3.15.4 Confluent release
Fixes for ARM diskless boot
Some issues with ARM diskless boot were addressed
New megasol method added
An alternative console for MegaRAC BMCs that is IPMI free. However, the IPMI console method is still recommended for these systems.
Bring diskless enhancements to Ubuntu from EL diskless
Improvements around uncompressed and general diskless handling has been brought over, simplifying diskless structure and reducing memory consumption
Handle more storage configuration states
The nodestorage facility now properly handles more situations
Include Xen drivers by default for various contexts
Xen based hypervisors are better supported.
Add bonding for Ubuntu deployment
The confignet now supports bonding in Ubuntu
Simplify network configuration in Ubuntu
Redundant cloud-init is removed/prevented and interfaces are ordered before bonds
Handle virtual functions on infiniband correctly
confignet can now handle virtual fuctions on infiniband
Add parameter file support to nodefirmware
Some platforms suggest a parameter file to be passed with the payload to update, this is implemented now
nodesetboot now supports http option
Some platforms do not support PXE and refuse to honor ‘PXE’ as a stand-in for HTTP boot. For such systems, HTTP boot can now be explicitly requested
Genesis image is refreshed
Genesis image has had updates and some libraries added