Launch an instance from a bare-metal image:

A bare-metal instance is an instance created directly on a physical machine without any virtualization layer running underneath it. Nova retains power control via IPMI. In some situations, Nova may retain network control via Neutron and OpenFlow.

$ nova boot --image my-baremetal-image --flavor my-baremetal-flavor test
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| Property                    | Value                                |
+-----------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| status                      | BUILD                                |
| id                          | cc302a8f-cd81-484b-89a8-b75eb3911b1b |

... wait for instance to become active ...

	Note
	Set the --availability_zone parameter to specify which zone or node to use to start the server. Separate the zone from the host name with a comma. For example: $ nova boot --availability_zone=zone:HOST,NODE host is optional for the --availability_zone parameter. You can specify simply zone:,node. You must still use the comma.