Currently if a node gets into maintenance due to a power problem or BMC unavailability, it never comes back without operator's intervention. We would like to enable ironic to check BMC accessibility from time to time, and to return nodes back into operation.
Proposing for Rocky. There is an interest upstream to finish this. Will be a huge usability improvement for both under- and overcloud.
The core of this feature has landed. While there are useful API additions to follow, the landed code matches the description of the RFE, so moving to POST.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2019:0045