AMT PXE Driver

https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ironic/+spec/amt-pxe-driver

This blueprint implements a new driver – “PXEAndAMTDriver” which supports deployment for AMT/vPro system on Desktops.

Problem description

Currently there is no support with Ironic to do deployment for Desktops within AMT/vPro system. This BP will extend Ironic to Desktop area.

Proposed change

Implement a new driver – “PXEAndAMTDriver” – that uses amt to control the power of nodes with AMT System and uses pxe to deliver the image to nodes. Following are details,

  • Add new class PXEAndAMTDriver inherited from base.BaseDriver in ironic/drivers/pxe.py

  • Add new class AMTPower inherited from base.PowerInterface in ironic/drivers/modules/amt/power.py

    • validate() - Validate the node driver info

    • get_power_state() - Get the power state from the node

    • set_power_state() - Set the power state of the node, such as power on/off

    • reboot() - reboot the node

  • Add new class AMTMangement inherited from base.ManagementInterface in ironic/drivers/modules/amt/management.py

    • validate() - Validate the node driver info

    • ensure_next_boot_device() - ensure the next boot device of the node

      Note

      AMT/vPro only accept the first boot device and ignore the rest if we send multiple _set_boot_device_order requests to AMT nodes. For example, when the user set boot device twice, the node will boot with the first one. So AMT driver only save amt_boot_device into DB via set_boot_device() and send the request to the node via ensure_next_boot_device() before set the node power on. So that AMT driver can support users to set boot device multiple times like other drivers.

    • set_boot_device() - Set the boot device of the node.

      Note

      As AMT/vPro doesn’t support set boot device persistent in BM node like BMC, it only set boot device for one time. So AMT driver call ensure_next_boot_device() between every power cycle if boot device is persistent. AMT driver saves amt_boot_device/amt_boot_persistent into node.driver_internal_info, which will be read by ensure_next_boot_device().

    • get_boot_device() - Get the boot device of the node

  • Add a condition to enable AMT driver to call ensure_next_boot_device in pxe._continue_deploy

    Note

    During PXE deploy processing, after finish dd, the target machine will reboot by ramdisk rather than Ironic. AMT Driver has to call ensure_next_boot_device again in _continue_deploy().

Alternatives

  • Save amt_boot_device and amt_boot_persistent in:

    • “driver_info” but user will aware the change of boot device and could be different from his input.

    • “extra” but not for use from inside Ironic.

Data model impact

None

REST API impact

None

RPC API impact

None

Driver API impact

None

Nova driver impact

None

Security impact

None

Other end user impact

None

Scalability impact

None

Performance Impact

None

Other deployer impact

The following driver_info fields are required:

  • amt_address: hostname or IP of AMT node

  • amt_password: password used for connect to AMT node

  • amt_username: username used for connect to AMT node

  • amt_protocol: protocol used for connect to AMT node (optional)

The following parameters are added into newly created [amt] section in ironic.conf.

  • protocol: default value of AMT (http/https) protocol. The default value is http

  • max_retry: default retries for AMT power operations. The default value is 3 times.

  • action_wait: default seconds for driver to wait for retries. The default value is 10 seconds.

Developer impact

None

Implementation

Assignee(s)

Primary assignee:

tan-lin-good

Work Items

Implement PXEAndAMTDriver class inherited from base.BaseDriver.

Implement AMTPower class inherited from base.PowerInterface

Implement AMTManagement class inherited from base.managementInterface

Dependencies

openwsman-python package

Note

AMT deprecated SOAP (amttool) support after the latest version 9.0. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_AMT_versions “Intel AMT 9.0 — SOAP(EOI) protocol removed.” So AMT only support WS-MAN protocol (openwsman) now. The solution with openwsman works for AMT 7.0/8.0/9.0. AMT 7.0 is released in 2010, so most PCs with vPro are involved.

Testing

Will add Unit Testing.

Upgrades and Backwards Compatibility

None

Documentation Impact

Will document the usage of this driver.

References

None