Release Notes

Table Of Contents

What is Supported

For information on the hardware and software requirements, see Dell EMC OpenManage Ansible Modules version 1.1 Installation Guide.

What's new?

• Added support for streaming the Server Configuration Profile (SCP) within the HTTP or HTTPS messages for import or export

operation to/from an iDRAC using Local file path on Ansible controller.

• A new and feature rich Storage Volume module (dellemc_idrac_storage_volume) to:

• Support RAID volume creation on BOSS Controller.

• View all the volumes for a RAID controller.

• Create multiple RAID volumes on a storage controller using a single Ansible task.

• Select physical disks either the respective Slot locations or Physical Disk IDs while creating a RAID volume.

• Support multiple VD creation on a disk group.

• The dellemc_configure_raid module is deprecated and all the functionality are added to the new dellemc_idrac_storage_volume

module.

• Enhanced BIOS configuration module to:

• Support configuration of all the BIOS attributes (such as boot settings, processor settings, memory settings, system and workload

profiles, system security etc).

• Support Boot Source State modification using Redfish APIs — reorder, enable or disable boot source devices.

• Added support for providing a Custom Catalog file name while using firmware update from a DRM repository.

• Support for check mode — find out whether configuration changes are available to be made to the servers.

• New and updated playbook examples.

For a complete list of supported features that you can leverage, see Dell EMC OpenManage Ansible Modules Version 1.1 User’s Guide.

Fixes

Issue 1(86459)

Description: iDRAC Time zone configuration task exits with a message "Job wait did not return for 7200 seconds" on 14G server if the

iDRAC firmware version is 3.00.00.00 or 3.11.11.11. The new Time zone values are actually applied on the server.

Issue 2(83769)

Description: Export LC log, TSR log using Linux NFS share fails with an error "Cannot access Network Share" for 12G, 13G and 14G

servers if the iDRAC firmware version is lesser than 3.15.15.15.

Issue 3(91679)

Description: Firmware update fails if the DUP repository is on Linux NFS share for 14G server with iDRAC firmware version 3.00.00.00.

Known Issues

Issue 1(86360)

Description: Creating iDRAC users using dellemc_configure_idrac_users module does not update the provided user properties

for the created user on 14G servers.

Resolution: In case the user is not created with all the required user settings, change the user setting with action option modify in the

dellemc_configure_idrac_users module.

Dell EMC OpenManage Ansible Modules Version 1.1 Release Notes