Users Guide

Table 3. idrac_firmware (continued)
Parameter/aliases Required Default Choices Comments
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
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.
idrac_firmware:
idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
idrac_user: "user_name"
idrac_password: "user_password"
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Modules for iDRAC