dellemc.openmanage.ome_identity_pool module – Manages identity pool settings on OpenManage Enterprise

Note

This module is part of the dellemc.openmanage collection (version 9.7.0).

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. 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_identity_pool.

New in dellemc.openmanage 2.1.0

Synopsis

  • This module allows to create, modify, or delete a single identity pool on OpenManage Enterprise.

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.

ethernet_settings

dictionary

Applicable for creating and modifying an identity pool using Ethernet settings.

starting_mac_address and identity_count are required to create an identity pool.

identity_count

integer

Number of MAC addresses.

starting_mac_address

string

Starting MAC address of the ethernet setting.

fc_settings

dictionary

Applicable for creating and modifying an identity pool using fibre channel(FC) settings.

This option allows OpenManage Enterprise to generate a Worldwide port name (WWPN) and Worldwide node name (WWNN) address.

The value 0x2001 is beginning to the starting address for the generation of a WWPN, and 0x2000 for a WWNN.

starting_address and identity_count are required to create an identity pool.

identity_count

integer

Number of MAC addresses.identity_count is required to option to create FC settings.

starting_address

string

Starting MAC Address of FC setting.starting_address is required to option to create FC settings.

fcoe_settings

dictionary

Applicable for creating and modifying an identity pool using FCoE settings.

starting_mac_address and identity_count are required to create an identity pool.

identity_count

integer

Number of MAC addresses.

starting_mac_address

string

Starting MAC Address of the FCoE setting.

hostname

string / required

OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular IP address or hostname.

iscsi_settings

dictionary

Applicable for creating and modifying an identity pool using ISCSI settings.

starting_mac_address, identity_count, iqn_prefix, ip_range and subnet_mask are required to create an identity pool.

identity_count

integer

Number of MAC addresses.

initiator_config

dictionary

Applicable for creating and modifying an identity pool using iSCSI Initiator settings.

iqn_prefix

string

IQN prefix addresses.

initiator_ip_pool_settings

dictionary

Applicable for creating and modifying an identity pool using ISCSI Initiator IP pool settings.

gateway

string

IP address of gateway.

ip_range

string

Range of non-multicast IP addresses.

primary_dns_server

string

IP address of the primary DNS server.

secondary_dns_server

string

IP address of the secondary DNS server.

subnet_mask

string

Subnet mask for ip_range.

starting_mac_address

string

Starting MAC address of the iSCSI setting.This is required option for iSCSI setting.

new_pool_name

string

After creating an identity pool, pool_name can be changed to new_pool_name.

This option is ignored when creating an identity pool.

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

pool_description

string

Description of the identity pool.

pool_name

string / required

This option is mandatory for state when creating, modifying and deleting an identity pool.

port

integer

OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular HTTPS port.

Default: 443

state

string

present modifies an existing identity pool. If the provided I (pool_name) does not exist, it creates an identity pool. - absent deletes an existing identity pool.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

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: Create an identity pool using ethernet, FCoE, iSCSI and FC settings
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_identity_pool:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    state: present
    pool_name: "pool1"
    pool_description: "Identity pool with Ethernet, FCoE, iSCSI and FC settings"
    ethernet_settings:
      starting_mac_address: "50:50:50:50:50:00"
      identity_count: 60
    fcoe_settings:
      starting_mac_address: "70:70:70:70:70:00"
      identity_count: 75
    iscsi_settings:
      starting_mac_address: "60:60:60:60:60:00"
      identity_count: 30
      initiator_config:
        iqn_prefix: "iqn.myprefix."
      initiator_ip_pool_settings:
        ip_range: "10.33.0.1-10.33.0.255"
        subnet_mask: "255.255.255.0"
        gateway: "192.168.4.1"
        primary_dns_server: "10.8.8.8"
        secondary_dns_server: "8.8.8.8"
    fc_settings:
      starting_address: "30:30:30:30:30:00"
      identity_count: 45

- name: Create an identity pool using only ethernet settings
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_identity_pool:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    pool_name: "pool2"
    pool_description: "create identity pool with ethernet"
    ethernet_settings:
      starting_mac_address: "aa-bb-cc-dd-ee-aa"
      identity_count: 80

- name: Modify an identity pool
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_identity_pool:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    pool_name: "pool2"
    new_pool_name: "pool3"
    pool_description: "modifying identity pool with ethernet and fcoe settings"
    ethernet_settings:
      starting_mac_address: "90-90-90-90-90-90"
      identity_count: 61
    fcoe_settings:
      starting_mac_address: "aabb.ccdd.5050"
      identity_count: 77

- name: Modify an identity pool using iSCSI and FC settings
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_identity_pool:
    hostname: "{{hostname}}"
    username: "{{username}}"
    password: "{{password}}"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    pool_name: "pool_new"
    new_pool_name: "pool_new2"
    pool_description: "modifying identity pool with iscsi and fc settings"
    iscsi_settings:
      identity_count: 99
      initiator_config:
        iqn_prefix: "iqn1.myprefix2."
      initiator_ip_pool_settings:
        gateway: "192.168.4.5"
    fc_settings:
      starting_address: "10:10:10:10:10:10"
      identity_count: 98

- name: Delete an identity pool
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_identity_pool:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    state: "absent"
    pool_name: "pool2"

Return Values

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

Key

Description

error_info

dictionary

Details of the HTTP Error.

Returned: on HTTP error

Sample: {"error": {"@Message.ExtendedInfo": [{"Message": "Unable to process the request because an error occurred: Ethernet-MAC Range overlap found (in this Identity Pool or in a different one) .", "MessageArgs": ["Ethernet-MAC Range overlap found (in this Identity Pool or in a different one)\""], "MessageId": "CGEN6001", "RelatedProperties": [], "Resolution": "Retry the operation. If the issue persists, contact your system administrator.", "Severity": "Critical"}], "code": "Base.1.0.GeneralError", "message": "A general error has occurred. See ExtendedInfo for more information."}}

msg

string

Overall status of the identity pool operation.

Returned: always

Sample: "Successfully created an identity pool."

pool_status

dictionary

Details of the user operation, when state is present.

Returned: success

Sample: {"Id": 29, "IsSuccessful": true, "Issues": []}

Authors

  • Sajna Shetty(@Sajna-Shetty)

  • Deepak Joshi(@Dell-Deepak-Joshi))