idrac_redfish_config – Manages servers through iDRAC using Dell Redfish APIs

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

  • For use with Dell iDRAC operations that require Redfish OEM extensions
  • Builds Redfish URIs locally and sends them to remote iDRAC controllers to set or update a configuration attribute.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
baseuri
string / required
Base URI of iDRAC
category
string / required
Category to execute on iDRAC
command
list / required
List of commands to execute on iDRAC
manager_attribute_name
string
Default:
"null"
name of iDRAC attribute to update
manager_attribute_value
string
Default:
"null"
value of iDRAC attribute to update
password
string / required
Password for authentication with iDRAC
timeout
integer
Default:
10
Timeout in seconds for URL requests to iDRAC controller
username
string / required
User for authentication with iDRAC

Examples

- name: Enable NTP in iDRAC
  idrac_redfish_config:
    category: Manager
    command: SetManagerAttributes
    manager_attribute_name: NTPConfigGroup.1.NTPEnable
    manager_attribute_value: Enabled
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username}}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
- name: Set NTP server 1 to {{ ntpserver1 }} in iDRAC
  idrac_redfish_config:
    category: Manager
    command: SetManagerAttributes
    manager_attribute_name: NTPConfigGroup.1.NTP1
    manager_attribute_value: "{{ ntpserver1 }}"
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username}}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
- name: Set Timezone to {{ timezone }} in iDRAC
  idrac_redfish_config:
    category: Manager
    command: SetManagerAttributes
    manager_attribute_name: Time.1.Timezone
    manager_attribute_value: "{{ timezone }}"
    baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
    username: "{{ username}}"
    password: "{{ password }}"

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
msg
string
always
Message with action result or error description

Sample:
Action was successful


Status

Authors

  • Jose Delarosa (@jose-delarosa)

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