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[OVN] Update Baremetal provisioning documentation

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Support for IPv6 iPXE chainloading [0] and Neutron integration [1] has
already landed.

This patch updates the Baremetal provisioning guide to reflect on these
changes.

[0] c5fd51bd15
[1] https://review.opendev.org/c/openstack/neutron/+/890683

Change-Id: I58390ec957146da3de84ef2bbc88e409360945d1
Signed-off-by: Lucas Alvares Gomes <lucasagomes@gmail.com>
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Lucas Alvares Gomes
2024-07-11 15:53:42 +01:00
committed by Ihar Hrachyshka
parent a8bdcc768a
commit d0d24f0aff
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@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ Baremetal provisioning guide for OVN
The purpose of this page is to describe how the baremetal provisioning The purpose of this page is to describe how the baremetal provisioning
can be configured with ML2/OVN. can be configured with ML2/OVN.
Currently, baremetal provisioning with ML2/OVN can be achieved using Baremetal provisioning with ML2/OVN can be achieved using the OVN's
the OVN's built-in DHCP server for IPv4 or using Neutron's DHCP agent built-in DHCP server or Neutron's DHCP agent.
for either IPv4 or IPv6.
How to configure it How to configure it
------------------- -------------------
@@ -41,9 +40,9 @@ serve metadata to the baremetal nodes booting off those external ports.
Using OVN built-in DHCP for PXE booting Using OVN built-in DHCP for PXE booting
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Currently, only IPv4 is supported for PXE booting a baremetal node using This feature requires OVN running the version **23.06** or above for IPv4
the OVN's built-in DHCP server. It's also required to have OVN running and IPv6 support. If only IPv4 is needed, the OVN version **22.06**
the version **22.06** or above. is the minimum required.
The version of OVN used for baremetal provisioning should include the The version of OVN used for baremetal provisioning should include the
following commits [[#]_] [[#]_]. following commits [[#]_] [[#]_].
@@ -55,9 +54,8 @@ And last, make sure that configuration option
Using Neutron DHCP Agent for PXE booting Using Neutron DHCP Agent for PXE booting
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If using the OVN built-in DHCP server is not desirable or if If using the OVN built-in DHCP server is not desirable, the operator will
PXE booting nodes off IPv6 is required, the operator will need need to deploy Neutron's DHCP agents on the controller nodes and also
to deploy Neutron's DHCP agents on the controller nodes and also
disable the OVN's DHCP server for the baremetal ports by setting the disable the OVN's DHCP server for the baremetal ports by setting the
``[ovn]/disable_ovn_dhcp_for_baremetal_ports`` configuration option to ``[ovn]/disable_ovn_dhcp_for_baremetal_ports`` configuration option to
**True** (defaults to False). **True** (defaults to False).