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Nutanix has released updated latest version of BIOS with significant improvement in stability and proactive detection of problematic DIMMs and prevent unnecessary service disruption as a result of uncorrectable memory errors (UECC).
If you are also facing issues in BIOS, LCM, BMC, and NCC then you should upgrade it to latest one – that will be better for your cluster stability and performance.
BIOS Affected Versions
Following are the affected / problematic version of BIOS running on NX-G6 / G7 Platforms with BIOS versions:
- PB41.002 and prior
- PU41.002 and prior
- PW42.000 and prior
Above BIOS version PB41.002,PU41.002and PW42.000 released with following improvements but having lots of known issues.
- Improved proactive detection of memory errors during Patrol Scrub
- Reduction in correctable memory error threshold to generate an alert
- Enabling of Adaptive Data Correction (ADC)
If your Nutanix NX node are running on above BIOS version or prior then you must upgrade it to latest one.
Read also: Nutanix AHV – Boot VM in BIOS UEFI Mode
Latest Stable BIOS Version
Nutanix has released latest stable BIOS version with stability and lots of improvements / fixes in early detection and error handling related to memory DIMMs.
Nutanix NX – BIOS latest and stable version are:
- PB42.300 or later
- PU42.300 or later
- PW42.300 or later
Improvements
Nutanix Latest BIOS Version PB42.300,PU42.300 and PW42.300 having following improvements /fixes :
- Enabling of Post Package Repair (PPR)
- Patrol Scrub correctable errors integrated into the CECC error handling and operate as a part of the RAS workflow
- Fixed an issue where a watchdog “three-strike” error could cause the host to stop or restart unexpectedly
Read also: Check Nutanix Cluster AOS, AHV, NCC, Foundation Version From Prism Web Console
Upgrade Comparability Matrix
Nutanix recommends to upgrade your Nutanix cluster to latest software – LCM, BMC, BIOS and NCC versions to following version or later.
| Platform | BMC Version | BIOS Version | NCC Version | LCM Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NX-3060-G6 NX-1065-G6 NX-8035-G6 NX-3060-G7 NX-1065-G7 NX-8035-G7 | BMC-7.07 | BIOS-PB42.300 | NCC 3.9.5 | LCM 2.3.0.4 |
| NX-3155G-G6 NX-5155-G6 NX-8155-G6 NX-3170-G6 NX-3155G-G7 NX-8150-G7 NX-8155-G7 NX-8170-G7 | BMC-7.07 | BIOS-PU42.300 | NCC 3.9.5 | LCM 2.3.0.4 |
| NX-1175S-G6 NX-1175S-G7 | BMC-7.05 | BIOS-PW42.300 | NCC 3.9.5 | LCM 2.3.0.4 |
Follow above upgrade matrix to upgrade the software.
Read more: Top 10 Nutanix Useful Commands
Upgrade Software
How to upgrade Nutanix software through Nutanix Prism – watch this video.
Hopefully, Now you can upgrade your Nutanix acropopolis cluster with latest one to improve the stability and performance.
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