OnetimeBoot problem

[mw-0]

Since the last release i can no longer use the onetimeboot with Pxe. When i check the setting after putting any value as the boot value it is always set to UefiTarget. I have rolled back to the older release and it works fine.

[jose-delarosa]

@mw-0, thanks for reporting. Can you please be more specific? Are you on the master branch? What 2 specific releases (or what commit IDs) work and not work? I don't specifically remember doing any updates on this feature...

[mw-0]

I tested on master the same as the example
name: Set one-time boot device to {{ bootdevice }}
redfish:
category: System
command: SetOneTimeBoot
bootdevice: "{{ bootdevice }}"
baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
user: "{{ user }}"
password: "{{ password }}"

When i do this the system does not boot to pxe on my r640 and when i check the changed boot parameter it shows as UefiTarget.

I pulled the 5.1 release down and this works as expected. I could see there was some code added for Uefi but i have no time today to check what specifically is the problem here.

[sixela]

Turns out I just experienced the exact same issue on a Dell R640 with idrac 3.32.32.32

When using the ansible redfish module like:

    - name: Set One Time boot to PXE
      redfish_command:
        category: Systems
        command: SetOneTimeBoot
        bootdevice: "Pxe"
        baseuri: "{{ redfish_ip }}"
        username: "{{ redfish_username }}"
        password: "{{ redfish_password }}"

The module will update the redfish values under https://<redfish_ip>/redfish/v1/Systems/System.Embedded.1 like

• BootSourceOverrideTarget: UefiTarget
• UefiTargetBootSourceOverride: Pxe

But the UEFI target "Pxe" does not exist

I gave up and used a http call instead:

    - name: Set Boot Override to PXE
      uri:
        url: "https://{{ redfish_ip }}/redfish/v1/Systems/System.Embedded.1"
        validate_certs: no
        method: PATCH
        user: "{{ redfish_username }}"
        password: "{{ redfish_password }}"
        headers:
          accept: application/json
          content-type: application/json
        body: '{"Boot":{"BootSourceOverrideTarget": "Pxe"}}'

Which has the expected idrac console-like behavior

Edit: exact same symptoms as described here ansible/ansible#52658