diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 1209548e56..c823054948 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ extensions = ['sphinx.ext.autodoc',
               'sphinx.ext.viewcode',
               'sphinxcontrib.httpdomain',
               'sphinxcontrib.pecanwsme.rest',
+              'sphinxcontrib.seqdiag',
               'wsmeext.sphinxext',
               'oslosphinx',
               ]
@@ -80,3 +81,7 @@ latex_documents = [
         'manual'
     ),
 ]
+
+# -- Options for seqdiag ------------------------------------------------------
+
+seqdiag_html_image_format = "SVG"
diff --git a/doc/source/deploy/user-guide.rst b/doc/source/deploy/user-guide.rst
index 89d0fd2725..0681ef54f7 100644
--- a/doc/source/deploy/user-guide.rst
+++ b/doc/source/deploy/user-guide.rst
@@ -235,3 +235,94 @@ Deploy Process
 
 #. The bare metal node status is updated and the node instance is made
    available.
+
+Example 1: PXE Deploy Process
+--------------------------------
+
+.. seqdiag::
+   :scale: 80
+   :alt: pxe_ipmi
+
+   diagram {
+      Nova; API; Conductor; Neutron; "TFTP/HTTPd"; Node;
+      activation = none;
+      span_height = 1;
+      edge_length = 250;
+      default_note_color = white;
+      default_fontsize = 14;
+
+      Nova -> API [label = "Set instance_info", note = "image_source\n,root_gb,etc."];
+      Nova -> API [label = "Set provision_state"];
+      API -> Conductor [label = "do_node_deploy()"];
+      Conductor -> Conductor [label = "Cache images"];
+      Conductor -> Conductor [label = "Build TFTP config"];
+      Conductor -> Neutron [label = "Update DHCPBOOT"];
+      Conductor -> Node [label = "IPMI power-on"];
+      Node -> Neutron [label = "DHCP request"];
+      Neutron -> Node [label = "next-server = Conductor"];
+      Node -> Conductor [label = "Attempts to tftpboot from Conductor"];
+      "TFTP/HTTPd" -> Node [label = "Send deploy kernel, ramdisk\nand config"];
+      Node -> Node [label = "Runs deploy\nramdisk"];
+      Node -> Node [label = "Exposes disks\nvia iSCSI"];
+      Node -> API [label = "POST /vendor_passthru?method=pass_deploy_info"];
+      API -> Conductor [label = "Continue deploy"];
+      Conductor -> Node [label = "iSCSI attach"];
+      Conductor -> Node [label = "Copies user image"];
+      Conductor -> Node [label = "iSCSI detach"];
+      Conductor -> Node [label = "Sends 'DONE' message"];
+      Conductor -> Conductor [label = "Mark node as\nACTIVE"];
+      Node -> Node [label = "Terminates iSCSI endpoint"];
+      Node -> Node [label = "Reboots into\nuser instance"];
+   }
+
+(From a `talk`_  and `slides`_)
+
+Example 2: Agent Deploy Process
+---------------------------------
+
+.. seqdiag::
+   :scale: 80
+   :alt: pxe_ipmi_agent
+
+   diagram {
+      Nova; API; Conductor; Neutron; "TFTP/HTTPd"; Node;
+      activation = none;
+      edge_length = 250;
+      span_height = 1;
+      default_note_color = white;
+      default_fontsize = 14;
+
+      Nova -> API [label = "Set instance_info", note = "image_source\n,root_gb,etc."];
+      Nova -> API [label = "Set provision_state"];
+      API -> Conductor [label = "do_node_deploy()"];
+      Conductor -> Conductor [label = "Cache images"];
+      Conductor -> Conductor [label = "Update pxe,\ntftp configs"];
+      Conductor -> Neutron [label = "Update DHCPBOOT"];
+      Conductor -> Node [label = "power on"];
+      Node -> Neutron [label = "DHCP request"];
+      Neutron -> Node [label = "next-server = Conductor"];
+      Node -> Conductor [label = "Attempts tftpboot"];
+      "TFTP/HTTPd" -> Node [label = "Send deploy kernel, ramdisk and config"];
+      Node -> Node [label = "Runs agent\nramdisk"];
+      Node -> API [label = "lookup()"];
+      API -> Conductor [label = "..."];
+      Conductor -> Node [label = "Pass UUID"];
+      Node -> API [label = "Heartbeat (UUID)"];
+      API -> Conductor [label = "Heartbeat"];
+      Conductor -> Node [label = "Continue deploy: Pass image, disk info"];
+      === Node downloads image, writes to disk ===
+      Node -> API [label = "Heartbeat periodically"];
+      API -> Conductor [label = "..."];
+      Conductor -> Node [label = "Is deploy done yet?"];
+      Node -> Conductor [label = "Still working..."];
+      === When deploy is done ===
+      Conductor -> Neutron [label = "Clear DHCPBOOT"];
+      Conductor -> Node [label = "Set bootdev HDD"];
+      Conductor -> Node [label = "Reboot"];
+      Node -> Node [label = "Reboots into\nuser instance"];
+   }
+
+(From a `talk`_  and `slides`_)
+
+.. _talk: https://www.openstack.org/summit/vancouver-2015/summit-videos/presentation/isn-and-039t-it-ironic-the-bare-metal-cloud
+.. _slides: http://devananda.github.io/talks/isnt-it-ironic.html
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 53e0a9191a..26c0c74ea6 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ testtools>=1.4.0
 # Doc requirements
 sphinx!=1.2.0,!=1.3b1,<1.3,>=1.1.2
 sphinxcontrib-pecanwsme>=0.8
+sphinxcontrib-seqdiag
 oslosphinx>=2.5.0 # Apache-2.0