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First create an instance of Rest or Redfish Object using the RestObject or RedfishObject class respectively. The class constructor takes iLO hostname/ ip address formatted as a string (“https://xx.xx.xx.xx”), iLO login username and password as arguments. The class also initializes a login session, gets systems resources and message registries.

Rest Object creation:

REST_OBJ = RestObject(iLO_https_host, login_account, login_password)

Redfish Object creation:

REDFISH_OBJ = RedfishObject(iLO_https_host, login_account, login_password)

Example 33: Set BIOS servicesΒΆ

The method ex33_set_bios_service takes an instance of rest object (or redfish object if using Redfish API) and BIOS service settings as arguments.

def ex33_set_bios_service(restobj, bios_properties, bios_password=None):

Find and get the BIOS settings URI from the systems resources collection.

instances = restobj.search_for_type("Bios.")

For the BIOS service settings, prepare the request body with only the BIOS service settings we want to change and perform the PATCH request.

for instance in instances:
    response = restobj.rest_patch(instance["href"], bios_properties, \
                                  bios_password)
    restobj.error_handler(response)

A successful PATCH response will set the BIOS service settings to the new values provided in BIOS settings, however the changes will go into effect only after a system reset or reboot.

Note: The Bios. type is not supported in Gen9 servers for Redfish but the example includes Redfish implementation for Redfish Bios. type support in Gen10. Rest works as intended.