Appendix - BMC and eROT Upgrade Process for BlueField-2

To upgrade BlueField BMC firmware on a BlueField-2 device, follow this procedure:

Download openbmctool v1.22 and resolve dependencies.
- sudo pip3 install paramiko
- sudo pip3 install scp

Trigger BMC update.

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            python3 openbmctool.py -H <BF-BMC-IP> -U root -P <password> firmware flash bmc -f <path-to-signed-bmc-image>

After initiating the BMC firmware secure update, a new task is created. Example:

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            Attempting login...
Uploading file to BMC
Upload complete.
Firmware activation is in progress. Please wait for activation task id="0" to get completed before rebooting the bmc.
User root has been logged out

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BMC firmware update takes 15-20 mins .

Track the progress of the update by using the task Id received in the response above (i.e., 0) in your query and monitoring the value of the task’s TaskProgress field.

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            python3 openbmctool.py -H <BF-BMC-IP> -U root -P <password> task status -i <task_Id>

Before proceeding to other operations. Keep running this command until it outputs:

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            TaskState="Completed"
TaskStatus="OK"
TaskProgress="100"

Reset/reboot the BMC.

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This step may be skipped if you intend to perform eROT update.
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            python3 openbmctool.py -H <BF-BMC-IP> -U root -P <password> firmware running_version
        
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Wait a few seconds before attempting to log back into the BMC as it loses connection during and shortly after reboot.

Trigger eROT update.

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            python3 openbmctool.py -H <ip_address> -U root -P <BF-BMC-IP> apfirmware flash cec -f <path-to-signed-CEC-OTA-image-file>

A fter initiating the eROT update, the following indication is provided:

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            Uploading firmware image: 100.00%
Firmware update for cec triggered successfully.

Perform h ost power cycle for the eROT update to take effect:

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            sudo ipmitool power cycle