inspur.sm.edit_bios – Set BIOS setup attributes.

Note

This plugin is part of the inspur.sm collection (version 1.1.2).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install inspur.sm.

To use it in a playbook, specify: inspur.sm.edit_bios.

New in version 0.1.0: of inspur.sm

Synopsis

• Set BIOS setup attributes on Inspur server.

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
attribute string			BIOS setup option. Required when file_url=None.
file_url string			BIOS option file.attribute must be used with value, Mutually exclusive with fileurl format,"/directory/filename".
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.
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.
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.
value string			BIOS setup option value. Required when file_url=None.

Examples

- name: Bios test
  hosts: ism
  connection: local
  gather_facts: no
  vars:
    ism:
      host: "{{ ansible_ssh_host }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"

  tasks:

  - name: "Set bios setup"
    inspur.sm.edit_bios:
      attribute: "VMX"
      value: "Disable"
      provider: "{{ ism }}"

  - name: "Set bios setup"
    inspur.sm.edit_bios:
      attribute: "VMX"
      value: "Enable"
      provider: "{{ ism }}"

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
changed boolean	always	Check to see if a change was made on the device.
message string	always	Messages returned after module execution.
state string	always	Status after module execution.

Authors

• WangBaoshan (@ISIB-group)