XCAT Automation
This change includes:
1. Opening Connection & Login to XCAT server
2. Get the list of BMC nodes to be added to XCAT server.
Resolves openbmc/openbmc-test-automation#597
Change-Id: If2411a3178793575ff9412ea9fa0a69e622fb91f
Signed-off-by: Prashanth Katti <prkatti1@in.ibm.com>
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+*** Settings ***
+
+Resource ../xcat/resource.txt
+
+Library SSHLibrary
+Library OperatingSystem
+
+*** Keywords ***
+
+Open Connection And Login To XCAT
+ [Documentation] Open connection and login to xCAT server.
+ [Arguments] ${xcat_host}=${XCAT_HOST} ${xcat_port}=${XCAT_PORT}
+
+ # Description of argument(s):
+ # xcat_host IP address of the XCAT server.
+ # xcat_port Network port on which XCAT server accepts ssh session.
+
+ Open Connection ${xcat_host} port=${xcat_port}
+ Login ${XCAT_USERNAME} ${XCAT_PASSWORD}
+
+Get List Of BMC Nodes
+ [Documentation] Get list of BMC nodes.
+ [Arguments] ${node_cfg_file_path}=${NODE_CFG_FILE_PATH}
+
+ # Get the list of BMC nodes to be added.
+ # This keyword expects file having list of BMC nodes
+ # as an input.
+ # File should have IP addresses of BMC nodes.
+
+ OperatingSystem.File Should Exist ${node_cfg_file_path} msg=cfg file missing.
+ File Should Not Be Empty ${node_cfg_file_path} msg=Empty config file.
+
+ ${bmc_list} = OperatingSystem.Get File ${node_cfg_file_path}
+ [Return] ${bmc_list}