Power control dialog for AMT asks for a MAC address twice; confusing
Bug #1428844 reported by
Rod Smith
This bug affects 2 people
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MAAS |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
| 1.7 |
Won't Fix
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
When setting up a node with AMT, the "Power parameters" section of the web UI asks for the node's MAC address twice: Once under the heading "MAC Address" and once with the much more verbose "Use ARP on this MAC address to discover the AMT IP address if its IP is likely to change, e.g. if it's assigned via DHCP." I've successfully booted when entering only the first of these, so I'm not sure what the point of the second field is. If they're really asking for the same address, please remove the second one. If they're asking for different data, then this needs to be clarified because it's confusing as it stands now.
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| Rod Smith (rodsmith) wrote | #1 |
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| Blake Rouse (blake-rouse) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in maas: | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
| milestone: | none → next |
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| Christian Reis (kiko) wrote | #3 |
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| milestone: | next → none |
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I believe the 3rd entry there is for the IP address, if you don't want to use arp to search for ip address.
Either way agree the message is confusing, but it is gone in trunk. Don't think we will fix in 1.7.