From 269db165d3292c58c21b3f8f40fd0f01a45eff03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Christian Goll Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 08:43:07 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] document --ipmiwrite close #616 close #643 --- userdocs/contents/ipmi.rst | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/userdocs/contents/ipmi.rst b/userdocs/contents/ipmi.rst index 20cbd76c..725206a1 100644 --- a/userdocs/contents/ipmi.rst +++ b/userdocs/contents/ipmi.rst @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ IPMI Settings The common settings for the IPMI interfaces on all nodes can be set on a Profile level. The only field that would need to be assigned to each individual node would be the IP address. +The settings are only written to the IPMI interface, if ``--ipmiwrite`` is set to `true` and the write process happens at every boot of the node through the script ``/warewulf/init.d/50-ipmi`` in the **system** overlay. + If an individual node has different settings, you can set the IPMI settings for that specific node, overriding the default settings. Here is a table outlining the fields on a Profile and Node which is the same as the parameter that can be used when running `wwctl profile set` or `wwctl node set`.