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job_wait: True
catalog_file_name: "Catalog.xml"
Module: dellemc_install_firmware
Synopsis
You can install the firmware from a repository on a network share (CIFS, NFS) to keep the system updated.
• For 12
th
and 13
th
generation of PowerEdge servers, firmware update from a network repository is performed using WS-Man APIs.
• For 14
th
generation of PowerEdge servers, firmware update from a network repository is performed using the SCP.
To install the firmware:
• Ensure that the network share contains a valid repository of Dell Update Packages (DUPs) and a catalog file that consists the latest
DUPs.
• All applicable updates that are contained in the repository are applied to the system.
Check_mode support: No
NOTE: This module is deprecated and replaced with idrac_firmware.
Options
Table 5. dellemc_install_firmware
Parameter Required Default Choices Comments
idrac_ip Yes NA NA iDRAC IP Address
idrac_user Yes NA NA iDRAC username
idrac_pwd Yes NA NA iDRAC user password
idrac_port No 443 NA iDRAC port
job_wait Yes True NA
Whether to wait for job
completion or not.
catalog_file_name No Catalog.xml NA
Catalog file name relative
to the
I(share_name).
reboot No False NA
Whether to reboot after
applying the updates or
not.
share_name Yes NA NA
CIFS or NFS Network
share
share_user No NA NA
Network share user in
the format
'user@domain' or
'domain\user' if user is
part of a domain else
'user'. This option is
mandatory for CIFS
Network share.
share_pwd No NA NA
Network share user
password. This option is
mandatory for CIFS
Network share.
share_mnt Yes NA NA
Local mount path of the
network share with read/
write permission for
ansible user. This option
is mandatory for Network
share.
14 Modules for iDRAC