From 6c967efa1037c22d4648308c7567ad5473bfdb08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andreas Skau Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:26:17 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify that type: infiniband must be set for NetworkManager IPoIB config Signed-off-by: Andreas Skau --- userdocs/nodes/network.rst | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/userdocs/nodes/network.rst b/userdocs/nodes/network.rst index 3e7728ae..cdb9e164 100644 --- a/userdocs/nodes/network.rst +++ b/userdocs/nodes/network.rst @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ specifying ``--netname``. wwctl node set n1 \ --netname=infiniband \ + --type=infiniband \ --netdev=ib1 \ --ipaddr=10.0.3.1 \ --netmask=255.255.255.0 @@ -110,4 +111,12 @@ using a network tag of the form ``route=,``. .. code-block:: shell wwctl node set n001 \ - --nettagadd "route1=192.168.2.0/24,192.168.1.254" \ No newline at end of file + --nettagadd "route1=192.168.2.0/24,192.168.1.254" + +Type +==== + +When using the NetworkManager overlay template the ``type`` attribute +determines how the connection is configured. If not set, it +defaults to ``ethernet``. To correctly configure IPoIB with NetworkManager it +is required that ``type`` is set to ``infiniband``.