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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.
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.
idrac_firmware:
idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
idrac_user: "user_name"
idrac_password: "user_password"
share_name: "http://downloads.dell.com"
reboot: True
job_wait: True
apply_update: True
- name: Update firmware from a repository on a HTTPS share.
idrac_firmware:
idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
idrac_user: "user_name"
idrac_password: "user_password"
share_name: "https://downloads.dell.com"
reboot: True
job_wait: True
apply_update: True
- name: Update firmware from a repository on a FTP share.
idrac_firmware:
idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
idrac_user: "user_name"
idrac_password: "user_password"
share_name: "ftp://ftp.dell.com"
reboot: True
job_wait: True
apply_update: True
Configuring PowerEdge Servers
Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) with LC provide the ability to generate a human-readable representation of
server configuration using Server Configuration Profile (SCP) feature. This file contains BIOS, iDRAC, LC, network, and RAID
configuration settings. You can modify this file as per your need and apply to other servers.
The SCP feature is used in the Ansible module to automate the configuration activity of PowerEdge servers and their
components.
Following are the tasks:
View LC status
Server Configuration Profile
Configuring iDRAC
Configure BIOS
Configure storage volume
Configure Collect System Inventory on Restart
Configure syslog
Modules for iDRAC
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