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'Status': 'Success',
}
Example
- name: Update firmware from repository on a Network Share
dellemc_idrac_firmware:
idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
idrac_user: "user_name"
idrac_pwd: "user_pwd"
share_name: "192.168.0.0:/share"
share_user: "share_user_name"
share_pwd: "share_user_pwd"
share_mnt: "/mnt/share"
reboot: True
job_wait: True
catalog_file_name: "Catalog.xml"
Module: dellemc_install_firmware
Synopsis
You can install the firmware from a repository on a network share (CIFS, NFS) to keep the system updated.
● For 12
th
and 13
th
generation of PowerEdge servers, firmware update from a network repository is performed using WS-Man
APIs.
● For 14
th
generation of PowerEdge servers, firmware update from a network repository is performed using the SCP.
To install the firmware:
● Make sure the network share contains a valid repository of Dell Update Packages (DUPs) and a catalog file that consists the
latest DUPs.
● All applicable updates contained in the repository are applied to the system.
Check_mode support: No
NOTE: This module is deprecated and replaced with idrac_firmware.
Options
Table 5. dellemc_install_firmware
Parameter Required Default Choices Comments
idrac_ip Yes NA NA iDRAC IP Address
idrac_user Yes NA NA iDRAC username
idrac_pwd Yes NA NA iDRAC user password
idrac_port No 443 NA iDRAC port
job_wait Yes True NA
Whether to wait for job
completion or not.
catalog_file_name No Catalog.xml NA
Catalog file name
relative to the
I(share_name).
reboot No False NA
Whether to reboot
after applying the
updates or not.
share_name Yes NA NA
CIFS or NFS Network
share
share_user No NA NA
Network share user
in the format
'user@domain' or
'domain\user' if user
is part of a domain
else 'user'. This option
Modules for iDRAC 13