[Maas-devel] Opinion needed on unset power types

[Jeroen Vermeulen]

On 01/21/2014 12:01 PM, Julian Edwards wrote:
> On 21/01/14 14:47, Jeffrey Lane wrote:

>> If a node is manually added, it makes sense to me to require a power
>> type be set explicitly.  If it's a node that's automatically enlisted,
>> shouldn't that be probe by the enlistment or commissioning tools?  At
>> that point, it seems MAAS should be able to determine if it's dealing
>> with a SeaMicro, an IPMI supporting BMC or a DMCI supporting BMC, for
>> example.
> 
> The enlistment tools are not infallible though, and may fail to set a
> power type.

Pondering on what Jeff says though, should a node even get to the Ready
state without a power type?  Any chance we can require a power type at
the point of accepting a node?


Jeroen