Users Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC OpenManage Ansible Modules Version 4.0.0 User’s Guide
- Contents
- Overview
- Getting Started
- Modules for iDRAC
- How OpenManage Ansible Modules work with iDRAC
- Running your first iDRAC Playbook
- Updating Firmware
- Configuring PowerEdge Servers
- Deploying operating system
- Server Inventory
- Server administration tasks
- Storage controller
- Modules for OpenManage Enterprise (OME)
- How OpenManage Ansible Modules work with OME
- Running your first OME Playbook
- Manage Devices
- Manage device configuration templates
- Template Service
- Manage the device firmware
- Manage jobs
- Manage users
- Manage identity pool
- Manage application settings
- Manage network configuration
- Manage fabrics
- Manage Profiles
- Device discovery
- Manage Chassis
- Manage Active Directory service and user groups
- Diagnostics
- Modules for Redfish APIs
- Deprecated modules
Table 2. idrac_firmware (continued)
Parameter/aliases Required Default Choices Comments
is used. If C(True) option is set,
then the certificate warnings
are ignored.
apply_update No True NA
If I(apply_update) is set to
C(True), then the update
packages are applied. If
I(apply_update) is set to
C(False), then the update
packages are not applied, and
a firmware compliance report is
generated of the components
associated with iDRAC.
Return Values
msg:
type: str
description: Overall 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',
}
Example
- name: Update firmware from a repository on a NFS Share
dellemc.openmanage.idrac_firmware:
idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
idrac_user: "user_name"
idrac_password: "user_password"
share_name: "192.168.0.0:/share"
reboot: True
job_wait: True
apply_update: True
catalog_file_name: "Catalog.xml"
- name: Update firmware from a repository on a CIFS Share
dellemc.openmanage.idrac_firmware:
idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
idrac_user: "user_name"
idrac_password: "user_password"
share_name: "\\\\192.168.0.0\\cifs"
share_user: "share_user"
share_password: "share_password"
share_mnt: "/mnt_path"
reboot: True
job_wait: True
apply_update: True
catalog_file_name: "Catalog.xml"
- name: Update firmware from a repository on a HTTP share
dellemc.openmanage.idrac_firmware:
idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
Modules for iDRAC
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