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authorZuul <zuul@review.opendev.org>2020-12-15 17:09:39 +0000
committerGerrit Code Review <review@openstack.org>2020-12-15 17:09:39 +0000
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Merge "Document the current status of the DHCP-less deploy"
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Layer 3 or DHCP-less ramdisk booting
====================================
+.. warning::
+ As of the Victoria release, the ramdisk side of this feature does **NOT**
+ work out-of-box because of a conflict between NetworkManager and Glean_.
+ To use it properly you need to manually create a ramdisk with Glean_ taking
+ priority over any other network configuration.
+
Booting nodes via PXE, while universally supported, suffers from one
disadvantage: it requires a direct L2 connectivity between the node and the
control plane for DHCP. Using virtual media it is possible to avoid not only
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/dhcp-less-less-2a35df67d840f9d5.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/dhcp-less-less-2a35df67d840f9d5.yaml
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+---
+issues:
+ - |
+ Building ramdisks for DHCP-less deploy using the ``simple-init`` element
+ does not currently work. The team is looking into possible solutions.