Interconnects, and the chassis I/O Modules. Upgrade the server and adapter firmware. Upgrade the OS VIC drivers.
Caution Failure to adhere to the proper upgrade sequence can cause the server to crash. Procedure Step 1 Start the Windows installation using the installation DVD or virtual media. Step 2 On the Where do you want to install Windows screen, click Load Driver. Step 3 Browse to the driver and click OK.The driver appears in the Select the drive to be installed window.
Step 4 Confirm that the correct driver is displayed on the Select the drive to be installed screen and click Next. Step 5 Continue with your Windows installation on the LUN or select the LUN on the Where do you want to install Windows? Installing Windows Drivers During OS Install (Windows 2008 SP2 and R2) If you are installing Windows on a SAN LUN, you must install Cisco VIC drivers for Windows during the OS installation. If you do not provide the drivers during OS installation, the system cannot detect the SAN LUN. If you are installing Windows on the local hard disk, it is not required to install the drivers during the OS installation. You can install the drivers after completing the OS installation.
Caution The driver installation file modifies certain registry entries, such as the disk timeout value of the system disk driver. Removing the driver does not restore these values. Ensure that you adhere to the following best practice for installing the Windows drivers during the OS installation of Windows 2008 and 2008 R2. You must upgrade the infrastructure in the following order before upgrading the drivers.
Upgrade the infrastructure firmware which includes the UCS Manager, the Fabric Interconnects, and the chassis I/O Modules. Upgrade the server and adapter firmware. Upgrade the OS VIC drivers. When upgrading eNIC and fNIC drivers, Windows 2008 crashes if the following hotfixes are not installed sequentially:. KB2990941.
KB2511962. KB2754704 Note Do not reboot until all three hotfixes are installed. If these hotfixes are not installed, the device drivers are not correctly registered as critical devices, and cause a crash when they are being upgraded. Procedure Step 1 Start the Windows installation using the installation DVD or virtual media. Step 2 On the Where do you want to install Windows screen, click Load Driver. Step 3 Browse to the driver and click OK.The driver appears in the Select the drive to be installed window.
Step 4 Confirm that the correct driver is displayed on the Select the drive to be installed screen and click Next. Step 5 Continue with your Windows installation on the SAN LUN or select SAN LUN on the Where do you want to install Windows? Installing Windows Drivers After OS Installation (Windows 2008-R2) Caution The driver installation file modifies certain registry entries, such as the disk timeout value of the system disk driver. Removing the driver does not restore these values. Note Follow the same steps for Windows 2012 and Windows 2012 R2. Procedure Step 1 Windows detects the newly installed Fibre Channel or Ethernet device and displays a Device driver software was not successfully installed message. Step 2 Right-click the Ethernet or Fibre Channel device and choose Update driver software.
Step 3 Click Browse my computer for driver software. Step 4 Click Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer. Step 5 On the Select your drivers type from the list below window, leave Show All Devices selected and click Next. Step 6 On the Select the device driver you want to install for this hardware window, click Have Disk. Step 7 On the Install from Disk window, Browse for the driver and click OK. Step 8 Click Next on the Select the device driver you want to install for this hardware screen.
Step 9 Click Close to exit the wizard. Step 10 If Windows displays the following message following SAN boot, click Yes to restart the computer immediately. System Settings Change. Windows has finished installing a new device. The software that supports your device requires that you restart your computer. You must restart your computer before the new settings will take effect.
Do you want to restart your computer now? Installing Windows Drivers After OS Installation (Windows 2008 SP2) Caution The driver installation file modifies certain registry entries, such as the disk timeout value of the system disk driver. Removing the driver does not restore these values. Procedure Step 1 When Windows detects the newly installed Fibre Channel or Ethernet device and displays the Found New Hardware wizard, click Locate and install driver software (recommended). Step 2 When asked to insert the disk, click I don't have the disc.
Show me other options. Step 3 Click Browse my computer for driver software (advanced). Step 4 Browse for the drivers and click Next. Step 5 On the Would you like to install this device software? Window, click Install. Step 6 Click Close twice to complete the driver software installation. Step 7 If Windows displays the following message following SAN boot, click Yes to restart the computer immediately.
System Settings Change. Windows has finished installing a new device.
The software that supports your device requires that you restart your computer. You must restart your computer before the new settings will take effect. Do you want to restart your computer now?
Updating Existing Windows Drivers (Windows 2012 and 2012 R2) Caution The driver installation file modifies certain registry entries, such as the disk timeout value of the system disk driver. Removing the driver does not restore these values. Follow the steps in this section to update existing Windows drivers. You can alternately upgrade the drivers using the Cisco VIO installer. Download the respective driver ISO for the required release, and use the MSI installer from that file location. For example, here are the paths to the specific releases:.
