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Synopsis
This module configures the BIOS attributes for PowerEdge servers.
Check_mode support: Yes
Options
Table 23. dellemc_configure_bios
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
share_name No NA NA
CIFS or NFS network share or a local
path
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 No NA NA
Local mount path of the network share
with read-write permission for Ansible
user. This option is mandatory for CIFS
or NFS Network share.
boot_mode No NA
● Bios
● Uefi
(deprecated) Configures the boot mode
to BIOS or UEFI.
NOTE: This option has been
deprecated, and will be removed
in the later version. Please use
the I(attributes) for BIOS attributes
configuration instead.
NOTE: I(boot_mode) is mutually
exclusive with I(boot_sources).
boot_sequence
No NA NA
(deprecated) Boot devices' FQDDs in
the sequential order for BIOS or UEFI
Boot Sequence.
Provide the I(boot_mode) option
to determine the appropriate boot
sequence to be applied.
NOTE: This option has been
deprecated, and will be removed in
the later version. Please use the
I(attributes) or I(boot_sources) for
Boot Sequence modification instead.
NOTE: I(boot_sequence) is mutually
exclusive with I(boot_sources).
nvme_mode No NA
● NonRaid
● Raid
(deprecated) Configures the NVME
mode in the 14
th
generation of
PowerEdge servers.
28 Modules for iDRAC