A vulnerability in the cli of cisco fxos software and cisco ucs manager software could let an authenticated, local attacker execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system os. Cisco ucs manager maintains an inventory of all available images. Cisco ucs central multidomain manager license 1 server. Cohesitys approach to combining its software with cisco s ucs servers demonstrates the power of software defined storage platforms. Hyperflex brings increased operational efficiency and adaptability to more workloads in the data center. All attached blades are part of a single management domain.
Cisco ucs manager provides centralized management capabilities, creates a unified management domain, and serves as the central nervous system of the cisco unified computing system. Looking for software download to manage my ucs 1508 i need to add more blades and do not have the ucs manager software. They represent a wellsuited platform for commvault hyperscale software to expand and transform capabilities for customers in todays evolving softwaredefined world. Upload the cisco ucs firmware binaries to cisco ucs manager. Provides embedded, unified, policy based management of cisco ucs blade and rack servers and all fabric components within the system. Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges, execute arbitrary commands, or cause a denial of service dos condition on an affected device. Jan 24, 2014 hp introduced the world to their oneview management appliance by comparing it to cisco ucs manager through a series of youtube video attacks this past fall. For updates addressing lower severity vulnerabilities, see the cisco security advisories page. The following table lists the upgrade paths for various cisco ucs manager releases. Summary a vulnerability in the local management localmgmt cli of cisco fxos software and cisco ucs manager software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system os of an affected device.
Synopsis the remote device is missing a vendorsupplied security patch description according to its selfreported version, cisco ucs manager software is affected by a vulnerability in the cli due to insufficient input validation. Cisco ucs management products offer effective automation capabilities to help. Cisco released security patches for 11 vulnerabilities in its products, including the cisco ucs manager, fxos, and the nxos software. This is part 8 of the cisco ucs configuration guide, covering the upgrade of the cisco ucs esxi drivers using the vsphere update manager vum. Available to partners and to customers with a direct purchasing agreement. Release notes for cisco ucs software the most current information about open and resolved caveats for each release of cisco ucs manager. It enables server, fabric, and storage provisioning as well as, device discovery, inventory, configuration, diagnostics, monitoring, fault detection, auditing, and statistics collection. Candidates may see more recent nxos versions installed in the lab, but they will not be tested on features on newer software releases that are not explicitly listed below. If the operating system does not shutdown within a reasonable length of time, cisco ucs manager forces the server to shutdown. With better ease of use than ucs manager and the opportunity to save time and reduce errors, xclarity administrator and flex system can be a simpler and more effective combination for your datacenter. Cisco network monitoring tools cisco network management. Cisco on wednesday released patches for 11 vulnerabilities in its products, including multiple flaws that impact cisco ucs manager, fxos, and nxos software. Cisco ucs manager is embedded devicemanagement software that manages the system from end to end as a single logical entity through an intuitive gui, cli, or xml api. Eight part series, describing how to configure a cisco ucs from start to finish for a vsphere deployment.
The dccucs configuring cisco unified computing system v1. The cisco unified computing system ucs is a data center server computer product line composed of computing hardware, virtualization support, switching fabric, and management software introduced in 2009 by cisco systems. The monitored host responds appropriately to a cisco ucs xml api request. Cisco ucs manager software local management cli command. Cisco fixes vulnerabilities in fxos, ucs manager and nxos. Select the download tasks tab and press the download firmware button. Hitachi storage management software with cisco ucs for vmware vsphere best practices guide this describes the storage management operations available to you for converged infrastructure vmware vsphere environments which use hitachi virtual storage platform, such as cisco and hitachi adaptive solutions for converged infrastructure. Nxos software for the ucs 6xxx fabric interconnects firmware for the fabric extenders and io modules. Hitachi storage management software with cisco ucs for. Cisco ucs management software uses softwaredefined policies that enable you to define connectivity, computing, and firmware settings once and then roll them.
Sep 27, 2012 this article will show you how to configure cisco ucs manager time zone and ntp server, to complete this task you will need to specify a time zone and an ntp server that ucs can access. Deployed in redundant pairs, the 20port and the 40port offer centralized management with cisco ucs manager software and virtual machine optimized services with the support for vn. Apr 19, 2016 the cseries rackmount server cisco imc is not accessible when you start managing the server with cisco ucs manager. To start, open the ucs manager and click on admin select time zone management click on add ntp server continue reading question. In the products window select servers unified computing, then select cisco ucs bseries blade server software. Cisco s ucs design reduces complexity both at hardware and management levels across a distributed compute environment, consolidating management across blade, and rack servers, within a single tool. Cisco ucs manager supports the entire cisco ucs server and cisco hyperflex series hyperconverged infrastructure portfolios. The most important of the bugs is a high severity flaw in fxos and nxos that could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to execute arbitrary code as root. As a result, customers are able to provision, configure, orchestrate and monitor physical and virtual infrastructures and windows server and application software at every level. The cisco ucs manager fabric interconnect switch connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as ok if all of the criteria below are met.
