Install Guide

Table Of Contents

Overview

Dell EMC OpenManage Ansible Modules allows data center and IT administrators to use RedHat Ansible to automate and

orchestrate the configuration, deployment, and update of Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers (12th generation of PowerEdge servers

and later) by leveraging the management automation capabilities in-built into the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller

(iDRAC).

This installation guide provides information about installation and uninstallation of Dell EMC OpenManage Ansible Modules.

The latest stable version of OpenManage Ansible Modules is available at dell.com/support. In addition to dell.com/support,

you can download OpenManage Ansible modules from github.com/dell/Dell-EMC-Ansible-Modules-for-iDRAC. Modules that are

downloaded from this GitHub location are supported by Dell EMC.

Topics:

• Prerequisites

• OpenManage Ansible Modules Support Matrix

Prerequisites

Following are the requirements to install Dell EMC OpenManage Ansible Modules:

● Ensure that you install Ansible version 2.3 or later.

● Ensure that you install Python version 2.7.5 or later.

● Install the supported version of OpenManage Python Software Development Kit (OMSDK).

○ To install OMSDK, run pip install omsdk==1.2.345.

○ To uninstall OMSDK, run pip uninstall omsdk==1.2.345.

NOTE: Ensure that either internet connectivity exists or the local Python Package Index (PyPI) repository exists.

NOTE: In the 14th Generation of PowerEdge Servers, WSMan runs as non-root user and you need to set 644 as a

permission on the share to access the files.

OpenManage Ansible Modules Support Matrix

Table 1. Control Machine Requirements

Python Version Supported Operating System

2.7.5 and later

● Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.5

● SLES 12 SP3

Table 2. Managed Node Requirements

Dell EMC Device Supported Firmware Versions

and 13

generations of PowerEdge servers 2.50.50.50 and above

generation of PowerEdge servers 3.18.18.18 and above

4 Overview