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Add some hints about firmware changes
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docs/firmware.rst

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One of the key features of python_hpilo is that it makes iLO firmware updates
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painless. It can download the firmware for you, or you can feed it the .bin or
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.scexe files HP ships.
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painless. It can download the firmware for you, or you can feed it the .bin,
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.scexe or .fwpkg files HP ships.
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Note that the newest versions of the firmware, as of August 2020, are shipped
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in a new format and you will need to use python-hpilo 4.4 or newer to extract
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and use them. If you cannot upgrade, you can manually extract the .bin file
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from the .fwpkg file (just open it with anything that can open zip files) and
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pass the .bin file to python-hpilo.
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From the CLI
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docs/troubleshooting.rst

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hpilo_cli example-server.int.kaarsemaker.net update_rib_firmware version=latest
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If this fails to extract the firmware, try upgrading python-hpilo as newer
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firmware versions are shipped in a different, incompatible format.
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Occasionally you might see this error at the end of a traceback::

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