Add admin documentation for rescue mode in iLO driver

Adding rescue mode documentation for admin user in iLO driver

Depends-on: I02776ba4028de3b93ba1bccec59601d28648fd0a
Change-Id: I43f6ea7a2a76e23fcfc9c0964abc29ae5d38a12b
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mallikarjuna.kolagatla 2018-09-27 10:26:41 +00:00
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1 changed files with 33 additions and 2 deletions

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@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ The hardware type ``ilo`` supports following HPE server features:
* `Activating iLO Advanced license as manual clean step`_
* `Firmware based UEFI iSCSI boot from volume support`_
* `Certificate based validation in iLO`_
* `Rescue mode support`_
Hardware interfaces
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@ -145,6 +146,17 @@ The ``ilo`` hardware type supports following hardware interfaces:
Please refer to :doc:`/admin/boot-from-volume` for configuring
``cinder`` as a storage interface.
* rescue
Supports ``agent`` and ``no-rescue``. The default is ``no-rescue``.
They can be enabled by using the ``[DEFAULT]enabled_rescue_interfaces``
option in ``ironic.conf`` as given below:
.. code-block:: ini
[DEFAULT]
enabled_hardware_types = ilo
enabled_rescue_interfaces = agent,no-rescue
``ilo`` hardware type supports all standard ``deploy`` and ``network``
interface implementations, see :ref:`enable-hardware-interfaces` for details.
@ -153,14 +165,16 @@ The following command can be used to enroll a ProLiant node with
.. code-block:: console
openstack baremetal node create --os-baremetal-api-version=1.31 \
openstack baremetal node create --os-baremetal-api-version=1.38 \
--driver ilo \
--deploy-interface direct \
--raid-interface agent \
--rescue-interface agent \
--driver-info ilo_address=<ilo-ip-address> \
--driver-info ilo_username=<ilo-username> \
--driver-info ilo_password=<ilo-password> \
--driver-info ilo_deploy_iso=<glance-uuid-of-deploy-iso>
--driver-info ilo_deploy_iso=<glance-uuid-of-deploy-iso> \
--driver-info ilo_rescue_iso=<glance-uuid-of-rescue-iso>
Please refer to :doc:`/install/enabling-drivers` for detailed
explanation of hardware type.
@ -190,12 +204,20 @@ Node configuration
- ``instance info/ilo_boot_iso`` property to be either boot iso
Glance UUID or a HTTP(S) URL. This is optional property and is used when
``boot_option`` is set to ``netboot``.
- ``ilo_rescue_iso``: The glance UUID of the rescue ISO image. This is optional
property and is used when ``rescue`` interface is set to ``agent``.
* The following properties are also required in node objects
``driver_info`` if ``ilo-pxe`` boot interface is used:
- ``deploy_kernel``: The glance UUID or a HTTP(S) URL of the deployment kernel.
- ``deploy_ramdisk``: The glance UUID or a HTTP(S) URL of the deployment ramdisk.
- ``rescue_kernel``: The glance UUID or a HTTP(S) URL of the rescue kernel.
This is optional property and is used when ``rescue`` interface is set to
``agent``.
- ``rescue_ramdisk``: The glance UUID or a HTTP(S) URL of the rescue ramdisk.
This is optional property and is used when ``rescue`` interface is set to
``agent``.
* The following parameters are mandatory in ``driver_info``
if ``ilo-inspect`` inspect inteface is used and SNMPv3 inspection
@ -370,6 +392,7 @@ Enable driver
enabled_raid_interfaces = agent
enabled_management_interfaces = ilo
enabled_inspect_interfaces = ilo
enabled_rescue_interfaces = agent
5. Restart the ironic conductor service::
@ -1484,6 +1507,14 @@ generating Certificate Signing Request (CSR). Use the same value as
`ilo_address` while enrolling node to Bare Metal service to avoid SSL
certificate validation errors related to hostname mismatch.
Rescue mode support
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The hardware type ``ilo`` supports rescue functionality. Rescue operation can
be used to boot nodes into a rescue ramdisk so that the ``rescue`` user can
access the node.
Please refer to :doc:`/admin/rescue` for detailed explanation of rescue
feature.
.. _`ssacli documentation`: https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=c03909334
.. _`proliant-tools`: https://docs.openstack.org/diskimage-builder/latest/elements/proliant-tools/README.html