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Cloud operators must manage bare metal server hardware as it is brought into their environments. Ironic is an open-source project within the OpenStack Foundation that provides all bare metal management needs for all platforms and workloads. This document describes how to manage Dell EMC Hardware with the 21st release of OpenStack, known as Ussuri.
Ironic provides three drivers that can be used to manage Dell EMC hardware:
These drivers have differing capabilities. See Hardware types for more information.
The Ironic iDRAC driver is a component of the open-source project, Ironic. It provides extended capabilities for managing Dell EMC hardware beyond those capabilities that the generic IPMI or Redfish drivers provide.
The OpenStack Marketplace offers a searchable, online directory where you can find drivers that manage Dell EMC hardware. You can filter your search by OpenStack project, vendor, or OpenStack release version.
Dell EMC provides two continuous integration (CI) methods:
Dell EMC provides third-party CI to ensure that all changes to Ironic continue to work with PowerEdge server hardware.
To view the CI results:
In the Ussuri timeframe, Dell EMC added a new CI for the sushy project. Sushy is the Redfish library that the Ironic Redfish and iDRAC drivers use to communicate with the iDRAC and other BMCs, using the Redfish protocol. This CI ensures that changes to sushy continue to work with Dell EMC hardware.
To view the sushy CI results: