Redfish: The next generation of server management automation

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1 Redfish: The next generation of server management automation Paul Rubin Senior Product Manager Embedded Management Automation Dell EMC Systems Management Marketing

2 Agenda Systems Management automation journey Why Redfish Redfish overview Demonstrating the benefits of Redfish using the 14G idrac with Lifecycle Controller What s next for Redfish 2

3 Today s IT challenges Automation - the key to unlocking future IT efficiencies Reduce CapEx Speed time to value Increase IT productivity Scale to demand 3

4 Systems Management automation journey 1990 s Proprietary Era 2000 s Early Standards Age 2010 s-> Next-gen Standards Age Functions Inventory and monitor + Server control + Configuration and Update Automation technologies Proprietary CLIs Integration with network managers IPMI, CIM, WS-Man and Wbem Integration with OS and ISV sys management consoles DMTF Redfish and OEM RESTful API s Integration with open source and ISV M&O solutions Predominate management interfaces Vendor CLIs SNMP IPMI API Vendor CLIs Vendor SOAP APIs Redfish API Vendor REST APIs Vendor CLIs 4

5 Responding to today s systems management API challenges Basic security Architected for the 1990 s Designed for limited functionality Complex programming Misaligned with DevOps Next-Gen Management APIs Enhanced security Designed for converged infrastructure Hypermedia for ready extensibility Human-readable data schemas RESTful programming IPMI and SNMP remain core systems management APIs, 20+ years after their inception Computing evolution challenging APIs on multiple fronts, driving need for modern, robust replacement 5

6 Redfish the next-generation systems management standard for an evolving IT environment DMTF Scalable Platform Management Forum has created an open industry standard specification and schema for simple, modern, and secure management of scalable platform hardware A secure, multi-node, RESTful management interface built upon HTTPS in JSON format based upon OData v4 Schema-based but human-readable; usable by client applications and browser-based GUIs Covers key use cases and customer requirements 6

7 What can Redfish do today? Provides a common interface across platforms and vendors supporting Reset, reboot, and power control servers Inventory server hardware and firmware versions Monitor health status of server Access system logs Alert on server health status changes 7

8 Redfish a rapidly maturing standard Standard continues to evolve with multiple enhancements in R1 BIOS and Secure Boot configuration 2016.R2 Firmware update 2016.R3 Storage and sever networking configuration Vendor rollout continues with new / updated releases Cisco Dell EMC Hewlett-Packard Enterprise SuperMicro And enabling technologies are growing as well Redfishtool command line interface Redfish Service Validator conformance checker Python-Redfish library Standards-based BIOS configuration API 8

9 Delivering the benefits of Redfish - 14G idrac9 with Lifecycle Controller

10 Dell EMC PowerEdge idrac9 with Lifecycle Controller Embedded, agent-free enablement for server management automation GUI HTTPS SSL CLI APIs IPMItool RACADM IPMI SNMP WS-MAN REST - Redfish Active Directory LDAP Smart Card Access Security Lifecycle Operations 10

11 New for 14G idrac9 RESTful API with Redfish idrac RESTful API enables modern, secure, scalable management automation Conformant with Redfish 2016 BIOS configuration Secure boot configuration Firmware inventory and update Enhanced idrac RESTful API extensions Profile-driven server configuration and update idrac configuration 11

12 Redfish standards-based BIOS configuration Raghavendra Venkatar Firmware Principal Engineer idrac Engineering Dell EMC Bangalore Development Center Go

