Resource Type: bmc_network

Defined in:

lib/puppet/type/bmc_network.rb

Providers:

racadm7
ipmitool

Overview

A resource type to handle BMC LAN.

Properties

• auto_config

  Select this option to enable iDRAC to obtain the IPv6 address for the iDRAC NIC from the DHCPv6 server. You can configure both static and dynamic IP addresses.

  Supported values:

  • true
  • false
• auto_detect

  Enable DHCP Provisionin.

  Supported values:

  • true
  • false
• autoneg (defaults to: true)

  Determines if iDRAC automatically sets the duplex mode and network speed by communicating with the nearest router or hub (On) or allows you to set them manually..

  Supported values:

  • true
  • false
• dedicated_nic_scan_time

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• dns_bmc_name

  The bmc dns name

• dns_domain_from_dhcp

  Specifies that the bmc DNS domain name must be assigned from the network DHCP server.

  Supported values:

  • true
  • false
• dns_domain_name

  In the DNS domain name, parameter is only valid if dns_domain_from_dhcp is set to false.

• dns_domain_name_from_dhcp

  Specifies that the bmc DNS domain name must be assigned from the network DHCP server.

  Supported values:

  • true
  • false
• enable (defaults to: true)

  Enables or Disables the bmc network interface controller.

  Supported values:

  • true
  • false
• failover

  If the NIC selection setting fails, then the traffic is routed over through the failover network.

• ip_source

  The IP address source:

  • none unspecified

  • static manually configured static IP address

  • dhcp address obtained by BMC running DHCP

  • bios address loaded by BIOS or system software

  Supported values:

  • static
  • dhcp
  • none
  • bios
• ipv4_dns1

  Static Preferred DNS Server

• ipv4_dns2

  Static Alternate DNS Server

• ipv4_dns_from_dhcp

  Select this option to obtain Primary and Secondary DNS server addresses from DHCPv4 server. If DHCP is not used to obtain the DNS server addresses, provide the IP addresses in the Preferred DNS Server and Alternate DNS Server fields.

  Supported values:

  • true
  • false
• ipv4_enable

  enable IPv4 protocol support.

  Supported values:

  • true
  • false
• ipv4_gateway

  The default gateway IPv4 address.

• ipv4_ip_address

  The IPv4 address for the bmc.

• ipv4_netmask

  The netmask for bmc ipv4 network.

• mtu

  Enter the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) size on the NIC.

• selection

  Select one of the following modes to configure the NIC as the primary interface in shared mode.

• shared_nic_scan_time

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• speed

  Select the network speed to match your network environment.

• vlan_enable

  elect this option to enable VLAN ID. Only matched Virtual LAN (VLAN) ID traffic is accepted. Clear this option to disable VLAN ID.

  Supported values:

  • true
  • false
• vlan_id

  Determines the VLAN ID field of 802.1g fields. Enter a valid value for VLAN ID.

• vlan_port

  Enter the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) size on the NIC.

• vlan_priority

  Determines the priority field of 802.1g fields. Enter a number from 0 to 7 to set the priority of the VLAN ID.

Parameters

• bmc_password

  password used to connect with bmc service.

• bmc_server_host

  bmc host address.

• bmc_username

  username used to connect with bmc service.

• channel (defaults to: 1)

  IPMI network channel number defaults to 1

• name (namevar)

  Identification of network

• provider

  The specific backend to use for this ‘bmc_network` resource. You will seldom need to specify this — Puppet will usually discover the appropriate provider for your platform.

Features

• racadm —

  Dell racadmin specific.