Oracle Hardware Management Pack's (OHMP) fwupdate command fails to install older disk firmware patches.

Asset ID:	1-72-2126841.1
Update Date:	2017-12-14
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Solution Type Problem Resolution Sure

Solution 2126841.1 : Oracle Hardware Management Pack's (OHMP) fwupdate command fails to install older disk firmware patches.

Applies to:

SPARC T4-1 - Version All Versions and later
Sun Netra T5220 Server - Version All Versions and later
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5220 Server - Version All Versions and later
Sun SPARC Enterprise T5240 Server - Version All Versions and later
Sun Netra T5440 Server - Version All Versions and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Oracle Hardware Management Pack's (OHMP) fwupdate command fails to install older disk firmware patches.

# fwupdate update disk-firmware -f H109060SE.A720.fw -n c0d0

The following components will be upgraded as shown:
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ID Priority Action Status Old Firmware Ver. Proposed Ver. New Firmware Ver. System Reboot
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
c0d0 1 Check FW Success A690 Not Provided N/A N/A
Do you wish to process all of the above component upgrades? [y/n]? y
Updating c0d0: Failed

Execution Summary
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ID Priority Action Status Old Firmware Ver. Proposed Ver. New Firmware Ver. System Reboot
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
c0d0 1 Update Failure A690 Not Provided N/A N/A
Error: Firmware download failed for component
Extended Error: General device error
ERROR: Firmware download failed for component

Cause

Older disk firmware patches do not contain encrypted images, but OHMP's fwupdate command requires one.

Solution

For some disk firmware patches, they will contain directory: megaraid.

The encrypted version can be created in this directory on a Solaris or Linux system by running script: bitop.sh which is also found in this directory.

amogg0019% cd 150940-04
amogg0019% ls
150940-04.html downloadx32 H109060SE.A720.fw megaraid patchinfo
download downloadx64 H109090SE.A720.fw mload README.150940-04
download32 firmware LEGAL_LICENSE.TXT ndownload32_aac solaris
download32_aac H101212SE.A720.fw linlib ndownload64_aac x86
download64 H109030SE.A720.fw mdload nload xdownload32_aac

amogg0019% cd megaraid
amogg0019% ls
bitops.sh linux_bitops sparc_bitops x86_bitops

amogg0019% ./bitops.sh
amogg0019% ls
bitops.sh H109030SE.A720.fw H109090SE.A720.fw sparc_bitops
H101212SE.A720.fw H109060SE.A720.fw linux_bitops x86_bitops

amogg0019% cksum *fw
3272566650 884736 H101212SE.A720.fw
424782896 950272 H109030SE.A720.fw
424782896 950272 H109060SE.A720.fw
424782896 950272 H109090SE.A720.fw

The workaround is to raise a defect to bug 22725846, & then request the needed ecrypted firmware from the bug owner.

Encoded patches for 150940-04 are attached: H109030SE.A720.fw H109060SE.A720.fw H109090SE.A720.fw

The firmware is then installed as follows:

fwupdate update disk-firmware -f H109060SE.A720.fw -n c0d1

The following components will be upgraded as shown:
==========================================================
ID Priority Action Status Old Firmware Ver. Proposed Ver. New Firmware Ver. System Reboot
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
c0d1 1 Check FW Success A2B0 Not Provided N/A N/A
Do you wish to process all of the above component upgrades? [y/n]? y
Updating c0d1: Success

Verifying all priority 1 updates
No metadata provided, so version verification can not be completed

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