CFBIOS-54: "BIOS POST Failure" with IPMI failure occurs during a power cycle after updating the BMC to 11.9 or later
Issue
- On some storage systems running older BIOS versions where the baseboard management controller (BMC) was recently upgraded to 11.9 or later, the node fails to boot with a "BIOS POST Failure" error, related to failed IPMI communication with the BMC.
- The BMC is subsequently booted to its backup firmware image.
- The following console messages indicate this issue:
BIOS Version: 11.4
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Initializing System Memory ...
Loading Device Drivers ...
Waiting for SP ...
SP failure. Resetting SP from primary FW. This can take a few minutes
Waiting for SP ...
SP failure. Resetting SP from backup FW. This can take a few minutes
Waiting for SP ...
Failed to recover SP
IPMI:Get controller FRU inventory:failed <<<<<<
Configuring Devices ...
IPMI PCI Slot Control failed. <<<<<<
...
BIOS POST Failure(s) detected: SP IPMI failure. Abort AUTOBOOT <<<<<<
LOADER-B> - The following messages in the BMC system event log (SEL) indicate this issue:
Record 314: ... [BMC.notice]: Running secondary version 11.2 <<<<<<
Record 315: ... [SysFW.notice]: SP did not respond to sync command for 332 seconds.
Record 316: ... [SysFW.notice]: Failed to recover SP
Record 317: ... [SysFW.critical]: IPMI:Get controller FRU inventory:failed <<<<<<
...
Record 320: ... [IPMI.notice]: 001a | 00 | EVT: 6fc206ff | System_FW_Status | Assertion Event, "BIOS has reset SP"
Record 321: ... [SysFW.critical]: IPMI PCI Slot Control failed. <<<<<<