<div dir="ltr">Hi, I'm sorry if I reopen this thread, but I cannot find a solution at the moment. Please, can someone give me some hint on how to detect megaraid controllers with IPA? I think this could be useful for many users.<div>PS: I can do any test, I have a 6 servers test environment (5 nodes + undercloud) with megaraid controllers (Poweredge R620)<br><div>Thank you</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Il giorno mar 4 ago 2020 alle ore 12:57 Marco Marino <<a href="mailto:marino.mrc@gmail.com">marino.mrc@gmail.com</a>> ha scritto:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Here is what I did:<div># /usr/lib/dracut/skipcpio /home/stack/images/ironic-python-agent.initramfs | zcat | cpio -ivd | pax -r<br></div><div># mount dd-megaraid_sas-07.710.50.00-1.el8_2.elrepo.iso /mnt/<br></div><div># rpm2cpio /mnt/rpms/x86_64/kmod-megaraid_sas-07.710.50.00-1.el8_2.elrepo.x86_64.rpm | pax -r<br></div><div># find . 2>/dev/null | cpio --quiet -c -o | gzip -8 > /home/stack/images/ironic-python-agent.initramfs<br></div><div># chown stack: /home/stack/images/ironic-python-agent.initramfs</div><div>(undercloud) [stack@undercloud ~]$ openstack overcloud image upload --update-existing --image-path /home/stack/images/<br></div><div><br></div><div>At this point I checked that agent.ramdisk in /var/lib/ironic/httpboot has an update timestamp</div><div><br></div><div>Then</div><div>(undercloud) [stack@undercloud ~]$ openstack overcloud node introspect --provide controller2<br>/usr/lib64/python3.6/importlib/_bootstrap.py:219: ImportWarning: can't resolve package from __spec__ or __package__, falling back on __name__ and __path__<br> return f(*args, **kwds)<br><br>PLAY [Baremetal Introspection for multiple Ironic Nodes] ***********************<br>2020-08-04 12:32:26.684368 | ecf4bbd2-e605-20dd-3da9-000000000008 | TASK | Check for required inputs<br>2020-08-04 12:32:26.739797 | ecf4bbd2-e605-20dd-3da9-000000000008 | SKIPPED | Check for required inputs | localhost | item=node_uuids<br>2020-08-04 12:32:26.746684 | ecf4bbd2-e605-20dd-3da9-00000000000a | TASK | Set node_uuids_intro fact<br>[WARNING]: Failure using method (v2_playbook_on_task_start) in callback plugin<br>(<ansible.plugins.callback.tripleo_profile_tasks.CallbackModule object at<br>0x7f1b0f9bce80>): maximum recursion depth exceeded while calling a Python<br>object<br>2020-08-04 12:32:26.828985 | ecf4bbd2-e605-20dd-3da9-00000000000a | OK | Set node_uuids_intro fact | localhost<br>2020-08-04 12:32:26.834281 | ecf4bbd2-e605-20dd-3da9-00000000000c | TASK | Notice<br>2020-08-04 12:32:26.911106 | ecf4bbd2-e605-20dd-3da9-00000000000c | SKIPPED | Notice | localhost<br>2020-08-04 12:32:26.916344 | ecf4bbd2-e605-20dd-3da9-00000000000e | TASK | Set concurrency fact<br>2020-08-04 12:32:26.994087 | ecf4bbd2-e605-20dd-3da9-00000000000e | OK | Set concurrency fact | localhost<br>2020-08-04 12:32:27.005932 | ecf4bbd2-e605-20dd-3da9-000000000010 | TASK | Check if validation enabled<br>2020-08-04 12:32:27.116425 | ecf4bbd2-e605-20dd-3da9-000000000010 | SKIPPED | Check if validation enabled | localhost<br>2020-08-04 12:32:27.129120 | ecf4bbd2-e605-20dd-3da9-000000000011 | TASK | Run Validations<br>2020-08-04 12:32:27.239850 | ecf4bbd2-e605-20dd-3da9-000000000011 | SKIPPED | Run Validations | localhost<br>2020-08-04 12:32:27.251796 | ecf4bbd2-e605-20dd-3da9-000000000012 | TASK | Fail if validations are disabled<br>2020-08-04 12:32:27.362050 | ecf4bbd2-e605-20dd-3da9-000000000012 | SKIPPED | Fail if validations are disabled | localhost<br>2020-08-04 12:32:27.373947 | ecf4bbd2-e605-20dd-3da9-000000000014 | TASK | Start baremetal introspection<br><br><br>2020-08-04 12:48:19.944028 | ecf4bbd2-e605-20dd-3da9-000000000014 | CHANGED | Start baremetal introspection | localhost<br>2020-08-04 12:48:19.966517 | ecf4bbd2-e605-20dd-3da9-000000000015 | TASK | Nodes that passed introspection<br>2020-08-04 12:48:20.130913 | ecf4bbd2-e605-20dd-3da9-000000000015 | OK | Nodes that passed introspection | localhost | result={<br> "changed": false,<br> "msg": " 00c5e81b-1e5d-442b-b64f-597a604051f7"<br>}<br>2020-08-04 12:48:20.142919 | ecf4bbd2-e605-20dd-3da9-000000000016 | TASK | Nodes that failed introspection<br>2020-08-04 12:48:20.305004 | ecf4bbd2-e605-20dd-3da9-000000000016 | OK | Nodes that failed introspection | localhost | result={<br> "changed": false,<br> "failed_when_result": false,<br> "msg": " All nodes completed introspection successfully!"