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author | Jenkins <jenkins@review.openstack.org> | 2015-04-08 22:41:38 +0000 |
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committer | Gerrit Code Review <review@openstack.org> | 2015-04-08 22:41:38 +0000 |
commit | b7891ec7e677149bdbea72aaf292cdbec66b062b (patch) | |
tree | 1644b4b164768a937ddd0d4f1f1f5527e9de9b91 /doc/source/deploy/cleaning.rst | |
parent | a3fe6a4d12a78602aa7250e9a42d9a959457a7f8 (diff) | |
parent | 8060fef695879f21623149db65242227cb62345d (diff) | |
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Merge "Fixup post-merge comments on cleaning document"
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diff --git a/doc/source/deploy/cleaning.rst b/doc/source/deploy/cleaning.rst index b19b88a1b..8897bf46b 100644 --- a/doc/source/deploy/cleaning.rst +++ b/doc/source/deploy/cleaning.rst @@ -13,9 +13,14 @@ the tenant will get a consistent baremetal node deployed every time. Ironic implements cleaning by collecting a list of steps to perform on a node from each Power, Deploy, and Management driver assigned to the node. These steps are then arranged by priority and executed on the node when it is moved -to CLEANING state, if cleaning is enabled. +to cleaning state, if cleaning is enabled. -Ironic added support for cleaning used nodes in the Kilo release. +Typically, nodes move to cleaning state when moving from active -> available. +Nodes also traverse cleaning when going from manageable -> available. For a +full understanding of all state transitions into cleaning, please see +:ref:`states`. + +Ironic added support for cleaning nodes in the Kilo release. Enabling Cleaning @@ -41,8 +46,8 @@ In-band steps are performed by Ironic making API calls to a ramdisk running on the node using a Deploy driver. Currently, only the ironic-python-agent ramdisk used with an agent_* driver supports in-band cleaning. By default, ironic-python-agent ships with a minimal cleaning configuration, only erasing -disks. However, with this ramdisk, you can add your own clean_steps and/or -override default clean_steps with a custom Hardware Manager. +disks. However, with this ramdisk, you can add your own cleaning steps and/or +override default cleaning steps with a custom Hardware Manager. There is currently no support for in-band cleaning using the Ironic pxe ramdisk. @@ -81,12 +86,14 @@ to disable erase_devices, you'd use the following config:: agent_erase_devices_priority=0 -What clean_step is running? ---------------------------- -To check what clean_step the node is performing or attempted to perform and +What cleaning step is running? +------------------------------ +To check what cleaning step the node is performing or attempted to perform and failed, either query the node endpoint for the node or run ``ironic node-show -$node_ident`` and look at the 'clean_step' field. This will tell you which -step for which driver is or was (if in CLEANFAIL state) being executed. +$node_ident`` and look in the `internal_driver_info` field. The `clean_steps` +field will contain a list of all remaining steps with their priority, and the +first one listed is the step currently in progress or that the node failed +before going into cleanfail state. Should I disable cleaning? -------------------------- @@ -107,17 +114,17 @@ cleaning. Troubleshooting =============== -If cleaning fails on a node, the node will be put into CLEANFAIL state and +If cleaning fails on a node, the node will be put into cleanfail state and placed in maintenance mode, to prevent Ironic from taking actions on the node. -Nodes in CLEANFAIL will not be powered off, as the node might be in a state +Nodes in cleanfail will not be powered off, as the node might be in a state such that powering it off could damage the node or remove useful information about the nature of the cleaning failure. -A CLEANFAIL node can be moved to MANAGEABLE state, where they cannot be +A cleanfail node can be moved to manageable state, where they cannot be scheduled by Nova and you can safely attempt to fix the node. To move a node -from CLEANFAIL to MANAGEABLE: ``ironic node-set-provision-state manage``. +from cleanfail to manageable: ``ironic node-set-provision-state manage``. You can now take actions on the node, such as replacing a bad disk drive. Strategies for determining why a cleaning step failed include checking the @@ -125,7 +132,7 @@ Ironic conductor logs, viewing logs on the still-running ironic-python-agent (if an in-band step failed), or performing general hardware troubleshooting on the node. -When the node is repaired, you can move the node back to AVAILABLE state, to +When the node is repaired, you can move the node back to available state, to allow it to be scheduled by Nova. :: @@ -136,5 +143,5 @@ allow it to be scheduled by Nova. # Now, make the node available for scheduling by Nova ironic node-set-provision-state $node_ident provide -The node will begin cleaning from the start, and move to AVAILABLE state +The node will begin cleaning from the start, and move to available state when complete. |