Users Guide

Deploying Operating System
To provision a bare metal server, it is essential to deploy the required operating system in the device before you start using it. This section
describes the process of deploying the operating system on the PowerEdge servers using Ansible.
To automate the process of operating system deployment in an unattended manner using Ansible, the iDRAC's capability is utilized to
transfer the customized ISO to iDRAC for boot.
To perform OS deployment, ensure:
• Operating System image is injected with required Dell drivers, and unattended response le.
• iDRAC is enabled, congured, and reachable.
• RAID is congured.
Boot to a Network ISO Image
Module: dellemc_boot_to_network_iso
Synopsis
This module facilitates the operating system deployment. You can run this module to boot the target system to a bootable ISO image on a
CIFS or NFS share. This module looks for the customized ISO in the congured share location and transfers the image to iDRAC to load it.
On the system reboot, the OS deployment begins.
Options
Table 29. dellemc_boot_to_network_iso
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 password
idrac_port No 443 NA iDRAC port
iso_image Yes NA NA Network ISO name
share_name Yes NA NA
CIFS or NFS Network
share
share_user Yes NA NA
Network share user in the
format 'user@domain' if
user is part of a domain
else 'user'
share_pwd Yes NA NA
Network share user
password
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