I was recently patching several Oracle Database Appliance (ODA) X11-2-HA at customer from 19.26 to 19.30 and then finally to 19.32.
During one patching hop I faced an issue where /root became full. One of the consequences was that I had to manually patch local controller firmware. Through this blog I would like to share with you my experience about this problem and the solution I applied.
Problem description
I was at the step to run the update-servercomponents patching:
[root@node0 ~]# /opt/oracle/dcs/bin/odacli update-servercomponents -v 19.30.0.0.0
{
"jobId" : "03c81877-9d76-426d-b6c8-a7da09ffca66",
"status" : "Created",
"message" : "A server update job has been initiated. If a reboot is required, it will be performed as part of the update process. The final status will be provided once the update operation has been completed on all nodes.",
"reports" : [ ],
"createTimestamp" : "September 24, 2026 10:11:14 CEST",
"resourceList" : [ ],
"description" : "Server Patching to 19.30.0.0.0",
"updatedTime" : "September 24, 2026 10:11:14 CEST",
"jobType" : null,
"cpsMetadata" : null,
"ecJobId" : null
}
The job patching activity was on-going correctly:
[root@node0 ~]# odacli describe-job -i 03c81877-9d76-426d-b6c8-a7da09ffca66
Job details
----------------------------------------------------------------
ID: 03c81877-9d76-426d-b6c8-a7da09ffca66
Description: Server Patching to 19.30.0.0.0
Status: Running
Created: September 24, 2026 10:11:14 CEST
Message:
Task Name Node Name Start Time End Time Status
---------------------------------------- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ----------------
Validate ILOM server reachable node0 September 24, 2026 10:11:24 CEST September 24, 2026 10:11:24 CEST Success
Validate ILOM server reachable node1 September 24, 2026 10:11:24 CEST September 24, 2026 10:11:24 CEST Success
Validating GI user metadata node0 September 24, 2026 10:11:24 CEST September 24, 2026 10:11:24 CEST Success
Validating GI user metadata node1 September 24, 2026 10:11:24 CEST September 24, 2026 10:11:24 CEST Success
Modify BM udev rules node0 September 24, 2026 10:11:25 CEST September 24, 2026 10:11:36 CEST Success
Modify BM udev rules node1 September 24, 2026 10:11:25 CEST September 24, 2026 10:11:36 CEST Success
Stop oakd node1 September 24, 2026 10:11:40 CEST September 24, 2026 10:11:43 CEST Success
Creating local repository node0 September 24, 2026 10:11:43 CEST September 24, 2026 10:11:45 CEST Success
OSPatchBaseRepo
Creating local repository node1 September 24, 2026 10:11:43 CEST September 24, 2026 10:11:45 CEST Success
OSPatchBaseRepo
Updating versionlock plugin node0 September 24, 2026 10:11:45 CEST September 24, 2026 10:11:48 CEST Success
Updating versionlock plugin node1 September 24, 2026 10:11:45 CEST September 24, 2026 10:11:48 CEST Success
Applying OS Patches node0 September 24, 2026 10:11:48 CEST Running
Applying OS Patches node1 September 24, 2026 10:11:48 CEST Running
[root@node0 ~]#
I’m used to let a tail -f running on the DCS alert log agent, just to watch all things are on-going:
tail -f /opt/oracle/dcs/log/dcs-agent.logAnd I could see, the following error:
2026-09-24 10:34:50,775 ERROR [DcsJobScheduler-Worker] [] c.o.d.c.e.ExceptionFactory: Failed to write to file: /tmp/dcsfiles/asm/asm_2026-09-24_10-34-50.0766_303.sql
DcsException{errorHttpCode=InternalError, msg=failed to write to file /tmp/dcsfiles/asm/asm_2026-09-24_10-34-50.0766_303.sql: No space left on device, msgId=12022, causedBy=java.io.IOException: No space left on device}
at com.oracle.dcs.commons.exception.DcsException$Builder.build(DcsException.java:143)
