<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div>Hi Philip,</div><div><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Thanks for the info IPMI. What I was searching for is how to prepare hardware for enrollment, which is lacking in the wiki I mentioned.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">NEC BMC module actually has its own management Ethernet port and most settings can only be managed via the management boot CD. There is a webbased GUI but its mostly for monitoring and remote console only.</div><div
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">There are no options to set a <span style="background-color: transparent;">IPMI username and password. </span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Perhaps my hardware is too old for this type of usage.</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Thanks for you help,</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Jake</div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 13px; font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; background-color: transparent; font-style:
normal;"><br></div><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Philip Keogh <pkeogh@compusoftcs.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Jake G. <Dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> "openstack@lists.openstack.org" <openstack@lists.openstack.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, August 23, 2013 6:17 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Openstack] Baremetal - Hardware preparation<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv1882292903"><div>iLO is just one of many vendor solutions that implements IPMI, an industry standard which NEC server BMCs
also support. See <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" 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 rel="nofollow" target="_blank" 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 rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
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 rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:Dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:Dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com">Dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="yiv1882292903Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>iLo is an HP product only.</div><div><br></div><div><br>On 2013/08/23, at 16:35, "K, Shanthakumar" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:shanthakumar.k@hp.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:shanthakumar.k@hp.com">shanthakumar.k@hp.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite">
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<div class="yiv1882292903WordSection1"><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Irrespective of hardware it should work. Please use your ilo management IP Address, username & password for enrollment and proceed further.</span></div><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span></div>
<div><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Thanks</span></div><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Shanthakumar K</span></div>
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<div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> Jake G. [<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:Dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com" target="_blank" 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 rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:openstack@lists.openstack.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:openstack@lists.openstack.org">openstack@lists.openstack.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Openstack] Baremetal - Hardware preparation</span></div>
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<div><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal">I wish I had ilo. My test hardware is not an HP server unfortunately.</div>
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<div><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal">It's an older NEC Express5800/110Rh-1</div>
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On 2013/08/23, at 16:27, "K, Shanthakumar" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:shanthakumar.k@hp.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:shanthakumar.k@hp.com">shanthakumar.k@hp.com</a>> wrote:</div>
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<div><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;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></div><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span></div><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">FYI: You don’t need to have OS installed in your physical hardware to enroll hardware for your baremetal.</span></div><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span></div>
<div><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Thanks</span></div><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Shanthakumar K</span></div>
</div><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;"> </span></div>
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<div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;"><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;"> Jake G. [<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com" target="_blank" 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 rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:openstack@lists.openstack.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:openstack@lists.openstack.org">openstack@lists.openstack.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Openstack] Baremetal - Hardware preparation</span></div>
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<div><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">I am sorry if my explanation was hard to follow.</span></div>
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<div><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal"><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></div>
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<div><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal"><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></div>
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<div><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<div><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal"><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></div>
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<div><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<div><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Thanks</span></div>
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<div><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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</span></div><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal" 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 rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:shanthakumar.k@hp.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:shanthakumar.k@hp.com">shanthakumar.k@hp.com</a>><br>
<b>To:</b> Jake G. <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com">dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com</a>>
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<b>Cc:</b> "<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:openstack@lists.openstack.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:openstack@lists.openstack.org">openstack@lists.openstack.org</a>" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:openstack@lists.openstack.org" target="_blank" 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></div>
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<div><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal" style="background-color:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Please refer the hardware enrollment section under
</span><span style=""><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Baremetal">https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Baremetal</a>.</span></div>
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<div><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="">1.</span><span style="font-size:7pt;">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Ensure your hardware is under same network backbone to communicate</span></div>
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<div><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="">2.</span><span style="font-size:7pt;">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Enroll the hardware properly as mentioned in the guide
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<div><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="">3.</span><span style="font-size:7pt;">
</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><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Thanks</span></div>
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<div><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D;">Shanthakumar K</span></div>
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<div><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;"> Jake G. [<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com" target="_blank" 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 rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:openstack@lists.openstack.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:openstack@lists.openstack.org">openstack@lists.openstack.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Openstack] Baremetal - Hardware preparation</span></div>
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<b>To:</b> Jake G. <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com">dj_dark_junglist@yahoo.com</a>>
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<b>Cc:</b> "<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:openstack@lists.openstack.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:openstack@lists.openstack.org">openstack@lists.openstack.org</a>" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:openstack@lists.openstack.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:openstack@lists.openstack.org">openstack@lists.openstack.org</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></div>
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<div><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal" 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></div>
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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></div>
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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></div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 23, 2013 10:07 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [Openstack] Baremetal - Hardware preparation</span></div>
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<div><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal" style="background-color:white;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">I have been following this doc <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Baremetal#Image_Requirements">https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Baremetal#Image_Requirements</a> </span></div>
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<div><div class="yiv1882292903MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:10pt;">to setup openstack for baremetal provisioning. I have configured oopenstack properly, created an image,</span></div>
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