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metadata:
    name: PXE-boot
    format: "Manual Test Definition 1.0"
    description: "The Preboot eXecution Environment specification describes as
        standardized client-server environment that boots a software assembly,
        retrieved from a network, on PXE-enabled clients. More details in wiki:
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preboot_Execution_Environment"
    maintainer:
        - naresh.kamboju@linaro.org
    os:
        - debian
        - ubuntu
        - centos
        - fedora
    scope:
        - functional
    devices:
        - d02
        - d03
        - d05
        - overdrive
        - moonshot
        - thunderX
    environment:
        - manual-test

run:
    steps:
        - In order to have a working PXE environment, DHCP and TFTP server is required
        - Setup the DHCP and TFTP Server on your host machine
          https://github.com/Linaro/documentation/blob/master/Reference-Platform/EECommon/DHCP-TFTP-Server-UEFI.md
        - Provision TFTP with latest CentOS/Debian installer
        - Create the Grub2 config file pointing to new installer build files
        - On target board make sure to select network boot
        - Reboot the target board

    expected:
        - Target board boots and starts downloading OS installer from TFTP
        - Installer should install given OS successfully, without kernel panic, crash, hang or any other serve error observed
        - After successful installation target board reboots
        - The OS should boot to Linux shell prompt
        - The Linux shell should not boot to initramfs shell or minimal shell