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

Note

This role is part of the dellemc.openmanage collection (version 8.7.0).

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.

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

Entry point main – Firmware update from a repository on a network share (CIFS, NFS, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP)

New in dellemc.openmanage 7.5.0

Synopsis

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

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

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"

hostname

string / required

iDRAC IP Address or hostname.

http_timeout

integer

The socket level timeout in seconds.

Default: 30

https_port

integer

iDRAC port.

Default: 443

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)

password

string

iDRAC user password.

proxy_passwd

string

The password for the proxy server.

proxy_port

integer

The Port for the proxy server.

This is required when proxy_support is ParametersProxy.

proxy_server

string

The IP address of the proxy server.

This IP will not be validated. The download job will be created even for invalid proxy_server. Please check the results of the job for error details.

This is required when proxy_support is ParametersProxy.

proxy_support

string

Specifies if a proxy should be used.

Proxy parameters are applicable on HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP share type of repositories.

ParametersProxy, sets the proxy parameters for the current firmware operation.

DefaultProxy, iDRAC uses the proxy values set by default.

Default Proxy can be set in the Lifecycle Controller attributes using dellemc.openmanage.idrac_attributes.

Off, will not use the proxy.

For iDRAC8 based servers, use proxy server with basic authentication.

For iDRAC9 based servers, ensure that you use digest authentication for the proxy server, basic authentication is not supported.

Choices:

  • "ParametersProxy"

  • "DefaultProxy"

  • "Off" ← (default)

proxy_type

string

The proxy type of the proxy server.

This is required when proxy_support is ParametersProxy.

Choices:

  • "HTTP"

  • "SOCKS"

proxy_uname

string

The user name for the proxy server.

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_name

string / required

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

share_password

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.

username

string

iDRAC username with admin privileges.

validate_certs

boolean

If false, the SSL certificates will not be validated.

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

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)