Hello community,

has anyone of you already updated adapter firmware for a Fibre Channel adapter with ansible. 

Manually it is with the command: 

diag -d fcs0 -T download 

But with this command you have to select the directory interactively. 

Is there also a possibility for this with ansible?

Or do you have to create an idear for this?

Hi Andre,

would -c help? ;-)

diag -d fcs0 -T download  -c

Good tip, I'll give it a try. 

But better as AIX modules because of the idempotent 

Do you know how to check if the update is required in an automated manner?

I know several options but none of them would suit for automation purposes imo. That's why I'd do quite easy:

- name: Update microcode
  ansible.builtin.command:
    cmd: diag -d "{{ item }}" -T download -c
  loop: "{{ adapters }}"

If it finds something to update, it updates. If it doesn't find anything, it will not update. Idempotence is guaranteed by AIX.

Thank you Andrey for your solution. 👍

Link -> https://youtu.be/wPQ1yiGlmvI?si=mHBIwxIvgYRfNmlQ

- name: Update microcode
  ansible.buildin.command:
    cmd: "diag -T 'download -f -l latest' -d {{ item.name}} -c "

- name: Update microcode  ansible.builtin.command:    cmd: diag -d "{{ item }}" -T download -c  loop: "{{ adapters }}"