Does anyone did some Lab on Dell iDRAC? If so, how did you get a specific info l . . .

Infrastructure as Code Ansible
#1

BR:
does anyone did some Lab on Dell iDRAC? If so, how did you get a specific info like I only want to get the service tag of the server and nothing else. service tag is the serial number … thanks …

#2

Al West:
Dell publish an ansible module on GitHub:
https://github.com/dell/dellemc-openmanage-ansible-modules

#3

BR:
got that thanks… but I don’t see the system info specific to what I am looking for. If you can give an example plays e.g. specific to serial number

#4

Andrei Andriushin:
Hi! Look at this usage example: https://dell.github.io/dellemc-openmanage-ansible-modules/GUID-39F65738-53B5-436A-8411-77F321752954.html
Combined with register keyword it can be var_name.system_info.sample.BIOS.VersionString
To find service tag use ansible with -vvv option or ansible.builtin.debug task

#5

BR:
Thank you! I know I am doing it wrongly … can you please see what missing here?

#6

BR:

  • hosts: target01
    connection: local
    gather_facts: False

    tasks:

    • name: Get hardware inventory
      dellemc.openmanage.idrac_system_info:
      idrac_ip: “{{ idrac_ip }}”
      idrac_user: “{{ idrac_user }}”
      idrac_password: “{{ idrac_password }}”
      validate_certs: false
      register: BIOS.VersionString
#7

BR:
so from the verbose

#8

BR:
system_info:
BIOS:
- BIOSReleaseDate: 07/07/2021
FQDD: BIOS.Setup.1-1
InstanceID: DCIM:INSTALLED#741__BIOS.Setup.1-1
Key: DCIM:INSTALLED#741__BIOS.Setup.1-1
SMBIOSPresent: ‘True’
VersionString: 2.6.3

#9

BR:
say I want to get now the VersionString

#10

BR:
from my play I am getting Invalid variable name in ‘‘register’’ specified: ‘‘BIOS.VersionString’’’

#11

Al West:
Setup:

pip3 install ansible ansible-lint
ansible-galaxy collection install git+<https://github.com/dell/dellemc-openmanage-ansible-modules.git,collections>
pip3 install omsdk --upgrade

Playbook:

---
- hosts: localhost
  tasks:
    - name: Get System Inventory
      dellemc.openmanage.idrac_system_info:
        idrac_ip: "192.168.0.1"
        idrac_user: "admin"
        idrac_password: "admin"
        validate_certs: false
      register: system_info

    - name: Debug output
      debug:
        msg: "{{ system_info.system_info.System[0].ServiceTag }}"

ansible-playbook idrac.yaml
#12

BR:
Thank you guys! It’s working now and I will do the rest! however, why do you need to include System[0] there? newbie here …

#13

Al West:
System is an array

#14

BR:
you awesome guys! Ok got it, was not paying attention to the array lol! Very happy now! Thank you again @Al West @Andrei Andriushin I can now make a report with a csv.
- name: Debug output
debug:
msg: "{{ system_info_bios_version_string.system_info.BIOS[0].VersionString }}"

#15

BR:
is it possible to just get the output without a debug and msg? I just want to create a reference for that output?

#16

BR:
What I am trying to say is something like this

- name: Get BDDS Serial
ansible.builtin.shell: dmidecode -t system | grep -i serial -A0 | awk '{print $3}'
register: br_bdds_serial

#17

BR:
i don’t want to have the debug and msg but the output will put directly into register. is that possible?

#18

Al West:
It is already in the register. What you are seeing is the extra output of debug. You can check by touching a file and seeing it will only be the ServiceTag:

    - name: Touch a file
      ansible.builtin.file:
        path: "{{ system_info.system_info.System[0].ServiceTag }}"
        state: touch
#19

BR:
ok I did that, and it created a file exactly the serial number

#20

BR:
snippet

tasks:
- name: Get Service Tag
dellemc.openmanage.idrac_system_info:
idrac_ip: "{{ idrac_ip }}"
idrac_user: "{{ idrac_user }}"
idrac_password: "{{ idrac_password }}"
validate_certs: false
register: svctag

- name: Touch a file
ansible.builtin.file:
path: "{{ svctag.system_info.System[0].ServiceTag }}"
state: touch
register: st

- name: Save CSV headers
ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
dest: "{{ csv_path }}/{{ csv_filename }}"
line: "{{ headers }}"
create: true
state: present
delegate_to: localhost
run_once: true

- name: Build out CSV file
ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
dest: "{{ csv_path }}/{{ csv_filename}}"
line: "{{ st }}"
create: true
state: present
delegate_to: localhost