at com.oracle.dcs.commons.exception.ExceptionFactory.failWriteFile(ExceptionFactory.java:477)
at com.oracle.dcs.commons.exception.ExceptionFactory.lambda$failWriteFileSupplier$18(ExceptionFactory.java:493)
at com.oracle.dcs.commons.exception.ExceptionFactory.throwFailWriteFile(ExceptionFactory.java:832)
at com.oracle.dcs.commons.utils.CommonsUtils.writeToSqlFile(CommonsUtils.java:2006)
at com.oracle.dcs.agent.utils.db.SqlPlusHelper.runASMStatements(SqlPlusHelper.java:996)
at com.oracle.dcs.agent.schedule.jobs.RebalanceMonitoringHelper.getRebalanceInfo(RebalanceMonitoringHelper.java:169)
at com.oracle.dcs.agent.schedule.jobs.RebalanceMonitoringHelper.monitorRebalance(RebalanceMonitoringHelper.java:293)
at com.oracle.dcs.agent.schedule.jobs.RebalanceMonitorJob.executeJob(RebalanceMonitorJob.java:100)
at com.oracle.dcs.agent.schedule.jobs.RebalanceMonitorJob.run(RebalanceMonitorJob.java:62)
at com.oracle.dcs.agent.schedule.DcsJobScheduler$DcsExecutionTask.run(DcsJobScheduler.java:572)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:750)
Caused by: java.io.IOException: No space left on device
at java.io.FileOutputStream.writeBytes(Native Method)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.write(FileOutputStream.java:326)
at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.writeBytes(StreamEncoder.java:221)
at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.implClose(StreamEncoder.java:316)
at sun.nio.cs.StreamEncoder.close(StreamEncoder.java:149)
at java.io.OutputStreamWriter.close(OutputStreamWriter.java:233)
at com.oracle.dcs.commons.utils.CommonsUtils.writeToSqlFile(CommonsUtils.java:2004)
... 9 more
2026-09-24 10:34:50,776 DEBUG [DcsJobScheduler-Worker] [] c.o.d.a.s.DcsJobScheduler: afterExecute() : Begin
Resolution
I immediately checked Root File System:
[root@node0 tmp]# df -h /tmp Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/VolGroupSys-LogVolRoot 30G 30G 0 100% /
And root file system was full! No space left of device!
How is it possible, knowing one of my pre-patching steps is to check /, /u01, /opt, and /boot file systems occupancies, to ensure that for /, /u01 and /opt I have at least 20 GB available space, running:
df -h / /u01 /opt /boot /opt/oracle/oak/pkgrepos/orapkgs/clonesChecking what could have taken all this space, I could see that a folder named oraapp was taking 23GB space in local root file system:
[root@node0 /]# du -sh * 0 bin 257M boot 3.7M core.oclumon.bin.89762 20M dev 35M etc 4.0M home 0 lib 0 lib64 16K lost+found 4.0K media 92G mnt 0 null 25G opt 4.0K oracle-ahf-2511100.zip 23G oraapp 0 proc 575M root 4.1G run 0 sbin 4.0K srv 0 sys 341M tmp 32G u01 20K u02 12K u03 20K u04 56K u99 2.3G usr 1.5G var [root@node0 /]#
This folder with the name of the application was certainly not generated by the ODA patching. Contacting the customer we could realise that he has been writing some hourly synchronization script to sync application data between primary and standby, which is more than ok. And the data were copied on an ACFS File System that was created for this purpose. Which is totally ok. The problem is that the synchronization job was still running during the patching, and the patching will close all ASM resources. Bingo, the synchronization job created then of course locally a directory in root file system. With customer agreement I immediately deleted that directory.
Lesson learned, we updated the patching MOP to have the new synchronization job stopped before patching.
At the end the patching could anyhow run successfully.
