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Dell EMC OpenManage Ansible Modules for iDRAC

Dell EMC OpenManage Ansible Modules

Dell EMC OpenManage Ansible Modules allows Data Center and IT administrators to use RedHat Ansible to automate and orchestrate the configuration, deployment, and update of Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers (12th generation of PowerEdge servers and later) by leveraging the management automation capabilities in-built into the integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC).

Supported Platforms

Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers with:

• 12G and 13G PowerEdge Servers: iDRAC 7/8 with Firmware version 2.41.40.40 and above
• 14G PowerEdge Servers: iDRAC 9 with Firmware version 3.00.00.00 and above

Prerequisites

• Ansible >= 2.2
• Python >= 2.7
• Dell EMC OpenManage Python SDK

Documentation

Please refer to the OpenManage Ansible Modules Documentation

Examples

Sample playbooks and examples could be found under examples directory

Results

Sample Results for the respective modules could be found under samples directory.

Installation

• Ansible must be installed

yum install ansible

• You will need the latest Dell EMC OpenManage Python SDK (https://github.com/dell/omsdk)

pip install omsdk

• Clone this repository and install the ansible modules.

git clone https://github.com/dell/Dell-EMC-Ansible-Modules-for-iDRAC.git
cd Dell-EMC-Ansible-Modules-for-iDRAC
python install.py

Uninstallation

cd Dell-EMC-Ansible-Modules-for-iDRAC
python uninstall.py

LICENSE

This project is licensed under GPL-3.0 License. Please see the COPYING for more information

Support

• Dell EMC OpenManage Ansible modules are supported by Dell Support.
• In addition, if you want to report any issue, then please report it by creating a new issue here
• If you have any requirements that is not currently addressed, then please let us know by creating a new issue here
• If you want to provide any feedback to the development team, then you can do so by sending an email to [email protected]
• We also have a #openmanageansibleval slack channel which you can use for reporting any issue, new feature request or for general discussion with development team.

Authors

• OpenManageAnsibleEval ([email protected])