Users Guide

Boot to a network ISO image

Module: dellemc_boot_to_network_iso

Synopsis

This module facilitates the operating system deployment. You can run this module to boot the target system to a bootable ISO image on a

CIFS or NFS share. This module looks for the customized ISO in the congured share location and transfers the image to iDRAC to load it.

On the system reboot, the OS deployment begins.

Check_mode support: No

Options

Table 32. dellemc_boot_to_network_iso

Parameter Required Default Choices Comments

idrac_ip Yes NA NA iDRAC IP Address

idrac_user Yes NA NA iDRAC username

idrac_pwd Yes NA NA iDRAC password

idrac_port No 443 NA iDRAC port

iso_image Yes NA NA Network ISO name

share_name Yes NA NA CIFS or NFS Network share

share_user No NA NA

Network share user in the format

'user@domain' or 'domain\user' if user is part of

a domain else 'user'. This option is mandatory

for CIFS Network share.

share_pwd No NA NA

Network share user password. This option is

mandatory for CIFS Network share.

Table 33. Return Values

Name Description Returned Type Sample

Boot to Network ISO

Boots to a network ISO

Image

Success String

https://github.com/dell/Dell-EMC-

Ansible-Modules-for-iDRAC/blob/

master/samples/

dellemc_boot_to_network_iso.md

Example

-name: Boot to Network ISO

dellemc_boot_to_network_iso:

idrac_ip: "xx.xx.xx.xx"

idrac_user: "xxxx"

idrac_pwd: "xxxxxxxx"

share_name: "xx.xx.xx.xx:/share"

share_user: "xxxx"

share_pwd: "xxxxxxxx"

iso_image: "uninterrupted_os_installation_image.iso"

Modules for iDRAC