Windows/Installers/Cisco/MLOM/W2K12/x64/. Windows/Installers/Cisco/MLOM/W2K12R2/x64/ Use the Cisco VIO installer to install and upgrade the VIC drivers across different versions and editions of Windows 2012 and 2012 R2. Refer to the readme file for additional information on the Cisco VIO installer.
Ensure that you adhere to the following best practice for installing the Windows drivers during the OS installation of Windows 2012 and 2012 R2. Note You must upgrade the infrastructure in the following order before upgrading the drivers. Upgrade the infrastructure firmware which includes the UCS Manager, the Fabric Interconnects, and the chassis I/O Modules. Upgrade the server and adapter firmware.
Upgrade the OS VIC drivers. Caution Failure to adhere to the proper upgrade sequence can cause the server to crash. Procedure Step 1 Start the Device Manager.
Right-click My Computer. choose Manage. choose Device Manager. Step 2 Expand the adapter.
For the eNIC driver, expand Network Adapters. For the fNIC driver, expand Storage Controllers. Step 3 In the Devices list, right-click the adapter and choose Update Driver Software.
The Update Driver Software window opens. Step 4 In the How do you want to search for driver software? Area, choose Browse my computer for driver software. Step 5 Choose your adapter and click Next. Step 6 In the Install from Disk window, browse to the driver file and click OK.
Step 7 Click OK in the restart pop up to reboot the server. Updating Existing Windows Drivers (Windows 2008 SP2 and R2) Caution The driver installation file modifies certain registry entries, such as the disk timeout value of the system disk driver. Removing the driver does not restore these values. Follow the steps in this section to update existing Windows drivers. You can alternately upgrade the drivers using the Cisco VIO installer. Download the respective driver ISO for the required release, and use the MSI installer from that file location.
For example, here is the path to the Windows 2008 R2 release:. Windows/Installers/Cisco/MLOM/W2K8R2/x64/ Use the Cisco VIO installer to install and upgrade the VIC drivers across different versions and editions of Windows 2008 and 2008 R2. Refer to the readme file for additional information on the Cisco VIO installer. Ensure that you adhere to the following best practice for installing the Windows drivers during the OS installation of Windows 2008 and 2008 R2.
Note You must upgrade the infrastructure in the following order before upgrading the drivers. Upgrade the infrastructure firmware which includes the UCS Manager, the Fabric Interconnects, and the chassis I/O Modules. Upgrade the server and adapter firmware. Upgrade the OS VIC drivers. Caution Failure to adhere to the proper upgrade sequence can cause the server to crash. Procedure Step 1 Start the Device Manager.
Right-click My Computer. choose Manage. choose Device Manager.
Step 2 Expand the adapter. For the eNIC driver, expand Network Adapters. For the fNIC driver, expand Storage Controllers. Step 3 In the Devices list, right-click the adapter and choose Update Driver Software.
The Update Driver Software window opens. Step 4 In the How do you want to search for driver software? Area, choose Browse my computer for driver software. Step 5 Choose your adapter and click Next. Step 6 In the Install from Disk window, browse to the driver file and click OK. Step 7 Click OK in the restart pop up to reboot the server. Upgrading Cisco UCS VIC Drivers on Windows You can use the Cisco VIO installer to install and upgrade the VIC drivers across different versions and editions of Windows 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, and 2012 R2.
The Cisco VIO installer is available as part of the Cisco UCS Drivers ISO bundle. Installing the NIC Teaming Driver About the Cisco NIC Teaming Driver for Windows The Cisco NIC Teaming Driver for Windows is supported by Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit. The driver can be installed through either the Windows Control Panel or the Windows command prompt. Note. Hyper-V guest operating systems are not supported with the Cisco NIC Teaming Driver for Windows. The NIC teaming driver supports up to four teams. After installing the driver, you can configure NIC teaming using the enictool.exe command line utility provided with the driver files.
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The driver supports the following teaming modes:. Active-Backup (with or without failback). Active-Active (transmit load balancing). 802.3ad LACP The driver supports the following transmit load balancing methods:.
TCP connection. Source and destination MAC address. MAC address and IP address The driver supports the following hashing options for load balancing:. XOR hash. CRC hash Obtaining the NIC Teaming Driver for Windows The Cisco NIC Teaming Driver is contained in the UCS-related Windows Utilities ISO. Procedure Step 1 In a web browser, navigate to. Step 2 Under Support, click All Downloads.
Step 3 In the product selector, click Products, then click Unified Computing and Servers. Step 4 If prompted, enter your Cisco.com username and password to log in. You must be signed in to download UCS drivers. Step 5 Depending on your platform, choose Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Server Software, Cisco UCS C-Series Rack-Mount UCS-Managed Server Software, or Cisco UCS M-Series Modular Server Software. Step 6 Click Unified Computing System (UCS) Utilities and select the Windows platform. Step 7 Click the link for the release that you want to download. The latest release version is selected by default.
Step 8 Click the Release Notes link to view the latest version of the Release Notes. Step 9 Choose your download method and follow the prompts to complete your driver download.
Download Downloads the software immediately. Add to Cart Adds the utilities ISO to your cart to be downloaded at a later time. What to Do Next Read the Release Notes for Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card Drivers before installing the driver. Installing the NIC Teaming Driver from the Control Panel Procedure Step 1 In Windows, click Start Control Panel. Step 2 Navigate to and click the Network and Sharing Center. For the specific location see the Windows server documentation. Step 3 In the Network and Sharing Center, click Manage Network Connections.
Step 4 In the Network Connections folder, right-click on an Ethernet interface and choose Properties. Step 5 Click Install and choose Protocol Add. Step 6 Browse to the drivers directory and click OK. The Cisco NIC Teaming Driver is installed and listed in the Ethernet interface properties. What to Do Next In the command prompt, run the enictool.exe utility to create and delete teams. Installing the NIC Teaming Driver from the Command Prompt Procedure Step 1 In Windows, open a command prompt with administrator privileges.
Step 2 At the command prompt, enter enictool -p 'driversdirectory' The Cisco NIC Teaming Driver is installed using the.inf files located in the specified directory. Example: This example installs the teaming driver using the.inf files located in the temp directory: C: enictool -p 'c: temp' What to Do Next Use the enictool.exe utility to create and delete teams. Configuring the NIC Teaming Driver Using enictool.exe Procedure Step 1 In Windows, open a command prompt with administrator privileges.
Hello all, I succesfully installed Windows 7 on my macbook air following this guide: I am using the 11' inch macbook from late 2010. I suppose that using the.exe from the files downloaded from the MacOsX installed all the drivers needed for the graphics card to work. But I am having some problems, particularly with the openGL driver so I thought I should just go to nvidia and update myself. Going there I noticed a problem. There is no Nvidia Geforce 320M.
Only the GT version has drivers available. Am I missing something? Thanks in advance for the help! Hello all, I succesfully installed Windows 7 on my macbook air following this guide: I am using the 11' inch macbook from late 2010. I suppose that using the.exe from the files downloaded from the MacOsX installed all the drivers needed for the graphics card to work. But I am having some problems, particularly with the openGL driver so I thought I should just go to nvidia and update myself.
Going there I noticed a problem. There is no Nvidia Geforce 320M.
Only the GT version has drivers available. Am I missing something?
Thanks in advance for the help! I'm able to get those drivers selected and downloaded however they do not install. It says no compatible hardware found on the system. I'm running a very old version of the nvidia display drivers (its the one provided by bootcamp).
I really need to update them. When I select option 2 for the driver download nvidia says that the manufacturer requires me to download the nvidia drivers from them instead. I haven't found an air nvidia driver link on the apple website though. Or is there a trick to getting those drivers to install?
Click to expand.Huh. When I ran the installer for the 266.58 driver it just worked for me. But possibly my.inf file from the previous install didn't get overwritten, so the added text needed was already there. Check out this guide: Basically, there are just two or three places in the.inf file that you need to add lines to match a hardware ID of the 320m card to the name of the 320m card.
When the installer runs, it compares against this 'database' of supported cards and when it sees the text indicating the hardware ID, it's all happy. You can add the line for your card yourself by just copying the format of the pre-existing text and inserting the hardware ID of your card. If I go to System Profiler in OS X and Graphics/Displays, it shows the device ID as 0x08a0. This is the magic number. There must be different revisions of the card as I believe the modified.inf that you can download references the 320m with 4 or 5 different IDs. It might work to update the driver from the Device Manager, using Update Driver, then Have Disc, and pointing to the extracted folder with the driver files, but it might still complain about not finding matching hardware with the non-modified.inf file. Looks like NVidia has a new version out as of last week: 267.76.
Thanks jegbook! What I'm trying to explain (poorly!) is that in device manager under display adapters my MBA is only showing a 'Standard VGA Graphics adapter'.
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Whereas my desktop shows an NVIDIA Geforce 6800. Consequently, even if I right click and try to update driver software it searches online correctly but is only looking for driver software for a generic adapter. How can I 'tell' the MBA device manager that it's got the Geforce320M installed? I have downloaded the 320M driver but it won't install as it thinks it's incompatible. As an aside I have installed the newest Bootcamp drivers a couple of times. Click to expand.Hurrah!
Sorry to not respond until now. Haven't been on MR the past couple days.
Do you plan on doing any gaming? If not, you're good to go with the Boot Camp drivers. If you're interested in some gaming, you'd likely benefit from the newer drivers and I can try to guide you through getting those working. It doesn't take too much. (The latest installers keep working for me without fuss.
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I can only think maybe that it sees that a recent driver was already installed so it doesn't cross-check the nvdm.inf file for compatibility.).