Users Guide

Contents
1 Overview........................................................................................................................................................5
Key Features....................................................................................................................................................................... 5
What's new?.......................................................................................................................................................................6
2 Getting Started..............................................................................................................................................7
How OpenManage Ansible Modules works.................................................................................................................... 7
Running your rst Playbook.............................................................................................................................................. 7
3 Modules for iDRAC........................................................................................................................................ 8
How OpenManage Ansible Modules for iDRAC works..................................................................................................8
Running your rst iDRAC Playbook..................................................................................................................................8
Updating Firmware.............................................................................................................................................................9
View rmware inventory..............................................................................................................................................9
Install rmware............................................................................................................................................................10
Install iDRAC rmware................................................................................................................................................12
Conguring PowerEdge Servers.....................................................................................................................................13
View LC status............................................................................................................................................................ 14
Export Server Conguration Prole......................................................................................................................... 14
Import Server Conguration Prole......................................................................................................................... 16
Export or import Server Conguration Prole........................................................................................................ 17
Conguring iDRAC.....................................................................................................................................................20
Congure BIOS.......................................................................................................................................................... 30
Congure RAID...........................................................................................................................................................33
Congure Collect System Inventory on Restart.................................................................................................... 39
Congure syslog.........................................................................................................................................................40
Deploying operating system............................................................................................................................................ 41
Boot to a network ISO image................................................................................................................................... 42
Server Inventory...............................................................................................................................................................43
View the system inventory....................................................................................................................................... 43
Server administration tasks............................................................................................................................................ 43
Congure the power state on the PowerEdge servers.........................................................................................44
Reset iDRAC............................................................................................................................................................... 44
View LC job status.....................................................................................................................................................45
Export LC logs............................................................................................................................................................46
Delete LC job.............................................................................................................................................................. 47
Delete LC job queue...................................................................................................................................................48
Congure System Lockdown Mode........................................................................................................................ 49
4 Modules for OpenManage Enterprise (OME)............................................................................................... 51
How OpenManage Ansible Modules for OME works...................................................................................................51
Running your rst OME Playbook.................................................................................................................................. 51
View device inventory..................................................................................................................................................... 52
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