diff --git a/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/ppc64le/virtual_machines/powerKVM.rst b/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/ppc64le/virtual_machines/powerKVM.rst index e34bad122..2382e8d67 100644 --- a/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/ppc64le/virtual_machines/powerKVM.rst +++ b/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/ppc64le/virtual_machines/powerKVM.rst @@ -4,16 +4,32 @@ PowerKVM Install PowerKVM ---------------- -The process to set up PowerKVM hypervisor with xCAT is the same with Diskfull installation. Prepare powerKVM iso, such as ibm-powerkvm-2.1.1.0-22.0-ppc64-gold-201410191558.iso, then refer to :ref:`diskful_installation` to install PowerKVM hypervisor. +The process to set up PowerKVM hypervisors using xCAT is very similar to deploying diskful compute nodes. + +#. Download the PowerKVM iso and add it to xCAT using copycds: :: + + # if the iso file is: ibm-powerkvm-2.1.1.0-22.0-ppc64-gold-201410191558.iso + copycds -n pkvm2.1.1 ibm-powerkvm-2.1.1.0-22.0-ppc64-gold-201410191558.iso + +#. Then provision the target node using the PowerKVM osimage: :: + + nodeset osimage=pkvm2.1.1-ppc64-install-compute + rsetboot net + rpower reset + + Refer to :doc:`/guides/admin-guides/manage_clusters/ppc64le/diskful/index` if you need more information. + Verifying hypervisor bridges ---------------------------- -After PowerKVM hypervisor is installed successfully, you can get the bridge information by running ``brctl show``: :: +In order to launch VMs, bridges must be configured on the PowerKVM hypervisors for the Virtual Machines to utilize. - # brctl show - bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces - br0 8000.000000000000 no eth0 +Check that at least one bridge is configured and mapped to a physical interface. Show the bridge information using ``brctl show``: :: + + # brctl show + bridge name bridge id STP enabled interfaces + br0 8000.000000000000 no eth0 If there are no bridges configured, the xCAT post install script will not work. You must manually create a bridge. The following is provided as an example for creating a bridge br0 using interface eth0 with IP address: 10.1.101.1/16, for example: ::