dellemc.openmanage.dellemc_get_firmware_inventory module – Get Firmware Inventory

Note

This module is part of the dellemc.openmanage collection (version 7.6.1).

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_get_firmware_inventory.

New in dellemc.openmanage 1.0.0

DEPRECATED

Removed in:

major release after 2023-01-15

Why:

Replaced with dellemc.openmanage.idrac_firmware_info.

Alternative:

Use dellemc.openmanage.idrac_firmware_info instead.

Synopsis

  • Get Firmware Inventory.

Requirements

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

  • omsdk >= 1.2.488

  • python >= 3.9.6

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.

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.

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 Dell iDRAC.

  • This module supports both IPv4 and IPv6 address for idrac_ip.

  • This module supports check_mode.

Examples

---
- name: Get Installed Firmware Inventory
  dellemc.openmanage.dellemc_get_firmware_inventory:
      idrac_ip:   "192.168.0.1"
      idrac_user: "user_name"
      idrac_password:  "user_password"
      ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"

Status

  • This module will be removed in a major release after 2023-01-15. [deprecated]

  • For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

  • Rajeev Arakkal (@rajeevarakkal)