Users Guide

Options
Table 5. dellemc_idrac_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).
reboot No False NA
Whether to reboot
after applying the
updates or not.
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.
share_mnt Yes NA NA
Local mount path of
the network share with
read-write permission
for ansible user. This
option is mandatory for
Network share.
Return Values
msg:
type: str
description: Over all firmware update status.
returned: always
sample: "Successfully updated the firmware."
update_status:
type: dict
description: Firmware Update job and progress details from the iDRAC.
returned: success
sample: {
'InstanceID': 'JID_XXXXXXXXXXXX',
'JobState': 'Completed',
'Message': 'Job completed successfully.',
'MessageId': 'REDXXX',
'Name': 'Repository Update',
'JobStartTime': 'NA',
'Status': 'Success',
}
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Modules for iDRAC