kubelet fails with error “misconfiguration…”

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Error:
1.6.0 kubelet fails with error "misconfiguration: kubelet cgroup driver: "cgroupfs" is different from docker cgroup driver: "systemd"

Solution:
vi /etc/systemd/system/kubelet.service.d/10-kubeadm.conf
modify
KUBELET_CGROUP_ARGS=--cgroup-driver=systemd
to
KUBELET_CGROUP_ARGS=--cgroup-driver=cgroupfs

EGO issue in IBM SCF CE

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Problem:

[root@pcmce-co68 ~]# egosh resource list
Cannot get host info. Not logged on.

Solution:

Log in to egosh shell (one time only). Default user and password is Admin.
[root@pcmce-co68 ~]# egosh user logon
user account: Admin
password:
Logged on successfully
[root@pcmce-co68 ~]# egosh resource list
NAME status mem swp tmp ut it pg r1m r15s r15m ls
pcmce-c* ok 827M 1516M 69G 7% 258 3.1 0.2 3.3 0.7 1

Disable Serial Console Redirection in xCAT

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PXE boot config:
"... console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200 ..."

Note: serial console redirection is managed by hardware profile.

To check hardware profile:
$ tabdump nodehm

#node,power,mgt,cons,termserver,termport,conserver,serialport,serialspeed,serialflow,getmac,cmdmapping,consoleondemand,comments,disable
"__HardwareProfile_IPMI",,"ipmi",,,,,,,,,"/opt/pcm/etc/hwmgt/mappings/HWCmdMapping_ipmi.xml",,,
"__HardwareProfile_IBM_Flex_System_x",,"ipmi",,,,,"0","115200","hard",,"/opt/pcm/etc/hwmgt/mappings/HWCmdMapping_flex_x.xml",,,
"__HardwareProfile_IBM_System_x_M4",,"ipmi",,,,,"0","115200","hard",,"/opt/pcm/etc/hwmgt/mappings/HWCmdMapping_rackmount_x.xml",,,
"__HardwareProfile_IBM_iDataPlex_M4",,"ipmi",,,,,"0","115200","hard",,"/opt/pcm/etc/hwmgt/mappings/HWCmdMapping_rackmount_x.xml",,,
"__HardwareProfile_IBM_NeXtScale_M4",,"ipmi",,,,,"0","115200","hard",,"/opt/pcm/etc/hwmgt/mappings/HWCmdMapping_nextscale_x.xml",,,
"__Chassis_IBM_Flex_chassis",,"blade",,,,,,,,,,,,

To disable: clear the entries of serialport, serialspeed and serialflow columns
$ chdef -t group -o __HardwareProfile_IBM_Flex_System_x serialport= serialspeed= serialflow=

How to Configure Mellanox Switch

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Required Tools:

  1. Serial console cable (provided inside the box)
  2. Converter cable from serial port to USB port (Prolific)

Step-by-step guide using MacOS:

  1. Download and install driver for the converter cable http://plugable.com/drivers/prolific
  2. Check if the driver is installed correctly 
     $ kextstat | grep prolific

 159 0 0xffffff7f832fa000 0x6000 0x6000 com.prolific.driver.PL2303 (1.6.0) F6A6805D-685D-3E6D-BF81-106EBBC0A386

 $ ioreg -c IOSerialBSDClient | grep usb

 | | "IOTTYBaseName" = "usbserial"

 | | "IOCalloutDevice" = "/dev/cu.usbserial"

 | | "IODialinDevice" = "/dev/tty.usbserial"

 | | "IOTTYDevice" = "usbserial"
  3. Start the connection 
     $ screen /dev/cu.usbserial
  4. Press Enter and follow instructions in official user guide.
    For example:
Mellanox Switch

Mellanox configuration wizard
 Do you want to use the wizard for initial configuration? y
 Step 1: Hostname? [switch-56d680] switch-10g
 Step 2: Use DHCP on mgmt0 interface? [yes] no
 Step 3: Use zeroconf on mgmt0 interface? [no] no
 Step 4: Primary IPv4 address and masklen? [0.0.0.0/0] 172.21.35.60/23
 Step 5: Default gateway? 172.21.35.254
 Step 6: Primary DNS server? 155.69.3.8,155.69.3.7
 % Value must be an IPv4 address in the format of '192.168.0.1'.
 Step 6: Primary DNS server? 155.69.3.8
 Step 7: Domain name?
 Step 8: Enable IPv6? [yes] yes
 Step 9: Enable IPv6 autoconfig (SLAAC) on mgmt0 interface? [no] no
 Step 10: Enable DHCPv6 on mgmt0 interface? [no] no
 Step 11: Admin password (Enter to leave unchanged)?
 Step 11: Confirm admin password?
 You have entered the following information:
 1. Hostname: switch-10g
 2. Use DHCP on mgmt0 interface: no
 3. Use zeroconf on mgmt0 interface: no
 4. Primary IPv4 address and masklen: 172.21.35.60/23
 5. Default gateway: 172.21.35.254
 6. Primary DNS server: 155.69.3.8
 7. Domain name:
 8. Enable IPv6: yes
 9. Enable IPv6 autoconfig (SLAAC) on mgmt0 interface: no
 10. Enable DHCPv6 on mgmt0 interface: no
 11. Admin password (Enter to leave unchanged): (CHANGED)
 To change an answer, enter the step number to return to.
 Otherwise hit to save changes and exit.
 Choice: