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  2. OCPBUGS-62009

hostfirmwarecomponents with BIOS and BMC update only updated the BMC

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      Description of problem:

      I created a hostfirmwarecomponents with a BMC and BIOS F/W update for a Dell R740 server.  The BIOS update was successfully applied but the BMC was not and the server was left in a powered down state. 

      Version: metal3.io/v1alpha1
      kind: HostFirmwareComponents
      metadata:
        creationTimestamp: "2025-09-15T14:58:42Z"
        generation: 3
        name: r740xdg1
        namespace: r740-pool
        ownerReferences:
        - apiVersion: metal3.io/v1alpha1
          kind: BareMetalHost
          name: r740xdg1
          uid: b69bc423-535a-4cc0-8c50-ed4a2f3c593d
        resourceVersion: "18472826"
        uid: 0e844049-3c5a-4c64-8ab4-5caaa8fccaa6
      spec:
        updates:
        - component: bios
          url: http://hv14.telco5gran.eng.rdu2.redhat.com:8888/firmware/r740/BIOS_F8GPH_WN64_2.22.2.EXE
        - component: bmc
          url: http://hv14.telco5gran.eng.rdu2.redhat.com:8888/firmware/r740/iDRAC-with-Lifecycle-Controller_Firmware_XTFXJ_WN64_7.00.00.173_A00.EXE
      status:
        components:
        - component: bios
          currentVersion: 2.22.2
          initialVersion: 2.23.0
          lastVersionFlashed: 2.22.2
          updatedAt: "2025-09-21T21:59:54Z"
        - component: bmc
          currentVersion: 7.00.00.181
          initialVersion: 7.00.00.181
        - component: nic:NIC.Integrated.1
          currentVersion: 14.32.20.04
          initialVersion: 14.32.20.04
        conditions:
        - lastTransitionTime: "2025-09-15T14:58:43Z"
          message: ""
          observedGeneration: 3
          reason: OK
          status: "True"
          type: Valid
        - lastTransitionTime: "2025-09-21T21:41:01Z"
          message: ""
          observedGeneration: 3
          reason: OK
          status: "False"
          type: ChangeDetected
        lastUpdated: "2025-09-21T22:41:19Z"
        updates:
        - component: bios
          url: http://hv14.telco5gran.eng.rdu2.redhat.com:8888/firmware/r740/BIOS_F8GPH_WN64_2.22.2.EXE
        - component: bmc
          url: http://hv14.telco5gran.eng.rdu2.redhat.com:8888/firmware/r740/iDRAC-with-Lifecycle-Controller_Firmware_XTFXJ_WN64_7.00.00.173_A00.EXE

       

      BMH

      oc get bmh -A 
      NAMESPACE   NAME       STATE       CONSUMER   ONLINE   ERROR   AGE
      r740-pool   r740xdg1   available              false            6d7h

       

      Must gather: 

      https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17AkgyTY0nn8TaTUr6YnrLcputEPqwCYa?usp=drive_link

      Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

      4.20-rc2 

      How reproducible:

      TBD

      Steps to Reproduce:

      1. Update  hostfirmwarecomponents with a new BMC and BIOS version on a Dell R740
      2.  
      3. ...

      Actual results:

      Expected results:

      Additional info:

              imelofer Iury Gregory Melo Ferreira
              browsell@redhat.com Brent Rowsell
              Brent Rowsell
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              Jad Haj Yahya Jad Haj Yahya
              Srikanth R Srikanth R
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