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Updated iLO driver documentation to recommend ipmitool version

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While discovering the capabilities of the baremetal server using
iLO drivers, to support the capability "nic_capacity", it is
recommended to use ipmitool version >= 1.8.15

Closes-Bug: #1540842
Change-Id: I6d72a6e36672b8e164f779c5987457ff2e538958
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vmud213 2016-02-01 08:31:32 +00:00
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@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ Prerequisites
* ``ipmitool`` command must be present on the service node(s) where
``ironic-conductor`` is running. On most distros, this is provided as part
of the ``ipmitool`` package.
of the ``ipmitool`` package. Refer to `Hardware Inspection Support`_ for more
information on recommended version.
Different Configuration for ilo drivers
=======================================
@ -768,8 +769,6 @@ The following iLO drivers support hardware inspection:
* The RAID needs to be pre-configured prior to inspection otherwise
proliantutils returns 0 for disk size.
* The iLO firmware version needs to be 2.10 or above for nic_capacity to be
discovered.
The inspection process will discover the following essential properties
(properties required for scheduling deployment):
@ -798,6 +797,14 @@ Inspection can also discover the following extra capabilities for iLO drivers:
* ``nic_capacity``: the max speed of the embedded NIC adapter.
.. note::
* The capability ``nic_capacity`` can only be discovered if ipmitool
version >= 1.8.15 is used on the conductor. The latest version can be
downloaded from `here <http://sourceforge.net/projects/ipmitool/>`__.
* The iLO firmware version needs to be 2.10 or above for nic_capacity to be
discovered.
The operator can specify these capabilities in nova flavor for node to be selected
for scheduling::