Re: [Wg-test-framework] Minutes from today's Xen Project - Allnet call (Feb 18 2015)

[Lars Kurth <lars.kurth@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 18/02/2015 08:38, "Ian Jackson" <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Notes from our conversation today.  Please let me know if I have
>missed anything or got anything wrong.
>
>Attendees: Paul George, Don Koch, Ian Jackson.
>
>* ARM crate
>
>  This was shipped on Monday and appears to have cleared customs.
>  It is expected at All-net today or tomorrow.
>
>  ACTION: Ian to give Paul the FedEx tracking number
>
>* Motherboard with MSI BIOS without serial access
>
>  Paul reports that we have had no progress from MSI.  We agreed that
>  it would be wise to start investigating the plan (b).  Accordingly
>
>  ACTION: Ian to ask AMD to recommend an alternative motherboard
>
>* Cable management
>
>  Cable management has been improved but is not complete.  Paul
>  intends to label all the cables, but after the ARM crate has
>  arrived.  In the meantime:
>
>  ACTION: Paul to send some photos of the back of the rack
>
>* MAC addresses and serial access
>
>  Don K has recorded in the COLO Layout spreadsheet and the DHCP
>  server the MAC addresses of the machines for which he was able to
>  find the address via the serial console.  He has also been verifying
>  that the connections correspond.
>
>  With some of the machines there were problems; eg they didn't seem
>  accessible via serial (or the for-testing Debian install didn't seem
>  accessible).
>
>  Judging from the spreadsheet, of the 24 test boxes:
>    - 2 with the problematic MSI BIOS are not in the rack
>    - 11 have some kind of problem
>    - 11 are sorted out
>
>  ACTION: Paul and Don K to investigate and sort out
>
>  Hardware testing may become easier after the next task is further
>  progressed:
>
>* osstest software setup
>
>  ACTION: Ian is going to start setting up osstest on the provided VMs
>  etc., and conduct initial testing with 4 or 6 of the test boxes.
>
>  Ian expects this to take 1-2 weeks to set up, depending on other
>  time commitments.
>
>* Physical access list
>
>  The Earthlink colo's physical access authority ought to be rooted in
>  the Xen Project.
>
>  ACTION: Paul to investigate how to get Lars on the access control
>  list, with authority to add and remove people, and to ask how this
>  will be authorised remotely (ie without Lars himself having to
>  visit).
>
>  Paul thinks that Earthlink will need a driver's licence (photo ID)
>  number.
>
>  ACTION: Ian to ask Lars for this

I am assuming a passport would do too? I don't think my German drivers
license is going to be much use as ID. Please check

>
>Thanks,
>Ian.
>
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