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@@ -84,26 +84,35 @@ Continue to [clients](#clients) to create a client VM or attach a baremetal mach
 
 ## Clients
 
-Once a network environment is prepared to boot client machines, create a libvirt VM configured to PXE boot or attach a baremetal machine to your Docker host.
+Create or attach PXE client machines to the network boot environment on the `docker0` bridge.
 
 ### libvirt VM
 
-Use `virt-manager` to create a new client VM. Select Network Boot with PXE and for the network selection, choose "Specify Shared Device" with the bridge name `docker0`.
+Create 5 VMs (`node1` to `node5`) with known hardware attributes, configured to PXE-boot. The `libvirt` script can manage these 5 nodes which are used throughout the [example](data) clusters.
 
-<img src='img/virt-manager.png' class="img-center" alt="Virt-Manager showing PXE network boot method"/>
+    sudo ./scripts/libivrt
+    USAGE: libvirt <command>
+    Commands:
+        create      create 5 libvirt nodes
+        reboot      reboot the 5 libvirt nodes
+        shutdown    shutdown the 5 libvirt nodes
+        poweroff    poweroff the 5 libvirt nodes
+        destroy     destroy the 5 libvirt nodes
 
-The VM should PXE boot using the boot and config settings based on its UUID or MAC address and your data volume. The `virt-manager` shows the UUID and the MAC address of the NIC on the shared bridge, which you can use when naming configs.
+You may use `virt-manager` to create your own VMs and view the console/state/attributes of existing VM nodes.
+
+When creating your own VMs, select "Network Boot with PXE" and for network selection use "Specify Shared Device" with the bridge name `docker0`.
 
 ### Bare Metal
 
-Connect a baremetal client machine to your libvirt Docker host machine and ensure that the client's boot firmware (probably BIOS) has been configured to prefer PXE booting.
+Connect a baremetal client machine to your host's `docker0` bridge and ensure the boot firmware (probably BIOS) is configured to prefer PXE booting.
 
 Find the network interface and attach it to the virtual bridge.
 
     ip link show                      # find new link e.g. enp0s20u2
     brctl addif docker0 enp0s20u2
 
-Restart the client machine and it should PXE boot using the boot and config settings based on its UUID or MAC address and your data volume.
+Restart the client machine and it should PXE boot using settings from `bootcfg`.
 
 ## Next
 
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@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+#!/bin/bash -e
+# Manage 5 VM nodes which have a specific set of hardware attributes.
+
+if [ "$EUID" -ne 0 ]
+  then echo "Please run as root"
+  exit
+fi
+
+function main {
+  case "$1" in
+    "create") create;;
+    "reboot") reboot;;
+    "shutdown") shutdown;;
+    "poweroff") poweroff;;
+    "destroy") destroy;;
+    *)
+      usage
+      exit 2
+      ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+function usage {
+  echo "USAGE: ${0##*/} <command>"
+  echo "Commands:"
+  echo -e "\tcreate\t\tcreate 5 libvirt nodes with specific hardware attributes"
+  echo -e "\treboot\t\treboot the 5 libvirt nodes"
+  echo -e "\tshutdown\tshutdown the 5 libvirt nodes"
+  echo -e "\tpoweroff\tpoweroff the 5 libvirt nodes"
+  echo -e "\tdestroy\t\tdestroy the 5 libvirt nodes"
+}
+
+function create {
+  virt-install --name node1 -u 16e7d8a7-bfa9-428b-9117-363341bb330b --pxe --network=bridge:docker0 --ram=756 --vcpus=1 --os-type=linux --disk none --noautoconsole
+  virt-install --name node2 -u 264cd073-ca62-44b3-98c0-50aad5b5f819 --pxe --network=bridge:docker0 --ram=756 --vcpus=1 --os-type=linux --disk none --noautoconsole
+  virt-install --name node3 -u 39d2e747-2648-4d68-ae92-bbc70b245055 --pxe --network=bridge:docker0 --ram=756 --vcpus=1 --os-type=linux --disk none --noautoconsole
+  virt-install --name node4 -u 4ed46e8e-db69-471e-b874-0990dd65649d --pxe --network=bridge:docker0 --ram=756 --vcpus=1 --os-type=linux --disk none --noautoconsole
+  virt-install --name node5 -u 53683e94-3273-4a49-9a82-d769b88e3ccf --pxe --network=bridge:docker0 --ram=756 --vcpus=1 --os-type=linux --disk none --noautoconsole
+}
+
+function reboot {
+  virsh reboot node1
+  virsh reboot node2
+  virsh reboot node3
+  virsh reboot node4
+  virsh reboot node5
+}
+
+function shutdown {
+  virsh shutdown node1
+  virsh shutdown node2
+  virsh shutdown node3
+  virsh shutdown node4
+  virsh shutdown node5
+}
+
+function poweroff {
+  virsh destroy node1
+  virsh destroy node2
+  virsh destroy node3
+  virsh destroy node4
+  virsh destroy node5
+}
+
+function destroy {
+  virsh undefine node1
+  virsh undefine node2
+  virsh undefine node3
+  virsh undefine node4
+  virsh undefine node5
+}
+
+main $@