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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 ==== | ||
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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. Initially they were set to ''console=ttyAMA0 root=LABEL=rootfs nosplash'' but the ''root='' caused the system to drop to an initramfs prompt. Removing the argument or setting to ''root=/dev/sda2'' both worked. | + | 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 | Highbank #setenv bootargs console=ttyAMA0 | ||
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