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| author | vmud213 <vinay50muddu@yahoo.com> | 2019-02-14 09:29:25 +0000 |
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| committer | vmud213 <vinay50muddu@yahoo.com> | 2019-02-19 08:37:37 +0000 |
| commit | 1d882df187121e11576cfbc298fbedc8ef5b021c (patch) | |
| tree | 3cc74d062f5b0ff81b3f981b1406d9d7794f3711 /doc/source/admin/drivers/ilo.rst | |
| parent | 0d19732089f70422bd8344fbd8d53911f64c2453 (diff) | |
| download | ironic-1d882df187121e11576cfbc298fbedc8ef5b021c.tar.gz | |
Documentation update for iLO Drivers
Documentation update for iLO drivers for the BIOS settings
related changes. Refer the following bug for more details:
https://storyboard.openstack.org/#!/story/2004066
Related code changes at the following review ID:
https://review.openstack.org/#/c/607947/
Change-Id: Ic23e097c39afe0de052ba4495d95e15a87a89886
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/source/admin/drivers/ilo.rst')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/source/admin/drivers/ilo.rst | 17 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/source/admin/drivers/ilo.rst b/doc/source/admin/drivers/ilo.rst index 7c2da46cc..2bf5c8906 100644 --- a/doc/source/admin/drivers/ilo.rst +++ b/doc/source/admin/drivers/ilo.rst @@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ The hardware type ``ilo`` supports following HPE server features: * `Rescue mode support`_ * `Inject NMI support`_ * `Soft power operation support`_ +* `BIOS configuration support`_ Apart from above features hardware type ``ilo5`` also supports following features: @@ -1569,13 +1570,19 @@ use iscsi boot at the same time with a bios volume will result in an error. BIOS configuration support ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -The ``ilo`` hardware type supports ``ilo`` BIOS interface. The support includes -providing manual clean steps *apply_configuration* and *factory_reset* to -manage supported BIOS settings on the node. See :ref:`bios` for more details -and examples. +The ``ilo`` and ``ilo5`` hardware types support ``ilo`` BIOS interface. +The support includes providing manual clean steps *apply_configuration* and +*factory_reset* to manage supported BIOS settings on the node. +See :ref:`bios` for more details and examples. .. note:: - The change in the settings will take into effect after next power cycle. + Prior to the Stein release the user is required to reboot the node manually + in order for the settings to take into effect. Starting with the Stein + release, iLO drivers reboot the node after running clean steps related to + the BIOS configuration. The BIOS settings are cached and the clean step is + marked as success only if all the requested settings are applied without + any failure. If application of any of the settings fails, the clean step is + marked as failed and the settings are not cached. Configuration ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |