From 26aea433e024f4af63029fb5700c26fbe30e9ab1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Katie Drake Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 13:59:42 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] HCIDOCS-137: Updated static deploy steps to use virtual media --- ...t-network-interfaces-in-the-install-config.yaml-file.adoc | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/modules/ipi-install-configuring-host-network-interfaces-in-the-install-config.yaml-file.adoc b/modules/ipi-install-configuring-host-network-interfaces-in-the-install-config.yaml-file.adoc index 7bb6e3a89699..1cf10715dcbe 100644 --- a/modules/ipi-install-configuring-host-network-interfaces-in-the-install-config.yaml-file.adoc +++ b/modules/ipi-install-configuring-host-network-interfaces-in-the-install-config.yaml-file.adoc @@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ The most common use case for this functionality is to specify a static IP addres * Configure a `PTR` DNS record with a valid hostname for each node with a static IP address. * Install the NMState CLI (`nmstate`). +[IMPORTANT] +==== +If you use a provisioning network, configure it by using the `dnsmasq` tool in Ironic. To do a fully static deployment, you must use virtual media. +==== + .Procedure . Optional: Consider testing the NMState syntax with `nmstatectl gc` before including the syntax in the `install-config.yaml` file, because the installation program does not check the NMState YAML syntax.