Users Guide

Install firmware
Module: idrac_firmware
Synopsis:The firmware can be installed from a repository on a network share (CIFS, NFS, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP) to keep the
system updated. To install the firmware, connect to a network share that contains a valid repository of Dell Update Packages
(DUPs), and a catalog file describing the DUPs.
Check_mode support: No
Options
Table 2. idrac_firmware
Parameter/aliases Required Default Choices Comments
idrac_ip Yes NA NA iDRAC IP Address
idrac_user Yes NA NA iDRAC username
idrac_password/
idrac_pwd
Yes NA NA iDRAC user password
idrac_port No 443 NA iDRAC port
job_wait No True NA
Provides the option to wait for
job completion.
catalog_file_name No Catalog.xml NA
Catalog file name relative to the
I(share_name).
reboot No False NA
Provides the option to reboot
during the update process. If
I(reboot) is set to C(True),
then the system (host) reboots
during the update process. If
I(reboot) is set to C(False) ,
then the updates take effect
after the system reboots the
next time.
If I(reboot) is set to C(False),
and I(apply_update) is set to
C(True), then the applicable
update packages are staged
and applied in the next system
reboot
share_name Yes NA NA
Network share path of update
repository. CIFS, NFS, HTP,
HTTPS and FTS share types are
supported.
share_user No NA NA
User name required to
access the network share
must be provided as either
'user@domain' or 'domain\user'.
This option is mandatory for
CIFS network share.
share_password/
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 the Ansible user.
ignore_cert_warning No True NA
Specifies if certificate warnings
are ignored when HTTPS share
12 Modules for iDRAC