Node firmware

IBM Fusion HCI automatically runs firmware upgrades after the upgrade of IBM Fusion HCI operator. IBM Fusion HCI keeps firmware up to date without an extended maintenance and minimal node restarts.

You can verify the status of the firmware in the Infrastructure > Nodes page. In the Firmware level column, you can find the firmware status that is associated with the release. In the following table, you can see some of the possible firmware statuses:
Status Description
Up to date It indicates that the firmware is in the latest level.
Update required A firmware upgrade is available and it gets orchestrated automatically.
Update failed It indicates that the firmware upgrade failed. Contact IBM support to proceed further.
Reboot required It indicates that the node firmware is updated, but one or more components require node restart for changes to take affect.

Nodes that require node reboot for latest firmware to reflect and if any node requires a restart, then you can observe a Reboot required on the IBM Fusion HCI user interface.

To restart one or more nodes for firmware to take affect, you can restart the node as follows:
  1. Open the IBM Fusion HCI user interface.
  2. Go to Settings > Upgrades.
  3. In the Rolling upgrades section, check whether any node firmware upgrade needs a restart.
  4. Go to Infrastructure > Nodes.
  5. Select the nodes that require restart and click Reboot.

    IBM Fusion HCI automatically checks the environment before node reboot. If it is safe to proceed, the selected nodes get restarted in a rolling fashion to minimize impact to the OpenShift® cluster.

Note: If upgrade fails for a node, then it stops the upgrade for other nodes. Resolve the issue for the upgrade to resume. If you are not able to resolve, contact IBM support .