On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 4:24 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Dan, > > I’m not sure if these are the latest and greatest, but pretty close. > > 13G: http://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/idrac7-8-lifecycle- > controller-v2.40.40.40_API%20Guide_en-us.pdf > 14G: http://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/iDRAC9-lifecycle- > controller-v3.00.00.00_API%20Guide_en-us.pdf
Thanks Jose, I really appreciate the prompt and detailed response. One last question: you mentioned 12G, and since most of my hardware is R320/R620, I tried to go to http://DRAC/redfish/v1 but only got a 404 Is that to be expected, or do I need to enable redfish in the iDRAC first, somehow? PS my experience with redfish so far has been only with the sushy library emulator, which actually works quite well. > > > And yes you can talk to iDRAC using REST (RESTful APIs, that is). > > Jose DelaRosa > Linux Engineering > Dell EMC| Infrastructure Solutions Group > > > > From: linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists On Behalf Of Dan Yasny > Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 2:47 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 3:27 PM, <[email protected]<mailto: > [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]<mailto:[email protected]>] > Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 2:01 PM > To: Delarosa, Jose <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> > Cc: linux-poweredge-Lists <[email protected]<mailto:linux- > [email protected]>> > Subject: Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] Automated setup config > > > > On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 2:42 PM, <[email protected]<mailto: > [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]<mailto:linux- > [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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