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[Trinath Somanchi <trinath.somanchi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi-

Thanks a lot for the reply... This helped me understand a bit more.

I have this kind of setup in mind.



  [ ESSEX-1]  <--------------->  [ ESSEX-2 ]  <--------------->  [<---
TILERA HW--->]

   x_86 HW                           x_86  HW
NON  x_86 HW

Nova-Compute                 Proxy-Nova-Compute           New Hardware
Device.





So, change the config in nova.conf in ESSEX-2 server to bare-metal and
tilera specific config makes the nova-compute to proxy-nova-compute.

I have a doubt here, I have an idea on using Nova-compute to bringing up
VM's in ESSEX-2 when its another Nova-compute. But not we have
Proxy-Nova-compute in the ESSEX-2 and we have no VM's here rather we have
new Hardware board to bootup.

How will the Commands from Nova-compute in ESSEX-1 differ to bring up
TILERA HW board using the Proxy-Nova-compute in ESSEX-2 ?

Please kindly help me understand this scenario.

Thanks a lot for the reply...
--
Trinath S.





On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 12:54 AM, John Paul Walters <jwalters@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Trinath,
>
> It's not clear whether the tilera board you're referring to is one of the
> PCI versions or a stand-alone board (is it in Essex-1?).  We've never
> setup/tested anything other than the TILEmpower stand-alone board with our
> bare-metal provisioning service.  That said, in order to make your
> nova-compute on Essex-2, you need to configure nova.conf as I described
> earlier: set the connection_type=baremetal, set the
> baremetal_driver=tilera, and set your path to tile-monitor appropriately.
>  That's what makes it a proxy node, which is otherwise run as a regular
> nova-compute.
>
> JP
>
>
> On Jul 2, 2012, at 12:42 PM, Trinath Somanchi wrote:
>
> Hi-
>
> Thanks a lot for the reply JP.
>
> The information provided is of most value for me.
>
> I have a doubt here.
>
> I will install Nova-compute in a server say Essex-1 and another server say
> Essex-2.
>
> I have a tilera board too in the setup.
>
> Can you please guide me on how to start this tilera board using
> Nova-compute in Essex-1 machine. and How Nova-compute in Essex-2 can be
> made as Proxy-Nova-compute. I mean what changes to Nova-compute makes Proxy
> nova-compute.
>
> On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 9:32 PM, John Paul Walters <jwalters@xxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Hi Trinath,
>>
>> Our baremetal experts are on vacation for the next week or so, so I'll
>> take a stab at answering in their absence.  First, just to be clear, right
>> now the baremetal work that's present in Essex supports ONLY the Tilera
>> architecture.  We're working with the NTT folks to add additional support,
>> but it's not in Essex.  We've tested on TILEmpower rack-mountable units.
>>  You'll need a baremetal proxy (x86) machine that will run nova-compute and
>> handle the provisioning of resources.  Most of the nova.conf options are
>> shown at:
>>
>>
>> http://docs.openstack.org/essex/openstack-compute/admin/content/compute-options-reference.html
>>
>> But it appears that there's at least one omission:  you'll need to set
>> your --connection_type=baremetal on the proxy node.  Probably the most
>> important options are: --baremetal_driver=tilera,
>> --tile_monitor=</path/to/tile-monitor/>.  I would suggest that you have a
>> look at the link above under the baremetal section to see what other
>> options might apply to your environment.
>>
>> http://wiki.openstack.org/HeterogeneousTileraSupport
>>
>> Note that you'll need to set up tftp so that the Tilera boards can pick
>> up a boot rom. You'll also need to create a tilera-specific file system.
>>
>> I hope this helps.
>>
>> best,
>> JP
>>
>>
>> On Jul 2, 2012, at 8:05 AM, Trinath Somanchi wrote:
>>
>> Hi-
>>
>> Please help me in understanding and bringing up this kind of setup....
>>
>> Kindly please help me in this regard.
>>
>> I have checked nova.conf and found bare metal provisioning support
>> options.
>>
>> Please help me understand on how modifying nova.conf with the respective
>> options can help bringing up tilera like machines up either from command
>> line or from GUI.
>>
>> Thanks in advance..
>>
>> --
>> Trinath S
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 2, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Trinath Somanchi <
>> trinath.somanchi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi-
>>>
>>> As explained in the email, With respect to the link,
>>>
>>> http://wiki.openstack.org/GeneralBareMetalProvisioningFramework
>>>
>>> Can you kindly guide/brief me on
>>> https://github.com/usc-isi/essex-baremetal-support (Stable/Essex)
>>>
>>> I mean Install/Config/Testing of the Provisioning support.
>>>
>>> Thanking you,
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> ----------------------------------------------
>>> Trinath Somanchi,
>>> +91 9866 235 130
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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>> ----------------------------------------------
>> Trinath Somanchi,
>> +91 9866 235 130
>>
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>
>
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> Regards,
> ----------------------------------------------
> Trinath Somanchi,
> +91 9866 235 130
>
>
>


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