Users Guide

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 user guide provides information about using Dell EMC OpenManage Ansible Modules and its different use cases.
In addition to dell.com/support, you can download Ansible modules from https://github.com/dell/Dell-EMC-Ansible-Modules-
for-iDRAC. Modules that are downloaded from this GitHub location are supported by Dell EMC.
Topics:
• Key Features
• What's new?
Key Features
The key features in OpenManage Ansible Modules are:
● Export a server configuration profile (SCP) containing either the entire server configuration or component level
configuration (iDRAC, BIOS, RAID, NIC) to a local file path on Ansible controller or a remote network share.
● Import an SCP from a local file path on Ansible controller or a remote network share.
● Support for configuration of BIOS, Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC), NIC, and RAID.
● Support for firmware update using a Firmware Repository hosted on a remote network share.
● Support for viewing firmware inventory details.
● Support for Windows, Linux, and ESXi operating system deployments.
● Support for configuring power controls, resetting iDRAC, viewing Lifecycle Controller (LC) job status, deleting LC job,
deleting LC job queue, exporting LC logs, and configuring system lockdown mode.
● Retrieve the system inventory details.
NOTE: These features are supported only on iDRAC with enterprise license.
What's new?
● Added support for streaming the Server Configuration Profile (SCP) within the HTTP or HTTPS messages for import or
export operation to/from an iDRAC using Local file path on Ansible controller.
● A new and feature rich Storage Volume module (dellemc_idrac_storage_volume) to:
○ Support RAID volume creation on BOSS Controller.
○ View all the volumes for a RAID controller.
○ Create multiple RAID volumes on a storage controller using a single Ansible task.
○ Select physical disks either the respective Slot locations or Physical Disk IDs while creating a RAID volume.
○ Support multiple VD creation on a disk group.
● The dellemc_configure_raid module is deprecated and all the functionality are added to the new
dellemc_idrac_storage_volume module.
● Enhanced BIOS configuration module to:
○ Support configuration of all the BIOS attributes (such as boot settings, processor settings, memory settings, system and
workload profiles, system security etc).
○ Support Boot Source State modification using Redfish APIs — reorder, enable or disable boot source devices.
● Added support for providing a Custom Catalog file name while using firmware update from a DRM repository.
● Support for check mode — find out whether configuration changes are available to be made to the servers.
● New and updated playbook examples.
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