[root@node0 ~]# odacli describe-job -i 03c81877-9d76-426d-b6c8-a7da09ffca66
Job details
----------------------------------------------------------------
ID: 03c81877-9d76-426d-b6c8-a7da09ffca66
Description: Server Patching to 19.30.0.0.0
Status: Success
Created: September 24, 2026 10:11:14 CEST
Message:
Task Name Node Name Start Time End Time Status
---------------------------------------- ------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ----------------
Validate ILOM server reachable node0 September 24, 2026 10:11:24 CEST September 24, 2026 10:11:24 CEST Success
Validate ILOM server reachable node1 September 24, 2026 10:11:24 CEST September 24, 2026 10:11:24 CEST Success
Validating GI user metadata node0 September 24, 2026 10:11:24 CEST September 24, 2026 10:11:24 CEST Success
Validating GI user metadata node1 September 24, 2026 10:11:24 CEST September 24, 2026 10:11:24 CEST Success
Modify BM udev rules node0 September 24, 2026 10:11:25 CEST September 24, 2026 10:11:36 CEST Success
Modify BM udev rules node1 September 24, 2026 10:11:25 CEST September 24, 2026 10:11:36 CEST Success
Stop oakd node1 September 24, 2026 10:11:40 CEST September 24, 2026 10:11:43 CEST Success
Creating local repository node0 September 24, 2026 10:11:43 CEST September 24, 2026 10:11:45 CEST Success
OSPatchBaseRepo
Creating local repository node1 September 24, 2026 10:11:43 CEST September 24, 2026 10:11:45 CEST Success
OSPatchBaseRepo
Updating versionlock plugin node0 September 24, 2026 10:11:45 CEST September 24, 2026 10:11:48 CEST Success
Updating versionlock plugin node1 September 24, 2026 10:11:45 CEST September 24, 2026 10:11:48 CEST Success
Applying OS Patches node0 September 24, 2026 10:11:48 CEST September 24, 2026 10:19:41 CEST Success
Applying OS Patches node1 September 24, 2026 10:11:48 CEST September 24, 2026 10:19:24 CEST Success
Creating local repository HMPPatchRepo node0 September 24, 2026 10:19:41 CEST September 24, 2026 10:19:42 CEST Success
Creating local repository HMPPatchRepo node1 September 24, 2026 10:19:41 CEST September 24, 2026 10:19:42 CEST Success
Applying HMP Patches node0 September 24, 2026 10:19:42 CEST September 24, 2026 10:19:45 CEST Success
Applying HMP Patches node1 September 24, 2026 10:19:42 CEST September 24, 2026 10:19:44 CEST Success
Setting SELinux mode node0 September 24, 2026 10:19:45 CEST September 24, 2026 10:19:45 CEST Success
Setting SELinux mode node1 September 24, 2026 10:19:45 CEST September 24, 2026 10:19:45 CEST Success
Starting the clusterware node1 September 24, 2026 10:21:16 CEST September 24, 2026 10:22:34 CEST Success
Deconfigure AFD node1 September 24, 2026 10:24:12 CEST September 24, 2026 10:25:52 CEST Success
Oda-hw-mgmt upgrade node0 September 24, 2026 10:25:53 CEST September 24, 2026 10:27:50 CEST Success
Patch location validation node0 September 24, 2026 10:25:53 CEST September 24, 2026 10:25:53 CEST Success
Patch location validation node1 September 24, 2026 10:25:53 CEST September 24, 2026 10:25:53 CEST Success
Oda-hw-mgmt upgrade node1 September 24, 2026 10:27:50 CEST September 24, 2026 10:29:47 CEST Success
Post Deconfigure AFD node1 September 24, 2026 10:31:22 CEST September 24, 2026 10:32:43 CEST Success
OSS Patching node0 September 24, 2026 10:32:43 CEST September 24, 2026 10:32:44 CEST Success
OSS Patching node1 September 24, 2026 10:32:43 CEST September 24, 2026 10:32:44 CEST Success
Installing SQLcl software node1 September 24, 2026 10:32:44 CEST September 24, 2026 10:32:47 CEST Success
Applying Firmware local Disk Patches node0 September 24, 2026 10:32:47 CEST September 24, 2026 10:32:51 CEST Success
Applying Firmware local Disk Patches node1 September 24, 2026 10:32:51 CEST September 24, 2026 10:32:55 CEST Success
