From 0cf2db6045b96783c4a80d03f749a012986332b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: vmud213 Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2016 08:31:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updated iLO driver documentation to recommend ipmitool version While discovering the capabilities of the baremetal server using iLO drivers, to support the capability "nic_capacity", it is recommended to use ipmitool version >= 1.8.15 Closes-Bug: #1540842 Change-Id: I6d72a6e36672b8e164f779c5987457ff2e538958 --- doc/source/drivers/ilo.rst | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/source/drivers/ilo.rst b/doc/source/drivers/ilo.rst index 0b2047bc4e..c44a714fa7 100644 --- a/doc/source/drivers/ilo.rst +++ b/doc/source/drivers/ilo.rst @@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ Prerequisites * ``ipmitool`` command must be present on the service node(s) where ``ironic-conductor`` is running. On most distros, this is provided as part - of the ``ipmitool`` package. + of the ``ipmitool`` package. Refer to `Hardware Inspection Support`_ for more + information on recommended version. Different Configuration for ilo drivers ======================================= @@ -768,8 +769,6 @@ The following iLO drivers support hardware inspection: * The RAID needs to be pre-configured prior to inspection otherwise proliantutils returns 0 for disk size. - * The iLO firmware version needs to be 2.10 or above for nic_capacity to be - discovered. The inspection process will discover the following essential properties (properties required for scheduling deployment): @@ -798,6 +797,14 @@ Inspection can also discover the following extra capabilities for iLO drivers: * ``nic_capacity``: the max speed of the embedded NIC adapter. + .. note:: + + * The capability ``nic_capacity`` can only be discovered if ipmitool + version >= 1.8.15 is used on the conductor. The latest version can be + downloaded from `here `__. + * The iLO firmware version needs to be 2.10 or above for nic_capacity to be + discovered. + The operator can specify these capabilities in nova flavor for node to be selected for scheduling::