NAME

chain - a table in the xCAT database.


SYNOPSIS

chain Attributes: node currstate currchain chain ondiscover comments disable


DESCRIPTION

Controls what operations are done (and it what order) when a node is discovered and deployed.


chain Attributes:

node

The node name or group name.

currstate

The current chain state for this node. Set by xCAT.

currchain

The current execution chain for this node. Set by xCAT. Initialized from chain and updated as chain is executed.

chain

A comma-delimited chain of actions to be performed automatically for this node. Valid values: discover, boot or reboot, install or netboot, runcmd=<cmd>, runimage=<image>, shell, standby. (Default - same as no chain). Example, for BMC machines use: runcmd=bmcsetup,standby.

ondiscover

What to do when a new node is discovered. Valid values: nodediscover.

comments

Any user-written notes.

disable

Set to 'yes' or '1' to comment out this row.


SEE ALSO

nodels(1), chtab(8), tabdump(8), tabedit(8)