Applying Firmware local Controller Patch node0 September 24, 2026 10:32:58 CEST September 24, 2026 10:33:01 CEST Success
Applying Firmware local Controller Patch node1 September 24, 2026 10:33:01 CEST September 24, 2026 10:40:45 CEST Success
Checking Ilom patch Version node0 September 24, 2026 10:40:46 CEST September 24, 2026 10:40:46 CEST Success
Checking Ilom patch Version node1 September 24, 2026 10:40:46 CEST September 24, 2026 10:40:46 CEST Success
Patch location validation node0 September 24, 2026 10:40:46 CEST September 24, 2026 10:40:46 CEST Success
Patch location validation node1 September 24, 2026 10:40:46 CEST September 24, 2026 10:40:46 CEST Success
Save password in Wallet node1 September 24, 2026 10:40:47 CEST September 24, 2026 10:40:49 CEST Success
Disabling IPMI v2 node0 September 24, 2026 10:40:49 CEST September 24, 2026 10:40:50 CEST Success
Disabling IPMI v2 node1 September 24, 2026 10:40:50 CEST September 24, 2026 10:40:51 CEST Success
Apply Ilom patch node0 September 24, 2026 10:40:51 CEST September 24, 2026 10:52:26 CEST Success
Apply Ilom patch node1 September 24, 2026 10:52:26 CEST September 24, 2026 11:03:45 CEST Success
Copying Flash Bios to Temp location node0 September 24, 2026 11:03:45 CEST September 24, 2026 11:03:45 CEST Success
Copying Flash Bios to Temp location node1 September 24, 2026 11:03:45 CEST September 24, 2026 11:03:45 CEST Success
Start oakd node1 September 24, 2026 11:04:04 CEST September 24, 2026 11:04:20 CEST Success
Add SYSNAME in Env node1 September 24, 2026 11:04:21 CEST September 24, 2026 11:04:21 CEST Success
Cleanup JRE Home node0 September 24, 2026 11:04:21 CEST September 24, 2026 11:04:21 CEST Success
Cleanup JRE Home node1 September 24, 2026 11:04:21 CEST September 24, 2026 11:04:21 CEST Success
Starting the clusterware node1 September 24, 2026 11:05:51 CEST September 24, 2026 11:07:08 CEST Success
Update lvm.conf file node0 September 24, 2026 11:07:09 CEST September 24, 2026 11:07:09 CEST Success
Update lvm.conf file node1 September 24, 2026 11:07:09 CEST September 24, 2026 11:07:09 CEST Success
Generating and saving BOM node0 September 24, 2026 11:07:10 CEST September 24, 2026 11:07:39 CEST Success
Generating and saving BOM node1 September 24, 2026 11:07:10 CEST September 24, 2026 11:07:37 CEST Success
Update System full patch version node0 September 24, 2026 11:07:10 CEST September 24, 2026 11:07:10 CEST Success
Update System full patch version node1 September 24, 2026 11:07:10 CEST September 24, 2026 11:07:10 CEST Success
Update System rebootless patch version node0 September 24, 2026 11:07:10 CEST September 24, 2026 11:07:10 CEST Success
Update System rebootless patch version node1 September 24, 2026 11:07:10 CEST September 24, 2026 11:07:10 CEST Success
PreRebootNode Actions node0 September 24, 2026 11:07:39 CEST September 24, 2026 11:08:53 CEST Success
PreRebootNode Actions node1 September 24, 2026 11:08:53 CEST September 24, 2026 11:10:03 CEST Success
Reboot Node node1 September 24, 2026 11:10:04 CEST September 24, 2026 11:29:09 CEST Success
Validate DCS Agent is up node1 September 24, 2026 11:29:08 CEST September 24, 2026 11:29:08 CEST Success
Reboot Node node0 September 24, 2026 11:29:10 CEST September 24, 2026 11:48:15 CEST Success
Validate DCS Agent is up node0 September 24, 2026 11:48:15 CEST September 24, 2026 11:48:15 CEST Success
[root@node0 ~]#
Checking the system, there was no really impact, expect some difference in old kernel in /boot between the two nodes (the synchronization script only run on node0), which was having no impact and would be resolved with next hop patching, and local controller firmware not been updated. The patching process had no space to copy the firmware patches locally on the appropriate directory.
