dellemc.openmanage.idrac_attributes role – Role to configure the iDRAC attribute

Note

This role is part of the dellemc.openmanage collection (version 9.1.0).

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_attributes.

Entry point main – Role to configure the iDRAC attribute

New in dellemc.openmanage 7.6.0

Synopsis

  • Role to configure the iDRAC system, manager and lifecycle attributes for Dell PowerEdge servers.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

ca_path

path

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

hostname

string / required

iDRAC IP Address or hostname.

https_port

integer

iDRAC port.

Default: 443

https_timeout

integer

The HTTPS socket level timeout in seconds.

Default: 30

idrac_attributes

dictionary

Dictionary of iDRAC attributes and value. The attributes should be part of the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller Attribute Registry.

To view the list of attributes in Attribute Registry for iDRAC9 and above, use the Role idrac_gather_facts with idrac components.

For iDRAC8 based servers, derive the manager attribute name from Server Configuration Profile.

If the manager attribute name in Server Configuration Profile is <GroupName>.<Instance>#<AttributeName> (for Example, ‘SNMP.1#AgentCommunity’) then the equivalent attribute name for Redfish is <GroupName>. <Instance>.<AttributeName> (for Example, ‘SNMP.1.AgentCommunity’).

lifecycle_controller_attributes

dictionary

Dictionary of Lifecycle Controller attributes and value. The attributes should be part of the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller Attribute Registry.

To view the list of attributes in Attribute Registry for iDRAC9 and above, use the Role idrac_gather_facts with idrac components

For iDRAC8 based servers, derive the manager attribute name from Server Configuration Profile.

If the manager attribute name in Server Configuration Profile is <GroupName>.<Instance>#<AttributeName> (for Example, ‘LCAttributes.1#AutoUpdate’) then the equivalent attribute name for Redfish is <GroupName>.<Instance>.<AttributeName> (for Example, ‘LCAttributes.1.AutoUpdate’).”

manager_id

string

Redfish ID of the resource. If the Redfish ID of the resource is not specified, then the first ID from the Manager IDs list will be picked up.

password

string

iDRAC user password.

system_attributes

dictionary

Dictionary of System attributes and value. The attributes should be part of the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller Attribute Registry.

To view the list of attributes in Attribute Registry for iDRAC9 and above, use the Role idrac_gather_facts with idrac components

For iDRAC8 based servers, derive the manager attribute name from Server Configuration Profile.

If the manager attribute name in Server Configuration Profile is <GroupName>.<Instance>#<AttributeName> (for Example, ‘ThermalSettings.1#ThermalProfile’) then the equivalent attribute name for Redfish is <GroupName>.<Instance>.<AttributeName> (for Example, ‘ThermalSettings.1.ThermalProfile’).

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)