On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 1:33 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > > > I believe you have a couple options available to you, one taking longer to > implement than the other. > > > > As previously suggested, Dell OME (Open Manage Essentials) can be > leveraged against your already purchased/installed iDRAC ENT. You must > discover all 12G/13G servers to populate OME (with valid OOB credentials). > Once OME has been populated with these discovered 12G/13G servers, you’re > then able to use the flexibility of OME to schedule firmware updates or > schedule BIOS configuration jobs such as the one you mention. > > > > The other option would be to leverage the racadm command ( > https://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/04/Drivers/ > DriversDetails?driverId=6RWMR) within a PowerShell script against a > CSV/TXT file that has all the iDRAC IPs you’re looking to change. Load the > CSV/TXT into an array, then enumerate through the array of OOB IPs > (assuming all OOB/iDRAC credentials are the same and the host executing the > PowerShell script has line-of-sight to each 12G/13G server’s OOB/iDRAC) to > execute your racadm command to update BIOS boot setup. The following is a > bit dated but shows the process: http://en.community.dell.com/ > techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20436999 >
While this sounds lovely, I don't use windows on any of my machines, including the desktop. I tried to find a Linux package containing racadm, but only found 7.x, can you please confirm there's nothing newer to be found? > > > The following racadm example pulls the currently configured value for > BootMode from a 13G server. This is something I’d execute first (pull > existing configured values) against the array of iDRAC IPs to ensure all > match before then executing script to update/change each servers > configuration to new BootMode: > > > > C:\WINDOWS\system32>racadm -r aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd -u root -p calvin get > bios.biosbootsettings.BootMode > > Security Alert: Certificate is invalid - Certificate is not signed by > Trusted Third Party > > Continuing execution. Use -S option for racadm to stop execution on > certificate-related errors. > > [Key=BIOS.Setup.1-1#biosbootsettings] > > BootMode=Bios > > > > Hope this helps. > > > > Regards, > > > > *Steven Lemons* > > Senior Principal Engineer – Product Technologist > > *Dell **EMC* | Storage Applications Engineering > > office +1 512-728-6419 <(512)%20728-6419> > > [email protected] > > > > *From:* linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists *On Behalf Of *Dan Yasny > *Sent:* 2017/11/15: Wed 12:09 > *To:* James A. Peltier <[email protected]> > *Cc:* linux-poweredge-Lists <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [Linux-PowerEdge] Automated setup config > > > > > > > > On Nov 15, 2017 1:01 PM, "James A. Peltier" <[email protected]> wrote: > > ----- On 15 Nov, 2017, at 08:02, Dan Yasny <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > Dell OpenManage? > > > > > > Not installed on the hosts, they are a large test cluster that keeps > getting wiped and reprovisioned > > > > > > -- > > James A. Peltier > Manager - Research Computing Group | IT Services > Simon Fraser University | ASB10973 > 8888 University Dr., Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=8888+University+Dr.,+Burnaby,+B.C.+V5A+1S6&entry=gmail&source=g> > T: 778.782.6573 <(778)%20782-6573> | M: 604.365.6432 <(604)%20365-6432> | > sfu.ca/itservices > Twitter: @sfu_it > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > >
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