Re: [Wg-test-framework] More machines available

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Don Koch writes ("More machines available"):
> Four more machines are now ready for use:
> 
> merlot1
> nocera1
> godello0
> godello1

Thanks.

> Note: godello* can't boot 32-bit systems. I installed a 64-bit fedora
> for testing.

Right.

I will make a note of that.


I have set up ansible and am using it for various things; you can find
it /root/playbook on newcastle.  The rune to deploy is, as root,
  ansible-playbook site.yml

I have been messing about with serial stuff which seems to be going
well.

I did find that the serial1 vm is not able to talk to the Debian
archive servers.  I think there may be a firewall problem somewhere.


> Of the remaining machines, I've diagnosed 4 with bad serial
> cables/adapters (having Chris look at those),

Right.

> two have BIOSes that don't seem to support serial lines (huxelrebe*)
> and the pair with the AMD chipset issue (rimava*).

Wait, I thought we had huxelrebe (line item #11 from the original
quotation) serial BIOS access bench-tested ?

AIUI the "AMD chipset issue" you refer to is that rimava*'s BIOS won't
do serial access.

> And, there's the ARM chassis, which Paul is working on and I haven't
> looked at.

Do you know how this is going on ?  It's all gone quiet since we
confirmed end of last week that it had passed the bench tests.

> This should now give us 16 x86 machines out of 24. I believe we will
> have the four with serial issues by the end of the week. (Paul is out
> for a medical procedure, Tuesday.)

Thanks.

> I don't remember if we've addressed the BIOS issue on the IBM
> (huxelrebe) servers and, if so, what the resolution was.

I wasn't aware that there was a problem with those.

Ian.

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