dellemc.openmanage.ome_device_info module – Retrieves the information of devices inventoried by OpenManage Enterprise

Note

This module is part of the dellemc.openmanage collection (version 9.8.0).

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.ome_device_info.

New in dellemc.openmanage 2.0.0

Synopsis

  • This module retrieves the list of devices in the inventory of OpenManage Enterprise along with the details of each device.

Requirements

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

  • 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.

fact_subset

string

basic_inventory returns the list of the devices.

detailed_inventory returns the inventory details of specified devices.

subsystem_health returns the health status of specified devices.

Choices:

  • "basic_inventory" ← (default)

  • "detailed_inventory"

  • "subsystem_health"

hostname

string / required

OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular IP address or hostname.

password

string

OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular password.

If the password is not provided, then the environment variable OME_PASSWORD is used.

Example: export OME_PASSWORD=password

port

integer

OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular HTTPS port.

Default: 443

system_query_options

dictionary

system_query_options applicable for the choices of the fact_subset. Either device_id or device_service_tag is mandatory for detailed_inventory and subsystem_health or both can be applicable.

device_id

list / elements=integer

A list of unique identifier is applicable for detailed_inventory and subsystem_health.

device_service_tag

list / elements=string

A list of service tags are applicable for detailed_inventory and subsystem_health.

filter

string

For basic_inventory, it filters the collection of devices. filter query format should be aligned with OData standards.

inventory_type

string

For detailed_inventory, it returns details of the specified inventory type.

timeout

integer

added in dellemc.openmanage 5.0.0

The socket level timeout in seconds.

Default: 30

username

string

OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular username.

If the username is not provided, then the environment variable OME_USERNAME is used.

Example: export OME_USERNAME=username

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)

x_auth_token

string

added in dellemc.openmanage 9.3.0

Authentication token.

If the x_auth_token is not provided, then the environment variable OME_X_AUTH_TOKEN is used.

Example: export OME_X_AUTH_TOKEN=x_auth_token

Notes

Note

  • Run this module from a system that has direct access to Dell OpenManage Enterprise.

  • This module supports check_mode.

Examples

---
- name: Retrieve basic inventory of all devices
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_device_info:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"

- name: Retrieve basic inventory for devices identified by IDs 33333 or 11111 using filtering
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_device_info:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    fact_subset: "basic_inventory"
    system_query_options:
      filter: "Id eq 33333 or Id eq 11111"

- name: Retrieve inventory details of specified devices identified by IDs 11111 and 22222
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_device_info:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    fact_subset: "detailed_inventory"
    system_query_options:
      device_id:
        - 11111
        - 22222

- name: Retrieve inventory details of specified devices identified by service tags MXL1234 and MXL4567
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_device_info:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    fact_subset: "detailed_inventory"
    system_query_options:
      device_service_tag:
        - MXL1234
        - MXL4567

- name: Retrieve details of specified inventory type of specified devices identified by ID and service tags
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_device_info:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    fact_subset: "detailed_inventory"
    system_query_options:
      device_id:
        - 11111
      device_service_tag:
        - MXL1234
        - MXL4567
      inventory_type: "serverDeviceCards"

- name: Retrieve subsystem health of specified devices identified by service tags
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_device_info:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    fact_subset: "subsystem_health"
    system_query_options:
      device_service_tag:
        - MXL1234
        - MXL4567

Return Values

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

Key

Description

device_info

dictionary

Returns the information collected from the Device.

Returned: success

Sample: {"value": [{"Actions": null, "AssetTag": null, "ChassisServiceTag": null, "ConnectionState": true, "DeviceManagement": [{"DnsName": "dnsname.host.com", "InstrumentationName": "MX-12345", "MacAddress": "11:10:11:10:11:10", "ManagementId": 12345, "ManagementProfile": [{"HasCreds": 0, "ManagementId": 12345, "ManagementProfileId": 12345, "ManagementURL": "https://192.168.0.1:443", "Status": 1000, "StatusDateTime": "2019-01-21 06:30:08.501"}], "ManagementType": 2, "NetworkAddress": "192.168.0.1"}], "DeviceName": "MX-0003I", "DeviceServiceTag": "MXL1234", "DeviceSubscription": null, "LastInventoryTime": "2019-01-21 06:30:08.501", "LastStatusTime": "2019-01-21 06:30:02.492", "ManagedState": 3000, "Model": "PowerEdge MX7000", "PowerState": 17, "SlotConfiguration": {}, "Status": 4000, "SystemId": 2031, "Type": 2000}]}

msg

string

Over all device information status.

Returned: on error

Sample: "Failed to fetch the device information"

Authors

  • Sajna Shetty (@Sajna-Shetty)

  • Felix Stephen (@felixs88)