dellemc.openmanage.idrac_firmware module – Firmware update from a repository on a network share (CIFS, NFS, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP)

Note

This module is part of the dellemc.openmanage collection (version 6.3.0).

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 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.idrac_firmware.

New in dellemc.openmanage 2.1.0

Synopsis

  • Update the Firmware by connecting to a network share (CIFS, NFS, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP) that contains a catalog of available updates.

  • Network share should contain a valid repository of Update Packages (DUPs) and a catalog file describing the DUPs.

  • All applicable updates contained in the repository are applied to the system.

  • This feature is available only with iDRAC Enterprise License.

Requirements

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

  • omsdk >= 1.2.488

  • python >= 3.8.6

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

apply_update

boolean

If apply_update is set to True, then the packages are applied.

If apply_update is set to False, no updates are applied, and a catalog report of packages is generated and returned.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

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.

catalog_file_name

string

Catalog file name relative to the share_name.

Default: "Catalog.xml"

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.

ignore_cert_warning

boolean

Specifies if certificate warnings are ignored when HTTPS share is used. If True option is set, then the certificate warnings are ignored.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

job_wait

boolean

Whether to wait for job completion or not.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

reboot

boolean

Provides the option to apply the update packages immediately or in the next reboot.

If reboot is set to True, then the packages are applied immediately.

If reboot is set to False, then the packages are staged and applied in the next reboot.

Packages that do not require a reboot are applied immediately irrespective of I (reboot).

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

share_mnt

string

Local mount path of the network share with read-write permission for ansible user.

This option is not applicable for HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP shares.

share_name

string / required

Network share path of update repository. CIFS, NFS, HTTP, HTTPS and FTP share types are supported.

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

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

  • Module will report success based on the iDRAC firmware update parent job status if there are no individual component jobs present.

  • For server with iDRAC firmware 5.00.00.00 and later, if the repository contains unsupported packages, then the module will return success with a proper message.

  • This module supports check_mode.

Examples

---
- name: Update firmware from repository on a NFS Share
  dellemc.openmanage.idrac_firmware:
       idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
       idrac_user: "user_name"
       idrac_password: "user_password"
       ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
       share_name: "192.168.0.0:/share"
       reboot: True
       job_wait: True
       apply_update: True
       catalog_file_name: "Catalog.xml"

- name: Update firmware from repository on a CIFS Share
  dellemc.openmanage.idrac_firmware:
       idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
       idrac_user: "user_name"
       idrac_password: "user_password"
       ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
       share_name: "full_cifs_path"
       share_user: "share_user"
       share_password: "share_password"
       reboot: True
       job_wait: True
       apply_update: True
       catalog_file_name: "Catalog.xml"

- name: Update firmware from repository on a HTTP
  dellemc.openmanage.idrac_firmware:
       idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
       idrac_user: "user_name"
       idrac_password: "user_password"
       ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
       share_name: "http://downloads.dell.com"
       reboot: True
       job_wait: True
       apply_update: True

- name: Update firmware from repository on a HTTPS
  dellemc.openmanage.idrac_firmware:
       idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
       idrac_user: "user_name"
       idrac_password: "user_password"
       ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
       share_name: "https://downloads.dell.com"
       reboot: True
       job_wait: True
       apply_update: True

- name: Update firmware from repository on a FTP
  dellemc.openmanage.idrac_firmware:
       idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
       idrac_user: "user_name"
       idrac_password: "user_password"
       ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
       share_name: "ftp://ftp.dell.com"
       reboot: True
       job_wait: True
       apply_update: True

Return Values

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

Key

Description

msg

string

Overall firmware update status.

Returned: always

Sample: "Successfully updated the firmware."

update_status

dictionary

Firmware Update job and progress details from the iDRAC.

Returned: success

Sample: {"InstanceID": "JID_XXXXXXXXXXXX", "JobStartTime": "NA", "JobState": "Completed", "Message": "Job completed successfully.", "MessageId": "REDXXX", "Name": "Repository Update", "Status": "Success"}

Authors

  • Rajeev Arakkal (@rajeevarakkal)

  • Felix Stephen (@felixs88)