Paths don't exist? about idrac-redfish-scripting HOT 5 CLOSED

I'm guessing that's due to the server version. 12G? I may be able to check tomorrow. In the meantime, please access https:///redfish/v1/ and see what URI's are listed. Not all features are available on older hardware afaik.

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13G, mostly R730's:

{
  "@odata.context": "/redfish/v1/$metadata#ServiceRoot.ServiceRoot",
  "@odata.id": "/redfish/v1",
  "@odata.type": "#ServiceRoot.v1_0_2.ServiceRoot",
  "AccountService": {
    "@odata.id": "/redfish/v1/Managers/iDRAC.Embedded.1/AccountService"
  },
  "Chassis": {
    "@odata.id": "/redfish/v1/Chassis"
  },
  "Description": "Root Service",
  "EventService": {
    "@odata.id": "/redfish/v1/EventService"
  },
  "Id": "RootService",
  "JsonSchemas": {
    "@odata.id": "/redfish/v1/JSONSchemas"
  },
  "Links": {
    "Sessions": {
      "@odata.id": "/redfish/v1/Sessions"
    }
  },
  "Managers": {
    "@odata.id": "/redfish/v1/Managers"
  },
  "Name": "Root Service",
  "RedfishVersion": "1.0.2",
  "Registries": {
    "@odata.id": "/redfish/v1/Registries"
  },
  "SessionService": {
    "@odata.id": "/redfish/v1/SessionService"
  },
  "Systems": {
    "@odata.id": "/redfish/v1/Systems"
  },
  "Tasks": {
    "@odata.id": "/redfish/v1/TaskService"
  }
}

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Thank you @allywilson . I can confirm that right now only 14G servers have the ability to update firmware using Redfish (/redfish/v1/UpdateService). This feature is likely to be added to previous server generations but I don't have a date.

Apart from that a lot of the Redfish paths should be available also on 13G and older, but you'll likely come across some features that haven't yet been implemented (or that require 14G hardware).

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@allywilson Actually, there is an alternative for using Redfish to update firmware on 12G and 13G servers. A firmware update can be initiated with Redfish by pushing an SCP (Server Configuration Profile) file to the iDRAC. This is described in the following whitepaper (page 29):
http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20443207

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Thank very much, I'll look into that, much appreciated.

I wonder if it's worth putting some compatibility checks into the scripts represented in this repo to mitigate further issues others may encounter as well?

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