Users Guide

Table 6. Return Values
Name Description Returned Type Sample
Firmware
Updates firmware from a repository
on a network share (CIFS, NFS).
Success String
https://github.com/dell/Dell-EMC-Ansible-
Modules-for-iDRAC/blob/master/samples/
dellemc_install_firmware.md
Example
-name: Update firmware from a repository on a Network Share
dellemc_install_firmware:
idrac_ip: "xx.xx.xx.xx"
idrac_user: "xxxx"
idrac_pwd: "xxxxxxxx"
share_name: "xx.xx.xx.xx:/share"
share_user: "xxxx"
share_pwd: "xxxxxxxx"
share_mnt: "/mnt/share"
reboot: "True"
job_wait: "True"
catalog_file_name: "Catalog.xml"
Configuring PowerEdge Servers
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) with LC provide the ability to generate a human-readable representation of server
configuration using Server Configuration Profile (SCP) feature. This file contains BIOS, iDRAC, LC, network, and RAID configuration
settings. You can modify this file as per your need and apply to other servers.
The SCP feature is used in the Ansible module to automate the configuration activity of PowerEdge servers and their components.
Following are the tasks:
• View LC status
• Server Configuration Profile
• Configuring iDRAC
• Configure BIOS
• Configure RAID
• Configure Collect System Inventory on Restart
• Configure syslog
View LC status
Module: dellemc_get_lcstatus
Synopsis
You can view the LC status on a PowerEdge server using this module. You must check the readiness of the LC before carrying out any
configuration or update. This module returns the LC readiness as True or False and its status.
Check_mode support: No
Options
Table 7. dellemc_get_lcstatus
Parameter/aliases Required Default Choices Comments
idrac_ip Yes NA NA iDRAC IP Address
idrac_user Yes NA NA iDRAC username
idrac_password/
idrac_pwd
Yes NA NA iDRAC user password
idrac_port No 443 NA iDRAC port
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