community.general.wdc_redfish_info module – Manages WDC UltraStar Data102 Out-Of-Band controllers using Redfish APIs

Note

This module is part of the community.general collection (version 8.6.8).

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 community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.wdc_redfish_info.

New in community.general 5.4.0

Synopsis

  • Builds Redfish URIs locally and sends them to remote OOB controllers to get information back.

Aliases: remote_management.redfish.wdc_redfish_info

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

auth_token

string

Security token for authentication with OOB controller.

baseuri

string

Base URI of OOB controller. Must include this or ioms.

category

string / required

Category to execute on OOB controller.

command

list / elements=string / required

List of commands to execute on OOB controller.

ioms

list / elements=string

List of IOM FQDNs for the enclosure. Must include this or baseuri.

password

string

Password for authentication with OOB controller.

timeout

integer

Timeout in seconds for URL requests to OOB controller.

Default: 10

username

string

User for authentication with OOB controller.

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

This action does not modify state.

Can run in check_mode and return changed status prediction without modifying target.

diff_mode

Support: N/A

This action does not modify state.

Will return details on what has changed (or possibly needs changing in check_mode), when in diff mode.

Notes

Note

  • In the inventory, you can specify baseuri or ioms. See the EXAMPLES section.

  • ioms is a list of FQDNs for the enclosure’s IOMs.

Examples

- name: Get Simple Update Status with individual IOMs specified
  community.general.wdc_redfish_info:
    category: Update
    command: SimpleUpdateStatus
    ioms:
      - iom1.wdc.com
      - iom2.wdc.com
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
  register: result

- name: Print fetched information
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ result.redfish_facts.simple_update_status.entries | to_nice_json }}"

- name: Get Simple Update Status with baseuri specified
  community.general.wdc_redfish_info:
    category: Update
    command: SimpleUpdateStatus
    baseuri: "iom1.wdc.com"
    username: "{{ username }}"
    password: "{{ password }}"
  register: result

- name: Print fetched information
  ansible.builtin.debug:
    msg: "{{ result.redfish_facts.simple_update_status.entries | to_nice_json }}"

Return Values

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

Key

Description

Description

string

Firmware update status description.

Returned: always

Sample: "Ready for FW update"

ErrorCode

integer

Numeric error code for firmware update status. Non-zero indicates an error condition.

Returned: always

Sample: 0

EstimatedRemainingMinutes

integer

Estimated number of minutes remaining in firmware update operation.

Returned: always

Sample: 20

StatusCode

integer

Firmware update status code.

Returned: always

Sample: 2

Authors

  • Mike Moerk (@mikemoerk)