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hardware:tala [2016/04/06 22:14] dgalloway Note about why there's no ubuntu cobbler distro |
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| - | ====== WIP tala{001..016} ====== | + | ====== tala{001..016} (RETIRED) ====== |
| + | This hardware was retired on 30JAN2020. | ||
| ===== Summary ====== | ===== Summary ====== | ||
| The tala are 16 individual 32-bit ARM (armhf/armhfp) nodes in a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calxeda|Calxeda]] Highbank 2U chassis. | The tala are 16 individual 32-bit ARM (armhf/armhfp) nodes in a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calxeda|Calxeda]] Highbank 2U chassis. | ||
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| ''cxmanage'' is the Calxeda Server Management Utility. It interacts with the BMC-equivalent of a management controller and allows admins to control aspects of all nodes at once. | ''cxmanage'' is the Calxeda Server Management Utility. It interacts with the BMC-equivalent of a management controller and allows admins to control aspects of all nodes at once. | ||
| - | For now, here's the output of its ''--help'':<codedoc toggle> | + | For now, here's the output of its ''%%--help%%'':<codedoc toggle> |
| $ cxmanage --help | $ cxmanage --help | ||
| usage: cxmanage [-h] [-V] [-u USER] [-p PASSWORD] [-U USER] [-P PASSWORD] [-a] | usage: cxmanage [-h] [-V] [-u USER] [-p PASSWORD] [-U USER] [-P PASSWORD] [-a] | ||
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| </codedoc> | </codedoc> | ||
| + | The tool's oddly particular about the syntax/order. Here's what I've found works. | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | cxmanage -u inktank -p PASSWORD info tala###.ipmi.sepia.ceph.com | ||
| + | </code> | ||
| ===== PXE Booting ===== | ===== PXE Booting ===== | ||
| ==== Ubuntu ==== | ==== Ubuntu ==== | ||
| - | Ubuntu for armhf is not imported in Beaker. The kernel and initrd were manually uploaded to the cobbler host. | + | Ubuntu for armhf is not imported in Cobbler. The kernel and initrd were manually uploaded to the cobbler host. |
| I didn't have much luck directly booting trusty or xenial kernel images but was able to PXE and install Precise then ''do-release-upgrade''. | I didn't have much luck directly booting trusty or xenial kernel images but was able to PXE and install Precise then ''do-release-upgrade''. | ||
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| - Set the tala's profile in Cobbler to ''Debian-8.4.0-armhf-x86_64'' | - Set the tala's profile in Cobbler to ''Debian-8.4.0-armhf-x86_64'' | ||
| - Set the tala to netboot in Cobbler | - Set the tala to netboot in Cobbler | ||
| - | <code> | + | - Boot the tala node and interrupt boot by pressing <s> |
| - | # Boot the tala node and interrupt boot by pressing <s> | + | - At the Highbank prompt: ''dhcp; pxe get; pxe boot'' |
| - | dhcp | + | |
| - | pxe get | + | |
| - | pxe boot | + | |
| - | </code> | + | |
| === Debian Install Notes === | === Debian Install Notes === | ||
| - | As of this writing, the kernel included in the [[http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/armhf/iso-cd/debian-testing-armhf-netinst.iso|latest daily build]] of Jessie would PXE boot. | + | As of this writing, the kernel included in the latest (2016-04-06) [[http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/armhf/iso-cd/|daily build]] of Jessie would PXE boot. |
| The iso was added to ''roles/cobbler_profile/defaults/main.yml'' in [[services:ceph-cm-ansible]] and imported that way. | The iso was added to ''roles/cobbler_profile/defaults/main.yml'' in [[services:ceph-cm-ansible]] and imported that way. | ||
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| * I gave up on trying to automate/kickstart the install so no kickstart is set for the profile. | * I gave up on trying to automate/kickstart the install so no kickstart is set for the profile. | ||
| - | I also had to change each tala's bootargs at the U-Boot prompt | + | To boot Debian, the system's bootargs in U-Boot need to be edited each time the system is rebooted. The default is: ''console=ttyAMA0 root=LABEL=rootfs nosplash'' but the ''root='' causes the system to drop to an initramfs prompt. Removing the argument or setting to ''root=/dev/sda2'' both work. |
| <code> | <code> | ||
| - | Highbank #setenv bootargs console=ttyAMA0 root=/dev/sda2 nosplash | + | Highbank #setenv bootargs console=ttyAMA0 |
| Highbank #saveenv | Highbank #saveenv | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
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| + | The Debian installer was trying to reach package mirrors using IPv6 and failing since IPv6 isn't routable in Sepia at the moment. ''ipv6.disable=1'' was added to the kernel options in Cobbler to combat this. | ||
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