Users Guide

Table 2. Return Values
Name Description Returned Type Output
Firmware Inventory
● Components of a
server and their
firmware versions.
● List of dictionaries,
1 dictionary per
firmware.
Success String
https://github.com/dell/dellemc-openmanage-
ansible-modules/tree/devel/output/idrac/
dellemc_get_firmware_inventory.md
Examples
-name: Get Installed Firmware Inventory
dellemc_get_firmware_inventory:
idrac_ip: "xx.xx.xx.xx"
idrac_user: "xxxx"
idrac_password: "xxxxxxxx"
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 3. 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
Modules for iDRAC 11