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anaconda: kickstart network configuration only
anaconda: kickstart network configuration only
pykickstart
pykickstart



Revision as of 12:42, 19 January 2011

Support installation to iSCSI via separate NIC

Summary

Support installations using one NIC for fetching packages and a different one to back iSCSI storage.

Owner

Current status

  • Targeted release: Fedora 15
  • Last updated: 2011-01-19
  • Percentage of completion: 90%

Detailed Description

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=638131

This requires ability to enable more than one network devices in loader while preserving current behaviour of kickstart network command, which means adding of new network --activate option. Also now when more devices come into play, option that allows to prevent grabbing of default route by additional (e.g. iSCSI dedicated) device is needed (--nodefroute).

Benefit to Fedora

Wider range of iSCSI installations.

Scope

anaconda: kickstart network configuration only

pykickstart

Test Plan

User Experience

No change.

Dependencies

Contingency Plan

Disabling new options. The feature is supposed to keep behaviour of existing configurations.

Documentation

New kickstart network command options.

Release Notes

Added installation case should be mentioned. Not sure about heralding of new possibility to activate more devices using kickstart in general.