From cb8040fc0fb1ffe7748f5d72a4e6a801e3e0d7ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Ball Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:39:11 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] docs: v2.1 release notes Add placeholder v2.1 release notes Signed-off-by: Alex Ball --- fern/changelog/2026-08-31.mdx | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) create mode 100644 fern/changelog/2026-08-31.mdx diff --git a/fern/changelog/2026-08-31.mdx b/fern/changelog/2026-08-31.mdx new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..55fe4301ed --- /dev/null +++ b/fern/changelog/2026-08-31.mdx @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +--- +tags: ["next"] +--- + +## NVIDIA Infra Controller v2.1 Next + +This is a placeholder for the v2.1 release notes. + +### Feature 1 + +Placeholder text. + +### Feature 2 + +Placeholder text. From 89218f27ee7e32fe6f6aca279e1eeb21da6e3a91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shayan Namaghi Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:24:56 -0700 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] docs(changelog): add machine-a-tron to the v2.1 release notes (#2) Signed-off-by: Shayan Namaghi --- fern/changelog/2026-08-31.mdx | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fern/changelog/2026-08-31.mdx b/fern/changelog/2026-08-31.mdx index 55fe4301ed..d00603d7d9 100644 --- a/fern/changelog/2026-08-31.mdx +++ b/fern/changelog/2026-08-31.mdx @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ --- -tags: ["next"] +tags: ["next", "machine-a-tron", "redfish"] --- ## NVIDIA Infra Controller v2.1 Next @@ -13,3 +13,24 @@ Placeholder text. ### Feature 2 Placeholder text. + +### Validation & Testing + +**machine-a-tron** is a bare-metal simulator that lets you run end-to-end NICo +provisioning flows — site-explorer, DHCP, PXE, ingestion, and state machines — +against mock Redfish BMC endpoints, without any physical servers or DPUs. It has +been validated at 4,500 simulated hosts × 2 DPUs (13,500 endpoints) in a single +unattended run. + +It ships as the `nico-machine-a-tron` Helm subchart (enabled via +`nico-machine-a-tron.enabled=true`) with an end-to-end setup script at +`helm-prereqs/setup-machine-a-tron.sh` that handles namespace creation, credential +seeding, BMC proxy configuration, and verification. See the +[machine-a-tron deployment guide](../../docs/development/machine-a-tron-deployment.md) +for full build and deployment instructions. + + +machine-a-tron is intended for simulation-only clusters and should not be used +alongside real hardware. It is not included in the `release/v2.0` branch — +v2.1 is the first release that ships it. +