From 000ec281f1e5ca188c76af0b619555ab6703245d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Victor Hu Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 10:50:17 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Added some changes to mtms section based on the review comments. --- .../discovery/mtms/discovery_using_defined.rst | 2 +- .../ppc64le/discovery/mtms/discovery_using_dhcp.rst | 12 ++++++------ .../manage_clusters/ppc64le/discovery/mtms/index.rst | 8 ++++---- 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/ppc64le/discovery/mtms/discovery_using_defined.rst b/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/ppc64le/discovery/mtms/discovery_using_defined.rst index e5e8c7769..ca8e4c571 100644 --- a/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/ppc64le/discovery/mtms/discovery_using_defined.rst +++ b/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/ppc64le/discovery/mtms/discovery_using_defined.rst @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ The following example outlines the MTMS based hardware discovery for a single IP | IP address | 10.1.2.1 | +------------------------------+------------+ -The BMC IP address is obtained by the open range dhcp server and the plan in this scenario is to change the IP address for the BMC to a static IP address in a different subnet than the open range addresses. +The BMC IP address is obtained by the open range dhcp server and the plan in this scenario is to change the IP address for the BMC to a static IP address in a different subnet than the open range addresses. The static IP address in this example is in the same subnet as the open range to simplify the networking configuration on the xCAT management node. +------------------------------+------------+ | BMC Information | Value | diff --git a/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/ppc64le/discovery/mtms/discovery_using_dhcp.rst b/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/ppc64le/discovery/mtms/discovery_using_dhcp.rst index afac7af98..7759e3c2e 100644 --- a/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/ppc64le/discovery/mtms/discovery_using_dhcp.rst +++ b/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/ppc64le/discovery/mtms/discovery_using_dhcp.rst @@ -96,18 +96,18 @@ The BMC IP address is obtained by the open range dhcp server and the plan is to #. **[Optional]** Monitor the node discovery process using rcons - Configure the conserver for the **discovered** node to watch the discovery process using ``rcons``:: + Configure the conserver for the **predefined** node to watch the discovery process using ``rcons``:: - makeconservercf node-8247-22l-10112ca + makeconservercf cn01 In another terminal window, open the remote console: :: - rcons node-8247-22l-10112ca + rcons cn01 -#. Start the discovery process by booting the **discovered** node definition: :: +#. Start the discovery process by booting the **predefined** node definition: :: - rsetboot node-8247-22l-10112ca net - rpower node-8247-22l-10112ca on + rsetboot cn01 net + rpower cn01 on #. The discovery process will network boot the machine into the diskless xCAT genesis kernel and perform the discovery process. When the discovery process is complete, doing ``lsdef`` on the compute nodes should show discovered attributes for the machine. The important ``mac`` information should be discovered, which is necessary for xCAT to perform OS provisioning. diff --git a/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/ppc64le/discovery/mtms/index.rst b/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/ppc64le/discovery/mtms/index.rst index 4402da090..fde5e5254 100644 --- a/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/ppc64le/discovery/mtms/index.rst +++ b/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/ppc64le/discovery/mtms/index.rst @@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ MTMS-based hardware discovery assumes the administator has the model type and se **Overview** #. Automatically search and collect MTMS information from the servers - #. Define the **discovered-node** to xCAT - #. Create a **predefined-node** to xCAT providing additional properties - #. Power on the **discovered-nodes** triggering xCAT's hardware discovery engine. + #. Write **discovered-bmc-nodes** to xCAT (recommened to set different BMC IP address) + #. Create **predefined-compute-nodes** to xCAT providing additional properties + #. Power on the nodes which triggers xCAT hardware discovery engine **Pros** @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ MTMS-based hardware discovery assumes the administator has the model type and se **Cons** - * When compared to switch-based discovery, the administrator needs to create the **predefined-node** for each of the **discovered-nodes** stanzas. This could become difficult for a large number of servers. + * When compared to switch-based discovery, the administrator needs to create the **predefined-compute-nodes** for each of the **discovered-bmc-nodes**. This could become difficult for a large number of servers. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2