dellemc.openmanage.dellemc_idrac_lc_attributes module – Enable or disable Collect System Inventory on Restart (CSIOR) property for all iDRAC/LC jobs

Note

This module is part of the dellemc.openmanage collection (version 5.5.0).

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 dellemc.openmanage. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: dellemc.openmanage.dellemc_idrac_lc_attributes.

New in dellemc.openmanage 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • This module is responsible for enabling or disabling of Collect System Inventory on Restart (CSIOR) property for all iDRAC/LC jobs.

Requirements

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

  • omsdk >= 1.2.488

  • python >= 3.8.6

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

ca_path

path

added in dellemc.openmanage 5.0.0

The Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM) file that contains a CA certificate to be used for the validation.

csior

string

Whether to Enable or Disable Collect System Inventory on Restart (CSIOR) property for all iDRAC/LC jobs.

Choices:

  • "Enabled" ← (default)

  • "Disabled"

idrac_ip

string / required

iDRAC IP Address.

idrac_password

aliases: idrac_pwd

string / required

iDRAC user password.

idrac_port

integer

iDRAC port.

Default: 443

idrac_user

string / required

iDRAC username.

share_mnt

string

Local mount path of the network share with read-write permission for ansible user. This option is mandatory for Network Share.

share_name

string / required

Network share or a local path.

share_password

aliases: share_pwd

string

Network share user password. This option is mandatory for CIFS Network Share.

share_user

string

Network share user in the format ‘user@domain’ or ‘domain\user’ if user is part of a domain else ‘user’. This option is mandatory for CIFS Network Share.

timeout

integer

added in dellemc.openmanage 5.0.0

The socket level timeout in seconds.

Default: 30

validate_certs

boolean

added in dellemc.openmanage 5.0.0

If False, the SSL certificates will not be validated.

Configure False only on personally controlled sites where self-signed certificates are used.

Prior to collection version 5.0.0, the validate_certs is False by default.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

Notes

Note

  • This module requires ‘Administrator’ privilege for idrac_user.

  • Run this module from a system that has direct access to Dell EMC iDRAC.

  • This module supports check_mode.

Examples

---
- name: Set up iDRAC LC Attributes
  dellemc.openmanage.dellemc_idrac_lc_attributes:
       idrac_ip:   "192.168.0.1"
       idrac_user: "user_name"
       idrac_password:  "user_password"
       ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
       share_name: "192.168.0.1:/share"
       share_mnt: "/mnt/share"
       csior: "Enabled"

Return Values

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

Key

Description

error_info

dictionary

Details of the HTTP Error.

Returned: on HTTP error

Sample: {"error": {"@Message.ExtendedInfo": [{"Message": "Unable to process the request because an error occurred.", "MessageArgs": [], "MessageId": "GEN1234", "RelatedProperties": [], "Resolution": "Retry the operation. If the issue persists, contact your system administrator.", "Severity": "Critical"}], "code": "Base.1.0.GeneralError", "message": "A general error has occurred. See ExtendedInfo for more information."}}

lc_attribute_status

dictionary

Collect System Inventory on Restart (CSIOR) property for all iDRAC/LC jobs is configured.

Returned: success

Sample: {"CompletionTime": "2020-03-30T00:06:53", "Description": "Job Instance", "EndTime": null, "Id": "JID_1234512345", "JobState": "Completed", "JobType": "ImportConfiguration", "Message": "Successfully imported and applied Server Configuration Profile.", "MessageArgs": [], "MessageArgs@odata.count": 0, "MessageId": "SYS053", "Name": "Import Configuration", "PercentComplete": 100, "StartTime": "TIME_NOW", "Status": "Success", "TargetSettingsURI": null, "retval": true}

msg

string

Overall status of iDRAC LC attributes configuration.

Returned: always

Sample: "Successfully configured the iDRAC LC attributes."

Authors

  • Felix Stephen (@felixs88)