API Guide

Table 149. Base Driver Properties

Method Description

driver_enum

Returns an python enumeration of the available drivers in the

system.

ComponentEnum

Returns the list of components supported for the device.

ContainmentTree

Returns the containment tree of iDRAC.

device_type

Returns the type of this device.

API to setup share

The following section provides information about the network share.

Setting up a remote network share

To setup a network le share run the following command:

NOTE: This network share is required to have a share between iDRAC and OMPSDK for conguration.

Pre-requisite - The share needs to be manually mounted.

FileOnShare(remote = '<public_IP>:/Share', mount_point = '/mnt/Share',

isFolder = True, creds)

idrac.config_mgr.set_liason_share(myshare)

FileOnShare methods are: Network le share (NFS), Common internet le system (Windows Style, CIFS), Template (%D, %M, %Y... %ip),

access credentials.

Table 150. Methods of remote path

Command Description

remote path= IP:/Share

For network le share (NFS).

remote path= \\\\IP\\Share

For Common Internet File System (Windows) (CIFS).

Table 151. Methods of mount point

Command Description

mount_point= /mnt/share

For systems running on Linux.

mount_point= Z:\\

For systems running on Windows.

iDRAC server information

The export server prole and import server prole features in iDRAC, that allows IT administrators to do a backup and restore conguration

and rmware for a PowerEdge server. User can import and export from local management station, and from a Network Share via NFS or

CIFS. Using SCP, you can select and import or export component level congurations for BIOS, NIC and RAID.

Administration Tasks

Power Conguration

Getting Started