Thanks for the earlier answer. Now I'm trying to figure out how to do xdsh or psh to these switches -- custom password, userid "cumulus", etc. I found a 2015 doc mentioning /var/opt/xcat containing definitions for various supported switch types, but I can't find anything there.
-- ddj > On Mar 3, 2019, at 10:14 PM, Song BJ Yang <yang...@cn.ibm.com> wrote: > > Hi David, > > xCAT does provide the support for cumulus switch provision and configuration, > please find the Doc on > https://xcat-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced/networks/onie_switches/index.html > > <https://xcat-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/advanced/networks/onie_switches/index.html> > > > you mentioned > > I'd like to add a small dynamic DHCP range on that 10.4.y.z network while > > nodes continue to boot and install on the existing 172.20.p.q (em1) network. > > > The biggest issue is that the TOR switch management ports are on a > > completely different network from > the cluster nodes. I have the xCAT master attached to that net on interface > em3. > > > you might need to add em3 and em1 to site.dhcpinterfaces. > [root@boston36 ~]# tabdump -d site|grep dhcpinterf -A6 > dhcpinterfaces: The network interfaces DHCP should listen on. If it is the > same for all nodes, use a comma-separated list of the NICs. To specify > different NICs for different nodes, use the format: > "xcatmn|eth1,eth2;service|bond0", > where xcatmn is the name of the management node, DHCP should listen on the > eth1 and eth2 interfaces. All the nodes in group 'service' should listen on > the 'bond0' interface. > > and well define the 2 networks in networks table. > > Please feel free to ask us if any issue. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > YANG Song (杨嵩) > IBM China System Technology Laboratory > Tel: 86-10-82452903 > Email: yang...@cn.ibm.com > Address: Building 28, ZhongGuanCun Software Park, > No.8, Dong Bei Wang West Road, Haidian District Beijing 100193, PRC > > 北京市海淀区东北旺西路8号中关村软件园28号楼 > 邮编: 100193 > > > ----- Original message ----- > From: David Johnson <david_john...@brown.edu> > To: xCAT Users Mailing list <xcat-user@lists.sourceforge.net> > Cc: > Subject: [xcat-user] provisioning CumulusLinux TOR switches with xCAT > Date: Sun, Mar 3, 2019 7:40 AM > > Currently running xCAT 2.13.4. I've been manually installing and configuring > our CumulusLinux based switches, and it's getting old. > I've got more than a dozen deployed, and now they want OS upgrades.... > > I noticed some online docs about managing switches with xCAT, but nothing > specific to cumulus linux. > I'd like to use the xcat httpd to serve the images, and maybe use xdcp and > xdsh to do the configuration > and license installation. However I don't want to mess up the rest of the > cluster. > > The biggest issue is that the TOR switch management ports are on a completely > different network from > the cluster nodes. I have the xCAT master attached to that net on interface > em3. I'd like to add a small dynamic > DHCP range on that 10.4.y.z network while nodes continue to boot and install > on the existing 172.20.p.q (em1) network. > Also need to have the web server listening on em3. > > Thanks, > -- ddj > Dave Johnson > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > xCAT-user mailing list > xCAT-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user > <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user> > > > > _______________________________________________ > xCAT-user mailing list > xCAT-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user
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