Update iLO 5 firmware above v2.78

This procedure is only required if the current version if iLO 5 is below v2.78.

iLO 5 versions above v2.78 are larger than 32MB in size. iLO 5 versions prior to v2.78 will only accept 32MB size binary files. iLO 5 v2.78 removed this restriction. To upgrade to a version after v2.78, iLO 5 must first be update to v2.78.

Find Image Id for iLO 5 version 2.78

  1. (ncn-mw#) Perform a search of the FAS images for version 2.78
cray fas images list --format json | jq '.[][] | select(.target == "iLO 5")' | jq 'select(.firmwareVersion | contains("2.78"))'

example output:

{
  "imageID": "6fc274ee-6e7c-4b99-8954-4f0f31f03a18",
  "createTime": "2023-03-21T15:36:59Z",
  "deviceType": "nodeBMC",
  "manufacturer": "hpe",
  "models": [
    "ProLiant DL325 Gen10",
    "ProLiant DL325 Gen10 Plus",
    "ProLiant DL325 Gen10 Plus v2",
    "ProLiant DL385 Gen10",
    "ProLiant DL385 Gen10 Plus",
    "ProLiant XL645d Gen10 Plus",
    "ProLiant XL675d Gen10 Plus",
    "ProLiant XL645d Gen10",
    "ProLiant XL675d Gen10",
    "Apollo 6500 Gen10",
    "Apollo 6500 Gen10 Plus"
  ],
  "target": "iLO 5",
  "tags": [
    "default"
  ],
  "firmwareVersion": "2.78 Dec 16 2022",
  "semanticFirmwareVersion": "2.78.2",
  "pollingSpeedSeconds": 30,
  "s3URL": "s3:/fw-update/37dede53c7fe11edab1c86c549fb0239/ilo5_278.bin"
}

If more than one image is returned, use the image record with the largest semantic firmware version.

If no image record is returned, the v2.78 FAS RPM needs to be downloaded and loaded into FAS using the Load Firmware from RPM or ZIP file procedure.

Upgrade iLO 5 firmware to version 2.78

Using a json file and running from the Cray CLI

Using the imageID from the output (in the example 6fc274ee-6e7c-4b99-8954-4f0f31f03a18) create a json file:

{
  "inventoryHardwareFilter": {
    "manufacturer": "hpe"
  },
  "stateComponentFilter": {
    "deviceTypes": [
      "nodeBMC"
    ]
  },
  "targetFilter": {
    "targets": [
      "iLO 5"
    ]
  },
  "command": {
    "version": "latest",
    "tag": "default",
    "overrideDryrun": false,
    "restoreNotPossibleOverride": true,
    "timeLimit": 1000,
    "description": "Upgrade of HPE node iLO 5 to v2.78 dryrun"
  },
  "imageFilter": {
    "imageID": "6fc274ee-6e7c-4b99-8954-4f0f31f03a18",
    "overrideImage": true
  }
}

Create a FAS actions using the created json file (ncn-mw#).

cray fas actions create ilo5v278.json

Check the action and change overrideDryrun to true to update the firmware.