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inspur.sm.edit_bios – Set BIOS setup attributes.

Note

This plugin is part of the inspur.sm collection (version 1.3.0).

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 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	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”. Only the M5 model supports this parameter.
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	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 (@ISIB-group)