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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 server hardware with the 22nd release of OpenStack, known as Victoria.
Ironic provides three drivers that can be used to manage Dell EMC server hardware:
These drivers have differing capabilities. See Hardware types for more information.
The Ironic iDRAC driver provides extended capabilities for managing Dell EMC server hardware beyond those that the generic IPMI and Redfish drivers provide. Dell Technologies develops, maintains, and recommends the iDRAC driver. Details on the usage of the other two drivers is not covered by this document. Please see the Ironic community documentation for further information about the Redfish and IPMI drivers.
The OpenStack Marketplace offers a searchable, online directory where you can find drivers that manage Dell EMC server hardware. You can filter your search by OpenStack project, vendor, and OpenStack release version.
Dell Technologies provides two continuous integration (CI) methods:
Dell Technologies provides third-party CI to ensure all changes to Ironic continue to work with PowerEdge server hardware.
To view the CI results:
Dell Technologies provides third-party CI to ensure that all changes to Sushy continue to work with PowerEdge server hardware. Sushy is the Redfish library that the Ironic Redfish and iDRAC drivers use to communicate with the iDRAC, using the Redfish protocol. This CI ensures that changes to Sushy continue to work with Dell EMC server hardware.
To view the Sushy CI results: