The HPC Lab needs to use machines that are in pre-production and development stage, so a few quirks may be necessary to get them behaving like standard data centre machines.
Firmware / BIOS
D03/D05
Upgrade the firmware, as described here.
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BMC mode with HPM files
Vendor firmware is signed and can be updated directly from the BMC web UI.
If you have the hpm file, navigate to System > Update Firmware, upload the hpm file and click "Upgrade".
EBL mode with FD files (deprecated)
If you have D0x.fd files and your current BIOS has an EBL option under Boot Manager, you can go into EBL and:
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biosupdate 10.40.0.11 -u anonymous -p xxx -f D05.fd master |
OS mode with Capsule files (preferred)
Download the Cap files and use fwupdate to update the firmware, but you have to have an OS installed.
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debian> apt install fwupdate
centos> yum install -y fwupdate
any> fwupdate --info
# this will show an ID like {7978365d-7978-45fd-ad77-b27693cfe85b} and the current version
any> fwupdate --apply {...ID...} D0xFIRMWAREUPDATECAPSULE....Cap
# this will update the firmware
# reboot and try again
any> fwupdate --info
# this will show an ID and the current version, should be newer |
BIOS mode with Capsule files (future)
Starting from 18.08, ERP firmware will allow capsule updates straight from the BIOS screen.
Use the latest firmware from releases.linaro.org.
Upstream firmware, based on Linaro's builds, to be found in estuary.org.
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