13 Modern tools for Redfish management automation Server inventory with Python scripting import requests import json system = requests.get(' IP>/redfish/v1/Systems/System.Embedded.1',verify=False,auth=('root',' calvin')) storage = requests.get(' IP>/redfish/v1/Systems/System.Embedded.1/Storage/Controllers/RAID.Int egrated.1-1',verify=false,auth=('root','calvin')) systemdata = system.json() storagedata = storage.json() print "Model: {}".format(systemdata[u'model']) print "Manufacturer: {}".format(systemdata[u'manufacturer']) print "Service tag {}".format(systemdata[u'sku']) print "Serial number: {}".format(systemdata[u'serialnumber']) print "Hostname: {}".format(systemdata[u'hostname']) print "Power state: {}".format(systemdata[u'powerstate']) print "Asset tag: {}".format(systemdata[u'assettag']) print "Memory size: {}".format(systemdata[u'memorysummary'][u'totalsystemmemorygib']) print "CPU type: {}".format(systemdata[u'processorsummary'][u'model']) print "Number of CPUs: {}".format(systemdata[u'processorsummary'][u'count']) print "System status: {}".format(systemdata[u'status'][u'health']) print "RAID health: {}".format(storagedata[u'status'][u'health']) Server storage health status via Postman plug-in 13 Additional tools - Curl and Redfishtool CLIs and DHC Restlet and Advanced REST Client plug-ins

14 DevOps automation with Redfish Ansible Playbook Provisioning Plays Update Plays IT developers are seeking Fast, reliable, and repeatable outcomes On-demand runtime environment creation Consistent staging and production environment Emerging solutions utilize orchestration tools and RESTful programming Infrastructure as a Code Complete version control covering code, configuration, and data Aligns development and operations Overriding goal desired state management for deployment, update, and configuration drift control idrac REST APIs / Scripts Server Configuration Profile Version control Server template Component Settings BIOS RAID NIC idrac Import SCP idrac REST APIs / Scripts Chef, Puppet, RackHD, Salt idrac REST APIs / Scripts Reference Server Staging Environment Production Environment 14 Illustrative only

15 Orchestrating server update with RackHD and Redfish Maithri Ajjampura Sr. Principal Software Engineer Infrastructure Solutions Group Dell EMC Austin Development Center Go

16 Profile-driven server configuration and update Server Configuration Profiles (SCP) enable RESTful configuration of PowerEdge BIOS, idrac/lc, PERC controllers, NICs, and HBAs API provides for export, preview, and import operations to replicate existing and create custom server configurations SCP files can be stored on CIFS, NFS, or HTTP/S network shares or streamed within API New for 14G SCP XML and JSON file formats Firmware update from network-based repository Zero-touch Auto Config via CIFS, NFS or HTTP/S network share 16

17 Automating server configuration with the idrac RESTful API Jonas Werner Sr. Solutions Architect Dell EMC Customer Solutions Center, Tokyo Go

18 What s next for Redfish? Dell EMC and the DMTF driving development of Redfish with significant additions planned Swordfish external storage standards Network switch API standards Environmental APIs for power and HVAC Interoperability with Open Compute Project, OpenStack, and orchestration solutions Expanded automation developer tooling 18

19 More Server Management and Automation Sessions Session Title Times/Location Dell EMC PowerEdge Server Systems Management Overview Monday 04:30 PM Delfino 4001A Wednesday 01:30 PM Palazzo K Server Management Simplicity Series (Part 1): Deploying & Monitoring Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers Server Management Simplicity Series (Part 2): Reducing Maintenance Through Systems Management Best Practices Wednesday Monday Wednesday 08:30 AM Marcello 4401A 01:30 PM Delfino 4001A 12:00 PM Palazzo K Server Management Simplicity Series (Part 3): Toward A Single Pane Of Glass - Management Consoles & Integrations Tuesday 03:00 PM Marcello 4403 Thursday 11:30 AM Palazzo L Is Your Server Infrastructure Secure? Wednesday 01:30 PM Lido 3001A Utilizing Mobile Devices in The Datacenter Transform Your Infrastructure With RackHD Composability! Tuesday 08:30 AM Palazzo J Thursday 10:00 AM Lando 4203 Monday 04:30 PM Lido 3005 Tuesday 08:30 AM Marcello 4403 Real World Modern Development Use Cases With RackHD & Adobe Wednesday 03:00 PM Zeno 4702 Hands-on Labs - Overview of new idrac9 Features - RackHD For Automating Hardware Management In Your Datacenter Consult the Hands-on-Labs schedule for details 19

20 Redfish: The next generation of server management automation Summary Redfish and RESTful APIs enabling web-scale automation aligned to emerging tools and processes Dell EMC and SPMF continuing to drive Redfish development Dell EMC committed to meeting our customers needs for management automation through open, industry standards 20

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