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I installed a Xeon Phi 5100P on my CentOS 6.7 Server. I got error message "micflash: micflash: mic0: SMC update failed: SMC buffer size exceeded (0x1)"
when installing MPSS 3.7.
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# /usr/bin/micflash -update -device all
No image path specified - Searching: /usr/share/mpss/flash
mic0: Flash image: /usr/share/mpss/flash/EXT_HP2_B1_0391-02.rom.smc
mic0: Flash update started
mic0: Flash update done
mic0: SMC update started
micflash: micflash: mic0: SMC update failed: SMC buffer size exceeded (0x1)
mic0: Transitioning to ready state
Please restart host for flash changes to take effect
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After setup and reboot, mpssd is started and more info as following.
Is SMC Firmware Version too low? How to fix this problem?
I really appreciate your help and thanks.
W.Wang
UK Ag. Weather Center
[root@localhost ~]# service mpss start
Loading MIC module: [ OK ]
Starting Intel(R) MPSS: [ OK ]
mic0: online (mode: linux image: /usr/share/mpss/boot/bzImage-knightscorner
# miccheck
MicCheck 3.7-r1
Copyright (c) 2016, Intel Corporation.
Executing default tests for host
Test 0: Check number of devices the OS sees in the system ... pass
Test 1: Check mic driver is loaded ... pass
Test 2: Check number of devices driver sees in the system ... pass
Test 3: Check mpssd daemon is running ... pass
Executing default tests for device: 0
Test 4 (mic0): Check device is in online state and its postcode is FF ... pass
Test 5 (mic0): Check ras daemon is available in device ... pass
Test 6 (mic0): Check running flash version is correct ... pass
Test 7 (mic0): Check running SMC firmware version is correct ... fail
failed to get thermal information
Status: FAIL
Failure: A device test failed
# micsmc -a mic0
mic0 (info):
Device Series: ........... Intel(R) Xeon Phi(TM) coprocessor x100 family
Device ID: ............... 0x2250
Stepping: ................ 0x3
Substepping: ............. 0x0
Coprocessor OS Version: .. 2.6.38.8+mpss3.7
Flash Version: ........... 2.1.02.0391
Host Driver Version: ..... 3.7-1 (root@localhost.localdomain)
Number of Cores: ......... 60
Error: mic0: while accessing device temperature data: thermal info: RAS: cmd 0x25: Error 0x7: SMC communication error
Error: mic0: while accessing device frequency data: power limits info: RAS: cmd 0x2a: Error 0x7: SMC communication error
mic0 (mem):
Free Memory: ............. 7411.45 MB
Total Memory: ............ 7697.61 MB
Memory Usage: ............ 286.16 MB
mic0 (cores):
Device Utilization: User: 0.00%, System: 0.04%, Idle: 99.96%
Per Core Utilization (60 cores in use)
Core #1: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #2: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #3: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #4: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #5: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #6: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #7: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #8: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #9: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #10: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #11: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #12: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #13: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #14: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #15: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #16: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #17: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #18: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #19: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #20: User: 0.00%, System: 0.27%, Idle: 99.73%
Core #21: User: 0.00%, System: 0.27%, Idle: 99.73%
Core #22: User: 0.00%, System: 0.27%, Idle: 99.73%
Core #23: User: 0.00%, System: 0.27%, Idle: 99.73%
Core #24: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #25: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #26: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #27: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #28: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #29: User: 0.00%, System: 0.27%, Idle: 99.73%
Core #30: User: 0.00%, System: 0.27%, Idle: 99.73%
Core #31: User: 0.00%, System: 0.27%, Idle: 99.73%
Core #32: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #33: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #34: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #35: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #36: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #37: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #38: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #39: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #40: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #41: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #42: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #43: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #44: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #45: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #46: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #47: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #48: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #49: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #50: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #51: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #52: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #53: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #54: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #55: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #56: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #57: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #58: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #59: User: 0.00%, System: 0.00%, Idle: 100.00%
Core #60: User: 0.00%, System: 0.27%, Idle: 99.73%
# micinfo
MicInfo Utility Log
Created Mon May 9 11:22:10 2016
System Info
HOST OS : Linux
OS Version : 2.6.32-573.26.1.el6.x86_64
Driver Version : 3.7-1
MPSS Version : 3.7
Host Physical Memory : 32007 MB
Device No: 0, Device Name: mic0
Version
Flash Version : NotAvailable
SMC Firmware Version : NotAvailable
SMC Boot Loader Version : NotAvailable
Coprocessor OS Version : NotAvailable
Device Serial Number : NotAvailable
Board
Vendor ID : 0x8086
Device ID : 0x2250
Subsystem ID : 0x2500
Coprocessor Stepping ID : 3
PCIe Width : x8
PCIe Speed : 5 GT/s
PCIe Max payload size : 256 bytes
PCIe Max read req size : 4096 bytes
Coprocessor Model : 0x01
Coprocessor Model Ext : 0x00
Coprocessor Type : 0x00
Coprocessor Family : 0x0b
Coprocessor Family Ext : 0x00
Coprocessor Stepping : B1
Board SKU : B1PRQ-5110P/5120D
ECC Mode : NotAvailable
SMC HW Revision : NotAvailable
Cores
Total No of Active Cores : NotAvailable
Voltage : NotAvailable
Frequency : NotAvailable
Thermal
Fan Speed Control : NotAvailable
Fan RPM : NotAvailable
Fan PWM : NotAvailable
Die Temp : NotAvailable
GDDR
GDDR Vendor : NotAvailable
GDDR Version : NotAvailable
GDDR Density : NotAvailable
GDDR Size : NotAvailable
GDDR Technology : NotAvailable
GDDR Speed : NotAvailable
GDDR Frequency : NotAvailable
GDDR Voltage : NotAvailable
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Hello,
There is the document "Flash Issues & Remedies: https://software.intel.com/sites/default/files/Flash%20FAQ.pdf . Please check issues 2 and 3 in this document to see if it helps.
Thanks,
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Thanks Loc.N,
I have read and followed this "Flash Issues & Remedies" before, repeatedly doing several times following steps of "ISSUE 3"
to flash SMC, all tries are failed. The LED (SMC's blue LED) is not blinking at all when flashing or rebooting of the server.
But my card is 5110P.
I have read and also tried so many(following links on this forum and others), all do not work.
Is the problem of Old version of SMC or the defect of SMC, or the problem PCIE slot?
Motherboard: Intel S2600CP4.
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