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====== irvingi{01..08} ======
https://opendcim.engineering.redhat.com/cabnavigator.php?cabinetid=504

===== Summary =====
We have 8 irvingi systems.  All are connected to [[production:jenkins.ceph.com|Jenkins]] as a builder.

===== Hardware Specs =====
|            ^ Count    ^ Manufacturer  ^ Model                             ^ Capacity        ^ Notes                                                                                           ^
^ Chassis    | N/A      | Supermicro    | SYS-1028R-TDW                     | N/A             |                                                                                                 |
^ Mainboard  | N/A      | Supermicro    | X10DDW-i                          | N/A             |                                                                                                 |
^ CPU        | 2        | Intel         | Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620 v3 @ 2.40GHz  | 24 cores total  | [[http://ark.intel.com/products/83352/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-2620-v3-15M-Cache-2_40-GHz|ARK]]  |
^ RAM        | 4 DIMMs  | Samsung       | M393A2G40DB0-CPB                  | 16GB            | 64GB total                                                                                      |
^ HDD        | 0        |               |                                   |                 |                                                                                                 |
^ SSD        | 2        | Intel         | SSDSC2BB240G4                     | 240GB           |                                                                                                 |
^ SSD        | 1        | Samsung       | EVO 850                           | 1TB             |                                          |
^ NIC        | 2 ports  | Intel         | I350                              | 1Gb             | On-board                                                                                        |

The irvingi have 8x 2.5" drive bays per chassis.
===== BIOS Update =====
**WARNING:** I had to hand modify/rename the ''/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg'' files after this BIOS update.  udev changed the name from enp11s0f0 to enp8s0f0.  I also lost access to the BMC Java KVM so make sure you can get SOL access to the machine/OS.

The Supermicro X10 series BIOS can only be updated in a UEFI shell, Windows, or DOS prompt.  I roughly followed [[https://siliconmechanics.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201466115-Creating-FreeDOS-bootable-ISO|this guide]] to create a bootable DOS image with the BIOS embedded.  Here's a brief rundown.

<code>
# Download and unzip the BIOS zip file somewhere... then:

wget http://www.fdos.org/bootdisks/ISO/FDOEMCD.builder.zip
unzip FDOEMCD.builder.zip
cp -r /path/to/BIOS/ /path/to/FDOEMCD/CDROOT/
cd /path/to/FDOEMCD/CDROOT/BIOS/DOS/
mv AFUDOSU.SMC AFUDOS.EXE
mv CHOICE.SMC CHOICE.EXE
mv FDT.smc FDT.EXE
cd /path/to/FDOEMCD
mkisofs -o irvingibiosupdate.iso -p "Silicon Mechanics Support" -publisher "www.siliconmechanics.com" -V "SiMech OEM CD" -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -N -J -r -c boot.catalog -hide boot.catalog -hide-joliet boot.catalog CDROOT
</code>

I then copied irvingibiosupdate.iso to cobbler.front.sepia.ceph.com:/samba/anonymous and mounted it via the irvingi BMC Web UI and booted to it.

  * **Share Host:** ''172.21.0.11''
  * **Path:** ''\Anonymous\irvingibiosupdate.iso''

Run ''cd X10DDW46\DOS'', ''flash.bat $FW_BIN_FILE''.  The system will check if a firmware update is needed and put the system board in [Flash Mode] if needed.  The system will reboot.  Boot back into FreeDOS and run the flash.bat script again.

Basically, read the README and follow prompts.

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