BIOSSettings

BIOSSettings represents a BIOS Setting update operation for a physical server (compute system). It updates the bios settings on physical server's BIOS.

Key Points

• BIOSSettings maps a BIOS version and settings as map for a given server.
• Only one BIOSSettings can be active per Server at a time.
• BIOSSettings related changes are applied once the bios version matches with the physical server's bios.
• BIOSSettings handles reboots of server (if required) using ServerMaintenance resource
• OnceBIOSSettings moves to Failed state, It stays in this state unless Manually moved out of this state.

Workflow

1. A separate operator (e.g., biosSettingsSet) or user creates a BIOSSettings resource referencing a specific Server.
2. Provided settings are checked against the current BIOS setting.
3. If settings are same as on the server, the state is moved to Applied (even if the version does not match)
4. If the settings needs update, BIOSSettings check the version of BIOS and if required version does not match, it waits for the bios version to reach the spec version.
5. If ServerMaintenance is not provided already. it requests for one and waits for the server to enter Maintenance state.
   • policy used by ServerMaintenance is to be provided through Spec ServerMaintenancePolicy in BIOSSettings
6. BIOSSettings checks if the required setting update needs physical server reboot.
7. Setting update process is started and the server is rebooted if required.
8. BIOSSettings verfiy the setting has been applied and trasistions the state to Applied. removes the ServerMaintenance resource if created by self.
9. Any further update to the BIOSSettings Spec will restart the process.
10. If the BIOSSettings fails to apply the bios setting. The BIOSSettings moves to Failed state until Manually moved out of this state.

Example

apiVersion: metal.ironcore.dev/v1alpha1
kind: BIOSSettings
metadata:
  name: biossettings-sample
spec:
  serverRef:
    name: endpoint-sample-system-0
  version: 2.10.3
  settings:
    PxeDev1EnDis: Disable
    PxeDev2EnDis: Enabled
    OtherSettings: "123"
    someother: Disabled
  serverMaintenancePolicy: OwnerApproval