dell/dellemc-openmanage-ansible-modules v2.1-devel

v2.1 devel Release

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The latest Dell EMC OpenManage Ansible Modules are available on Ansible Galaxy as a collection.

• OpenManage Ansible allows the use of standard Redfish URIs supported by
  iDRAC.

  • The new redfish_firmware module performs a component firmware update
    using an image file available on the local or remote system
  • The new redfish_storage_volume module manages the storage volume
    configuration

  • The new ome_firmware_baseline module allows to create a firmware baseline
    from existing catalog

  • The new ome_firmware_baseline_info module allows to view the list of
    available firmware baselines

  • The new ome_firmware_basline_compliance_info module allows to retrieve:

    • Firmware compliance report for specified identifiers [device ids, service
      tags, group names]
    • Baseline compliance report for a specified baseline.

  • The new ome_firmware_catalog module allows to create a firmware catalog.

  • The new ome_template_identity_pool module allows to:

    • Attach an identity pool to a template.
    • Detach an identity pool from a template.

  • The new ome_template_network_vlan module lets you select tagged and
    untagged vLANs to be used in the OpenManage Enterprise template.

  • The new ome_identity_pool module allows to create, modify, and delete an
    identity pool using Ethernet, FCoE, iSCSI and FC settings.

  • The new ome_application_certificate module allows to generate a certificate
    signing request and upload the certificate on OpenManage Enterprise.

  • The new ome_application_network_proxy module allows the configuration of a
    network proxy.

  • The new ome_application_network_address module allows to configure a DNS
    and an IPv4 or IPv6 network.

  • The new ome_application_network_webserver module allows the configuration
    of the network web server

  • The new ome_application_network_time module allows the configuration of
    network time.

  • The new iDRAC idrac_redfish_storage_controller module configures the
    settings of a storage controller.

  • The ome_firmware module supports the following:

    • Firmware updates for group of devices
    • Firmware updates using a baseline name, or a single DUP path and a
      baseline name

  • The ome_template module allows delete, clone, import and export operations.

  • The parameter template_name from the ome_template module allows to modify
    or deploy a template

  • The ome_template_info and ome_user_info modules are enhanced to filter
    records using name in system_query_options.

  • The ome_user module allows to delete an existing user account using name

  • Support custom interval (default is 18 hours) for auto-detaching an ISO
    image for idrac_os_deployment.

  • The following enhancements have been made to the idrac_firmware module:

    • Support for installing firmware from CIFS, NFS, HTTP, HTTPS, or FTP based
      repository
    • Support for viewing individual component update job IDs.
    • The apply_update option is added, which specifies if the packages from
      the Catalog XML are queued for update.
    • The ignore_cert_warning option is added, which specifies if certificate
      warnings must be ignored.
    • Supports FQDN input format for share details

  • The following enhancements have been made to the installation script:

    • All the modules present by default in the remote_management/dellemc
      folder are now overwritten with updated versions.
    • Modules are installed to the custom path, if it is set by the environment
      variable ANSIBLE_LIBRARY.
    • The installation and uninstallation scripts have been updated to display
      the path where the modules have been installed.
    • Success and failure messages in the scripts now appear in green and red.

  • The dellemc_ome_firmware module is deprecated and all the functionality is
    added to the new ome_firmware module

  • The dellemc_ome_template module is deprecated, and all the functionality is
    added to the new ome_template module.

  • The dellemc_ome_user_facts module is deprecated, and all the functionality
    is added to the new ome_user_info module.

  • The dellemc_boot_to_network_iso module is deprecated and all the
    functionality is added to the new idrac_os_deployment module.