Re: [xcat-user] adding unmanaged nodes to xcat.

[Christopher S. <sa...@un...>]

On 23/03/15 13:48, Xiao Peng Wang wrote:

> The command 'nodeaddunmged' should not the proper way for you to add an
> unmanaged nodes.
> 
> I do think that after adding the existed node to xCAT, you want to make
> the node has the capability to power on/off, to run xdsh command ...
> 
> The correct way will be:
> 1. Add the correct definition for the node by 'mkdef'.
> 2. Run 'updatenode -k' to set up the no-password access from MN to CN
> 3. Run 'updatenode' to run postscript for the CN to finish the setup.

But the original poster doesn't want the node to be managed by xCAT, so
I suspect just the mkdef should be enough.

We've done that for adding nodes that xCAT won't manage to the DNS that
it does manage.

cheers,
Chris
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