Update RAID docs
I've been asked a number of questions w/r/t RAID recently, and thoguht it would be easiest to just update the documentation for the purposes of clarity. Change-Id: I940d4a625ac635a6e4c374a6e3e5e5228a6f8a77
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@ -389,16 +389,35 @@ There are certain limitations to be aware of:
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"step": "create_configuration"
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"step": "create_configuration"
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* If local boot is going to be used, the final instance image must have the
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* The final instance image must have the ``mdadm`` utility installed
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``mdadm`` utility installed and needs to be able to detect software RAID
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and needs to be able to detect software RAID devices at boot time
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devices at boot time (which is usually done by having the RAID drivers
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(which is usually done by having the RAID drivers embedded in the
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embedded in the image's initrd).
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image's initrd).
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* Regular cleaning will not remove RAID configuration (similarly to hardware
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* Regular cleaning will not remove RAID configuration (similarly to hardware
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RAID). To destroy RAID run the ``delete_configuration`` manual clean step.
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RAID). To destroy RAID run the ``delete_configuration`` manual clean step.
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* There is no support for partition images, only whole-disk images are
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* There is no support for partition images, only whole-disk images are
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supported with Software RAID. See :doc:`/install/configure-glance-images`.
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supported with Software RAID. See :doc:`/install/configure-glance-images`.
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This includes flavors requesting dynamic creation of swap filesystems.
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Swap should be pre-allocated inside of a disk image partition layout.
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* Images utilizing LVM for their root filesystem are not supported. Patches
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are welcome to explicitly support such functionality.
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* If the root filesystem UUID is not known to Ironic via metadata, then the
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disk image layout **MUST** have the first partition consist of the root
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filesystem. Ironic is agnostic if the partition table is a DOS MBR or a
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GPT partition.
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Starting in Ironic 14.0.0 (Ussuri), the root filesystem UUID can be set
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and passed through to Ironic through the Glance Image Service ``properties``
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sub-field ``rootfs_uuid`` for the image to be deployed.
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Starting in Ironic 16.1.0 (Wallaby), similar functionality is available
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via the baremetal node ``instance_info`` field value ``image_rootfs_uuid``.
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See :doc:`/install/standalone` for more details on standalone usage
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including an example command.
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* In UEFI mode, the Ironic Python Agent creates EFI system partitions (ESPs)
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* In UEFI mode, the Ironic Python Agent creates EFI system partitions (ESPs)
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for the bootloader and the boot configuration (grub.cfg or grubenv) on all
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for the bootloader and the boot configuration (grub.cfg or grubenv) on all
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the ones stored in /boot (stage2). This incompatibility can render the node
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the ones stored in /boot (stage2). This incompatibility can render the node
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unbootable if the wrong disk is selected for booting.
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unbootable if the wrong disk is selected for booting.
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* Linux kernel device naming is not consistent across reboots for RAID devices
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and may be numbered in a distribution specific pattern. Operators will need
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to be mindful of this if a root device hint is utilized.
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A particular example of this is that the first "md0" device on a Ubuntu
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based ramdisk may start as device "md0", whereas on a Centos or Red Hat
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Enterprise Linux based ramdisk may start at device "md127". After a reboot,
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these device names may change entirely.
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.. NOTE::
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:ref:`Root device hints <root-device-hints>` should not be explicitly
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required to utilize software RAID. Candidate devices are chosen by
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sorting the usable device list looking for the smallest usable
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device which is then sorted by name. The secondary sort by name
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improves the odds for matching the first initialized block device.
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In the case of software RAID, they are always a little smaller than
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the primary block devices due to metadata overhead, which helps make
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them the most likely candidate devices.
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Image requirements
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Image requirements
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