The other patching steps, grid and storage went successfully at well. At the end the components versions were as following:
[root@node0 ~]# odacli describe-component
System Version
--------------
19.30.0.0.0
System Node Name
----------------
node0
Local System Version
--------------------
19.30.0.0.0
Component Installed Version Available Version
---------------------------------------- -------------------- --------------------
OAK 19.30.0.0.0 up-to-date
GI 19.30.0.0.260120 up-to-date
DB {
OraDB19000_home3 19.26.0.0.250121 19.30.0.0.260120
[cdbx9]
}
DCSCONTROLLER 19.30.0.0.0 up-to-date
DCSCLI 19.30.0.0.0 up-to-date
DCSAGENT 19.30.0.0.0 up-to-date
DCSADMIN 19.30.0.0.0 up-to-date
OS 8.10 up-to-date
ILOM 5.1.5.29.r167569 up-to-date
BIOS 62150200 up-to-date
LOCAL CONTROLLER FIRMWARE {
[c3, c4] 16.35.4030 16.35.8002
}
SHARED CONTROLLER FIRMWARE {
[c1, c2] 16.00.08.00 up-to-date
}
FIRMWAREEXPANDER {
[c1x0, c2x0] 0310 up-to-date
}
LOCAL DISK FIRMWARE {
[c0d0, c0d1] D3MU001 up-to-date
}
SHARED DISK FIRMWARE {
[c1d0, c1d1, c1d2, c1d3, c1d4, RXG0 up-to-date
c1d5, c1d6, c1d7, c1d8, c1d9,
c1d10, c1d11, c1d12, c1d13,
c1d14, c1d15, c1d16, c1d17,
c1d18, c1d19, c1d20, c1d21,
c1d22, c1d23, c2d0, c2d1, c2d2,
c2d3, c2d4, c2d5, c2d6, c2d7,
c2d8, c2d9, c2d10, c2d11, c2d12,
c2d13, c2d14, c2d15, c2d16,
c2d17, c2d18, c2d19, c2d20,
c2d21, c2d22, c2d23]
}
HMP 2.4.10.1.600 up-to-date
System Node Name
----------------
node1
Local System Version
--------------------
19.30.0.0.0
Component Installed Version Available Version
---------------------------------------- -------------------- --------------------
OAK 19.30.0.0.0 up-to-date
GI 19.30.0.0.260120 up-to-date
DB {
OraDB19000_home3 19.26.0.0.250121 19.30.0.0.260120
[cdbx9]
}
DCSCONTROLLER 19.30.0.0.0 up-to-date
DCSCLI 19.30.0.0.0 up-to-date
DCSAGENT 19.30.0.0.0 up-to-date
DCSADMIN 19.30.0.0.0 up-to-date
OS 8.10 up-to-date
ILOM 5.1.5.29.r167569 up-to-date
BIOS 62150200 up-to-date
LOCAL CONTROLLER FIRMWARE {
[c3, c4] 16.35.8002 up-to-date
}
SHARED CONTROLLER FIRMWARE {
[c1, c2] 16.00.08.00 up-to-date
}
FIRMWAREEXPANDER {
[c1x0, c2x0] 0310 up-to-date
}
LOCAL DISK FIRMWARE {
[c0d0, c0d1] D3MU001 up-to-date
}
SHARED DISK FIRMWARE {
[c1d0, c1d1, c1d2, c1d3, c1d4, RXG0 up-to-date
c1d5, c1d6, c1d7, c1d8, c1d9,
c1d10, c1d11, c1d12, c1d13,
c1d14, c1d15, c1d16, c1d17,
c1d18, c1d19, c1d20, c1d21,
c1d22, c1d23, c2d0, c2d1, c2d2,
c2d3, c2d4, c2d5, c2d6, c2d7,
c2d8, c2d9, c2d10, c2d11, c2d12,
c2d13, c2d14, c2d15, c2d16,
c2d17, c2d18, c2d19, c2d20,
c2d21, c2d22, c2d23]
}
HMP 2.4.10.1.600 up-to-date
[root@node0 ~]#
As we can see the local controller firmware is not up to date on node 0 when updated on node1.
Manual patching of local controller firmware
Let’s patch manually the local controller firmware on node0.
Local controller firmware needs to be patched on node0 only:
[root@node0 ~]# odacli describe-component | grep 'LOCAL CONTROLLER FIRMWARE' -A2
LOCAL CONTROLLER FIRMWARE {
[c3, c4] 16.35.4030 16.35.8002
}
--
LOCAL CONTROLLER FIRMWARE {
[c3, c4] 16.35.8002 up-to-date
}
[root@node0 ~]#
Listing the controller, we can see that we need to patch c3 and c4 Mellanox controllers from 16.35.4030 to 16.35.8002 version for the fiber channel network cards:
[root@node0 ~]# fwupdate list controller
WARNING: Due to strict MMIO memory settings in the running kernel some network controllers may not be accessible.
See Hardware Management Pack documentation regarding iomem kernel settings required for
firmware update of these devices.
