SNMP driver¶

List of supported devices¶

This is a non-exhaustive list of supported devices. Any device not listed in this table could possibly work using a similar driver.

Please report any device status.

Software Requirements¶

• The PySNMP package must be installed, variously referred to as pysnmp or python-pysnmp

Enabling the SNMP Power Driver¶

1. Add snmp to the list of enabled_hardware_types in ironic.conf. Also update enabled_management_interfaces and enabled_power_interfaces in ironic.conf as shown below:

   [DEFAULT]
   enabled_hardware_types = snmp
   enabled_management_interfaces = fake
   enabled_power_interfaces = snmp
   

2. Alternatively, if you prefer using the classic driver instead of the snmp hardware type, add pxe_snmp to the list of enabled_drivers in ironic.conf:

   [DEFAULT]
   enabled_drivers = pxe_snmp
   

3. To set the default boot option, update default_boot_option in ironic.conf:

   [DEFAULT]
   default_boot_option = netboot
   

   Note

   Currently the default value of default_boot_option is netboot but it will be changed to local in the future. It is recommended to set an explicit value for this option.

   Note

   It is important to set boot_option to netboot as SNMP drivers do not support setting of boot devices. One can also configure a node to boot using netboot by setting its capabilities and updating Nova flavor as described below:

   openstack baremetal node set --property capabilities="boot_option:netboot" <node-uuid>
   openstack flavor set --property "capabilities:boot_option"="netboot" ironic-flavor
   

4. Restart the Ironic conductor service.

   service ironic-conductor restart
   

Ironic Node Configuration¶

Nodes configured to use the SNMP driver should have the driver field set to the hardware type snmp (preferred) or to the classic driver pxe_snmp.

The following property values have to be added to the node’s driver_info field:

• snmp_driver: PDU manufacturer driver
• snmp_address: the IPv4 address of the PDU controlling this node.
• snmp_port: (optional) A non-standard UDP port to use for SNMP operations. If not specified, the default port (161) is used.
• snmp_outlet: The power outlet on the PDU (1-based indexing).
• snmp_version: (optional) SNMP protocol version (permitted values 1, 2c or 3). If not specified, SNMPv1 is chosen.
• snmp_community: (Required for SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c) SNMP community parameter for reads and writes to the PDU.
• snmp_security: (Required for SNMPv3) SNMPv3 User-based Security Model (USM) user name.

The following command can be used to enroll a node with the snmp driver:

openstack baremetal node create --os-baremetal-api-version=1.31 \
  --driver snmp --driver-info snmp_driver=<pdu_manufacturer> \
  --driver-info snmp_address=<ip_address> \
  --driver-info snmp_outlet=<outlet_index> \
  --driver-info snmp_community=<community_string> \
  --properties capabilities=boot_option:netboot

PDU Configuration¶

This version of the SNMP power driver does not support SNMPv3 authentication or encryption features. When using SNMPv3, the SNMPv3 agent at the PDU must be configured in noAuthNoPriv mode. Also, the snmp_security parameter is used to configure SNMP USM user name to the SNMP manager at the power driver. The same USM user name must be configured to the target SNMP agent.