Test Design of rflash python version

Test Design of rflash python version

Introduction

This document provides an overview of the activities that are planned to be conducted on the IBM Witherspoon Physical Machine Firmware updating support testing. This test plan is intended for the use of xCAT FVT team.

The test is against xCAT version 2.13.11. The build of xCAT will be picked up from the xcat.org And the build of the latest Firmware of Witherspoon machines are downloaded from following link.

pfd.austin.ibm.com/releasenotes/indexop910.html

Overview of xCAT FVT

Test Software Requirements

Operating System ：Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.4

Other Softwares

xCAT 2.13.11

Test Hardware Requirements

MN: any machines with latest xcat installed
CN: Witherspoon node (p9)

xCAT Test Detail Section

Test environment preparation

• new OpenBMC python version rpm installation steps:

  • Use yum install gcc and python-devel.ppc64le:

    yum install -y gcc python-devel.ppc64le 
    

  • Install pip refer to https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/. Use pip to install gevent, greenlet, certifi, chardet, idna, urllib3, requests:

    pip install gevent greenlet certifi chardet idna urllib3 requests
    

  • Download and install xCAT-openbmc-py-2.13.10-snap201801250418.noarch.rpm:

    wget http://xcat.org/files/xcat/xcat-dep/2.x_Linux/beta/xCAT-openbmc-py-2.13.10-snap201801250418.noarch.rpm
    yum localinstall -y xCAT-openbmc-py-2.13.10-snap201801250418.noarch.rpm
    

  • enable OpenBMC python version:

    export XCAT_OPENBMC_PYTHON=YES
    

Test cases

Test case 1

Check if rflash -c/--check could give out the firmware of node

1. Define node. The node's definition should have bmc's ip. BMC should work correctly.
2. Run rflash noderange -c or rflash noderange --check.
3. Expected output should be the nodes' firmware level.
4. Run rflash noderange -c -V or rflash noderange --check -V.
5. Expected output should be the nodes' firmware level and detailed information.

Test case 2

Check if rflash -l/--list could list out available firmware on the BMC

1. Define node. The node's definition should have bmc's ip. BMC should work correctly.
2. Run rflash noderange -l or rflash noderange --list.
3. Expected output should list all available firmwares on the BMC.

Test case 3

Check if rflash noderange tar_file_path -c|--check could give out the tar file's firmware level

1. Define node. The node's definition should have bmc's ip. BMC should work correctly.
2. Run rflash noderange tar_file_path -c or rflash noderange tar_file_path --check
3. Expected output should give out the tar file's firmware level

Test case 4

Check if rflash noderange tar_file_path -u|--upload could upload the tar file to the node's bmc

1. Define node. The node's definition should have bmc's ip. BMC should work correctly.
2. Run rflash noderange tar_file_path -u or rflash noderange tar_file_path --upload
3. Run rflash noderange -l to check if the upload is successful.
4. Expected output should give out the tar file's firmware level.
5. Run rflash noderange tar_file_path -u -V or rflash noderange tar_file_path --upload -V
6. Expected output should give out the tar file's firmware level and detailed information.

Test case 5

Check if rflash noderange tar_file_path -a|--active could upload the tar file to the node's bmc and active the firmware.

1. Define node. The node's definition should have bmc's ip. BMC should work correctly.
2. Run rflash noderange tar_file_path -a -V or rflash noderange tar_file_path --active -V.
3. To apply the firmware level, a reboot is required to BMC and HOST
4. Expected output should upload and active the firmware in a single step. And the detailed information is displayed.

Test case 6

Check if rflash noderange image_id -a|--active could active the firmware on the node/bmc.

1. Define node. The node's definition should have bmc's ip. BMC should work correctly.
2. Run rflash noderange image_id -a or rflash noderange image_id --active.
3. To apply the firmware level, a reboot is required to BMC and HOST
4. Expected output should be the image_id firmware is activated on the node/bmc

Test case 7

Check if rflash noderange image_id -d|--delete could delete the image on the node/bmc.

1. Define node. The node's definition should have bmc's ip. BMC should work correctly.
2. Run rflash noderange image_id -d or rflash noderange image_id --delete.
3. Expected output should be the image is deleted on the node/bmc

Test case 9

Check if rflash help information is correct.

1. Define node. The node's definition should have bmc's ip. BMC should work correctly.
2. Run rflash -h or rflash --help
3. Expected output should be rflash's help information.