Merge "Add the noop management interface to the redfish hardware type" into stable/ussuri

doc/source/admin/drivers.rst

@@ -104,6 +104,41 @@ not compatible with them. There are three ways to deal with this situation:
    .. note:: This feature is available starting with ironic 11.1.0 (Rocky
              series, API version 1.45).
 
+.. _static-boot-order:
+
+Static boot order configuration
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Some hardware is known to misbehave when changing the boot device through the
+BMC. To work around it you can use the ``noop`` management interface
+implementation with the ``ipmi`` and ``redfish`` hardware types. In this case
+the Bare Metal service will not change the boot device for you, leaving
+the pre-configured boot order.
+
+For example, in case of the :ref:`pxe-boot`:
+
+#. Via any available means configure the boot order on the node as follows:
+
+   #. Boot from PXE/iPXE on the provisioning NIC.
+
+      .. warning::
+         If it is not possible to limit network boot to only provisioning NIC,
+         make sure that no other DHCP/PXE servers are accessible by the node.
+
+   #. Boot from hard drive.
+
+#. Make sure the ``noop`` management interface is enabled, for example:
+
+   .. code-block:: ini
+
+    [DEFAULT]
+    enabled_hardware_types = ipmi,redfish
+    enabled_management_interfaces = ipmitool,redfish,noop
+
+#. Change the node to use the ``noop`` management interface::
+
+      openstack baremetal node set <NODE> --management-interface noop
+
 Unsupported drivers
 -------------------
 

doc/source/admin/drivers/ipmitool.rst

@@ -171,30 +171,7 @@ protocol version::
 Static boot order configuration
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-Some hardware is known to misbehave when changing the boot device through the
-IPMI protocol. To work around it you can use the ``noop`` management interface
-implementation with the ``ipmi`` hardware type. In this case the Bare Metal
-service will not change the boot device for you, leaving the pre-configured
-boot order.
-
-For example, in case of the :ref:`pxe-boot`:
-
-#. Via any available means configure the boot order on the node as follows:
-
-   #. Boot from PXE/iPXE on the provisioning NIC.
-
-      .. warning::
-         If it is not possible to limit network boot to only provisioning NIC,
-         make sure that no other DHCP/PXE servers are accessible by the node.
-
-   #. Boot from hard drive.
-
-#. Make sure the ``noop`` management interface is enabled, see example in
-   `Enabling the IPMI hardware type`_.
-
-#. Change the node to use the ``noop`` management interface::
-
-      openstack baremetal node set <NODE> --management-interface noop
+See :ref:`static-boot-order`.
 
 .. TODO(lucasagomes): Write about privilege level
 .. TODO(lucasagomes): Write about force boot device

ironic/drivers/redfish.py

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ from ironic.drivers import generic
 from ironic.drivers.modules import inspector
 from ironic.drivers.modules import ipxe
 from ironic.drivers.modules import noop
+from ironic.drivers.modules import noop_mgmt
 from ironic.drivers.modules import pxe
 from ironic.drivers.modules.redfish import bios as redfish_bios
 from ironic.drivers.modules.redfish import boot as redfish_boot
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ class RedfishHardware(generic.GenericHardware):
     @property
     def supported_management_interfaces(self):
         """List of supported management interfaces."""
-        return [redfish_mgmt.RedfishManagement]
+        return [redfish_mgmt.RedfishManagement, noop_mgmt.NoopManagement]
 
     @property
     def supported_power_interfaces(self):

releasenotes/notes/redfish-noop-mgmt-b61d02b77b1c9d6b.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    To provide a workaround for incorrect boot order problems on some hardware,
+    the ``redfish`` hardware type now supports the ``noop`` management
+    interface, similarly to IPMI and SNMP.