Install Guide

Overview

Dell EMC OpenManage Ansible Modules allows Data Center and IT administrators to use RedHat Ansible to automate and orchestrate the

conguration, deployment, and update of Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers (12th generation of PowerEdge servers and later) by leveraging

the management automation capabilities in-built into the integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC).

This installation guide provides information about installation and uninstallation of Dell EMC OpenManage Ansible Modules.

In addition to dell.com/support, Ansible modules can also be downloaded from https://github.com/dell/Dell-EMC-Ansible-Modules-for-

iDRAC. Modules downloaded from this Github location are supported by Dell EMC.

Topics:

• Prerequisites

• OpenManage Ansible Modules Support Matrix

Prerequisites

Following are the requirements to install Dell EMC OpenManage Ansible Modules:

• Ensure that you install Ansible version 2.2 or later.

• Install the latest version of OpenManage Python Software Development Kit (OMSDK).

NOTE

: To install OMSDK, run pip install omsdk.

NOTE: To uninstall OMSDK, run pip uninstall omsdk.

• Ensure that you install Python version 2.7 or later.

• To install OpenManage Ansible Modules version 1.0.1, ensure that you uninstall Dell EMC OpenManage Ansible Modules version 1.0.

NOTE

: Ensure that either internet connectivity exists or the local Python Package Index (PyPI) repository exists.

NOTE: In the 14th Generation of PowerEdge Servers, WSMan runs as non-root user and you need to set 644 as a permission on

the share to access the les.

OpenManage Ansible Modules Support Matrix

Table 1. Software

Python Version 2.7 and above

Supported Operating System

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.3

• SLES 12 SP3

4 Overview