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Add note on prerequisite of 'rpm' file extraction

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As part of the manual cleaning step of firmware update the extraction
of firmware file with .rpm extension fails if commands `rpm2cpio` and
`cpio` are not present on the conductor. This doc note adds the
prerequisite information about `rpm2cpio` and `cpio` tools while using
a .rpm extn firmware file.

Partial-Bug: #1569900
Change-Id: I806980e62a9ad699b5a278a9dbc07682115d2a8f
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Debayan Ray 2016-04-14 23:17:38 -07:00
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@ -1436,6 +1436,11 @@ All the fields in the firmware image block are mandatory.
``service`` and the container is generally ``ironic`` and ``ilo`` drivers
use a container named ``ironic_ilo_container`` for their own purpose.
.. note::
While using firmware files with a ``.rpm`` extension, make sure the commands
``rpm2cpio`` and ``cpio`` are present on the conductor, as they are utilized
to extract the firmware image from the package.
* The firmware components that can be updated are:
``ilo``, ``cpld``, ``power_pic``, ``bios`` and ``chassis``.
* The firmware images will be updated in the order given by the operator. If