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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Is there a reason for powering off and on[1] instead of resetting server during SOFT_REBOOT?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have a patchset[2] that resets the server instead of power cycling it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[1] <a href="https://github.com/openstack/ironic/blob/master/ironic/drivers/modules/ipmitool.py#L820">
https://github.com/openstack/ironic/blob/master/ironic/drivers/modules/ipmitool.py#L820</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> elif power_state == states.SOFT_REBOOT:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> _soft_power_off(task, driver_info, timeout=timeout)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> driver_utils.ensure_next_boot_device(task, driver_info)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black"> _power_on(task, driver_info, timeout=timeout)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">[2] <a href="https://review.openstack.org/#/c/577748/">https://review.openstack.org/#/c/577748/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lenny Verkhovsky<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">( aka lennyb )<o:p></o:p></p>
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