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| author | Jenkins <jenkins@review.openstack.org> | 2015-04-13 09:43:36 +0000 |
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| committer | Gerrit Code Review <review@openstack.org> | 2015-04-13 09:43:36 +0000 |
| commit | b80865352d576dd313f0fbe35180a48cc3ef2a69 (patch) | |
| tree | 0f1e62dc8525556851fa7e61018e8b43b4fe5588 | |
| parent | 3c1e1c7ed32474640c495a6b1bbdfbda5d65acc7 (diff) | |
| parent | fe1e2b08c25ebdf0f82689d8651c34f2aafe9212 (diff) | |
| download | ironic-b80865352d576dd313f0fbe35180a48cc3ef2a69.tar.gz | |
Merge "Improve AMT driver doc"
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diff --git a/doc/source/drivers/amt.rst b/doc/source/drivers/amt.rst index 33e9701ac..ef6701a83 100644 --- a/doc/source/drivers/amt.rst +++ b/doc/source/drivers/amt.rst @@ -76,3 +76,14 @@ A detailed reference is available here, and a short guide follows below: ``amt_address``, and ``amt_username`` * Boot an instance + +.. note:: + It is recommended that nodes using the pxe_amt driver be deployed with the + `local boot`_ option. This is because the AMT firmware currently has no + support for setting a persistent boot device. Nodes deployed without the + `local boot`_ option could fail to boot if they are restarted outside of + Ironic's control (I.E. rebooted by a local user) because the node will + not attempt to PXE / network boot the kernel, using `local boot`_ solves this + known issue. + +.. _`local boot`: http://docs.openstack.org/developer/ironic/deploy/install-guide.html#local-boot-with-partition-images |