Failed to add additional bare metal nodes to OpenShift 4

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

Installation of an OpenShift 4.7 bare metal cluster using Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management 2.2.
Some nodes did not come up properly and were stuck in provisioning state.

$ oc get bmh
    NAME        STATUS   PROVISIONING STATUS      CONSUMER      BMC        HARDWARE PROFILE   ONLINE   ERROR
    [...]
    bm-worker-1    OK     provisioned                                       ipmi://<IPMI-IP-ADDRESS>   unknown            true     
    bm-worker-2    OK     provisioned                                       ipmi://<IPMI-IP-ADDRESS>   unknown            true

 $ oc get machine
    NAME                        PHASE          TYPE   REGION   ZONE   AGE
    [...]
    worker-0-7vkfc           Provisioning                             42m
    worker-0-vhwwj           Provisioning                             42m

Environment

  • OpenShift Container Platform (OCP)
    • 4.7
  • Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management (RHACM)
    • 2.2
  • Bare metal nodes

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