Updated iLO documentation for boot mode capability

Updated the "Boot mode support" section to include more details about
the boot mode capability

Closes-Bug: #1540857
Change-Id: Ib0ec1bf0e308d2c761efb8b483a6edb4194f0ebd
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vmud213 2016-02-01 11:59:01 +00:00 committed by Nisha Agarwal
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@ -575,12 +575,16 @@ mode (Legacy BIOS or UEFI).
* ``iscsi_ilo``
* ``agent_ilo``
The boot modes can be configured in ironic in the following way:
* When boot mode capability is not configured:
* When boot mode capability is not configured, these drivers preserve the
current boot mode of the bare metal ProLiant server. If operator/user
doesn't care about boot modes for servers, then the boot mode capability
need not be configured.
- If the pending boot mode is set on the node then iLO drivers use that boot
mode for provisioning the baremetal ProLiant servers.
- If the pending boot mode is not set on the node then iLO drivers use 'uefi'
boot mode for UEFI capable servers and "bios" when UEFI is not supported.
* When boot mode capability is configured, the driver sets the pending boot
mode to the configured value.
* Only one boot mode (either ``uefi`` or ``bios``) can be configured for
the node.