firmware_config

This module provides a broadly vendor-neutral interface for out of band firmware configuration. It currently allows the retrieval and setting of firmware values on Dell, Cisco and IBM hardware. IBM support requires python-eficompressor, available at http://www.github.com/nebula/python-eficompressor

The interface is as follows:

firmware_config.create(vendor, host, user, password)

vendor: cisco or dell host: hostname or IP address of the BMC on the system to be configured user: username for the BMC password: password for the bmc

firmware_config.get_fw_options()

returns a dict of dicts. The key in the first dict is the name of the configuration option (this will vary between vendors and potentially between models from the same vendor). The inner dict contains the following keys:

current: the current firmware configuration value pending: the updated firmware configuration value new_value: the desired firmware configuration value possible: the set of possible configuration values is_list: the firmware option takes a list of values. current, pending and new_value should be lists rather than strings.

firmware_config.set_fw_options(options)

set firmware configuration values to those contained in options.

options: a dict of dicts as described in get_fw_options(). get_fw_options()

must always be called before set_fw_options, and the modified

options passed back.

firmware_config.reboot()

returns a boolean indicating whether or not the system must be rebooted in order to apply the pending changes

firmware_config.reboot_system(options)

performs a reboot of the system. This should be used in preference to any other form of reboot, as it may set flags to inform the firmware to perform the updates. The set of configured options must be passed in order to allow the system to determine which calls must be made.