==================================================
CONTROLLER
==================================================
ID Type Manufacturer Model Product Name FW Version BIOS Version EFI Version FCODE Version Package Version NVDATA Version XML Support
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
c0 HDC Intel 0x2826 0x4873 - - - - - - N/A
c1 SAS LSI Logic 0x0097 ORCL-EXT-SAS3 16.00.08.00 08.37.00.00 18.00.00.00 01.00.68.00 - 14.01.00.13 N/A
c2 SAS LSI Logic 0x0097 ORCL-EXT-SAS3 16.00.08.00 08.37.00.00 18.00.00.00 01.00.68.00 - 14.01.00.13 N/A
c3 NET Mellanox 0x1017 Oracle 25GbE Dual-Port SFP 16.35.4030 - 14.29.15 - - - N/A
c4 NET Mellanox 0x1017 Oracle 25GbE Dual-Port SFP 16.35.4030 - 14.29.15 - - - N/A
[root@node0 ~]#
Let’s go in the appropriate mellanox firmware controller directory from the repository and check that version 8002 file is available:
[root@node0 ~]# cd /opt/oracle/oak/pkgrepos/firmwarecontroller/mellanox/0x1017/16.35.8002/ [root@node0 16.35.8002]# ll total 16392 -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 290 Feb 11 2026 componentmetadata.xml -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 16777216 Feb 11 2026 fw-ConnectX5-rel-16_35_8002-8201339_Ax_Bx-UEFI-14.29.15.signed.bin -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 2463 Feb 11 2026 metadata.xml [root@node0 16.35.8002]#
Let’s update c3 controller:
[root@node0 16.35.8002]# fwupdate update controller -n c3 -x metadata.xml The following actions will be taken: ========================================================== ID Priority Action Status Old Firmware Ver. Proposed Ver. New Firmware Ver. System Reboot --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- c3 1 Check FW Success 16.35.4030 16.35.8002 N/A N/A Do you wish to process the above actions? [y/n]? y Update of c3 to 16.35.8002. Updating c3: Success Verifying all priority 1 updates Execution Summary ========================================================== ID Priority Action Status Old Firmware Ver. Proposed Ver. New Firmware Ver. System Reboot --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- c3 1 Validate Success 16.35.4030 16.35.8002 16.35.8002 N/A [root@node0 16.35.8002]#
And c4 controller:
[root@node0 16.35.8002]# fwupdate update controller -n c4 -x metadata.xml The following actions will be taken: ========================================================== ID Priority Action Status Old Firmware Ver. Proposed Ver. New Firmware Ver. System Reboot --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- c4 1 Check FW Success 16.35.4030 16.35.8002 N/A N/A Do you wish to process the above actions? [y/n]? y Update of c4 to 16.35.8002. Updating c4: Success Verifying all priority 1 updates Execution Summary ========================================================== ID Priority Action Status Old Firmware Ver. Proposed Ver. New Firmware Ver. System Reboot --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- c4 1 Validate Success 16.35.4030 16.35.8002 16.35.8002 N/A
Let’s check and confirm that all is ok, listing the controllers:
[root@node0 16.35.8002]# fwupdate list controller
WARNING: Due to strict MMIO memory settings in the running kernel some network controllers may not be accessible.
See Hardware Management Pack documentation regarding iomem kernel settings required for
firmware update of these devices.
==================================================
CONTROLLER
==================================================
ID Type Manufacturer Model Product Name FW Version BIOS Version EFI Version FCODE Version Package Version NVDATA Version XML Support
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
c0 HDC Intel 0x2826 0x4873 - - - - - - N/A
c1 SAS LSI Logic 0x0097 ORCL-EXT-SAS3 16.00.08.00 08.37.00.00 18.00.00.00 01.00.68.00 - 14.01.00.13 N/A
c2 SAS LSI Logic 0x0097 ORCL-EXT-SAS3 16.00.08.00 08.37.00.00 18.00.00.00 01.00.68.00 - 14.01.00.13 N/A
c3 NET Mellanox 0x1017 Oracle 25GbE Dual-Port SFP 16.35.8002 - 14.29.15 - - - N/A
c4 NET Mellanox 0x1017 Oracle 25GbE Dual-Port SFP 16.35.8002 - 14.29.15 - - - N/A
[root@node0 16.35.8002]#
We can check and see that now all both nodes local controller firmware are up to date:
[root@node0 16.35.8002]# odacli describe-component | grep 'LOCAL CONTROLLER FIRMWARE' -A2
LOCAL CONTROLLER FIRMWARE {
[c3, c4] 16.35.8002 up-to-date
}
--
LOCAL CONTROLLER FIRMWARE {
[c3, c4] 16.35.8002 up-to-date
}
[root@node0 16.35.8002]#
To wrap up…
And finally all our ODA components are up to date.
