ironic/doc/source/admin/drivers/snmp.rst

SNMP driver

The SNMP hardware type enables control of power distribution units of the type frequently found in data centre racks. PDUs frequently have a management ethernet interface and SNMP support enabling control of the power outlets.

The SNMP power interface works with the pxe-boot interface for network deployment and network-configured boot.

Note

Unlike most of the other power interfaces, the SNMP power interface does not have a corresponding management interface. The SNMP hardware type uses the fake management interface instead.

List of supported devices

This is a non-exhaustive list of supported devices. Any device not listed in this table could possibly work using a similar driver.

Please report any device status.

Manufacturer	Model	Supported?	Driver name
APC	AP7920	Yes	apc_masterswitch
APC	AP9606	Yes	apc_masterswitch
APC	AP9225	Yes	apc_masterswitchplus
APC	AP7155	Yes	apc_rackpdu
APC	AP7900	Yes	apc_rackpdu
APC	AP7901	Yes	apc_rackpdu
APC	AP7902	Yes	apc_rackpdu
APC	AP7911a	Yes	apc_rackpdu
APC	AP7921	Yes	apc_rackpdu
APC	AP7922	Yes	apc_rackpdu
APC	AP7930	Yes	apc_rackpdu
APC	AP7931	Yes	apc_rackpdu
APC	AP7932	Yes	apc_rackpdu
APC	AP7940	Yes	apc_rackpdu
APC	AP7941	Yes	apc_rackpdu
APC	AP7951	Yes	apc_rackpdu
APC	AP7960	Yes	apc_rackpdu
APC	AP7990	Yes	apc_rackpdu
APC	AP7998	Yes	apc_rackpdu
APC	AP8941	Yes	apc_rackpdu
APC	AP8953	Yes	apc_rackpdu
APC	AP8959	Yes	apc_rackpdu
APC	AP8961	Yes	apc_rackpdu
APC	AP8965	Yes	apc_rackpdu
Aten	all?	Yes	aten
CyberPower	all?	Untested	cyberpower
EatonPower	all?	Untested	eatonpower
Teltronix	all?	Yes	teltronix

Software Requirements

• The PySNMP package must be installed, variously referred to as pysnmp or python-pysnmp

Enabling the SNMP Hardware Type

1. Add snmp to the list of enabled_hardware_types in ironic.conf. Also update enabled_management_interfaces and enabled_power_interfaces in ironic.conf as shown below:

   [DEFAULT]
   enabled_hardware_types = snmp
   enabled_management_interfaces = fake
   enabled_power_interfaces = snmp

2. To set the default boot option, update default_boot_option in ironic.conf:

   [DEFAULT]
   default_boot_option = netboot

   Note

   Currently the default value of default_boot_option is netboot but it will be changed to local in the future. It is recommended to set an explicit value for this option.

   Note

   It is important to set boot_option to netboot as SNMP hardware type does not support setting of boot devices. One can also configure a node to boot using netboot by setting its capabilities and updating Nova flavor as described below:

   openstack baremetal node set --property capabilities="boot_option:netboot" <node-uuid>
   openstack flavor set --property "capabilities:boot_option"="netboot" ironic-flavor

3. Restart the Ironic conductor service.

   service ironic-conductor restart

Ironic Node Configuration

Nodes configured to use the SNMP hardware type should have the driver field set to the hardware type snmp.

The following property values have to be added to the node's driver_info field:

• snmp_driver: PDU manufacturer driver
• snmp_address: the IPv4 address of the PDU controlling this node.
• snmp_port: (optional) A non-standard UDP port to use for SNMP operations. If not specified, the default port (161) is used.
• snmp_outlet: The power outlet on the PDU (1-based indexing).
• snmp_version: (optional) SNMP protocol version (permitted values 1, 2c or 3). If not specified, SNMPv1 is chosen.
• snmp_community: (Required for SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c) SNMP community parameter for reads and writes to the PDU.
• snmp_security: (Required for SNMPv3) SNMPv3 User-based Security Model (USM) user name.

The following command can be used to enroll a node with the snmp hardware type:

openstack baremetal node create --os-baremetal-api-version=1.31 \
  --driver snmp --driver-info snmp_driver=<pdu_manufacturer> \
  --driver-info snmp_address=<ip_address> \
  --driver-info snmp_outlet=<outlet_index> \
  --driver-info snmp_community=<community_string> \
  --properties capabilities=boot_option:netboot

PDU Configuration

This version of the SNMP power interface does not support SNMPv3 authentication or encryption features. When using SNMPv3, the SNMPv3 agent at the PDU must be configured in noAuthNoPriv mode. Also, the snmp_security parameter is used to configure SNMP USM user name to the SNMP manager at the power interface. The same USM user name must be configured to the target SNMP agent.