<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">iLO is just one of many vendor solutions that implements IPMI, an industry standard which NEC server BMCs also support. See <a href="http://support.express.nec.co.jp/wpaper/rwu/rwu.pdf">http://support.express.nec.co.jp/wpaper/rwu/rwu.pdf</a> for more info on that particular server line. 110Rh-1 supports IPMI 2.0.<div><br></div><div>On many systems there is simply a prompt during POST to configure the BMC, which often shares the primary NIC on lower end servers. You can use ipmitool to test connectivity, authentication and chassis power commands independent of OpenStack. See <a href="http://ipmitool.sourceforge.net/manpage.html">http://ipmitool.sourceforge.net/manpage.html</a> for more.<div><div><br></div><div>Note the OpenStack wiki you linked references the IP and credentials for the IPMI interface, which is completely independent of any OS. I also recommend looking through <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_Platform_Management_Interface">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_Platform_Management_Interface</a> for more on the standard.<div><div> <br><div><div>On Aug 23, 2013, at 1:01 AM, Jake G. <<a href="mailto:Dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com">Dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="auto"><div>iLo is an HP product only.</div><div><br></div><div><br>On 2013/08/23, at 16:35, "K, Shanthakumar" <<a href="mailto:shanthakumar.k@hp.com">shanthakumar.k@hp.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite">
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<div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Irrespective of hardware it should work. Please use your ilo management IP Address, username & password for enrollment and proceed further.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thanks<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Shanthakumar K<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Jake G. [<a href="mailto:Dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com">mailto:Dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 23, 2013 1:00 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> K, Shanthakumar<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:openstack@lists.openstack.org">openstack@lists.openstack.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Openstack] Baremetal - Hardware preparation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">I wish I had ilo. My test hardware is not an HP server unfortunately.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal">It's an older NEC Express5800/110Rh-1<o:p></o:p></p>
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On 2013/08/23, at 16:27, "K, Shanthakumar" <<a href="mailto:shanthakumar.k@hp.com">shanthakumar.k@hp.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I got your concern, Your physical hardware needs to be in iLO / power management. So that you will have management ilo IP address, username and password to
enroll your hardware.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">FYI: You don’t need to have OS installed in your physical hardware to enroll hardware for your baremetal.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thanks</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Shanthakumar K</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Jake G. [<a href="mailto:dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com">mailto:dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 23, 2013 12:15 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> K, Shanthakumar<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:openstack@lists.openstack.org">openstack@lists.openstack.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Openstack] Baremetal - Hardware preparation</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">I am sorry if my explanation was hard to follow.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">In order to enroll my hardware, Openstack requires the Servers IP address, username and password.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">Since I have no OS installed on the hardware(physical server) I have no IP address and no username/password</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">On the hardware side only(not openstack) what needs to be done in order for Openstack to control the hardware?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; "> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; ">Thanks</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; "> "K, Shanthakumar" <<a href="mailto:shanthakumar.k@hp.com">shanthakumar.k@hp.com</a>><br>
<b>To:</b> Jake G. <<a href="mailto:dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com">dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com</a>>
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<b>Cc:</b> "<a href="mailto:openstack@lists.openstack.org">openstack@lists.openstack.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:openstack@lists.openstack.org">openstack@lists.openstack.org</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 23, 2013 3:32 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Openstack] Baremetal - Hardware preparation</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; position: static; z-index: auto; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Please refer the hardware enrollment section under
</span><span style=""><a href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Baremetal" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Baremetal</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Ensure your hardware is under same network backbone to communicate</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Enroll the hardware properly as mentioned in the guide
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Nova baremetal driver will take care of the communication and you could see the logs in nova compute upon successful enrollment
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<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Thanks</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Shanthakumar K</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; "> Jake G. [<a href="mailto:dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com">mailto:dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 23, 2013 11:54 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> K, Shanthakumar<br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:openstack@lists.openstack.org">openstack@lists.openstack.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Openstack] Baremetal - Hardware preparation</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">I understand your points and that is taken care of, but how exactly is Openstack going to connect to the hardware if the hardware has no OS and no IP?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">How should the hardware be prepared so I can give Openstack the information it needs to enroll the hardware? </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">Jake</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; "> "K, Shanthakumar" <<a href="mailto:shanthakumar.k@hp.com" target="_blank">shanthakumar.k@hp.com</a>><br>
<b>To:</b> Jake G. <<a href="mailto:dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com" target="_blank">dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 23, 2013 3:08 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Openstack] Baremetal - Hardware preparation</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Your physical hardware should be maximum enough to support your OS configurations and baremetal flavor you have created.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">Your physical hardware should contain minimum configurations to run an operating system</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">You need to take care of your Baremetal Flavor created WRT to your available hardware.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 23, 2013 10:07 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:openstack@lists.openstack.org" target="_blank">openstack@lists.openstack.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Openstack] Baremetal - Hardware preparation</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; position: static; z-index: auto; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; ">I have been following this doc <a href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Baremetal#Image_Requirements" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Baremetal#Image_Requirements</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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