Install 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 and modular infrastructure
by leveraging the management automation capabilities in-built into the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC),
OpenManage Enterprise and OpenManage Enterprise Modular.
OpenManage Ansible Modules simplify and automate provisioning, deployment, and update of PowerEdge servers and modular
infrastructure. It allows system administrators and software developers to introduce the physical infrastructure provisioning
into their software provisioning stack, integrate with existing DevOps pipelines and manage their infrastructure using version-
controlled playbooks, server configuration profiles, and templates in line with the Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) principles.
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 GitHub and Ansible Galaxy. Dell EMC supports modules
that are downloaded from both GitHub and Galaxy locations.
Topics:
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Prerequisites
• OpenManage Ansible Modules support matrix
Prerequisites
Following are the requirements to install Dell EMC OpenManage Ansible Modules:
● Ensure that you install Ansible version 4.3.0 and later.
● Ensure that you install Python version 2.7.17 and later or 3.9.5 and later.
To run the iDRAC modules, install OpenManage Python Software Development Kit (OMSDK) using either pip install
omsdk --upgrade or pip install -r requirements.txt . OMSDK can also be installed from https://github.com/
dell/omsdk
OpenManage Ansible Modules support matrix
Control Machine Requirements
Table 1. Control Machine Requirements
Python Version Supported Operating System
2.7.17 and later or 3.9.5 and later
● Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.4
● Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.3
● SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
● SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1
● Ubuntu 20.04.2
● Ubuntu 20.04.1
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