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| # Update Firmware of BMHs | ||
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| ## Status | ||
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| implementable | ||
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| ## Summary | ||
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| This design document describes a Metal3 API for using the Firmware Interface | ||
| feature added to Ironic, this will allow updates of firmware of bmc and bios | ||
| in BMH that are compatible with Redfish. | ||
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| ## Motivation | ||
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| When provisioning new machines to clusters, it may be necessary to upgrade | ||
| or downgrade the servers BIOS and firmware to specific versions to ensure | ||
| the server is configured as it is in their validated pattern. | ||
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| Redfish has a common API that allow users to execute a firmware update, the | ||
| [proposal](https://specs.openstack.org/openstack/ironic-specs/priorities/2023-2-workitems.html#firmware-updates) | ||
| was accepted in the Ironic community, and is already implemented. | ||
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| ### Goals | ||
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| This proposal does not attempt to fulfill the following goals: | ||
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| - Allow firmware updates for the BMC and BIOS in hardware only compatible | ||
| with Redfish. | ||
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| ### Non-Goals | ||
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| - Update firmware using non Redfish means | ||
| - Update firmware that are not for BMC and BIOS | ||
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| ## Proposal | ||
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| ### User Stories | ||
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| #### Story 1 | ||
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| As an operator I want to install specific versions of firmware in my | ||
| machines before installing the Operating System. | ||
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| ## Design Details | ||
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| This proposes a new Custom Resource Definition (CRD) to store the information | ||
| about the firmware components from Ironic. The initial version stores only | ||
| the firmware information about BMC and BIOS, we may expand this to other | ||
| components in the future. | ||
| The new CRD is named `HostFirmwareComponents` and will consist of the | ||
| following: | ||
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| - `components` - the current firmware components and their information, | ||
| retrieved from Ironic via the [Firmware API](https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/baremetal/#node-firmware-nodes) | ||
| will be stored in the `Status` section. | ||
| - `updates` - firmware components to be updated via Ironic will be | ||
| stored in the `Spec` section. It will be empty when the CRD is created. | ||
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| The firmware components are retrieved from the BMC by Ironic and cached | ||
| whenever the node moves to `manageable` or `cleaning`, or when the components | ||
| are updated. The BMO manages the data as follows: | ||
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| - The node first transitions to manageable during the `Registering` state, so | ||
| at the end of that state `components` will be populated. | ||
| - Firmware components can be updated during the `Preparing` state, so at the | ||
| end of that state the components will also be retrieved and used to update | ||
| `components`. | ||
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| A user can update `updates` to specify the desired firmware of each | ||
| component. The BMO will detect changes on it by comparing the name/url pairs | ||
| to the values in `Status`. When a change is detected, the BMO will add the | ||
| new values to the Ironic clean-steps API in the Preparing state, when building | ||
| the manual clean steps, the Host will re-enter this state from Ready/Available | ||
| state whenever its config differs from the last stored one. | ||
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| After executing the cleaning, Ironic will re-read the information about the | ||
| firmware components and cache them, the new information can be retrieved by | ||
| the BMO and used to update `components`. | ||
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| If the update fails we won’t keep trying to reconcile, the BMO will put the | ||
| node in a `Error` state. We will allow deletion of the BMH when in this state. | ||
| When in `Error` state, the BMH can be moved to `Preparing` state again, this | ||
