Ironic python agent hardware discovery extension

Registered by Alexander Gordeev

IPA's built-in hardware discovery service collects only required minimum of information about nodes for ironic.

This blueprint introduces hardware discovery extension which is capable of collecting more information.

Blueprint information

Status:
Not started
Approver:
None
Priority:
Undefined
Drafter:
Alexander Gordeev
Direction:
Needs approval
Assignee:
Alexander Gordeev
Definition:
New
Series goal:
None
Implementation:
Unknown
Milestone target:
None

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I don't see any benefit to adding configurable "levels" of detail -- just POST everything back to Ironic, stash it, and then let consumers (whether ironic, nova-scheduler, or an admin) use the bits they need later.

-devananda, 2014-04-28

Gerrit topic: https://review.openstack.org/#q,topic:bp/ipa-discovery-ext,n,z

Addressed by: https://review.openstack.org/92399
    Add dmidecode parser

Addressed by: https://review.openstack.org/92847
    Introduce MainlineHardwareManager

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