Filter unprovisioned group members from internal config generation

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Internal Python-based config generation (netlab initial -o) was not excluding nodes in the unprovisioned group, while Ansible playbooks correctly filter them via hosts: all:!unprovisioned.

Changes

• Added filter_unprovisioned() utility in netsim/cli/initial/utils.py

  • Uses existing groups.group_members() to get unprovisioned nodes
  • Returns filtered nodeset excluding those members

• Applied filter in nodeset calculation

  • configs.py line 188: config file generation path
  • deploy.py line 134: config deployment path

Example

# Before: all nodes processed regardless of group membership
nodeset = _nodeset.parse_nodeset(args.limit, topology) if args.limit else list(topology.nodes.keys())

# After: unprovisioned nodes filtered out
nodeset = _nodeset.parse_nodeset(args.limit, topology) if args.limit else list(topology.nodes.keys())
nodeset = utils.filter_unprovisioned(nodeset, topology)

With a topology containing r1, r2, r3 where r3 is in the unprovisioned group, netlab initial -o config now generates configs only for r1 and r2.

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>[BUG] Internal "netlab initial" configs do not consider the "unprovisioned" nodes</issue_title>
<issue_description>netlab initial should consider the "unprovisioned" group when calculating the configuration nodeset.</issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes [BUG] Internal "netlab initial" configs do not consider the "unprovisioned" nodes #2916

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