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
BMC mode with HPM files (last resort)
Vendor firmware is signed and can be updated directly from the BMC web UI.
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biosupdate 10.40.0.11 -u anonymous -p xxx -f D05.fd master |
You need to download it and put into the local FTP server in Mr-Provisioner.
OS mode with Capsule files (preferred)
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debian>root> apt install fwupdate centos> |yum install -y fwupdate root> any> fwupdate --info # this will show an ID like {7978365d-7978-45fd-ad77-b27693cfe85b} and the current version any>root> fwupdate --apply {...ID...} D0xFIRMWAREUPDATECAPSULE....Cap # this will update the firmware # reboot and try again any>root> fwupdate --info # this will show an ID and the current version, should be newer |
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