<br>}<br>2020-08-04 12:48:20.316860 | ecf4bbd2-e605-20dd-3da9-000000000017 | TASK | Node introspection failed and no results are provided<br>2020-08-04 12:48:20.427675 | ecf4bbd2-e605-20dd-3da9-000000000017 | SKIPPED | Node introspection failed and no results are provided | localhost<br><br>PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************<br>localhost : ok=5 changed=1 unreachable=0 failed=0 skipped=6 rescued=0 ignored=0 <br>[WARNING]: Failure using method (v2_playbook_on_stats) in callback plugin<br>(<ansible.plugins.callback.tripleo_profile_tasks.CallbackModule object at<br>0x7f1b0f9bce80>): _output() missing 1 required positional argument: 'color'<br>Successfully introspected nodes: ['controller2']<br>Exception occured while running the command<br>Traceback (most recent call last):<br> File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible_runner/runner_config.py", line 340, in prepare_command<br> cmdline_args = self.loader.load_file('args', string_types, encoding=None)<br> File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible_runner/loader.py", line 164, in load_file<br> contents = parsed_data = self.get_contents(path)<br> File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible_runner/loader.py", line 98, in get_contents<br> raise ConfigurationError('specified path does not exist %s' % path)<br>ansible_runner.exceptions.ConfigurationError: specified path does not exist /tmp/tripleop89yr8i8/args<br><br>During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:<br><br>Traceback (most recent call last):<br> File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tripleoclient/command.py", line 34, in run<br> super(Command, self).run(parsed_args)<br> File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/osc_lib/command/command.py", line 41, in run<br> return super(Command, self).run(parsed_args)<br> File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/cliff/command.py", line 187, in run<br> return_code = self.take_action(parsed_args) or 0<br> File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tripleoclient/v2/overcloud_node.py", line 210, in take_action<br> node_uuids=parsed_args.node_uuids,<br> File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tripleoclient/workflows/baremetal.py", line 134, in provide<br> 'node_uuids': node_uuids<br> File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/tripleoclient/utils.py", line 659, in run_ansible_playbook<br> runner_config.prepare()<br> File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible_runner/runner_config.py", line 174, in prepare<br> self.prepare_command()<br> File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible_runner/runner_config.py", line 346, in prepare_command<br> self.command = self.generate_ansible_command()<br> File "/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible_runner/runner_config.py", line 415, in generate_ansible_command<br> v = 'v' * self.verbosity<br>TypeError: can't multiply sequence by non-int of type 'ClientManager'<br>can't multiply sequence by non-int of type 'ClientManager'<br>(undercloud) [stack@undercloud ~]$<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>and </div><div>(undercloud) [stack@undercloud ~]$ openstack baremetal node show controller2<br></div><div>....