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| author | Julia Kreger <juliaashleykreger@gmail.com> | 2018-04-10 15:10:20 -0700 |
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| committer | Jim Rollenhagen <jim@jimrollenhagen.com> | 2018-06-19 16:49:45 +0000 |
| commit | 5795c57985e65cd96c3a71e1329e578a1e947449 (patch) | |
| tree | c824d3814467517730c4bc1010b68655ce2b2a04 /releasenotes/notes/adds-external-storage-interface-9b7c0a0a2afd3176.yaml | |
| parent | bfbe14b873e2c933507b82f33c35ecbea95b68e7 (diff) | |
| download | ironic-5795c57985e65cd96c3a71e1329e578a1e947449.tar.gz | |
Add an external storage interface
This would primarily be very useful for users of an
external SAN image based management solution[0] where
the interaction with the storage system has been
abstracted from the user but iSCSI targets are still
used.
[0]: https://massopen.cloud/blog/bare-metal-imaging/
Change-Id: I2d45b8a7023d053aac24e106bb027b9d0408cf3a
Story: #1735478
Task: #12562
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diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/adds-external-storage-interface-9b7c0a0a2afd3176.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/adds-external-storage-interface-9b7c0a0a2afd3176.yaml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..2fad940a8 --- /dev/null +++ b/releasenotes/notes/adds-external-storage-interface-9b7c0a0a2afd3176.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +--- +features: + - | + Adds ``external`` storage interface which is short for + "externally managed". This adds logic to allow the Bare + Metal service to identify when a BFV scenario is being + requested based upon the configuration set for + ``volume targets``. + + The user must create the entry, and no syncronizaiton + with a Block Storage service will occur. + `Documentation <https://docs.openstack.org/ironic/latest/admin/boot-from-volume.html#use-without-cinder>`_ + has been updated to reflect how to use this interface. |