Blanton_TTL_Script/docs/release-notes/v1.0.7.md

# v1.0.7 — Management-link ping test, and the fans start where you set them

## ✨ New features

**10G / 1G management port ping test**
* New `mgmt_ping_monitor.sh` exercises both management NICs in one loop: it brings each up with iproute2, waits for the link to settle, then pings that NIC's own target — `eth0` → `192.168.1.30`, `eth1` → `192.168.1.31`.
* Runs detached like the other monitors: `start` / `stop` / `status` / `fg` / `summary`. `start` clears the previous log, so one run means one log.
* Every leg writes a single greppable line — `RESULT 10G eth0 -> 192.168.1.30 tx=10 rx=10 loss=0% rtt_avg=1.743ms nic_tx=10 nic_rx=10 PASS` — so a whole soak can be read with `summary` instead of scrolling.
* `nic_tx` / `nic_rx` are that interface's own counter delta across the burst. If a ping passes but they stay near zero, the traffic left on the *other* NIC and the number does not belong to this one.
* Script A runs one round as a baseline; Script B leaves it running through the soak.

**Fan speed is set at the start of every run**
* `FAN_SPEED` in `config.ttl` (default 30) is applied by Script A, so a run no longer inherits whatever the previous test left the fans doing.
* Both MAX31790 controllers are rebound first, which clears a controller left in an odd state.

**Stress load moved onto the platform's own job runner**
* CPU, DDR, SSD and USB stress now go through `bgctl`, replacing the `~/hammer/tools/stress_*.py` scripts. `bgctl list` shows what is running; Script C stops everything with `bgctl stop --all`.
* BMC DDR stress runs through `bmc-manager`, and a new BMC USB test discovers the `cdc_ncm` interface and pings across it for four hours under `systemd-run`.

**More of the DUT on record**
* Script A now captures the boot image, `show version`, firmware status, system EEPROM, SSD health, TPM version and NVMe SMART data before the test starts.
* PCIe AER now sits next to `ras-mc-ctl --summary`, and Script C closes with NVMe health so a disk that degraded during the soak is visible.
* `dmesg` capture uses human-readable timestamps and one combined error pattern, then clears the ring buffer — so Script C's dmesg shows only what the soak produced, not everything since boot.
* Each run opens with `hw-test-session start` and closes with `finish`; Script C copies the job logs to `/mnt/usb/jobs-<date>_<time>` so they leave the DUT with the run they belong to.

## 🐛 Bug fixes

**Script A no longer hangs waiting for ports that are already up**
* The readiness gate required *more than* 216 ports up, but a fully cabled unit reports exactly 216 — 108 loopback pairs times two. Script A sat in the poll loop forever on the very state it was waiting for. It now proceeds at 216.
* The comments in `wait_init.ttl` still described the old "more than" rule; they now match the code, so the off-by-one cannot be reintroduced by reading the wrong line.

**The macro no longer runs ahead of the DUT during the soak**
* Script B set a 15-second wait cap for the `cdc_ncm` probe and never restored it. In Tera Term that cap is global, so it stayed in force for everything after — including the traffic setup, which walks 108 VLANs per switch unit and takes far longer. A timed-out wait returns without the prompt, leaving every later command issued a step early.

**Fan controller is no longer bound twice**
* One of the two MAX31790 controllers received a second `bind` immediately after the first, which could only fail because the driver was already attached.

## 📦 Downloads

| File | Contents |
|---|---|
| `Script_ABC_Blanton_V1.0.7.zip` | The full Tera Term working directory, including `Blanton_Script/` to copy onto the DUT |

**After copying to the DUT:**

```bash
chmod +x ~/Blanton_Script/*.sh      # required -- see below
grep -rlU $'\r' ~/Blanton_Script    # expect no output
```

The `chmod +x` is not optional. `mgmt_ping_monitor.sh` is executed rather than sourced and re-execs its own path to daemonise, and neither git (mode 100644) nor a Windows/USB copy carries the execute bit. Without it `start` fails with `Permission denied` and the later `cat` finds nothing — **the section ends up empty and nothing reports an error**.

## ⚠️ Before you run

* **Declare the switch population.** `SWB_UNIT0` / `SWB_UNIT1` in `config.ttl` say which switch units this DUT has. Traffic and the readiness gate both follow them: a single unit gets `-u 0` or `-u 1`, and with neither set the traffic stage is skipped instead of failing against hardware that is not there.
* **Both management NICs stay up.** If they share a subnet, keep `ARP_STRICT=1` — otherwise the target's ARP can be answered by either NIC and a reply may arrive on the one that did not send.
* **Management connectivity is exercised, not preserved.** Drive the run from the serial console.
* **Two settings persist to `config_db.json`** and survive a reboot: LLDP is left disabled, and the 100G uplinks are left configured. Restore them before the DUT moves on.

## 🔗 Links

* [ARCHITECTURE.md](https://etgit.et-wen.com/etwen/Blanton_TTL_Script/src/branch/main/ARCHITECTURE.md) — test flow, data models, constraints
* [CLAUDE.md](https://etgit.et-wen.com/etwen/Blanton_TTL_Script/src/branch/main/CLAUDE.md) — commands and the bench gotchas

**Full changelog:** [V1.0.5...V1.0.7](https://etgit.et-wen.com/etwen/Blanton_TTL_Script/compare/V1.0.5...V1.0.7)