Hi everyone,
My machine stopped working yesterday and did nothing after hostboot stage. I tried re-flashing firmware (though bmcweb) but this didn't help. I spent most of the day yesterday trying to find out what could be wrong and was ready to disassemble the board for more controlled testing today.
This morning, I decided to try flashing pnor one more time, but using pflash in bmc ssh connection. Surprisingly this resolved the whole situation! So, pflash and upload firmware to web ui is definitely not the same thing.
Anyways, this got me thinking I need to prepare a bit better for when the flashchips eventually do need replacing and it would be nice to have a (pre-flashed) set on stock.
- what type of flash chips do i need?
- who sells these? (ships to NL, ideally preflashed)
- if flashing is needed by myself, what tooling do I need?
My hypothesis so far is that the thunderstorms a couple of days ago had something to do with the failure, but that's just a guess.
Glad I got the machine back into operation again, but still a bit concerned this can happen anytime again.
