Release Notes

Platform(s) Affected

For the list of supported platforms, see the section Support Matrix in the Dell EMC OpenManage Ansible Modules version 2.0

Installation Guide.

What is Supported

For information on the hardware and software requirements, see Dell EMC OpenManage Ansible Modules version 2.0 Installation

Guide.

What's new?

• Improved capabilities with support for OpenManage Enterprise (OME).

• Create, modify or delete a user account using a new OME module (ome_user).

• A new OME module (ome_power_state) to perform the power management operations.

• Create, modify or deploy a template using a new OME module (dellemc_ome_template).

• Get the list and details of user accounts using a new OME module (dellemc_ome_user_facts).

• Get the list and details of templates using a new OME module (dellemc_ome_template_facts).

• A new OME module (dellemc_ome_job_facts) to view or track job details of PowerEdge devices .

• A new OME module (dellemc_ome_firmware) to update the firmware of PowerEdge devices and all its components.

• A new and rich OME module (dellemc_ome_device_facts) to retrieve the list of all devices with the exhaustive inventory of each

device.

• The modules dellemc_export_server_config_profile and dellemc_import_server_config_profile are deprecated and all the

functionality are added to the new dellemc_idrac_server_config_profile module.

• The dellemc_install_firmware module is deprecated and all the functionality are added to the new dellemc_idrac_firmware module.

For a complete list of supported features that you can leverage, see Dell EMC OpenManage Ansible Modules Version 2.0 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 2.0 Release Notes