ipmi_boot – Management of order of boot devices

Synopsis

• Use this module to manage order of boot devices

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• python >= 2.6

• pyghmi

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
bootdev - / required	Choices: network -- Request network boot floppy -- Boot from floppy hd -- Boot from hard drive safe -- Boot from hard drive, requesting 'safe mode' optical -- boot from CD/DVD/BD drive setup -- Boot into setup utility default -- remove any IPMI directed boot device request	Set boot device to use on next reboot
name - / required		Hostname or ip address of the BMC.
password - / required		Password to connect to the BMC.
persistent boolean	Choices: no ← yes	If set, ask that system firmware uses this device beyond next boot. Be aware many systems do not honor this.
port -	Default: 623	Remote RMCP port.
state -	Choices: present -- Request system turn on absent -- Request system turn on Default: "present"	Whether to ensure that boot devices is desired.
uefiboot boolean	Choices: no ← yes	If set, request UEFI boot explicitly. Strictly speaking, the spec suggests that if not set, the system should BIOS boot and offers no "don't care" option. In practice, this flag not being set does not preclude UEFI boot on any system I've encountered.
user - / required		Username to use to connect to the BMC.

Examples

# Ensure bootdevice is HD.
- ipmi_boot:
    name: test.testdomain.com
    user: admin
    password: password
    bootdev: hd

# Ensure bootdevice is not Network
- ipmi_boot:
    name: test.testdomain.com
    user: admin
    password: password
    bootdev: network
    state: absent

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key	Returned	Description
bootdev string	success	The boot device name which will be used beyond next boot. Sample: default
persistent boolean	success	If True, system firmware will use this device beyond next boot.
uefimode boolean	success	If True, system firmware will use UEFI boot explicitly beyond next boot.

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Bulat Gaifullin (@bgaifullin) <gaifullinbf@gmail.com>

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