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diff --git a/doc/source/deploy/cleaning.rst b/doc/source/deploy/cleaning.rst index e63549e45..0281f82a9 100644 --- a/doc/source/deploy/cleaning.rst +++ b/doc/source/deploy/cleaning.rst @@ -95,6 +95,13 @@ consuming process. To mitigate this, we suggest using disks with support for cryptographic ATA Security Erase, as typically the erase_devices step in the deploy driver takes the longest time to complete of all cleaning steps. +Why can't I power on/off a node while it's cleaning? +---------------------------------------------------- +During cleaning, nodes may be performing actions that shouldn't be +interrupted, such as BIOS or Firmware updates. As a result, operators are +forbidden from changing power state via the Ironic API while a node is +cleaning. + Troubleshooting =============== |