[root@node0 16.35.8002]# odacli describe-component
System Version
--------------
19.30.0.0.0
System Node Name
----------------
node0
Local System Version
--------------------
19.30.0.0.0
Component Installed Version Available Version
---------------------------------------- -------------------- --------------------
OAK 19.30.0.0.0 up-to-date
GI 19.30.0.0.260120 up-to-date
DB {
OraDB19000_home3 19.26.0.0.250121 19.30.0.0.260120
[cdbx9]
}
DCSCONTROLLER 19.30.0.0.0 up-to-date
DCSCLI 19.30.0.0.0 up-to-date
DCSAGENT 19.30.0.0.0 up-to-date
DCSADMIN 19.30.0.0.0 up-to-date
OS 8.10 up-to-date
ILOM 5.1.5.29.r167569 up-to-date
BIOS 62150200 up-to-date
LOCAL CONTROLLER FIRMWARE {
[c3, c4] 16.35.8002 up-to-date
}
SHARED CONTROLLER FIRMWARE {
[c1, c2] 16.00.08.00 up-to-date
}
FIRMWAREEXPANDER {
[c1x0, c2x0] 0310 up-to-date
}
LOCAL DISK FIRMWARE {
[c0d0, c0d1] D3MU001 up-to-date
}
SHARED DISK FIRMWARE {
[c1d0, c1d1, c1d2, c1d3, c1d4, RXG0 up-to-date
c1d5, c1d6, c1d7, c1d8, c1d9,
c1d10, c1d11, c1d12, c1d13,
c1d14, c1d15, c1d16, c1d17,
c1d18, c1d19, c1d20, c1d21,
c1d22, c1d23, c2d0, c2d1, c2d2,
c2d3, c2d4, c2d5, c2d6, c2d7,
c2d8, c2d9, c2d10, c2d11, c2d12,
c2d13, c2d14, c2d15, c2d16,
c2d17, c2d18, c2d19, c2d20,
c2d21, c2d22, c2d23]
}
HMP 2.4.10.1.600 up-to-date
System Node Name
----------------
node1
Local System Version
--------------------
19.30.0.0.0
Component Installed Version Available Version
---------------------------------------- -------------------- --------------------
OAK 19.30.0.0.0 up-to-date
GI 19.30.0.0.260120 up-to-date
DB {
OraDB19000_home3 19.26.0.0.250121 19.30.0.0.260120
[cdbx9]
}
DCSCONTROLLER 19.30.0.0.0 up-to-date
DCSCLI 19.30.0.0.0 up-to-date
DCSAGENT 19.30.0.0.0 up-to-date
DCSADMIN 19.30.0.0.0 up-to-date
OS 8.10 up-to-date
ILOM 5.1.5.29.r167569 up-to-date
BIOS 62150200 up-to-date
LOCAL CONTROLLER FIRMWARE {
[c3, c4] 16.35.8002 up-to-date
}
SHARED CONTROLLER FIRMWARE {
[c1, c2] 16.00.08.00 up-to-date
}
FIRMWAREEXPANDER {
[c1x0, c2x0] 0310 up-to-date
}
LOCAL DISK FIRMWARE {
[c0d0, c0d1] D3MU001 up-to-date
}
SHARED DISK FIRMWARE {
[c1d0, c1d1, c1d2, c1d3, c1d4, RXG0 up-to-date
c1d5, c1d6, c1d7, c1d8, c1d9,
c1d10, c1d11, c1d12, c1d13,
c1d14, c1d15, c1d16, c1d17,
c1d18, c1d19, c1d20, c1d21,
c1d22, c1d23, c2d0, c2d1, c2d2,
c2d3, c2d4, c2d5, c2d6, c2d7,
c2d8, c2d9, c2d10, c2d11, c2d12,
c2d13, c2d14, c2d15, c2d16,
c2d17, c2d18, c2d19, c2d20,
c2d21, c2d22, c2d23]
}
HMP 2.4.10.1.600 up-to-date
[root@node0 16.35.8002]#
We could see how easy it is to manually patch local controller firmware on the ODA, which helps to mitigate patching issues impacted by customized script. This is why, knowing we are speaking about appliance, it is always good to avoid the most we can any customization, and if doing some to well document it.
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