On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 3:27 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Dan, > > > > Correct, the Redfish APIs are only available in PowerEdge 12G, 13G and > 14G, and the Redfish implementation differs a bit between them. >
Does that mean I can talk to the iDRAC directly using REST? Also, is the actual layout of the RESTful implementation for each version documented somewhere? > > > *Jose DelaRosa* > > Linux Engineering > > *Dell* *EMC*| Infrastructure Solutions Group > > > > > > > > *From:* Dan Yasny [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 15, 2017 2:01 PM > *To:* Delarosa, Jose <[email protected]> > *Cc:* linux-poweredge-Lists <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] Automated setup config > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 2:42 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dan, > > If you are familiar with Ansible, you can use > https://github.com/dell/idrac-ansible-module. This Ansible module uses > Redfish APIs to manage PowerEdge servers via iDRAC. You can use the > manage_bios.yml playbook to set boot mode to either UEFI or Legacy BIOS. > Please note, however, that setting boot mode is only supported in 13G and > 14G servers. > > > > Because the earlier generations don't support redfish, right? > > > > > Once you have installed Ansible and followed the idrac-ansible-module > setup instructions, you can run: > > To set UEFI mode: $ ansible-playbook manage_bios.yml --tags bootmodeuefi > To set BIOS legacy mode: $ ansible-playbook manage_bios.yml --tags > bootmodelegacybios > > After setting to either UEFI or BIOS boot mode, the server will be > rebooted. Recommend to try first in 1-2 servers in /etc/ansible/hosts > before you try in a larger number of servers, just so you get a feel for it > first. > > Disclaimer: This Ansible module is not supported by Dell and some features > are still under development. All features available in the playbooks are > 100% functional, though some features are only available in later server > generations. > > > > Still, this is great, thank you very much, exactly what I've been looking > for > > > > Jose DelaRosa > Linux Engineering > Dell EMC| Infrastructure Solutions Group > > > > From: linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists On Behalf Of Dan Yasny > Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 10:02 AM > To: linux-poweredge-Lists <[email protected]> > Subject: [Linux-PowerEdge] Automated setup config > > > Hi, > > I have a large amount of R320, R620 and R630's, all with iDRAC ENT > installed. I need to do a bulk change in their setups, like switch all to > BIOS boot or back to UEFI. > > Doing that host by host takes forever, but I couldn't find the way to > automate such a change. > > Is there a way at all? > > Thanks, > Dan > > >
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