hpilo_facts – Gather facts through an HP iLO interface
hpilo_facts – Gather facts through an HP iLO interface
New in version 2.3.
Synopsis
- This module gathers facts for a specific system using its HP iLO interface. These facts include hardware and network related information useful for provisioning (e.g. macaddress, uuid).
- This module requires the hpilo python module.
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- hpilo
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
host - / required |
The HP iLO hostname/address that is linked to the physical system. | |
login - |
Default: "Administrator" |
The login name to authenticate to the HP iLO interface. |
password - |
Default: "admin" |
The password to authenticate to the HP iLO interface. |
ssl_version - added in 2.4 |
|
Change the ssl_version used. |
Notes
Note
- This module ought to be run from a system that can access the HP iLO interface directly, either by using
local_action
or usingdelegate_to
.
Examples
# Task to gather facts from a HP iLO interface only if the system is an HP server
- hpilo_facts:
host: YOUR_ILO_ADDRESS
login: YOUR_ILO_LOGIN
password: YOUR_ILO_PASSWORD
when: cmdb_hwmodel.startswith('HP ')
delegate_to: localhost
- fail:
msg: 'CMDB serial ({{ cmdb_serialno }}) does not match hardware serial ({{ hw_system_serial }}) !'
when: cmdb_serialno != hw_system_serial
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description |
---|---|---|
hw_bios_date string |
always |
BIOS date
Sample: 05/05/2011 |
hw_bios_version string |
always |
BIOS version
Sample: P68 |
hw_eth_ilo dictionary |
always |
Interface information (for the iLO network interface)
Sample: [{'macaddress': '00:11:22:33:44:BA'}, {'macaddress_dash': '00-11-22-33-44-BA'}] |
hw_ethX dictionary |
always |
Interface information (for each interface)
Sample: [{'macaddress': '00:11:22:33:44:55', 'macaddress_dash': '00-11-22-33-44-55'}] |
hw_product_name string |
always |
Product name
Sample: ProLiant DL360 G7 |
hw_product_uuid string |
always |
Product UUID
Sample: ef50bac8-2845-40ff-81d9-675315501dac |
hw_system_serial string |
always |
System serial number
Sample: ABC12345D6 |
hw_uuid string |
always |
Hardware UUID
Sample: 123456ABC78901D2 |
Status
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors
- Dag Wieers (@dagwieers)
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.7/modules/hpilo_facts_module.html