Revalidation of ARM server

Registered by Michael Casadevall

During Oneiric, we validated server functionality on ARM over a large set of workloads. As we move from Panda to real hardware, we need to revalidate in precise.

Spec URL: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Specs/ARM/ServerImageValidationAndQA

Blueprint information

Status:
Not started
Approver:
David Mandala
Priority:
High
Drafter:
Michael Casadevall
Direction:
Approved
Assignee:
mahmoh
Definition:
Approved
Series goal:
Accepted for precise
Implementation:
Unknown
Milestone target:
milestone icon ubuntu-12.04

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Status: postponing all remaining TODO/INPROGRESS items, we can revisit them for Q.

Work Items:
[gruemaster] Validate preseeding support for arm netboot images: DONE
Discuss with server team requirements for iSCSI boot: DONE
[gruemaster] Validate landscape-client works properly on arm: DONE
[gruemaster] Validate entropy quality on arm: DONE
Validate OpenStack/lxc working on arm: POSTPONED
Test ensemble installation on arm: POSTPONED
Setup LAVA server testing on arm: POSTPONED
Test iSCSI boot: POSTPONED
Test ruby-on-rails: POSTPONED
Test NFS boot: POSTPONED
Validate 802.1q VLAN functions properly on armel: POSTPONED
Validate HW watchdog functionality on armel: POSTPONED
Validate kerberos support: POSTPONED
Confirm other HDD monitor tools work properly on arm across non-ATA interfaces: POSTPONED
Validate all IPv6 tools on arm: BLOCKED
Validate IPsec on arm: POSTPONED
Test CEPH cluster filesystem: POSTPONED
Test ATA-Over-Ethernet: POSTPONED
Test SELinux with community assistance: POSTPONED
Test armel LTSP client support: POSTPONED
Test NDB: DONE

Work Items for precise-alpha-2:

Work Items for precise-beta-1:
[gruemaster] Integrate power load monitor acquisition hardware: Done
[gruemaster] Validate rabbitmq is in good shape: DONE
[gruemaster] Test erlang on arm. (RabbitMQ and CouchDB work): DONE
[mahmoh] Test LVM: DONE
[mahmoh] Test ecryptfs: DONE
[mahmoh] Test RAID: DONE
[mahmoh] Test LUKS: BLOCKED
[mahmoh] Confirm SMART works on systems with native SATA devices: DONE
[mahmoh] Validate net installer: DONE
[mahmoh] Report net installer results in iso tracker: DONE
[mahmoh] Validate LXC works properly on ARM: DONE
[mcasadevall] Ensure LXC is using cgroups properly: POSTPONED
Define server application testcases on arm: POSTPONED

Work Items for precise-beta-2:
[gruemaster] Run relevant QA regression tests on all armel server images (lp:qa-regression-testing): POSTPONED
[gruemaster] Graph power load data: POSTPONED
[gruemaster] Validate preseeding support for arm server-preinstalled images: BLOCKED
Validate net installer: DONE
Report net installer results in iso tracker: POSTPONED

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