This post will go over how to easily update the BIOS on a Supermicro board, along with another post that will cover using the Emulex OneCommand software plugin for vCenter to easily discover and update the CNA firmware. After a bit of troubleshooting I finally discovered the root cause: the motherboard BIOS version was too far out of date to support the cards. I did have a bit of difficulty getting the cards to correctly load and become available in vSphere 5.1. For now, the two hosts are directly connected using a cross-over LC/LC SR fiber optic cable. ![]() With that said, I recently acquired a pair of Emulex 10102-FX UCNA cards to provide some 10 GbE connectivity testing between two of my vSphere lab hosts, with hopes of adding a 10 GbE switch in the future. Iām incredibly happy with the built-in IPMI and remote KVM / Media abilities that come standard with the X9SCM board. Supermicro makes some really amazing motherboards and are a key piece of my home lab whitebox strategy. ![]()
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