hitachivantara.vspone_block.sds_block.hv_sds_block_storage_node_bmc_connection_facts module – Get storage node BMC access settings from the storage system.

Note

This module is part of the hitachivantara.vspone_block collection (version 4.8.2).

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 hitachivantara.vspone_block. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: hitachivantara.vspone_block.sds_block.hv_sds_block_storage_node_bmc_connection_facts.

New in hitachivantara.vspone_block 4.2.0

Synopsis

Requirements

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

  • python >= 3.9

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

connection_info

dictionary / required

Information required to establish a connection to the storage system.

address

string / required

IP address or hostname of the storage system.

connection_type

string

Type of connection to the storage system.

Choices:

  • "direct" ← (default)

password

string / required

Password for authentication. This is a required field.

username

string / required

Username for authentication. This is a required field.

spec

dictionary

Specification for retrieving storage node BMC access settings information. This operation is valid only for bare metal.

id

string / required

Filter storage node BMC access settings by storage node ID. Required for the Get BMC connection information for one storage node by ID task.

Attributes

Attribute

Support

Description

check_mode

Support: full

Determines if the module should run in check mode.

Examples

- name: Retrieve information about all storage_node_bmc_connection_information
  hitachivantara.vspone_block.sds_block.hv_sds_block_storage_node_bmc_connection_facts:
    connection_info:
      address: sdsb.company.com
      username: "admin"
      password: "password"

- name: Retrieve information about storage_node_bmc_connection_information by specifying id
  hitachivantara.vspone_block.sds_block.hv_sds_block_storage_node_bmc_connection_facts:
    connection_info:
      address: sdsb.company.com
      username: "admin"
      password: "password"
    spec:
      id: "126f360e-c79e-4e75-8f7c-7d91bfd2f0b8"

Returned Facts

Facts returned by this module are added/updated in the hostvars host facts and can be referenced by name just like any other host fact. They do not need to be registered in order to use them.

Key

Description

storage_node_bmc_connection_information

list / elements=dictionary

A list of BMC connection information about storage nodes.

Returned: success

bmc_name

string

The host name or IP address (IPv4) of the BMC. An empty string “” is output if nothing is set.

Returned: success

Sample: "10.164.118.96"

bmc_user

string

The username for BMC connection. An empty string “” is output if nothing is set.

Returned: success

Sample: "administrator@local,10.164.118.96-ptfm-endo_SN01"

id

string

Storage node ID.

Returned: success

Sample: "44f1d113-405e-448f-ad77-fd5554971c36"

Authors

  • Hitachi Vantara LTD (@hitachi-vantara)