</div><div>| properties | {'local_gb': '0', 'cpus': '24', 'cpu_arch': 'x86_64', 'memory_mb': '32768', 'capabilities': 'cpu_vt:true,cpu_aes:true,cpu_hugepages:true,cpu_hugepages_1g:true,cpu_txt:true'}<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>It seems that megaraid driver is correctly inserted in ramdisk:</div><div># lsinitrd /var/lib/ironic/httpboot/agent.ramdisk | grep megaraid<br>/bin/lsinitrd: line 276: warning: command substitution: ignored null byte in input<br>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 50 Apr 28 21:55 etc/depmod.d/kmod-megaraid_sas.conf<br>drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Aug 4 12:13 usr/lib/modules/4.18.0-193.6.3.el8_2.x86_64/kernel/drivers/scsi/megaraid<br>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 68240 Aug 4 12:13 usr/lib/modules/4.18.0-193.6.3.el8_2.x86_64/kernel/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas.ko.xz<br>drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Apr 28 21:55 usr/lib/modules/4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64/extra/megaraid_sas<br>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 309505 Apr 28 21:55 usr/lib/modules/4.18.0-193.el8.x86_64/extra/megaraid_sas/megaraid_sas.ko<br>drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Apr 28 21:55 usr/share/doc/kmod-megaraid_sas-07.710.50.00<br>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 18092 Apr 28 21:55 usr/share/doc/kmod-megaraid_sas-07.710.50.00/GPL-v2.0.txt<br>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1152 Apr 28 21:55 usr/share/doc/kmod-megaraid_sas-07.710.50.00/greylist.txt<br></div><div><br></div><div>If the solution is to use a Centos7 ramdisk, please can you give me some hint? I have no idea on how to build a new ramdisk from scratch</div><div>Thank you</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Il giorno mar 4 ago 2020 alle ore 12:33 Dmitry Tantsur <<a href="mailto:dtantsur@redhat.com" target="_blank">dtantsur@redhat.com</a>> ha scritto:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Hi,<br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 11:58 AM Marco Marino <<a href="mailto:marino.mrc@gmail.com" target="_blank">marino.mrc@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi, I'm trying to install openstack Ussuri on Centos 8 hardware using tripleo. I'm using a relatively old hardware (dell PowerEdge R620) with old RAID controllers, deprecated in RHEL8/Centos8. Here is some basic information:<div># lspci | grep -i raid<br>00:1f.2 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation C600/X79 series chipset SATA RAID Controller (rev 05)<br>02:00.0 RAID bus controller: Broadcom / LSI MegaRAID SAS 2008 [Falcon] (rev 03)<br></div><div><br></div><div>I'm able to manually install centos 8 using DUD driver from here -> <a href="https://elrepo.org/linux/dud/el8/x86_64/dd-megaraid_sas-07.710.50.00-1.el8_2.elrepo.iso" target="_blank">https://elrepo.org/linux/dud/el8/x86_64/dd-megaraid_sas-07.710.50.00-1.el8_2.elrepo.iso</a> (basically I add inst.dd and I use an usb pendrive with iso).</div><div>Is there a way to do bare metal provisioning using openstack on this kind of server? At the moment, when I launch "openstack overcloud node introspect --provide controller1" it doesn't recognize disks (local_gb = 0 in properties) and in inspector logs I see:</div><div>Jun 22 11:12:42 localhost.localdomain ironic-python-agent[1543]: 2018-06-22 11:12:42.261 1543 DEBUG root [-] Still waiting for the root device to appear, attempt 1 of 10 wait_for_disks /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ironic_python_agent/hardware.py:652<br>Jun 22 11:12:45 localhost.localdomain ironic-python-agent[1543]: 2018-06-22 11:12:45.299 1543 DEBUG oslo_concurrency.processutils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): udevadm settle execute /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/oslo_concurrency/processutils.py:372<br>Jun 22 11:12:45 localhost.localdomain ironic-python-agent[1543]: 