iRMC drivers

Overview

The iRMC driver enables control FUJITSU PRIMERGY via ServerView Common Command Interface (SCCI).

There are 3 iRMC drivers:

• pxe_irmc.
• iscsi_irmc
• agent_irmc

Prerequisites

• Install python-scciclient package:

  $ pip install "python-scciclient<0.4.0,>=0.3.1"
  

Drivers

pxe_irmc driver

This driver enables PXE deploy and power control via ServerView Common Command Interface (SCCI).

Enabling the driver

• Add pxe_irmc to the list of enabled_drivers in [DEFAULT] section of /etc/ironic/ironic.conf.
• Ironic Conductor must be restarted for the new driver to be loaded.

Node configuration

• Each node is configured for iRMC with PXE deploy by setting the following ironic node object’s properties:
  • driver property to be pxe_irmc
  • driver_info/irmc_address property to be IP address or hostname of the iRMC.
  • driver_info/irmc_username property to be username for the iRMC with administrator privileges.
  • driver_info/irmc_password property to be password for irmc_username.
  • properties/capabilities property to be boot_mode:uefi if UEFI boot is required.
• All of nodes are configured by setting the following configuration options in [irmc] section of /etc/ironic/ironic.conf:
  • port: Port to be used for iRMC operations; either 80 or 443. The default value is 443. Optional.
  • auth_method: Authentication method for iRMC operations; either basic or digest. The default value is basic. Optional.
  • client_timeout: Timeout (in seconds) for iRMC operations. The default value is 60. Optional.
  • sensor_method: Sensor data retrieval method; either ipmitool or scci. The default value is ipmitool. Optional.

• The following options are only required for inspection:

• snmp_version: SNMP protocol version; either v1, v2c or v3. The default value is v2c. Optional.
• snmp_port: SNMP port. The default value is 161. Optional.
• snmp_community: SNMP community required for versions v1 and v2c. The default value is public. Optional.
• snmp_security: SNMP security name required for version v3. Optional.

• Each node can be further configured by setting the following ironic node object’s properties which override the parameter values in [irmc] section of /etc/ironic/ironic.conf:
  • driver_info/irmc_port property overrides port.
  • driver_info/irmc_auth_method property overrides auth_method.
  • driver_info/irmc_client_timeout property overrides client_timeout.
  • driver_info/irmc_sensor_method property overrides sensor_method.
  • driver_info/irmc_snmp_version property overrides snmp_version.
  • driver_info/irmc_snmp_port property overrides snmp_port.
  • driver_info/irmc_snmp_community property overrides snmp_community.
  • driver_info/irmc_snmp_security property overrides snmp_security.

iscsi_irmc driver

This driver enables Virtual Media deploy with image build from Diskimage Builder and power control via ServerView Common Command Interface (SCCI).

Enabling the driver

• Add iscsi_irmc to the list of enabled_drivers in [DEFAULT] section of /etc/ironic/ironic.conf.
• Ironic Conductor must be restarted for the new driver to be loaded.

Node configuration

• Each node is configured for iRMC with PXE deploy by setting the followings ironic node object’s properties:
  • driver property to be iscsi_irmc
  • driver_info/irmc_address property to be IP address or hostname of the iRMC.
  • driver_info/irmc_username property to be username for the iRMC with administrator privileges.
  • driver_info/irmc_password property to be password for irmc_username.
  • properties/capabilities property to be boot_mode:uefi if UEFI boot is required.
  • driver_info/irmc_deploy_iso property to be either deploy iso file name, Glance UUID, Glance URL or Image Service URL.
  • instance info/irmc_boot_iso property to be either boot iso file name, Glance UUID, Glance URL or Image Service URL. This is optional property for netboot.
• All of nodes are configured by setting the following configuration options in [irmc] section of /etc/ironic/ironic.conf:
  • port: Port to be used for iRMC operations; either 80 or 443. The default value is 443. Optional.
  • auth_method: Authentication method for iRMC operations; either basic or digest. The default value is basic. Optional.
  • client_timeout: Timeout (in seconds) for iRMC operations. The default value is 60. Optional.
  • sensor_method: Sensor data retrieval method; either ipmitool or scci. The default value is ipmitool. Optional.
  • remote_image_share_root: Ironic conductor node’s NFS or CIFS root path. The default value is /remote_image_share_root.
  • remote_image_server: IP of remote image server.
  • remote_image_share_type: Share type of virtual media, either NFS or CIFS. The default is CIFS.
  • remote_image_share_name: share name of remote_image_server. The default value is share.
  • remote_image_user_name: User name of remote_image_server.
  • remote_image_user_password: Password of remote_image_user_name.
  • remote_image_user_domain: Domain name of remote_image_user_name.

