Nodes created manually and then enlisted are forgotten by MAAS

Bug #1269046 reported by Jeff Lane 
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maas (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

On my MAAS box running trusty:

In the MAAS UI, we created a node entry for a server, choosing IPMI and passing the login credentials, IP for the BMC and the MAC address. On saving the node, MAAS issued the IPMI command to turn the server on.

The server successfully powered on and PXE booted the enlistment image. Once enlistment was complete, the server powered off.

On refreshing the MAAS UI, however, the original node we created manually was shown still in the Commissioning state.

A NEW node was also listed, showing it was in the Delcared state.

What seems to have happened is that MAAS, instead of filling data for the node we created manually, just created a brand new node instead, and ignored ours.

The original manual node can be safely deleted.

POSSIBLE CAUSE:
When we created the node originally in the UI, we passed it the MAC address for the BMC port.
The newly created node, however, lists the MAC addresses for all onboard ethernet ports, NOT the management port.

If the MAC address part of the Add Node page means MAC for the ethernet device that PXE boots, the page is misleading and needs to be corrected.

As it stands, I thought that MAC entry was supposed to be for the BMC MAC address.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: maas 1.4+bzr1789+dfsg-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-2.17-generic 3.13.0-rc7
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-2-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.13.1-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Tue Jan 14 10:51:05 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-13 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20140113)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: maas
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
Jeff Lane  (bladernr) wrote :
Changed in maas:
status: New → Invalid
Changed in maas (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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