diff --git a/doc/source/deployment.rst b/doc/source/deployment.rst index 4b88bafab..d174e2e2d 100644 --- a/doc/source/deployment.rst +++ b/doc/source/deployment.rst @@ -295,6 +295,11 @@ BIOS and RAID Configuration BIOS and RAID configuration may require one or more power cycles of the hardware to complete the operation. These will be performed automatically. +.. note:: + + Currently, BIOS and RAID configuration of overcloud hosts is supported for + Dell servers only. + Configuration of BIOS settings and RAID volumes is currently performed out of band as a separate task from hardware provisioning. To configure the BIOS and RAID:: @@ -307,6 +312,14 @@ properties and root device hints. To perform manual hardware inspection:: (kayobe) $ kayobe overcloud hardware inspect +There are currently a few limitations to configuring BIOS and RAID: + +* The Ansible control host must be able to access the BMCs of the servers being + configured. +* The Ansible control host must have the ``python-dracclient`` Python module + available to the Python interpreter used by Ansible. The path to the Python + interpreter is configured via ``ansible_python_interpreter``. + Provisioning ------------