2018-06-22 11:12:45.357 1543 DEBUG oslo_concurrency.processutils [-] CMD "udevadm settle" returned: 0 in 0.058s execute /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/oslo_concurrency/processutils.py:409<br>Jun 22 11:12:45 localhost.localdomain ironic-python-agent[1543]: 2018-06-22 11:12:45.392 1543 DEBUG ironic_lib.utils [-] Execution completed, command line is "udevadm settle" execute /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ironic_lib/utils.py:101<br>Jun 22 11:12:45 localhost.localdomain ironic-python-agent[1543]: 2018-06-22 11:12:45.426 1543 DEBUG ironic_lib.utils [-] Command stdout is: "" execute /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ironic_lib/utils.py:103<br>Jun 22 11:12:45 localhost.localdomain ironic-python-agent[1543]: 2018-06-22 11:12:45.460 1543 DEBUG ironic_lib.utils [-] Command stderr is: "" execute /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ironic_lib/utils.py:104<br>Jun 22 11:12:45 localhost.localdomain ironic-python-agent[1543]: 2018-06-22 11:12:45.496 1543 WARNING root [-] Path /dev/disk/by-path is inaccessible, /dev/disk/by-path/* version of block device name is unavailable Cause: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/dev/disk/by-path': FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/dev/disk/by-path'<br>Jun 22 11:12:45 localhost.localdomain ironic-python-agent[1543]: 2018-06-22 11:12:45.549 1543 DEBUG oslo_concurrency.processutils [-] Running cmd (subprocess): lsblk -Pbia -oKNAME,MODEL,SIZE,ROTA,TYPE execute /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/oslo_concurrency/processutils.py:372<br>Jun 22 11:12:45 localhost.localdomain ironic-python-agent[1543]: 2018-06-22 11:12:45.647 1543 DEBUG oslo_concurrency.processutils [-] CMD "lsblk -Pbia -oKNAME,MODEL,SIZE,ROTA,TYPE" returned: 0 in 0.097s execute /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/oslo_concurrency/processutils.py:409<br>Jun 22 11:12:45 localhost.localdomain ironic-python-agent[1543]: 2018-06-22 11:12:45.683 1543 DEBUG ironic_lib.utils [-] Execution completed, command line is "lsblk -Pbia -oKNAME,MODEL,SIZE,ROTA,TYPE" execute /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ironic_lib/utils.py:101<br>Jun 22 11:12:45 localhost.localdomain ironic-python-agent[1543]: 2018-06-22 11:12:45.719 1543 DEBUG ironic_lib.utils [-] Command stdout is: "" execute /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ironic_lib/utils.py:103<br>Jun 22 11:12:45 localhost.localdomain ironic-python-agent[1543]: 2018-06-22 11:12:45.755 1543 DEBUG ironic_lib.utils [-] Command stderr is: "" execute /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ironic_lib/utils.py:104<br></div><div><br></div><div>Is there a way to solve the issue? For example, can I modify ramdisk and include DUD driver? I tried this guide: <a href="https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_openstack_platform/16.0/html/partner_integration/overcloud_images#initrd_modifying_the_initial_ramdisks" target="_blank">https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_openstack_platform/16.0/html/partner_integration/overcloud_images#initrd_modifying_the_initial_ramdisks</a> </div><div>but I don't know how to include an ISO instead of an rpm packet as described in the example.</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Indeed, I don't think you can use ISO as it is, you'll need to figure out what is inside. If it's an RPM (as I assume), you'll need to extract it and install into the ramdisk.</div><div><br></div><div>If nothing helps, you can try building a ramdisk with CentOS 7, the (very) recent versions of ironic-python-agent-builder allow using Python 3 on CentOS 7.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Dmitry<br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Thank you,</div><div>Marco</div><div><br></div></div>
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