Users Guide

Updating Firmware
You can maintain up-to-date rmware versions of Dell EMC server components to get better eciency, security protection and enhanced
features. Create update sources to do the rmware update.
Following are the tasks for the rmware update activities:
Topics:
• Viewing Firmware Inventory
• Installing Firmware
Viewing Firmware Inventory
Command: dellemc_get_rmware_inventory
Synopsis
You can view the rmware inventory of a server using this module. This module displays components of a server and the corresponding
rmware versions.
Check_mode support: No
Options
Table 1.
dellemc_get_rmware_inventory
Parameter Required Default Choices Comments
idrac_ip Yes NA NA iDRAC IP Address
idrac_username Yes NA NA iDRAC username
idrac_pwd Yes NA NA iDRAC user password
idrac_port No 443 NA iDRAC port
Table 2. Return Values
Name Description Returned Type Sample
Firmware Inventory
• Components of a
server and their
rmware versions.
• List of dictionaries, 1
dictionary per
rmware.
Success String
https://github.com/dell/Dell-EMC-Ansible-
Modules-for-iDRAC/blob/master/samples/
dellemc_get_rmware_inventory.md
Examples
-name: Get Installed Firmware Inventory
dellemc_get_firmware_inventory:
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