Adding Bare Metal Server to Inventory

date_range 28-Aug-23

The administrative user must follow these steps to add a bare metal server to Inventory from the Contrail Command user interface (UI):

Click Infrastructure> Servers.
A list of servers is displayed.
Click Create to create a server.
The Create Server page is displayed.
Select Detailed button from the Choose Mode options.
Select Baremetal button from the Select workload type this server will be used for options.
Enter a name for the host in the Hostname field.
Enter appropriate credentials for host in the Credentials field.
Select required kernel from the Deploy Kernel list.
Select required ram size from Deploy Ramdisk list.

Add the following values in the Network Interfaces fields:

Field	Action
Name	Assign a name to the Port.
MAC address	Enter the MAC address of the Port.
Device/ TOR- Interface	Select the Leaf/ TOR- Interface to which the Port is connected.
Enable PXE	Select this checkbox to enable PXE booting for only one Port.

Field	Action
Name	Assign a name to the Port Group.
Member Interfaces	Add the ports that form the Port Group.

Add the following values in the IPMI Info fields:

Field	Action
IPMI Driver	Enter valid IPMI Driver name. The driver value for Openstack SKU: queens and ocata is`pxe_ipmitool`. The driver value for Openstack SKU: rocky is `ipmi` . For more information, you can refer to Openstack document: Enabling drivers and hardware types.
IPMI Address	Enter the IPMI Address of the BMS Server.
IPMI Port	Enter port number on which IPMI is deployed. The default value is 623 , as shown in the Contrail Command UI. You can update this to different IPMI port, according to your requirement.
IPMI Username	Enter IPMI Username.
IPMI Password	Enter IPMI Password.

Add the following values in the Baremetal Properties field based on the capacity of the server:

Field	Action
Memory mb	Enter RAM size of BMS Server in megabytes (Mb).
CPU’s	Enter CPU count of BMS Server.
CPU Arch	Enter CPU Architecture of BMS Server. The default value is x86_64.
Local gb	Enter Disk Size of BMS Server in gigabytes (Gb).
Capabilities	This is the sets the capability of BMS Server. The default value is “boot_option:local”.

Click Create. The Servers page is displayed with the list of servers created by the administrative user.

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