We used the javabased ucs manager software, which is what anyone with a single ucs domain would want to use, in most of our testing. The most severe vulnerabilities, rated as high severity, affect fxos and nxos that could be exploited by an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to execute arbitrary code as root the exploitation of the flaw could trigger a denial of service dos condition. Cisco urges customers using its smart licensing software to upgrade now because of a 9. Partner marketers, sellers, technical engineers, distributors, and executives. Cisco launches new ucs servers, hybrid cloud management software. Edgardo villalobos, technical architect lab manager.
Cisco addresses vulnerabilities in fxos, ucs manager and. Manageengine opmanager software is a cisco network monitoring tool that monitors and manages over 160 cisco device types out of the box. Command references 6 technical references 41 data sheets and literature. When you manage a cisco ucs cseries server with cisco ucs manager software, a ucs manager service profile is associated with the server. Select the equipment tab, select the equipment tree and then the firmware management tab. Cisco security vulnerabilities let hackers execute an. A remote attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to cause a denialofservice condition. Cisco ucs central software extends the functionality of cisco ucs manager to manage up to 0 servers and multiple cisco ucs domains across global. Cisco patches flaws in fxos, ucs manager and nxos software. A new window will appear displaying the versions of software for the cisco ucs bseries blade server software. Remote configuration, administration, and monitoring for cisco ucs cseries.
Hitachi storage management software with cisco for vmware vsphere. A vulnerability in cli of cisco fxos software and cisco ucs manager software allows an authenticated local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the user device. Networking and management for attached blades and chassis with 10 gige and fcoe. Cisco ucs combines the powerful manager open api and cisco powertool for microsofts powershell utility with system center 2012 sp1 managing and provisioning tools. Programmatic control of your infrastructure through a unified api and software. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit this, by including crafted arguments to specific commands, in order to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying os with the privileges of the currently loggedin user. Feb, 2020 lab equipment and software list the lab exam tests features that can be configured on the equipment and the software versions indicated in the document below. Commvault hyperscale software with cisco ucs servers. Cisco unified computing system ucs and servers unify computing, networking, management, virtualization, and storage access into a single integrated architecture.
Buy a cisco ucs central multidomain manager license 1 server or other network management software at. Nxos software for the ucs 6324 fabric interconnects firmware for the fabric extenders and io modules. Cisco hyperflex systems combine softwaredefined storage with the powerful cisco hx data platform, softwaredefined networking, and cisco ucs fabric all of which integrate smoothly with cisco application centric infrastructure cisco aci. Cisco hiring software engineer data center, ucs vic in.
Cisco ucs manager is the software secret sauce that make cisco ucs so awesome. Cisco launches new ucs servers, hybrid cloud management. Cisco ucs helps change the way it organizations do business. A vulnerability in the local management localmgmt cli of cisco ucs manager software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system os on an affected device. Cisco unified computing system ucs manager provides unified, embedded management of all software and hardware components in the cisco ucs. Cohesity and cisco working together to present a reference architecture for cohesity software on cisco is a major step forward. Cisco ucs central software extends the capabilities and concepts of cisco ucs manager across multiple cisco unified computing system cisco ucs domains in one or more physical locations. The products are marketed for scalability by integrating many components of a data center that can be managed as a single unit.
Upgrade cisco ucs software using cisco ucs firmware auto install on cisco ucs bseries chassis and blade servers. Cisco ucs is made up of a number of hardware components, such as the cisco ucs fabric interconnect and cisco blade servers or cisco rack servers, and a software component. Ucs manager software firmware update cisco community. A vulnerability in the cli of cisco fxos software and cisco ucs manager software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system os. Jul 11, 2017 cisco today debuted new servers and software, which includes a hybrid cloud management tool the new cloud tool is called the workload optimization manager, and its powered by cloud management. In the download software screen select unified computing system ucs server software bundle.
Multiple vulnerabilities in cisco ucs director and cisco. This special software is called cisco ucs manager, which we are going to talk about more soon, so stay tuned. The vulnerability is due to lack of input validation, successful exploitation allows the attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying os with the privileges of the currently loggedin. Cisco today debuted new servers and software, which includes a hybrid cloud management tool the new cloud tool is called the workload optimization manager, and its powered by cloud management. It monitors all cisco network devices such as nexus, asr, catalyst series via snmp and cli protocols and monitors cisco ucs via ucs manager api. Our ability to architect and deliver an integrated, scalable bank in a box solution to ing direct was made possible in part by cisco s technology primarily their ucs server family, nexus switches, and ucs manager software, all working deeply with microsoft system center 2012 sp1 and windows server 2012. Cisco ucs configuration guide part 8 esxi driver upgrade. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including crafted arguments to specific commands. Lab equipment and software list the lab exam tests features that can be configured on the equipment and the software versions indicated in the document below. Documentation roadmaps 2 licensing information 1 release notes 39 reference guides. You will manage the server using the cisco ucs manager gui or cisco ucs manager cli. Cisco has released software updates that address these vulnerabilities. This unique architecture enables endtoend server visibility, management, and control in both bare metal and virtual environments.
