diff --git a/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/ppc64le/discovery/index.rst b/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/ppc64le/discovery/index.rst index 34d522f07..242dded82 100644 --- a/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/ppc64le/discovery/index.rst +++ b/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/ppc64le/discovery/index.rst @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ In the chapter :doc:`xCAT Object <../../../basic_concepts/xcat_object/index>`, i xCAT offers several powerful **Automatic Hardware Discovery** methods to simplify the procedure of SP configuration and server information collection. If your managed cluster has more than 10 servers, the automatic discovery is worth to take a try. If your cluster has more than 50 servers, the automatic discovery is recommended. -Following are the brief characters and adaptability of each method, you can select a proper one according to your cluster size and other consideration. +Following are the brief characteristics and adaptability of each method, you can select a proper one according to your cluster size and other consideration. * **Manually Define Nodes** @@ -23,13 +23,13 @@ Following are the brief characters and adaptability of each method, you can sele It will take additional time to configure the SP (Management Modules like: BMC, FSP) and collect the server information like MTMS (Machine Type and Machine Serial) and Host MAC address for OS deployment ... - This method is inefficiency and error-prone for a large number of servers. + This method is inefficient and error-prone for a large number of servers. * **MTMS-based Discovery** **Step1**: **Automatically** search all the servers and collect server MTMS information. - **Step2**: Define the searched server to a **Node Object** automatically. In this case, the node name will be generate base on the **MTMS** string. Or admin can rename the **Node Object** to a reasonable name like **r1u1 (It means the physical location is in Rack1 and Unit1)** base on the **MTMS**. + **Step2**: Define the searched server to a **Node Object** automatically. In this case, the node name will be generated based on the **MTMS** string. The admin can rename the **Node Object** to a reasonable name like **r1u1** (It means the physical location is in Rack1 and Unit1). **Step3**: Power on the nodes, xCAT discovery engine will update additional information like the **MAC for deployment** for the nodes. @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ Following are the brief characters and adaptability of each method, you can sele * cons - Compare to **Switch-based Discovery**, admin needs to be involved to rename the auto discovered node if wanting to give node a reasonable name. It's hard to rename the node to a location awared name for a large number of server. + Compared to **Switch-based Discovery**, the admin needs to be involved to rename the automatically discovered node to a reasonable name (optional). It's hard to rename the node to a location-based name for a large number of server. * **Switch-based Discovery**