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diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/irmc-change-boot-interface-order-e76f5018da116a90.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/irmc-change-boot-interface-order-e76f5018da116a90.yaml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3ad35a07c --- /dev/null +++ b/releasenotes/notes/irmc-change-boot-interface-order-e76f5018da116a90.yaml @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +--- +fixes: + - | + Fixes the default boot interface order for the ``irmc`` hardware type + where previously it would prefer ``irmc-pxe`` over ``ipxe``. This + created inconsistencies for operators using multiple hardware types, + where both interfaces were enabled in the deployment. +upgrade: + - | + Operators who are upgrading should be aware that a bug was discovered + with the automatic selection of ``boot_interface`` for users of the + ``irmc`` hardware types. This was an inconsistency, resulting in + ``irmc-pxe`` being selected instead of ``ipxe`` if these boot + interfaces were enabled. Depending on the local configuration, + this may, or may not have happened and will remain static on + preexisting baremetal nodes. Some users may have been relying upon + this incorrect behavior by having mis-alligned defaults by trying to + use the ``irmc-pxe`` interface for ``ipxe``. Users wishing to continue + this usage as it was previously will need to explicitly set a + ``boot_interface`` value to either ``pxe`` or ``irmc-pxe``, depending + on the local configuration. Most operators have leveraged the default + examples, and thus did not explicitly encounter this condition. + Operators explicitly wishing to use ``pxe`` boot interfaces with + the ``ipxe`` templates and defaults set to override the defaults + for ``ironic.conf`` will need to either continue to leverage default + override configurations in their ``ironic.conf`` file. |