Cisco ucs manager significantly reduces tco by automating and simplifying the daytoday management of physical and software defined infrastructure. Ucs infrastructure and ucs manager software cisco software. Nxos software for the ucs 6332 fabric interconnects firmware for the fabric extenders and io modules. Cisco ucs manager automates and treats infrastructure as code to improve agility and reduce tco unifies management of cisco ucs blade and rack servers, cisco ucs mini, and cisco hyperflex. The image catalog contains a list of images and packages. The most severe vulnerabilities, rated as high severity, affect fxos and nxos that could be exploited by an unauthenticated, adjacent attacker to execute arbitrary code as root. All six vulnerabilities have a security impact rating sir of high. Buy directly from cisco configure, price, and order cisco products, software, and services. For more information about these vulnerabilities, see the details section of this advisory. Cisco ucs manager software cli command injection ciscosa. Static password in smart software manager patch now, says cisco. Cisco ucs cseries rack and sseries storage servers drive it transformation in the data center.
The weakness can also be exploited for denial of service dos. This diagram compares a very basic cisco ucs system to a regular old rack system. According to its selfreported version, cisco ucs manager software is affected by a vulnerability in the cli due to insufficient input validation. I can almost hear the meetings forget stealth, forget the high road lets attack the leader in converged systems management directly lets attack cisco ucs manager. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation. Cisco fxos and ucs manager software local management cli. They represent a wellsuited platform for commvault hyperscale software to expand and transform capabilities for customers in todays evolving software defined world. Cisco has released patches for 11 vulnerabilities in its products, including multiple flaws that impact cisco ucs manager, fxos, and nxos. The cisco ucs vic adapter software development team is looking for an expert software developer, to design and implement io solutions for the ucs product family deployments in modern virtualized. Cisco ucs manager firmware management guide, release 4. Ucs brings increased productivity, reduced total cost of ownership, and scalability into your data center.
Cisco doubles down on data centers using microsoft technology. All cisco ucs blade servers come with cisco ucs manager and optional cisco ucs central capability. End user license and saas terms cisco software is not sold, but is licensed to the registered end user. Cisco storage backup software veeam availability solutions.
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by including crafted arguments to specific. Dccucs configuring cisco unified computing system v1. When you disassociate a service profile, cisco ucs manager attempts to shutdown the operating system on the server. A vulnerability in the local management localmgmt cli of cisco fxos software and cisco ucs manager software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system os of an affected device. Simplifies and automates systems management tasks with service profiles and singleconnect technology. The computer hardware managed by the ucs manager software on the fabric interconnects can be any combination of the two. Release notes for cisco ucs management pack, release 2. Cisco ucs configuration guide part 1 overview cisco ucs configuration. With an enhanced html 5 user interface available in seven languages, you can work easily on a global scale to provide configuration capabilities for pools, policies, and firmware. Cisco security warnings include firewall holes, nexus. Simplify management of converged infrastructure components using vmware vsphere web client plug ins developed for management of vendorspecific elements, such as compute, network, and storage.
This time i note the system manager has upgraded the startup version to 3c but hasnt restarted and is still running with 1d despite the interconnects. Finally, lets talk briefly about cisco ucs manager since i could probably write a dissertation on it. Upgrade cisco ucs software with cisco ucs firmware auto. Veeam complements cisco hyperflex to deliver data availability protection and disaster recovery dr. It allows for the management of cisco ucs hardware and software components. Supporting cisco data center networking devices v3. For cisco ucs mini, upgrading the infrastructure software bundle a bundle directly to cisco ucs manager release 3. Cisco has released security updates to address vulnerabilities affecting fxos, nxos, and unified computing system ucs software. Multiple vulnerabilities in the rest api of cisco ucs director and cisco ucs director express for big data may allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication or conduct directory traversal attacks on an affected device.
Cisco ucs manager software and bseries server hardware. Cisco ucs s3260 storage server is a modular dual node x86 server designed for. May 30, 2019 the cisco unified computing system, more commonly known as simply cisco ucs is a solution for todays ever changing data center. The vulnerability is due to insufficient input validation of command arguments. It combines the software defined networking and computing power of cisco ucs with the cisco hyperflex hx data platform. Cisco fxos and ucs manager software cli command injection. Cisco ucs configuration guide for vsphere part 7 firmware. Cisco unified computing system ucs manager software is listening on remote cisco device. It combines industrystandard, x86architecture servers with networking and storage access into a single unified system.