Ubuntu on IBM Power S822LC (8335-GTA Non-Virtualized)

There is an issue with Petitboot and MAAS in older versions of the firmware for this system which requires the user to manually select the correct boot option from the Petitboot menu during deployment. In order to use this system in a MAAS environment without manual intervention, you should update to at least firmware version OP820.10 from IBM Fix Central.

https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Scale-out%20LC&product=ibm/power/8335GTA&release=All&platform=All&function=all

In order to use Ubuntu KVM on the S822L in PowerNV mode, you will need to be sure you're running QEMU version 1:2.2+dfsg-5expubuntu9.3~cloud0 or later. This version can be found in the Ubuntu Cloud Archive for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. To use this version of QEMU, use the following commands on your S822L system

$ sudo add-apt-repository cloud-archive:kilo $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install qemu-system-ppc

MAAS upates needed

In order to utilize this hardware with MAAS you will need to ensure your MAAS server is updated to at least Version 1.8.4.

To install this version, add the MAAS team stable PPA and update your maas server with apt-get.

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:maas/stable $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

MAAS 1.8.4 is also being SRU'd into Trusty and should be available from the Trusty repos at some point in the near future.

In the meantime, you will need to manually enlist this hardware in a MAAS environment prior to commissioning and deploying workloads.

In order to successfully enlist and commission this hardware in a MAAS environment, you will need to set the default enlistment and commissioning kernel to at least HWE-V for 14.04 in the MAAS web UI.

There is an issue with Petitboot and MAAS in older versions of the firmware for this system which requires the user to manually select the correct boot option from the Petitboot menu during deployment. In order to use this system in a MAAS environment without manual intervention, you should update to at least firmware version OP820.10 from IBM Fix Central.

https://www-945.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=Scale-out%20LC&product=ibm/power/8335GTA&release=All&platform=All&function=all