stackhpc.drac-facts

DRAC Facts

This role helps you collect information about BIOS settings and RAID configurations on Dell computers that have an iDRAC card.

Requirements

To use this role, you need to have the python-dracclient module installed. It’s necessary for the drac_facts module to work properly.

Module Arguments

address: The IP address or hostname of the iDRAC BMC.
username: Your iDRAC username.
password: Your iDRAC password.

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

If you have iDRAC BMCs listed in your inventory, you can use this role like this:

- hosts: dell-server-bmcs
  gather_facts: false
  roles:
    - role: stackhpc.drac-facts
  tasks:
    - name: Gather facts using DRAC
      local_action:
        module: drac_facts
        address: "{{ ansible_host }}"
        username: foo
        password: bar

    - name: Show BIOS settings information
      debug:
        var: drac_bios_settings

    - name: Show job information
      debug:
        var: drac_jobs

    - name: Show unfinished job information
      debug:
        var: drac_unfinished_jobs

    - name: Show RAID controller information
      debug:
        var: drac_raid_controllers

    - name: Show physical disk information
      debug:
        var: drac_physical_disks

    - name: Show virtual disk information
      debug:
        var: drac_virtual_disks