MFU: Mass Firmware Update - Revision history

David at 18:32, 7 March 2013

2013-03-07T18:32:25Z

2013-03-07T17:51:47Z

2013-03-07T15:37:07Z

Adding nodes to the scmsh

2013-01-09T16:23:54Z

Installation

2013-01-09T16:23:41Z

Installation

2013-01-09T16:21:36Z

Flash BIOS FW

2013-01-09T16:20:00Z

Flash BIOS FW

2013-01-09T15:48:44Z

Flash BIOS FW

2013-01-09T15:48:20Z

Flash BIOS FW

2013-01-09T11:06:38Z

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    yum groupinstall 'Development tools'
 </syntaxhighlight>
 == Installation ==

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	We've only had access to the software via supermicro FTP. For the latest versions, please contact: James Chiang: JamesChiang@supermicro.com.tw		We've only had access to the software via supermicro FTP. For the latest versions, please contact: James Chiang: JamesChiang@supermicro.com.tw

		+	== OS Prereq ==
		+	Ensure 'Development tools' is installed
		+	<syntaxhighlight>
		+	yum groupinstall 'Development tools'
		+	</syntaxhighlight>
	== Installation ==		== Installation ==

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 == Adding nodes to the scmsh ==
-For each node to be monitored by scmsh a line must be added to the nodes.cfg file on the master node.
+For each node to be monitored by scmsh a line must be added to the <tt>/opt/scmsh/node.cfg</tt> file on the master node.
 The line must contain four bits on information:
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 compute020=00:25:90:6C:DC:DE,compute020:4422
 </syntaxhighlight>
 == Running in Interactive Mode ==

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    inflating: SCMSH V1.05_build.154_20121019/ReleaseNote.txt
    inflating: SCMSH V1.05_build.154_20121019/SCMSH v1.04 User Guide_20120608.pdf
-[root@head ~]# cd SCMSH\ V1.05_build.154_20121019
+[root@head ~]$ cd SCMSH\ V1.05_build.154_20121019
 [root@head SCMSH V1.05_build.154_20121019]$ tar zxvf install_scmsh_v1.05_build.154_20121019-180231.tar.gz
 install_scmsh/

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 Example installation of scmnode:
 <syntaxhighlight>
+[root@head ~]$ unzip SCMSH\ V1.05_build.154_20121019.zip
 </syntaxhighlight>

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	Writing finished		Writing finished
		+	</syntaxhighlight>
		+
		+	Verify the BIOS version before and after the update:
		+	<syntaxhighlight>
		+	# Before
		+	[root@localhost ~]$ dmidecode \| grep Version \| head -n 1
		+	Version: 1.0a
		+
		+	# After
		+	[root@localhost ~]$ dmidecode \| grep Version \| head -n 1
		+	Version: 1.0b
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>

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 ===Flash BIOS FW===
-   ./scmsh x9biosfw/save bios fw -n <node_name> -f <file_name>
+Then to update, use the following command:
    ./scmsh x9biosfw/flash bios fw -n blade1 -f b9dr72.c31
 <syntaxhighlight>
 [root@localhost tmp]# cat x9_flash_bios_log.log

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	./scmsh x9biosfw/save bios fw -n <node_name> -f <file_name>		./scmsh x9biosfw/save bios fw -n <node_name> -f <file_name>
		+
		+	./scmsh x9biosfw/flash bios fw -n blade1 -f b9dr72.c31
		+
		+	<bash?
		+	[root@localhost tmp]# cat x9_flash_bios_log.log
		+	Linux BIOS Flash Utility (for UEFI BIOS) V1.07
		+	Copyright (C) 2012 Super Micro Computer, Inc. All rights reserved.
		+
		+	Finding BIOS ID...
		+	ID found in BIOS: 0070D
		+	ID found in file: 0070D
		+	ID Match!
		+
		+	Writing BIOS flash...
		+	Writing Block 4/128
		+	Writing Block 6/128
		+	Writing Block 94/128
		+	Writing Block 96/128
		+	Writing Block 128/128
		+
		+	Writing finished
		+	</syntaxhighlight>

	===Back up BIOS Config===		===Back up BIOS Config===

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 MFU is designed to all a user to update, edit and save the BIOS and IPMI firmware accross multiple nodes through a single command.
 == Installation ==
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 * Each node to be controlled must have the scmsh agent daemon installed on the system (scmnode).
 == Adding nodes to the scmsh ==