Users Guide

Table 1. dellemc_get_firmware_inventory (continued)
Parameter Required Default Choices Comments
idrac_pwd Yes NA NA iDRAC user password
idrac_port No 443 NA iDRAC port
Table 2. Return Values
Name Description Returned Type Sample
Firmware Inventory
● Components of a
server and their
firmware versions.
● List of dictionaries,
1 dictionary per
firmware.
Success String
https://github.com/dell/Dell-EMC-Ansible-
Modules-for-iDRAC/blob/master/samples/
dellemc_get_firmware_inventory.md
Examples
-name: Get Installed Firmware Inventory
dellemc_get_firmware_inventory:
idrac_ip: "xx.xx.xx.xx"
idrac_user: "xxxx"
idrac_pwd: "xxxxxxxx"
Install firmware
Module: dellemc_install_firmware
Synopsis
You can install the firmware from a repository on a network share (CIFS, NFS) to keep the system updated.
● For 12
th
and 13
th
generation of PowerEdge servers, firmware update from a network repository is performed using WS-Man
APIs.
● For 14
th
generation of PowerEdge servers, firmware update from a network repository is performed using the SCP.
To install the firmware:
● Make sure the network share contains a valid repository of Dell Update Packages (DUPs) and a catalog file that consists the
latest DUPs.
● All applicable updates contained in the repository are applied to the system.
Check_mode support: No
NOTE: This module is deprecated and replaced with dellemc_idrac_firmware.
Options
Table 3. dellemc_install_firmware
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 user password
idrac_port No 443 NA iDRAC port
job_wait Yes True NA
Whether to wait for job
completion or not.
catalog_file_name No Catalog.xml NA
Catalog file name
relative to the
I(share_name).
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