Ok, thanks. I asked because with the IBM BladeCenter hardware, xCAT controls the nodes via the chassis management module. A user 'xcat' is created on the management module which xCAT uses via ssh to the management module as defined in the mpa table. The mp table has the relationship of nodes to management module and which chassis slots they're in.
I wasn't sure if this worked the same way with other vendor blade chassis. Mike Re: [xcat-user] xCAT and Dell M1000e<http://sourceforge.net/p/xcat/mailman/message/34424328/> From: Russell Auld <russauld@co...> - 2015-09-01 18:26:47 The chassis has no role in the provisioning. The rpower commands will be working directly with the blades. Same thing for the provisioning. The blade chassis really does nothing but contain the parts. The only useful thing is to get an inventory of the blades and their mac address via "racadm" commands. Mike Waldron Systems Specialist ITS - Research Computing Center University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ________________________________ From: Waldron, Michael H Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2015 2:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: xCAT and Dell M1000e Node discovery is not necessary, it's a small enough setup where I can manually add nodes. By "work with", I mean can it perform the basic functions of node provisioning and manipulation, i.e. rpower, nodeset install, boot, etc. I currently have an xCAT setup with IBM hardware, and wanted to add some Dell. Mike Re: [xcat-user] xCAT and Dell M1000e<http://sourceforge.net/p/xcat/mailman/message/34424243/> From: Russell Auld <russauld@co...> - 2015-09-01 18:03:09 Define "work with". Do you want to do node discovery? ________________________________ From: Waldron, Michael H Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2015 1:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: xCAT and Dell M1000e Does anyone know if xCAT will work with Dell PowerEdge M1000e blade chassis? I see references to various Dell servers but none relating to blades. Mike Waldron
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