kaytus.ksmanage.update_fw module – Update firmware

Note

This module is part of the kaytus.ksmanage collection (version 1.2.2).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install kaytus.ksmanage. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: kaytus.ksmanage.update_fw.

New in kaytus.ksmanage 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • Update firmware on kaytus Server.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • Python 3.7+

  • inManage

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

dual_image

string

Update dual image(default) or not.

Only the M5 model supports this parameter.

Choices:

  • "single"

  • "dual" ← (default)

has_me

integer

Update me or not when update bios, only work in INTEL platform, 0-no, 1-yes.

Only the M5 model supports this parameter.

Choices:

  • 0

  • 1 ← (default)

host

string

Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote device over the specified transport. The value of host is used as the destination address for the transport.

mode

string

Active mode, Manual or Auto(default).

Choices:

  • "Auto" ← (default)

  • "Manual"

over_ride

integer

Reserve Configurations, 0-reserve, 1-override.

Choices:

  • 0 ← (default)

  • 1

password

string

Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD will be used instead.

provider

dictionary

A dict object containing connection details.

host

string

Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote device over the specified transport. The value of host is used as the destination address for the transport.

password

string

Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD will be used instead.

username

string

Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead.

type

string

Firmware type.

Choices:

  • "BMC"

  • "BIOS"

url

string / required

Firmware image url.

username

string

Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead.

Notes

Note

  • Does not support check_mode.

Examples

- name: Update fw test
  hosts: ksmanage
  connection: local
  gather_facts: false
  vars:
    ksmanage:
      host: "{{ ansible_ssh_host }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"

  tasks:

  - name: "update bios"
    kaytus.ksmanage.update_fw:
      url: "/home/wbs/SA5112M5_BIOS_4.1.8_Standard_20200117.bin"
      type: "BIOS"
      provider: "{{ ksmanage }}"

  - name: "update bmc"
    kaytus.ksmanage.update_fw:
      url: "/home/wbs/SA5112M5_BMC_4.17.7_Standard_20200430"
      mode: "Auto"
      type: "BMC"
      dual_image: "dual"
      provider: "{{ ksmanage }}"

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

changed

boolean

Check to see if a change was made on the device.

Returned: always

message

string

Messages returned after module execution.

Returned: always

state

string

Status after module execution.

Returned: always

Authors

  • WangBaoshan (@ieisystem)