I think most folks would argue "cattle" means using imaging to manage/replace your fleet. Using something like puppet or ansible against a fresh install implies a level of individualism towards each system as they "may" have minute details based on when puppet/ansible ran, even if they're part of a dynamic inventory of some sort.
There's a single pxeboot server that bootstraps everything. It sends back a single image common among all baremetal servers regardless of what asks for it. The actual configuration is done via a git repo that contains a mapping between mac address of a server and puppet classes.
I disagree. The 'cattle' vs 'pet' distinction is about replicability and replaceability. If you can spin up a new baremetal server quickly and easily in the configuration you need, then you're doing it right. The technology you choose is not relevant.
