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
sample: {
"DeleteOnCompletion": "false",
"InstanceID": "DCIM_OSDConcreteJob:1",
"JobName": "BootToNetworkISO",
"JobStatus": "Success",
"Message": "The command was successful.",
"MessageID": "OSD1",
"Name": "BootToNetworkISO",
"Status": "Success",
"file": "192.168.0.0:/nfsfileshare/unattended_os_image.iso",
"retval": true
}
Example
- name: Boot to Network ISO
dellemc.openmanage.idrac_os_deployment:
idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
idrac_user: "user_name"
idrac_password: "user_password"
share_name: "192.168.0.0:/nfsfileshare"
iso_image: "unattended_os_image.iso"
expose_duration: 180
Server Inventory
This section describes the process of retrieving the server inventory of the PowerEdge Servers using Ansible Modules.
View the system inventory
Module: idrac_system_info
Synopsis
System inventory provides basic and component level detailed inventory information. You can run this module when you want to
verify the asset, configured state, inventory, and health-related information for the system and its component.
Check_mode support: No
Options
Table 16. idrac_system_info
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
Return Values
msg:
description: "Overall system inventory information status."
returned: always
type: str
sample: "Successfully fetched the system inventory details."
system_info:
type: dict
description: Details of the PowerEdge Server System Inventory.
returned: success
sample: {
"BIOS": [
{
Modules for iDRAC
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