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A 'build server' is used to create an RC. Once the the RC is created the build server has no further role in NC deployments (except if a new RC is to be created).
The fully automated deployment processes includes:
The bare metal provisioning of the RC and Rover/Unicycle pods' BIOS via the servers' BMC using the Redfish API
The provisioning and blueprint species specific configuration of an ubuntu operating system on all nodes
The deployment of all containerization, virtualization and associated software
The diagram below shows the chronology of NC deployments.
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