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+---
+# common items for the releng-* boxes
+lvm_size: 50000
+mem_size: 8192
+num_cpus: 4
+# for systems that do not match the above - specify the same parameter in
+# the host_vars/$hostname file
+
+tcp_ports: [ 80 ]
+fas_client_groups: sysadmin-noc