iDrac Redfish - Set static ip address for mgmt interface

Question

Hi,

I'm trying to configure a static ipv4 address on the idrac mgmt interface.

I do that as follows:

REDFISH_OBJ.patch('Managers/iDRAC.Embedded.1/EthernetInterfaces/NIC.1',[{ 'IPv4Addresses' : [{ 'Address': '10.XXX.X.XX', 'AddressOrigin': 'Static', 'Gateway': '10.XXX.X.X', 'SubnetMask': '255.255.252.0' }])

But I get a result that the "Feature dhcp is enabled":

    {        "Message": "The feature DHCP is enabled.",         "MessageArgs": [            "DHCP"        ],         "MessageArgs@odata.count": 1,         "MessageId": "IDRAC.2.1.ISM0013",         "RelatedProperties": [            "IPv4Addresses"        ],         "RelatedProperties@odata.count": 1,         "Resolution": "No response action is required.",         "Severity": "Informational"    }

I can't find any property under

 Managers/iDRAC.Embedded.1/EthernetInterfaces/NIC.1

to disable dhcp.

So how do I set the static ipv4 address?

@DELL-Shine K

DELL-Shine K · Accepted Answer

Thanks for the details

As per redfish schema "AddressOrigin" attribute is read only and you can not patch that attribute. To change iDRAC IP from DHCP to static, you can try PATCH operation on below URI and body

URI : redfish/v1/Managers/iDRAC.Embedded.1/Attributes

Body

{"Attributes":{
"IPv4.1.DHCPEnable": "Disabled",
"IPv4.1.Address": "10.XXX.X.XX",
"IPv4.1.Gateway": "10.XXX.X.X",
"IPv4.1.Netmask": "255.255.252.0"
}}

DELL-Shine K · Answer

Can you share the server model and iDRAC FW version installed on the server

digitalo_ · Answer

Sure it's a Dell PowerEdge R640 with iDrac 9, FW version 4.10.10.10.

digitalo_ · Answer

That seems to work for me. I disabled the dhcp via redfish/v1/Managers/iDRAC.Embedded.1/Attributes and configured the static ip as I was previously doing. Thanks!

oothman · Answer

I am doing this and I get a 415. When I set 'Content-Type' to 'application/json', I get a 406!

DELL-Shine K · Answer

Can you share the server model and iDRAC FW version on the server? Can you also share the URI, headers and body used for the API?

oothman · Answer

Thanks a lot for the quick reply.

Firmware: 6.00.02

Server model: M640 (2yjxkq2)

req. SetBasicAuth (i.username, i.password)

req.Header. Set ( "Accept" , "application/json, text/plain, */*" )

req.Header. Add ( "X-AUTH-TOKEN" , session.Token)

This is what gets me a 415. If I do

req.Header. Add ( "Content-Type" , "application/json")

I get 406.

RequestDump
PATCH /redfish/v1/Managers/iDRAC.Embedded.1/Attributes HTTP/1.1
Host: 1.2.3.4
User-Agent: Go-http-client/1.1
Content-Length: 170
Accept: application/json, text/plain, */*
Authorization: Basic cNHtOlA1Sb5hZG05c3Q9cg==
X-Auth-Token: ace4fd4fca998414dd3efb646b5c644f
Accept-Encoding: gzip

{"Attributes":{"SysLog.1.Port":514,"SysLog.1.Server1":"something.booking.com","SysLog.1.Server2":"","SysLog.1.Server3":"","SysLog.1.SysLogEnable":"Enabled"}}
url https://1.2.3.4/redfish/v1/Managers/iDRAC.Embedded.1/Attributes

ResponseDump:

HTTP/1.1 415 Unsupported Media Type
Connection: close
Content-Length: 395
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 21:15:41 GMT
Server: Apache
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=63072000; includeSubDomains; preload
X-Frame-Options: DENY

415 Unsupported Media Type

Unsupported Media Type

The supplied request data is not in a format
acceptable for processing by this resource.

Additionally, a 415 Unsupported Media Type
error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

DELL-Shine K · Answer

Can you try accept header only with 'application/json' req.Header.Set('Accept', 'application/json')

oothman · Answer

Sorry for the late reply. What actually worked was   req.Header. Set ( 'Content-Type' , 'application/json; charset=utf-8' )   just by googling for similar questions on StackOverflow.   Thanks a lot, man! I really appreciate you jumping for help right away. If you can pass this feedback to your colleagues, please do provide a better error message since this one was really misleading. Also, the documentation of the RedFish API is horrible, if you allow me to say it. Such things should be clearly mentioned in the docs.

Joey9165a8683 · Answer

Did this ever get resolved?  We are hitting the same problem

DELL-Joey C · Answer

Hi,   I'll leave this post for the public to respond if there is any resolution that they encounter, whilst, I'll reply to your new post.

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