diff --git a/cord-deprecated/dataplane/generate-bm.sh b/cord-deprecated/dataplane/generate-bm.sh
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+source ../../setup/admin-openrc.sh
+
+get_ip () {
+    LABEL=$1
+    NETWORK=$2
+    nova list --all-tenants|grep $LABEL|sed "s/^.*$NETWORK=//g"|sed 's/; .*$//g'|awk '{print $1}'
+    }
+
+GRENAMES=()
+BM_IPS=()
+
+NODES=`sudo bash -c "source ../../setup/admin-openrc.sh ; nova hypervisor-list" |grep enabled|awk '{print $4}'`
+I=1
+for NODE in $NODES; do
+    BM_SSH_IP=`getent hosts $NODE | awk '{ print $1 }'`
+    IFS=. read BM_NAME BM_REMAINDER <<< $NODE
+    BM_IP=`sudo grep -i $BM_NAME /root/setup/data-hosts.flat-lan-1 | awk '{print $1}'`
+
+    GRE_NAMES+=("gre-bm-$I")
+    BM_IPS+=("$BM_IP")
+
+    #echo switch_volt$I    ansible_ssh_host=$( get_ip mysite_volt flat-lan-1-net) grename=gre-bm-$I bm_addr=$BM_IP
+    echo bm$I           ansible_ssh_host=$BM_SSH_IP grename=gre-bm-$I volt_addr=$( get_ip mysite_volt flat-lan-1-net)  ansible_ssh_private_key_file=/root/.ssh/id_rsa
+    I=$(( I+1 ))
+done
+
+GRE_NAMES=${GRE_NAMES[@]}
+BM_IPS=${BM_IPS[@]}
+
+echo switch_volt ansible_ssh_host=$( get_ip mysite_volt flat-lan-1-net) grenames=\"$GRE_NAMES\" bm_ips=\"$BM_IPS\"
+
+NM=`grep "^nm" /root/setup/fqdn.map | awk '{ print $2 }'`
+echo "nm1 ansible_ssh_host=$NM ansible_ssh_private_key_file=/root/.ssh/id_rsa"
+
+echo "[baremetal]"
+I=1
+for NODE in $NODES; do
+    echo bm$I
+    I=$((I+1))
+done
+
+# now for the network management node
+echo "[nm]"
+echo "nm1"