Upload BMC Recovery Firmware into TFTP Server

cray-upload-recovery-images is a utility for uploading the BMC recovery files for ChassisBMCs, NodeBMCs, and RouterBMCs to be served by the cray-tftp service. The tool uses the cray CLI (fas, artifacts) and cray-tftp to download the S3 recovery images (as remembered by FAS), then upload them into the PVC that is used by cray-tftp. cray-upload-recovery-images should be run on every system.

CSM v1.5 Issue

In CSM 1.5.0 the cray-tftp-upload script errors out because of a change to the ipxe pods and the TFTP repository. This is expected to be fixed in CSM 1.5.1.

If you receive the following type of error please apply the workaround:

Uploading file: curr.json
error: source and destination are required
Failed to upload curr.json - error code = 0

Workaround: Edit the script /usr/local/bin/cray-tftp-upload Changing this line:

PVC_HOST=`kubectl get pods -n services -l app.kubernetes.io/instance=cms-ipxe -o custom-columns=NS:.metadata.name --no-headers`

To:

PVC_HOST=`kubectl get pods -n services -l app.kubernetes.io/instance=cms-ipxe -o custom-columns=NS:.metadata.name --no-headers | head -1`

Prerequisites

  • Cray System Management (CSM) software is installed.
  • The Cray Command Line Interface (CLI) tool is initialized and configured on the system.
  • Firmware is loaded into FAS as part of the HPC Firmware Pack (HFP) install; refer to the HPE Cray EX System HPC Firmware Pack Install Guide on the HPE Customer Support Center for more information.

Procedure

  1. Execute the cray-upload-recovery-images script.
cray-upload-recovery-images

Attempting to retrieve ChassisBMC .itb file
s3:/fw-update/d7bb5be9eecc11eab18c26c5771395a4/cc-1.3.10.itb
d7bb5be9eecc11eab18c26c5771395a4/cc-1.3.10.itb

Uploading file: /tmp/cc.itb
Defaulting container name to cray-ipxe.
Successfully uploaded /tmp/cc.itb!
removed /tmp/cc.itb
ChassisBMC recovery image upload complete
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Attempting to retrieve NodeBMC .itb file
s3:/fw-update/d81157f7eecc11ea943d26c5771395a4/nc-1.3.10.itb
d81157f7eecc11ea943d26c5771395a4/nc-1.3.10.itb

Uploading file: /tmp/nc.itb
Defaulting container name to cray-ipxe.
Successfully uploaded /tmp/nc.itb!
removed /tmp/nc.itb
NodeBMC recovery image upload complete
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Attempting to retrieve RouterBMC .itb file
s3:/fw-update/d85398f2eecc11ea94ff26c5771395a4/rec-1.3.10.itb
d85398f2eecc11ea94ff26c5771395a4/rec-1.3.10.itb

Uploading file: /tmp/rec.itb
Defaulting container name to cray-ipxe.
Successfully uploaded /tmp/rec.itb!
removed /tmp/rec.itb
RouterBMC recovery image upload complete