Story Description

Ensure comprehensive e2e test coverage for the bare metal nodes on vSphere feature to meet GA requirements.

Acceptance Criteria

• Minimum 5 e2e tests implemented covering:

• Adding bare metal nodes to vSphere cluster
• Node provisioning and lifecycle management
• Workload scheduling on bare metal nodes
• Mixed cluster operations (vSphere VMs + bare metal)
• Feature interaction with vSphere CSI and CCM

• All tests are stable and passing in CI
• Tests are integrated into appropriate CI test suites
• Test documentation is complete

Related Epic

• SPLAT-2561
• SPLAT-2351 (Tech Preview)

Testing Scope

Ensure tests validate both positive and negative scenarios, edge cases, and integration with existing vSphere platform features.