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authorZuul <zuul@review.openstack.org>2018-08-03 14:33:56 +0000
committerGerrit Code Review <review@openstack.org>2018-08-03 14:33:56 +0000
commit02be0637059d31b2445e5222216705f2679a1767 (patch)
tree5678616f9c74e243301b007bc5ea8e20fcf86ae1
parent748fb0c79374d836fc9a767a91233060ceef2d25 (diff)
parent27ce134fb403d55565fd740858e7498a517908fc (diff)
downloadironic-02be0637059d31b2445e5222216705f2679a1767.tar.gz
Merge "Add notes on Redfish boot mode management"
-rw-r--r--doc/source/admin/drivers/redfish.rst16
-rw-r--r--doc/source/install/configure-pxe.rst8
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/source/admin/drivers/redfish.rst b/doc/source/admin/drivers/redfish.rst
index 546208c78..a0adac60c 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin/drivers/redfish.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin/drivers/redfish.rst
@@ -88,6 +88,22 @@ a node with the ``redfish`` driver. For example:
For more information about enrolling nodes see :ref:`enrollment`
in the install guide.
+Features of the ``redfish`` hardware type
+=========================================
+
+Boot mode support
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+The ``redfish`` hardware type can read current boot mode from the
+bare metal node as well as set it to either Legacy BIOS or UEFI.
+
+.. note::
+
+ Boot mode management is the optional part of the Redfish specification.
+ Not all Redfish-compliant BMCs might implement it. In that case
+ it remains the responsibility of the operator to configure proper
+ boot mode to their bare metal nodes.
+
.. _Redfish: http://redfish.dmtf.org/
.. _Sushy: https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/sushy
.. _TLS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security
diff --git a/doc/source/install/configure-pxe.rst b/doc/source/install/configure-pxe.rst
index bde1d7968..0fd1f7531 100644
--- a/doc/source/install/configure-pxe.rst
+++ b/doc/source/install/configure-pxe.rst
@@ -203,10 +203,10 @@ steps on the ironic conductor node to configure the PXE UEFI environment.
boot device is set to network/pxe.
.. note::
- Some drivers, e.g. ``ilo`` and ``irmc``, support automatic setting of the
- boot mode during deployment. This step is not required for them. Please
- check :doc:`../admin/drivers` for information on whether your driver
- requires manual UEFI configuration.
+ Some drivers, e.g. ``ilo``, ``irmc`` and ``redfish``, support automatic
+ setting of the boot mode during deployment. This step is not required
+ for them. Please check :doc:`../admin/drivers` for information on whether
+ your driver requires manual UEFI configuration.
.. note::
For more information on configuring boot modes, see :ref:`boot_mode_support`.