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Some configuration of Ironic is required before provisioning bare metal nodes using the iDRAC driver. This configuration includes:
NOTE: For detailed instructions, see the Prerequisites section of the iDRAC driver documentation, at https://docs.openstack.org/ironic/wallaby/admin/drivers/idrac.html#prerequisites.
NOTE: For detailed instructions, see the Enabling section of the iDRAC driver documentation, at https://docs.openstack.org/ironic/wallaby/admin/drivers/idrac.html#enabling.
[agent]
post_deploy_get_power_state_retries = 18
[DEFAULT]
rpc_response_timeout = 600
[conductor]
sync_power_state_interval = 70
CAUTION: Be sure to stop the Ironic conductor service before editing the ironic.conf file. Restart the service after you have finished editing.