DHCP configuration is part of the Bare Metal Orchestrator automatic device discovery process.
Bare Metal Orchestrator uses two services for automatic discovery:
dhcp-server
, which assigns IP addresses to devices.discovery-manager
, which detects IP addresses and uses them to create device objects in Bare Metal Orchestrator.
The device objects are automatically displayed in the Inventory in the Bare Metal Orchestrator web user interface. DHCP for servers must be enabled on BMCs for automatic discovery using dhcp-server
to work. See Enabling DHCP in a BMC for instructions.