Merge pull request #170 from DMTF/Update-Timeout

Added '--timeout' option to rf_update.py to manually specify a timeout for the file transfer

docs/rf_update.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ A tool to perform an update with a Redfish service.
 usage: rf_update.py [-h] --user USER --password PASSWORD --rhost RHOST --image
                     IMAGE [--target TARGET]
                     [--applytime {Immediate,OnReset,AtMaintenanceWindowStart,InMaintenanceWindowOnReset,OnStartUpdateRequest}]
-                    [--debug]
+                    [--timeout TIMEOUT] [--debug]
 
 A tool to perform an update with a Redfish service
 
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ optional arguments:
                         The target resource to apply the image
   --applytime {Immediate,OnReset,AtMaintenanceWindowStart,InMaintenanceWindowOnReset,OnStartUpdateRequest}, -at {Immediate,OnReset,AtMaintenanceWindowStart,InMaintenanceWindowOnReset,OnStartUpdateRequest}
                         The apply time for the update
+  --timeout TIMEOUT, -timeout TIMEOUT
+                        The timeout, in seconds, to transfer the image; by
+                        default this is 2 seconds per MB
   --debug               Creates debug file showing HTTP traces and exceptions
 ```
 

scripts/rf_update.py

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ def print_error_payload(response):
     help="The apply time for the update",
     choices=redfish_utilities.operation_apply_times,
 )
+argget.add_argument("--timeout", "-timeout", type=int, help="The timeout, in seconds, to transfer the image; by default this is 2 seconds per MB")
 argget.add_argument("--debug", action="store_true", help="Creates debug file showing HTTP traces and exceptions")
 args = argget.parse_args()
 
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ def print_error_payload(response):
                 "Pushing the image to the service directly; depending on the size of the image, this can take a few minutes..."
             )
             response = redfish_utilities.multipart_push_update(
-                redfish_obj, args.image, targets=targets, apply_time=args.applytime
+                redfish_obj, args.image, targets=targets, timeout=args.timeout, apply_time=args.applytime
             )
         else:
             # Host a local web server and perform a SimpleUpdate for the local image