• The following options are only required for inspection:

• snmp_version: SNMP protocol version; either v1, v2c or v3. The default value is v2c. Optional.
• snmp_port: SNMP port. The default value is 161. Optional.
• snmp_community: SNMP community required for versions v1 and v2c. The default value is public. Optional.
• snmp_security: SNMP security name required for version v3. Optional.

• Each node can be further configured by setting the following ironic node object’s properties which override the parameter values in [irmc] section of /etc/ironic/ironic.conf:
  • driver_info/irmc_port property overrides port.
  • driver_info/irmc_auth_method property overrides auth_method.
  • driver_info/irmc_client_timeout property overrides client_timeout.
  • driver_info/irmc_sensor_method property overrides sensor_method.
  • driver_info/irmc_snmp_version property overrides snmp_version.
  • driver_info/irmc_snmp_port property overrides snmp_port.
  • driver_info/irmc_snmp_community property overrides snmp_community.
  • driver_info/irmc_snmp_security property overrides snmp_security.

agent_irmc driver

This driver enables Virtual Media deploy with IPA (Ironic Python Agent) and power control via ServerView Common Command Interface (SCCI).

Enabling the driver

• Add agent_irmc to the list of enabled_drivers in [DEFAULT] section of /etc/ironic/ironic.conf.
• Ironic Conductor must be restarted for the new driver to be loaded.

Node configuration

• Each node is configured for iRMC with PXE deploy by setting the followings ironic node object’s properties:
  • driver property to be agent_irmc
  • driver_info/irmc_address property to be IP address or hostname of the iRMC.
  • driver_info/irmc_username property to be username for the iRMC with administrator privileges.
  • driver_info/irmc_password property to be password for irmc_username.
  • properties/capabilities property to be boot_mode:uefi if UEFI boot is required.
  • driver_info/irmc_deploy_iso property to be either deploy iso file name, Glance UUID, Glance URL or Image Service URL.
• All of nodes are configured by setting the following configuration options in [irmc] section of /etc/ironic/ironic.conf:
  • port: Port to be used for iRMC operations; either 80 or 443. The default value is 443. Optional.
  • auth_method: Authentication method for iRMC operations; either basic or digest. The default value is basic. Optional.
  • client_timeout: Timeout (in seconds) for iRMC operations. The default value is 60. Optional.
  • sensor_method: Sensor data retrieval method; either ipmitool or scci. The default value is ipmitool. Optional.
  • remote_image_share_root: Ironic conductor node’s NFS or CIFS root path. The default value is /remote_image_share_root.
  • remote_image_server: IP of remote image server.
  • remote_image_share_type: Share type of virtual media, either NFS or CIFS. The default is CIFS.
  • remote_image_share_name: share name of remote_image_server. The default value is share.
  • remote_image_user_name: User name of remote_image_server.
  • remote_image_user_password: Password of remote_image_user_name.
  • remote_image_user_domain: Domain name of remote_image_user_name.

• The following options are only required for inspection:

• snmp_version: SNMP protocol version; either v1, v2c or v3. The default value is v2c. Optional.
• snmp_port: SNMP port. The default value is 161. Optional.
• snmp_community: SNMP community required for versions v1 and v2c. The default value is public. Optional.
• snmp_security: SNMP security name required for version v3. Optional.

• Each node can be further configured by setting the following ironic node object’s properties which override the parameter values in [irmc] section of /etc/ironic/ironic.conf:
  • driver_info/irmc_port property overrides port.
  • driver_info/irmc_auth_method property overrides auth_method.
  • driver_info/irmc_client_timeout property overrides client_timeout.
  • driver_info/irmc_sensor_method property overrides sensor_method.
  • driver_info/irmc_snmp_version property overrides snmp_version.
  • driver_info/irmc_snmp_port property overrides snmp_port.
  • driver_info/irmc_snmp_community property overrides snmp_community.
  • driver_info/irmc_snmp_security property overrides snmp_security.

Supported platforms

This driver supports FUJITSU PRIMERGY BX S4 or RX S8 servers and above.

• PRIMERGY BX920 S4
• PRIMERGY BX924 S4
• PRIMERGY RX300 S8