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| ===== Hardware Specs ===== | ===== Hardware Specs ===== | ||
| - | | ^ Count ^ Manufacturer | + | | ^ Count ^ Manufacturer |
| - | ^ Chassis | + | ^ Chassis |
| - | ^ Mainboard | + | ^ Mainboard |
| - | ^ CPU | 1 | Intel | Xeon(R) CPU E5-1620 v3 @ 3.50GHz | + | ^ CPU | 1 | Intel |
| - | ^ RAM | 2 DIMMs | Hynix Semiconductor | + | ^ RAM | 4 DIMMs | Micron |
| - | ^ HDD | + | ^ NVMe | 1 | Micron |
| - | ^ NVMe | + | ^ NVMe |
| - | ^ NIC | + | ^ NIC | 2 ports | Intel |
| - | ^ NIC | 2 ports | Intel | 82599ES | + | ^ BMC | 1 | Supermicro |
| - | ^ BMC | 1 | Supermicro | + | |
| + | ===== Updating BIOS ===== | ||
| - | ===== NVMe card notes ===== | + | Recently done from '' |
| - | ==== nvme-cli ==== | + | |
| - | This is untested but claims to have packages available in Fedora 23+ and Ubuntu 16.04 and up. | + | |
| - | See https:// | ||
| - | |||
| - | === Checking NVMe Card SMART Data === | ||
| < | < | ||
| - | cd /tmp | + | ./saa -l bmcs.txt -u inktank -p xxx -c UpdateBios --preserve_setting --file ~/BIOS_H13SRD-1C99_20251223_1.8_STDsp.bin |
| - | git clone https:// | + | |
| - | cd nvme-cli/ | + | |
| - | make | + | |
| - | sudo ./nvme smart-log-add /dev/nvme0 | + | |
| </ | </ | ||
| - | ==== Flashing Firmware | + | ===== KVM access |
| - | Intel provides an RPM ([[https:// | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | Download the zip file, copy to testnode, unzip and '' | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | **Show NVMe cards** | + | |
| - | < | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | **Update Firmware Example** | + | |
| - | < | + | |
| - | [root@smithi001 ~]# isdct show -intelssd | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | - Intel SSD DC P3700 Series CVFT533000EN400BGN - | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | Bootloader : 8B1B012E | + | |
| - | DevicePath : / | + | |
| - | DeviceStatus : Healthy | + | |
| - | Firmware : 8DV10131 | + | |
| - | FirmwareUpdateAvailable : Firmware=8DV10171 Bootloader=8B1B0131 | + | |
| - | Index : 0 | + | |
| - | ModelNumber : INTEL SSDPEDMD400G4 | + | |
| - | ProductFamily : Intel SSD DC P3700 Series | + | |
| - | SerialNumber : CVFT533000EN400BGN | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | ## NOTE: Use the Index number from above to specify the drive you want to update | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | [root@smithi001 ~]# isdct load -intelssd 0 | + | |
| - | WARNING! You have selected to update the drives firmware! | + | |
| - | Proceed with the update? (Y|N): Y | + | |
| - | Updating firmware... | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | - Intel SSD DC P3700 Series CVFT533000EN400BGN - | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | Status : Firmware Updated Successfully. Please reboot the system. | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | </ | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | ==== NVMe Failure Tracking ==== | + | |
| - | The NVMe cards have started failing at a faster rate. I'm keeping track of when and how often to see if there' | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | ^ System | + | |
| - | | smithi043 | + | |
| - | | smithi048 | + | |
| - | | smithi050 | + | |
| - | | smithi038 | + | |
| - | | smithi025 | + | |
| - | | smithi039 | + | |
| - | | smithi055 | + | |
| - | | smithi057 | + | |
| - | | smithi054 | + | |
| - | | smithi021 | + | |
| - | | smithi180 | + | |
| - | | smithi147 | + | |
| - | | smithi034 | + | |
| - | | smithi020 | + | |
| - | | smithi108 | + | |
| - | | smithi058 | + | |
| - | | smithi030 | + | |
| - | | smithi043 | + | |
| - | | smithi113 | + | |
| - | | smithi028 | + | |
| - | | smithi002 | + | |
| - | | smithi136 | + | |
| - | | smithi011 | + | |
| - | | smithi048 | + | |
| - | | smithi094 | + | |
| - | | smithi004 | + | |
| - | | smithi056 | + | |
| - | | smithi010 | + | |
| - | | smithi015 | + | |
| - | | smithi195 | + | |
| - | | smithi045 | + | |
| - | | smithi016 | + | |
| - | | smithi047 | + | |
| - | | smithi050 | + | |
| - | | smithi029 | + | |
| - | | smithi007 | + | |
| - | | smithi043 | + | |
| - | | smithi091 | + | |
| - | | smithi014 | + | |
| - | | smithi163 | + | |
| - | | smithi118 | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | ==== Reimage Failure Tracking ==== | + | |
| - | Teuthology will automatically mark a smithi down if it fails to reimage 10 times in a row. This table is used to track if particular machines keep hitting this problem even after BIOS/ | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | ^ System | + | |
| - | | smithi180 | + | |
| - | | smithi168 | + | |
| - | | smithi199 | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | ==== Donated hardware notes ==== | + | |
| - | Some partners have donated hardware for us to test. This table shows what and where ended up in smithis. | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | ^ Node ^ Hardware | + | |
| - | | smithi009 | + | |
| - | | smithi091 | + | |
| - | | smithi205 | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | ===== Other notes ===== | + | |
| - | ==== Mounting remote ISOs ==== | + | |
| - | I (dgalloway) copy ISOs to '' | + | |
| - | - Disable the firewall on cobbler.front.sepia.ceph.com | + | |
| - | - '' | + | |
| - | - In the smithi IPMI web UI, under Virtual Media -> CD-ROM Image, set the following parameters: | + | |
| - | - **Share Host**: 172.21.0.11 | + | |
| - | - **Path**: '' | + | |
| - | - Click **Save** | + | |
| - | - Click **Mount** | + | |
| - | - Reboot and enter the BIOS, when prompted, by hitting **< | + | |
| - | - In the last BIOS tab, "Save & Exit", select **ATEN Virtual CDROM** under **Boot Override** | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | ===== Updating BIOS ===== | + | |
| - | As of this writing, the latest BIOS version is X10SRW7.410 (4/10/2017) | + | |
| - | | + | These systems are fairly-dense blades, so the back panel does not have dedicated VGA/ |
| - | - Boot to the Virtual CD | + | |
| - | - Once you get a DOS prompt, run '' | + | |
| - | - The first time, it'll put the system in " | + | |
| - | - Shut the system **OFF** then back on for the BIOS update to complete | + | |
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