Dan, To navigate the Redfish APIs, I recommend using a REST client like Postman (there is Chrome extension for it). Most APIs require that you be authenticated, and Postman provides an easy way to specify your iDRAC user credentials.
https://www.getpostman.com/postman Jose DelaRosa Linux Engineering Dell EMC| Infrastructure Solutions Group From: Dan Yasny [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 3:32 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 4:24 PM, <[email protected]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[email protected]>> Cc: linux-poweredge-Lists <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] Automated setup config On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 3:27 PM, <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]><mailto:[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]><mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>] Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2017 2:01 PM To: Delarosa, Jose <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>> Cc: linux-poweredge-Lists <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>> Subject: Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] Automated setup config On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 2:42 PM, <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]><mailto:[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:[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[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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