| can be done by updating the HostFirmwareComponent CRD, triggering another | ||
| manual cleaning that will execute a new firmware update. | ||
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| ### Implementation Details/Notes/Constraints | ||
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| Each Host should have their own `HostFirmwareComponents` CRD. | ||
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| An example of the resource before applying: | ||
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| ```yaml | ||
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| apiVersion: metal3.io/v1alpha1 | ||
| kind: HostFirmwareComponents | ||
| metadata: | ||
| namespace: host3firmwarecomponents.metal3.io | ||
| spec: | ||
| updates: | ||
| - name: bios | ||
| url: https://myurl.with.firmware.for.bios | ||
| wait: 200 | ||
| - name: bmc | ||
| url: https://myurl.with.firmware.for.bmc | ||
| wait: 300 | ||
| status: | ||
| components: | ||
| - component: bios | ||
| initialVersion: "v1.0.0" | ||
| currentVersion: "v1.0.0" | ||
| lastVersionFlashed: null | ||
| createdAt: "2023-10-13T13:34:06Z" | ||
| updatedAt: null | ||
| - component: bmc | ||
| initialVersion: "v1.0.5" | ||
| currentVersion: "v1.0.5" | ||
| lastVersionFlashed: null | ||
| createdAt: "2023-10-13T13:34:06Z" | ||
| updatedAt: null | ||
| lastUpdated: "2023-10-13T13:34:06Z" | ||
| ``` | ||
| Example of the Resource after applied: | ||
| ```yaml | ||
| --- | ||
| apiVersion: metal3.io/v1alpha1 | ||
| kind: HostFirmwareComponents | ||
| metadata: | ||
| namespace: host3firmwarecomponents.metal3.io | ||
| spec: | ||
| updates: | ||
| - name: bios | ||
| url: https://myurl.with.firmware.for.bios | ||
| wait: 200 | ||
| - name: bmc | ||
| url: https://myurl.with.firmware.for.bmc | ||
| wait: 300 | ||
| status: | ||
| components: | ||
| - component: bios | ||
| initialVersion: "v1.0.0" | ||
| currentVersion: "v1.5.0" | ||
| lastVersionFlashed: "v.1.5.0" | ||
| createdAt: "2023-10-13T13:34:06Z" | ||
| updatedAt: "2023-10-13T13:50:06Z" | ||
| - component: bmc | ||
| initialVersion: "v1.0.5" | ||
| currentVersion: "v1.2.0" | ||
| lastVersionFlashed: "v1.2.0" | ||
| createdAt: "2023-10-13T13:34:06Z" | ||
| updatedAt: "2023-10-13T13:50:06Z" | ||
| updates: | ||
| - name: bios | ||
| url: https://myurl.with.firmware.for.bios | ||
| wait: 200 | ||
| - name: bmc | ||
| url: https://myurl.with.firmware.for.bmc | ||
| wait: 300 | ||
| lastUpdated: "2023-10-13T13:50:06Z" | ||
| ``` | ||
| ### Risks and Mitigations | ||
| - In case of failure when executing the firmware update, BMO will put the BMH | ||
| in a failed state. | ||
| - New firmware may have fixed a few bugs, but it can also introduce new ones. | ||
| We will try to mitigate this by providing some versions of tested firmware | ||
| when possible. | ||
| ### Work Items | ||
| BMO | ||
| - Add new CRD for `HostFirmwareComponents` | ||
| - Get the firmware information from Ironic API at the end of the Registration | ||
| state and store all the information in the `components` | ||
| - Check for changes to `updates` and when detected, call the Ironic | ||
| clean-steps API | ||
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| ### Dependencies | ||
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| - Ironic (support already exists) | ||
| - Gophercloud (support already exists) | ||
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| ### Test Plan | ||
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| - Test on running cluster | ||
| - Verify that updates can be executed on two type of hardware that supports | ||
| Redfish. | ||
| - Verify that the information about the desired version is available after | ||
| cleaning. | ||
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| ### Upgrade / Downgrade Strategy | ||
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| Not required as this is a new API being introduced | ||
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| ### Version Skew Strategy | ||
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| None | ||
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| ## Drawbacks | ||
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| Recovering from a failure may be quite difficult, at least through Metal3 means only. | ||
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| ## Alternatives | ||
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| Operators can do the updates manually. | ||
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| ## References | ||
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| - [Firmware Interface](https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/ironic-specs/+/878505) | ||
| - [Firmware Interface API reference](https://docs.openstack.org/api-ref/baremetal/#node-firmware-nodes) | ||
| - [Gophercloud Support](https://github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/pull/2795) | ||
| - [Metal3 Ironic Image](https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-image/pull/438) |