Upgrade ESXi of a HyperFlex cluster via Intersight.

Via Intersight it is possible to install HyperFlex and HyperFlex Edge clusters very easy. Now you can also upgrade the ESXi Hypervisor of the HyperFlex cluster via Intersight. Upgrade Hypervisor Go to Intersight.com and select HyperFlex Clusters. You will see your HX Clusters and on the right you will see 3 dots. When you click … Read more

Upgrade HyperFlex From 3.5.1 and greater

I already created some post where I showed how easy it is to upgrade HyperFlex and how to upgrade ESXi. Wouldn’t it be nice if upgrading HyperFlex, ESXi and UCS Manager in one procedure.. With no bootstrap etc. If you are on a version prior HXDP 3.5, you will have to do the bootstrap process … Read more

Prepare UCS Manager to be upgrade by HyperFlex

HyperFlex is getting easier and easier to install, configure and upgrade. In the following post I am going to show you how easy a HyperFlex upgrade is. But first you will have to do some manual things in the UCS Manager. Here you will see my starting point. UCS Manager and we’re going to upgrade … Read more

ESXi upgrade for Cisco HyperFlex

Every now and then there are some new versions of software. Not only for Cisco HyperFlex Data Platform, but also for ESXi. It’s not recommended to do an auto update of vmware, because Cisco HyperFlex is using their own ESXi image with pre installed vib’s. You can download the ESXi for HyperFlex at www.cisco.com/go/software and … Read more

Easy install of Hyperflex 1.8.1c

Hyperflex 1.8.1c installation Cisco Hyperflex Hyper converged (HCI) solution is getting easier and easier ! Before installing the only thing you will have to do is to download the Hyperflex 1.8 installer software from http://www.cisco.com/go/software The Fabric Interconnect and servers are already with the correct version of the needed software. The hyperflex 1.8 installer is an … Read more