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Commit 3c7a6ef6 authored by Mark Goddard's avatar Mark Goddard Committed by Doug Szumski
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Document requirements for BIOS and RAID configuration

Ideally we will fix these issues, but documenting them is a good first
step.

Change-Id: I9a840005d62b974f0681ac39e1ff02ae3ff0120e
Story: 2004967
Task: 29410
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...@@ -285,6 +285,11 @@ BIOS and RAID Configuration ...@@ -285,6 +285,11 @@ BIOS and RAID Configuration
BIOS and RAID configuration may require one or more power cycles of the BIOS and RAID configuration may require one or more power cycles of the
hardware to complete the operation. These will be performed automatically. hardware to complete the operation. These will be performed automatically.
.. note::
Currently, BIOS and RAID configuration of overcloud hosts is supported for
Dell servers only.
Configuration of BIOS settings and RAID volumes is currently performed out of Configuration of BIOS settings and RAID volumes is currently performed out of
band as a separate task from hardware provisioning. To configure the BIOS and band as a separate task from hardware provisioning. To configure the BIOS and
RAID:: RAID::
...@@ -297,6 +302,14 @@ properties and root device hints. To perform manual hardware inspection:: ...@@ -297,6 +302,14 @@ properties and root device hints. To perform manual hardware inspection::
(kayobe) $ kayobe overcloud hardware inspect (kayobe) $ kayobe overcloud hardware inspect
There are currently a few limitations to configuring BIOS and RAID:
* The Ansible control host must be able to access the BMCs of the servers being
configured.
* The Ansible control host must have the ``python-dracclient`` Python module
available to the Python interpreter used by Ansible. The path to the Python
interpreter is configured via ``ansible_python_interpreter``.
Provisioning Provisioning
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