set boot device and auto config behaviour through redfish api

Hello,

I'll first say I'm not proficient with redfish but I have some information that may help.

This attribute is read only with redfish: 

"BootVirtualDiskFQDD": "Disk.Virtual.238:RAID.SL.1-1"

And Disk FQDDs are made when the virtual disk is created

We have attribute editable in the BIOS Attributes section of Redfish

 Controller specific settings editable via PATCH at 

/redfish/v1/Systems/System.Embedded.1/Storage/RAID.SL.1-1/Controllers/RAID.SL.1-1/Settings

 Where the bolded part matches your controller.

You may also try racadm commands:

 racadm set BIOS.BiosBootSettings.BootSeq Disk.Virtual.2:RAID.Slot.1-1

 racadm set iDRAC.VirtualDisk.AutoConfigBehavior Non-RAIDDisk

References:

iDRAC9 Redfish API Guide

https://dl.dell.com/topicspdf/idrac9-lifecycle-controller-v4x-series_api-guide_en-us.pdf

Github iDRAC-Redfish-Scripting

https://github.com/dell/iDRAC-Redfish-Scripting

If you cannot edit it at the /Settings URI then it's not editable.

I would then recommend you could call in and work with a Systems Management engineer.

@DELL-Charles R​ Hi, thank you for the answer!

when i try to do it for "AutoConfigBehavior": "Non-RAIDDisk",

it does indeed say its read only attribute.

but if i can change it via BIOS, how can i change it via redfish/racadm?

Hello,

try racadm commands:

 racadm set BIOS.BiosBootSettings.BootSeq Disk.Virtual.2:RAID.Slot.1-1

 racadm set iDRAC.VirtualDisk.AutoConfigBehavior Non-RAIDDisk

@DELL-Charles R​ Hi,

i tried

but i get error

ERROR: SWC0244 : Invalid Fully Qualified Device Descriptor (FQDD).

then i tried

racadm set iDRAC.Disk.Virtual.3:RAID.Slot.1-1.AutoConfigBehavior Non-RAIDDisk

and i get error

ERROR: SWC0244 : Invalid Fully Qualified Device Descriptor (FQDD).

Hi, I think system doesn't recognize the device name provided in your racadm command. Could you check and try also this pls? 

@DELL-Erman O​ Hi,

i can convert disks to non-raid, thats not the issue :)

when im in BIOS, the setting i want to change is in the following menus

Device settings 
  > RAID controller 
    > Main Menu 
      > Configuration Management 
        > Controller Management 
          > Advanced Controller Management 
            > Manage Controller Mode 
              > Auto Configure Behavior

the 2 options i have is off and Non-RAID Disk.

btw, if both of my disks are non-raid. how does that setting affects them?

Hi, for example if you plug in a third drive: With "Auto Configure Behavior" set to "Non-RAID Disk", the system will probably just set it up automatically so it’s ready to use right away. If it’s set to "Off", the drive might not show up until you go into the RAID settings and manually set it up.

Thank you for the explanation @DELL-Erman O 

do you know if its even possible to change this setting via redfish, racadm or any other cli tool?

Hello here, some information I found online:

https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-ae/openmanage-ansible-modules-v1.0/ompsdk_api_reference_guide/idrac.config_mgr.raidhelper.new_virtual_disk?guid=guid-e6ae3d66-5296-446a-a76e-53d2cad90dbb&lang=en-us

https://github.com/dell/iDRAC-Redfish-Scripting/issues/13

https://developer.dell.com/apis/2978/versions/7.xx/openapi.yaml/paths/~1redfish~1v1~1Systems~1%7BComputerSystemId%7D~1Oem~1Dell~1DellRaidService/get

Respectfully,

@DELL-Young E​ Hi, i will look into these,

Thank for the support