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Dell EMC OpenManage Ansible Modules (BETA)

Dell EMC OpenManage Ansible Modules provide customers the ability to automate the Out-of-Band configuration management, deployment and updates for Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers using Ansible by leveraging the management automation built into the iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller. iDRAC provides both REST APIs based on DMTF RedFish industry standard and WS-Management (WS-MAN) based on DMTF's Web Services management standard for management automation of PowerEdge Servers.

Supported Platforms

Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers with:

• iDRAC 7/8 with Firmware version 2.40.40.40 or above
• iDRAC 9 with Firmware version 3.00.00.00

Prerequisites

• Ansible >= 2.3
• Python >= 2.7.9
• 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

Installation

• Ansible must be installed

pip install ansible

• You will need the latest Dell EMC OpenManage Python SDK

pip install omsdk

• Clone this repository and install the ansible modules. This will copy the OpenManage Ansible modules in ansible/modules/remote_management/dellemc/idrac directory and utils/dellemc_idrac.py in ansible/module_utils/ directory.

git clone https://github.com/anupamaloke/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 LICENSE for more information

Support

Please note that OpenManage Ansible Modules is in BETA development stage and therefore not ready for production. However, if you want to report any issues or provide any feedback, then please send an email to OpenManageAnsibleEval@dell.com.

We also have a #openmanageansible slack channel. You can get an invite by requesting one at http://community.codedellemc.com.

Dell TechCenter URL: http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/systems-management/w/wiki/12422.dell-emc-openmanage-ansible-modules-beta

Authors

• OpenManageAnsibleEval (OpenManageAnsibleEval@dell.com)