Users Guide

Contents
1 Overview........................................................................................................................................................5
Key Features....................................................................................................................................................................... 5
2 Getting Started..............................................................................................................................................6
How OpenManage Ansible Modules works.................................................................................................................... 6
Running your rst Playbook..............................................................................................................................................6
3 Updating Firmware.........................................................................................................................................7
Viewing Firmware Inventory..............................................................................................................................................7
Installing Firmware............................................................................................................................................................. 8
4 Conguring PowerEdge Servers...................................................................................................................10
Viewing LC Status............................................................................................................................................................ 10
Exporting Server Conguration Prole...........................................................................................................................11
Importing Server Conguration Prole.......................................................................................................................... 12
Conguring iDRAC............................................................................................................................................................14
Conguring iDRAC Users...........................................................................................................................................14
Conguring iDRAC Timezone....................................................................................................................................16
Conguring iDRAC Eventing......................................................................................................................................17
Conguring iDRAC Services......................................................................................................................................18
Conguring iDRAC Network.....................................................................................................................................20
Conguring BIOS............................................................................................................................................................. 23
Conguring RAID............................................................................................................................................................. 25
Conguring Collect System Inventory on Restart........................................................................................................27
Conguring Syslog...........................................................................................................................................................28
5 Deploying Operating System....................................................................................................................... 30
Boot to a Network ISO Image........................................................................................................................................ 30
6 Server Inventory.......................................................................................................................................... 32
Viewing the System Inventory........................................................................................................................................32
7 Server Administration Tasks.........................................................................................................................33
Conguring the Power State on the PowerEdge Servers..........................................................................................33
Resetting iDRAC to Factory Settings............................................................................................................................34
Viewing LC Job Status....................................................................................................................................................35
Exporting LC Logs........................................................................................................................................................... 35
Deleting LC Job................................................................................................................................................................36
Deleting LC Job Queue....................................................................................................................................................37
Conguring System Lockdown Mode........................................................................................................................... 38
8 Troubleshooting........................................................................................................................................... 40
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