diff --git a/qct-pod1.yml b/qct-pod1.yml
index 255ec01..5c684df 100644
--- a/qct-pod1.yml
+++ b/qct-pod1.yml
@@ -1,32 +1,64 @@
-# Deployment configuration for a phyical hardware POD
+# Deployment configuration for a physical hardware POD
 ---
-seedServer:
-  # IP address of the head node
-  ip: '10.201.101.11'
-  
-  # User name and password used by Ansible to connect to the host for remote
-  # provisioning
-  user: 'ubuntu'
-  password: 'ubuntu'
 
+# this is used to generate the genconfig/cord-inv file
+headnode:
+  ip: '10.201.101.11'
+  ansible_user: 'cord'
+  ansible_ssh_pass: 'cord'
+  ansible_ssh_port: 22
+
+common:
+
+  # set to the profile of cord you want to install
+  cord_profile: 'rcord'
+
+  # directories on the head node that the cord dir is copied to, and profile is created in
+  cord_dir: '/opt/cord'
+  cord_profile_dir: '/opt/cord_profile'
+
+
+  # all of these are written to genconfig/config.yml, and needs a rework
+
+  # Network address information for the head node:
+  #
+  # fabric_ip     - the IP address and mask bits to be used to configure the network
+  #                 interface connected to the leaf - spine fabric
+  #
+  # management_ip - the IP address and mask bits to be used to configure the network
+  #                 interface connecting the head node to the POD internal
+  #                 management network. The head node will deliver DHCP addresses to
+  #                 the other compute nodes over this interface
+  #
+  # external_ip   - the IP address and mask bits to be used to configure the network
+  #                 interface connecting the head node (and the POD) to the
+  #                 Internet. All traffic in the POD to external hosts will be
+  #                 NAT-ed through this interface
   fabric_ip: '10.6.1.1/24'
   management_ip: '10.6.0.1/24'
   external_ip: '10.201.101.11/24'
-  #external_iface: 'eth2'
-  management_network: 10.6.0.0/24
-
+  external_iface: 'eth2'
+  external_gw: '10.201.101.1'
   skipTags:
-  #  - 'reboot'
 
-  extraVars:
-    - 'management_ignore_names=eth2'
-    - 'fabric_ignore_names=eth2'
+extraVars:
+  - 'management_ignore_names=eth0'
 
-# If passwords are not set, random passwords will be generated
 passwords:
-  #compute_node: ubuntu
-  #maas_admin: admin
-  #maas_user: cord
+  compute_node: "ubuntu"
+  maas_admin: "admin"
+  maas_user: "cord"
 
 docker:
   imageVersion: candidate
+
+otherNodes:
+  # Experimental
+  #
+  # Specifies the subnet and address range that will be used to allocate IP addresses
+  # to the compute nodes as they are deployed into the POD.
+  fabric:
+    network: 10.6.1.1/24
+    range_low: 10.6.1.2
+    range_high: 10.6.1.253
+