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[Trinath Somanchi <trinath.somanchi@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi-

Please help me in this regard.

Thanking you all...

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Trinath S

On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 4:54 PM, Trinath Somanchi <trinath.somanchi@xxxxxxxxx
> wrote:

> Hi-
>
> With respect to the web link
> http://wiki.openstack.org/HeterogeneousTileraSupport,
>
> "
>
> For supporting non-x86 architecture (ex. TILERA), Proxy Compute Node
> should be designed.
> An x86 Proxy Compute Node is connected to the TILEmpower boards through
> network. A Proxy Compute Node may handle multiple TILEmpower boards.
> TILEmpower boards are connected to the network such that a cloud user can
> ssh into them directly after an instance starts on the TILEmpower board. A
> TILEmpower board is configured to be tftp-bootable or nfs-bootable. Proxy
> Compute Node behaves as the tftp/nfs server for the TILEmpower boards. *After
> Proxy Compute node receives instance images from the image server, it wakes
> up a TILEmpower board and controls their booting.* Once a TILEmpower
> board is booted, Proxy Compute Node doesn't do anything except
> terminating/rebooting/power-down/power-up of the board. Once Tilera
> instance is running, user can access the TILEmpower board, not Proxy
> Compute Node, through ssh. Here, we assume that Proxy Compute Node can
> power on/off TILEmpower boards remotely using PDU(Power Distribute Unit).
> The block diagram shown below describes the procedure in detail...........
>
> "
>
> In an general environment, Nova-compute with the help of Nova-scheduler,
> boots an image instance at Server-2/ESSEX-2/Nova-agent server.
>
>  Can any one help me in understanding the above colored lines ....
>
> Thanking you...
>
> --
> Trinath S
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Trinath Somanchi <
> trinath.somanchi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Regards,
>>>> ----------------------------------------------
>>>> 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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>> Regards,
>> ----------------------------------------------
>> Trinath Somanchi,
>> +91 9866 235 130
>>
>>
>
>
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> Regards,
> ----------------------------------------------
> Trinath Somanchi,
> +91 9866 235 130
>
>


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