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Introduction
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| Parameter | Description | Example-Value |
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| vendor | Vendor of the server chassis | Intel |
| generation | Generation of the chassis model | '4' |
| hw_version | Version of the chassis model within its generation | '3' |
| bios_version | The certified version of the chassis BIOS | 'SE5C .... |
| boot_mode | Mode of the default boot of hardware - bios, uefi | bios |
| bootstrap_protocol | Protocol of boot of the hardware - pxe, usb, hdd | 'pxe |
| pxe_interface | Which interface to use for network booting within the OOB manager, not OS device | 0 |
Device-Aliases:
NICs:
User can categorize the NICs in the hardware as control-plane nics or dataplane nics. In each category he can have one or more NICs. For example, he can define ctrl_nic1, ctrl_nic2, ctrl_nic3, and data_nic1, data_nic2, data_nic3, etc. It is better to use names that are self-explanatory - for example, if you have a separate NIC for PXE, name it as pxe_nic. This categorization will be referred in the host-profiles. For every NIC defined, the below information can be configured.
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| Parameter | Description | Example Value |
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| address | The PCI address of the NIC | 0000:04:00.0 |
| dev_type | Description of the NIC | 'I350 Gigabit Network Connection' |
| bus_type | The bus supported | 'pci' |
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| Parameter | Description | Example Value |
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| address | The bus address of the Disk | 0:2.0.0 |
| dev_type | Description of the disk. | 'INTEL SSDSC2BB48' |
| bus_type | The bus supported | 'scsi' |
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For majority of the cases, you only need two host profiles - Dataplane and Control Plane. Of course, the user can create more than 2 and use it accordingly. The below table summarizes the configurable parameters for the host profiles.
| Parameter Category | Sub-Category-1 | Sub-Category-2 | Description | Example Value 1 | Example Value 2 |
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| hardware_profile | NA | NA | The hardware profile used by the host | intel_2600.yaml | |
| primary_network | NA | NA | The main network used for administration | dmz | |
| Interfaces | NA | NA | Define each and every interfaces of the host in detail. | ||
| Name | NA | Name of the Interface | dmz | data1 | |
| device_link | The name of the network link. | dmz | data1 | ||
| slaves | NIC Aliases | ctrl_nic1 | data_nic1 | ||
| networks | The networks this interface belongs to. | dmz | - private - management | ||
Nodes
| Parameter Category | Sub-Category-1 | Sub-Category-2 | Sub-Category-3 | Sub-Category-4 | Description | Example Value |
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| addressing* | ||||||
| address | ||||||
| network | ||||||
| oob | ||||||
| network | ||||||
| account | ||||||
| credential | ||||||
| storage | ||||||
| physical_devices | ||||||
| labels | ||||||
| volume_group | ||||||
| partitions* | ||||||
| name | ||||||
| size | ||||||
| part_uuid | ||||||
| volume_group | ||||||
| labels | ||||||
| bootable | ||||||
| filesystem | ||||||
| mountpoint | ||||||
| fstype | ||||||
| mount_options | ||||||
| fs_uuid | ||||||
| fs_label | ||||||
| volume_groups | ||||||
| vg_uuid | ||||||
| logical_volumes* | ||||||
| name | ||||||
| lv_uuid | ||||||
| size | ||||||
| filesystem | ||||||
| mountpoint | ||||||
| fstype | ||||||
| mount_options | ||||||
| fs_uuid | ||||||
| fs_label | ||||||
| platform | ||||||
| image | ||||||
| kernel | ||||||
| kernel_params | ||||||
| metadata | ||||||
| tags* | ||||||
| owner_data | ||||||
| rack | ||||||
| boot_mac | ||||||
| host_profile | ||||||
| hardware_profile | ||||||
| primary_network | ||||||
| interfaces | ||||||
| device_link | ||||||
| slaves* | ||||||
| networks* |
*: Array of Values.
Networks
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