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Dell OpenManage Ansible Modules allows Data Center and IT administrators to use Red Hat Ansible to provision, configure, deploy, and update PowerEdge servers through the management automation capabilities built into the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC), OpenManage Enterprise, and OpenManage Enterprise-Modular. Ansible by Red Hat is a DevOps tool that can configure systems, deploy software, and orchestrate more advanced IT tasks such as continuous deployments or zero downtime rolling updates. OpenManage Ansible Modules simplifies and automates provisioning, deployment, and updates of PowerEdge servers and modular infrastructure. It allows system administrators and software developers to introduce the physical infrastructure provisioning into their software provisioning stack, integrate with existing DevOps pipelines and manage their infrastructure using version-controlled playbooks, server configuration profiles, and templates in line with the Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) principles. Enhancements Features Licensing Download Resources Community Enhancements to OpenManage Ansible Modules OpenManage Ansible Collection OpenManage Ansible modules are available as an Ansible Collection on Ansible Galaxy.OpenManage Ansible collection is certified and included as part of the Ansible community major release v3.0.0 and onwards. OpenManage Ansible Modules for OpenManage Enterprise and OpenManage Enterprise-Modular Smart Fabric management: Network VLAN configurationFabric management – create, modify and delete fabricsUplinks management – create, modify and delete uplinksPort breakout – configure port breakouts for fabric configuration OpenManage Ansible Modules for iDRAC Enhanced firmware update: Check firmware compliance with check mode supportImproved job tracking till completion for all components' updateRemoved dependency on python omsdk library for iDRAC9 Enhanced user configuration: Support for configuring privacy encryption protocols (AES, DES etc.) Enhanced server power management: Removed dependency on omsdk for both iDRAC7/8 and iDRAC9Standard redfish API support for power management operationsBug-Fixes and Deprecations – please see the CHANGELOG for all the details Ansible Roles: The following Ansible roles are also provided as part of this release. However, unlike the collection and modules, these are provided as is and community supported only Import server configuration profile – import SCP from a remote network share (CIFS, NFS, HTTP/S) or a local pathiDRAC certificate management – generate certificate signing request (CSR), import / export certificates, and reset SSL certificate to factory defaultiDRAC lifecycle controller job – get job status, delete a job, delete job queue and force delete job queueiDRAC lifecycle controller status – get lifecycle controller status and the server statusiDRAC attributes configuration – iDRAC, LC and system attributes configuration Features of OpenManage Ansible Modules OpenManage Ansible modules for OpenManage Enterprise and OpenManage Enterprise-Modular Automate the lifecycle management of PowerEdge servers, MX7000 chassis and compute bladesDevice Inventory and Health Status - View detailed device inventory, including health status, of all the devices OpenManage Enterprise and OpenManage Enterprise-Modular manage and monitorTemplate-based server deployment: Capture reference deployment templates from a golden server and deploy it on target servers to ensure consistent and repeatable configurationEdit configuration templates as per the desired server configuration end stateDeploy OS images as part of the template deployment using a single task Firmware baseline compliance using a catalog and firmware repositoryUser Administration – automate the CRUD operations for OpenManage Enterprise and OpenManage Enterprise-Modular usersPower Management – automate the power management operations such as power up, power down, graceful restart, etc. of servers and compute bladesJob Management – View job details and monitor their progress status within your playbook for complex workflowsAppliance Configuration – webserver, network proxy, time-zone, NTP, DNS, and IPv4 / IPv6 addressing including multi-homing configurationAppliance web-server certificate management – generate certificate signing requests (CSR) and upload certificates OpenManage Ansible Modules for iDRAC Supports agent-free and automated bare-metal configuration, provisioning, deployment, and update of PowerEdge servers with iDRAC7, iDRAC8, or iDRAC9Leverages Redfish REST APIs provided by iDRAC for agent-Free (out-of-band) bare-metal provisioning, deployment, and update of PowerEdge serversExport Server Configuration Profile (SCP) containing the complete representation of server configuration in XML or JSON format to a remote network share (CIFS or NFS) or local file pathImport Server Configuration Profile (SCP) from a remote network share (CIFS or NFS) or local file path for a consistent and repeatable configurationUse Ansible playbooks for zero-touch automated end-to-end configuration, provisioning, deployment, and update of PowerEdge servers: Power cycle: power up, down, and graceful restartiDRAC configuration User and Password administration – create, modify, or delete local user settingsNetwork Configuration – iDRAC network settings including DHCP and Static address configurationServices – Web server and SNMP settingsSNMP Alerting and Email settingsConfigure Time zone and NTP settingsSystem LockdowniDRAC reset BIOS configuration - configure all BIOS attributes using a single task including Boot Order, One-Time Boot settings, etc.Storage configuration - create, modify, or delete multiple RAID volumes on direct-attached storage associated with a storage controllerOS deployment - deploy operating system ISO from a remote network share (CIFS, NFS) Utilize Ansible modules for keeping status of the Lifecycle Controller jobs and construct a step-by-step workflow for your automation playbookGet detailed component level hardware and firmware inventoryPerform Out-of-Band firmware updates from remote network file share (HTTP/HTTPS, CIFS, NFS) using Dell Update Packages and catalog files Licensing for OpenManage Ansible Modules OpenManage Ansible Modules are open source and licensed under GNU GPL v3.0 License. https://github.com/dell/dellemc-openmanage-ansible-modules Download of OpenManage Ansible Modules OpenManage Ansible Modules are open-source stand-alone software. Dell is continuously improving the modules with minor releases containing new features, enhancements, and bug-fixes. For detailed information, read the CHANGELOG on GitHub repository. Take advantage of the new features and contribute to the ongoing development by either downloading the latest collection from Ansible Galaxy or by cloning the repository from the OpenManage Ansible Modules GitHub repository. Major releases of the modules may also be downloaded from Dell Support. Resources for OpenManage Ansible Modules Community Engage in the Systems Management community to find: Boards to post questions and answersBlogs to read and comment on articlesIdea exchanges to improve products and vote for ideas that other community members have postedAnd more... Documentation Refer to the OpenManage Ansible Modules Documentation. Sample playbooks can be found in the playbook folder. Support Dell support OpenManage Ansible Modules.In addition, issues can be logged directly to the GitHub repository.To provide feedback to development team, please send an email to OpenManageAnsible@Dell.com. Videos OpenManage Ansible modules for iDRAC - Overview Demonstrate configuration of a PowerEdge servers using OpenManage Ansible Modules. In addition, demonstrate deploying the entire stack using a single Ansible playbook. November 2018 OpenManage Ansible Modules for iDRAC - Out of band firmware update Demonstrate updating firmware out-of-band on a PowerEdge server using a networked remote repository with OpenManage Ansible Modules. August 2018

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Dell EMC

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Dell Technologies 2021

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