Users Guide

4 Now run the playbook. Run the following command from the directory where you created the inventory and the playbook:
ansible-playbook playbook.yml -i inventory
5 Press Enter.
With OpenManage Ansible Modules, you can construct a playbook with a set of modules resulting in an automation workow for
conguration, deployments, and updates of PowerEdge servers.
To view the list of all available iDRAC modules:
1 Run the following command on the Ansible control machine:
ansible-doc -l | grep "idrac"
2 Press Enter.
List of the available iDRAC modules is displayed.
To view the documentation of a module:
1 Run the following command on the Ansible control machine:
ansible-doc <module name>
2 Press Enter.
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:
• View rmware inventory
• Install rmware
View rmware 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/aliases Required Default Choices Comments
idrac_ip Yes NA NA iDRAC IP Address
idrac_username Yes NA NA iDRAC username
idrac_password/
idrac_pwd
Yes NA NA iDRAC user password
idrac_port No 443 NA iDRAC port
Modules for iDRAC 9