[openstack-dev] baremetal nova boot issue

Ravikanth Samprathi rsamprat at gmail.com
Mon Oct 14 20:49:21 UTC 2013


Thanks Clint.  They are not tilera but IPMI enabled. May i know what IPMI
configuration i need to do on baremetal-node and baremetal-openstack-server
?
Thanks
Ravi



On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 11:51 AM, Clint Byrum <clint at fewbar.com> wrote:

> No, I said if your machines are not IPMI, and are not Tilera based, then
> they will not work.
>
> If they are IPMI, they will work.
>
> Excerpts from Ravikanth Samprathi's message of 2013-10-14 11:42:31 -0700:
> > You mean there is no power driver for anything other than tilera?  I am
> > using supermicro intel based baremetal nodes. And for testing am
> simulating
> > using VMs are baremetals as well.
> > Please let me know.
> > Thanks
> > Ravi
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Clint Byrum <clint at fewbar.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Excerpts from Ravikanth Samprathi's message of 2013-10-14 11:15:15
> -0700:
> > > > Thank you for your help and pointers Rob.
> > > > I followed instructions from the baremetal wiki and i am lost in the
> last
> > > > step.
> > > >
> > > > First:
> > > > I setup pxelinux.cfg/default to point to my-initrd and my-vmlinuz
> for pxe
> > > > boot.
> > > > My baremetal node goes into this prompt:
> > > > (initramfs)
> > > > I dont know if the above is correct.
> > > >
> > > > Second:
> > > > Then i do nova boot, which gives me this:
> > > > root at os:/tftpboot# nova boot --flavor my-baremetal-flavor --image
> > > my-image
> > > > my-baremetal-node
> > > >
> > >
> +-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
> > > > | Property                            |
> > > > Value                                |
> > > >
> > >
> +-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
> > > > | status                              |
> > > > BUILD                                |
> > > > | updated                             |
> > > > 2013-10-14T18:08:50Z                 |
> > > > | OS-EXT-STS:task_state               |
> > > > scheduling                           |
> > > > | OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:host                |
> > > > None                                 |
> > > > | key_name                            |
> > > > None                                 |
> > > > | image                               |
> > > > my-image                             |
> > > > | hostId
> > > > |                                      |
> > > > | OS-EXT-STS:vm_state                 |
> > > > building                             |
> > > > | OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:instance_name       |
> > > > instance-00000021                    |
> > > > | OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:hypervisor_hostname |
> > > > None                                 |
> > > > | flavor                              |
> > > > my-baremetal-flavor                  |
> > > > | id                                  |
> > > > c9fd52de-e93e-44dd-9009-9395e964829e |
> > > > | security_groups                     | [{u'name':
> > > > u'default'}]              |
> > > > | user_id                             |
> > > > 251bd0a9388a477b9c24c99b223e7b2a     |
> > > > | name                                |
> > > > my-baremetal-node                    |
> > > > | adminPass                           |
> > > > 5kHEX46xremR                         |
> > > > | tenant_id                           |
> > > > 8a34123d83824f3ea52527c5a28ad81e     |
> > > > | created                             |
> > > > 2013-10-14T18:08:49Z                 |
> > > > | OS-DCF:diskConfig                   |
> > > > MANUAL                               |
> > > > | metadata                            |
> > > > {}                                   |
> > > > | accessIPv4
> > > > |                                      |
> > > > | accessIPv6
> > > > |                                      |
> > > > | progress                            |
> > > > 0                                    |
> > > > | OS-EXT-STS:power_state              |
> > > > 0                                    |
> > > > | OS-EXT-AZ:availability_zone         |
> > > > nova                                 |
> > > > | config_drive
> > > > |                                      |
> > > >
> > >
> +-------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
> > > > root at os:/tftpboot#
> > > >
> > > > Before doing this, I have done the nova-baremetal-create and
> interface
> > > add,
> > > > and this is what i get:
> > > >
> ======================================================================
> > > >
> > > > root at os:/tftpboot# nova baremetal-node-create os 1 1024 10
> > > 00:50:56:AA:20:54
> > > > +------------------+-------------------+
> > > > | Property         | Value             |
> > > > +------------------+-------------------+
> > > > | instance_uuid    | None              |
> > > > | pm_address       | None              |
> > > > | interfaces       | []                |
> > > > | prov_vlan_id     | None              |
> > > > | cpus             | 1                 |
> > > > | memory_mb        | 1024              |
> > > > | prov_mac_address | 00:50:56:AA:20:54 |
> > > > | service_host     | os                |
> > > > | local_gb         | 10                |
> > > > | id               | 2                 |
> > > > | pm_user          | None              |
> > > > | terminal_port    | None              |
> > > > +------------------+-------------------+
> > > > root at os:/tftpboot# nova baremetal-interface-add 2 00:50:56:AA:20:54
> > > > +-------------+-------------------+
> > > > | Property    | Value             |
> > > > +-------------+-------------------+
> > > > | datapath_id | 0                 |
> > > > | id          | 2                 |
> > > > | port_no     | 0                 |
> > > > | address     | 00:50:56:AA:20:54 |
> > > > +-------------+-------------------+
> > > >
> > > > The baremetal node is stuck at (initramfs) no auto powering and no
> auto
> > > > booting happens.
> > > > I have not given --pm options , should i give that and if so what
> are the
> > > > values?
> > > > What am i missing?
> > >
> > > If you don't give the power driver an address and credentials to turn
> > > the machine on and off, you can't expect automatic deployment to work.
> > > You will need IPMI credentials and an IP that the compute node can
> reach
> > > to turn the machine on/off using the IPMI protocol.
> > >
> > > If your machines do not have IPMI, and they are not Tilera based, you
> > > will need to write a power driver to turn them on and off.
> > >
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