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12 changes: 9 additions & 3 deletions docs/provisioning/ingesting-hosts.md
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Expand Up @@ -143,7 +143,13 @@ nico-admin-cli -c <api-url> credential add-uefi --kind=dpu --password='x'

NICo needs to know the factory default credentials for each BMC, which is expressed as a JSON table of "Expected Machines". The serial number is used to verify the BMC MAC matches the actual serial number of the chassis.

Prepare an `expected_machines.json` file as follows:
To add a single host, use `expected-machine add`:

```bash
nico-admin-cli -c <api-url> expected-machine add --bmc-mac-address "02:00:00:00:00:01" --bmc-password 'default-password' --chassis-serial-number CHASSIS-SN-001 --bmc-username root
```
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To load or replace the full table, prepare an `expected_machines.json` file as follows:

```json
{
Expand All @@ -164,7 +170,7 @@ Prepare an `expected_machines.json` file as follows:
}
```

Only servers listed in this table will be ingested, so you must include all servers in this file.
Only servers listed in the expected machines table will be ingested. Use `expected-machine add` for individual hosts, or use `replace-all` when you want the JSON file to define the complete table.

### Optional Per-Host Fields

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -327,4 +333,4 @@ Export the current table as JSON:

```bash
nico-admin-cli -c <api-url> -f json em show
```
```