allow setting multiple BIOS attributes at a time (#62764)

* allow setting multiple BIOS attributes at a time

* fix documentation string errors

lib/ansible/module_utils/redfish_utils.py

@@ -1419,7 +1419,7 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
             return response
         return {'ret': True, 'changed': True}
 
-    def set_bios_attributes(self, attr):
+    def set_bios_attributes(self, attributes):
         result = {}
         key = "Bios"
 
@@ -1442,19 +1442,27 @@ class RedfishUtils(object):
         result['ret'] = True
         data = response['data']
 
-        # First, check if BIOS attribute exists
+        # Make a copy of the attributes dict
-        if attr['bios_attr_name'] not in data[u'Attributes']:
+        attrs_to_patch = dict(attributes)
-            return {'ret': False, 'msg': "BIOS attribute not found"}
 
-        # Find out if value is already set to what we want. If yes, return
+        # Check the attributes
-        if data[u'Attributes'][attr['bios_attr_name']] == attr['bios_attr_value']:
+        for attr in attributes:
-            return {'ret': True, 'changed': False, 'msg': "BIOS attribute already set"}
+            if attr not in data[u'Attributes']:
+                return {'ret': False, 'msg': "BIOS attribute %s not found" % attr}
+            # If already set to requested value, remove it from PATCH payload
+            if data[u'Attributes'][attr] == attributes[attr]:
+                del attrs_to_patch[attr]
 
+        # Return success w/ changed=False if no attrs need to be changed
+        if not attrs_to_patch:
+            return {'ret': True, 'changed': False,
+                    'msg': "BIOS attributes already set"}
+
+        # Get the SettingsObject URI
         set_bios_attr_uri = data["@Redfish.Settings"]["SettingsObject"]["@odata.id"]
 
-        # Example: bios_attr = {\"name\":\"value\"}
+        # Construct payload and issue PATCH command
-        bios_attr = "{\"" + attr['bios_attr_name'] + "\":\"" + attr['bios_attr_value'] + "\"}"
+        payload = {"Attributes": attrs_to_patch}
-        payload = {"Attributes": json.loads(bios_attr)}
         response = self.patch_request(self.root_uri + set_bios_attr_uri, payload)
         if response['ret'] is False:
             return response

lib/ansible/modules/remote_management/redfish/redfish_config.py

@@ -51,17 +51,24 @@ options:
   bios_attribute_name:
     required: false
     description:
-      - name of BIOS attribute to update
+      - name of BIOS attr to update (deprecated - use bios_attributes instead)
     default: 'null'
     type: str
     version_added: "2.8"
   bios_attribute_value:
     required: false
     description:
-      - value of BIOS attribute to update
+      - value of BIOS attr to update (deprecated - use bios_attributes instead)
     default: 'null'
     type: str
     version_added: "2.8"
+  bios_attributes:
+    required: false
+    description:
+      - dictionary of BIOS attributes to update
+    default: {}
+    type: dict
+    version_added: "2.10"
   timeout:
     description:
       - Timeout in seconds for URL requests to OOB controller
@@ -90,23 +97,25 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
     redfish_config:
       category: Systems
       command: SetBiosAttributes
-      bios_attribute_name: BootMode
+      bios_attributes:
-      bios_attribute_value: Uefi
+        BootMode: "Uefi"
       baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
       username: "{{ username }}"
       password: "{{ password }}"
 
-  - name: Set BootMode to Legacy BIOS
+  - name: Set multiple BootMode attributes
     redfish_config:
       category: Systems
       command: SetBiosAttributes
-      bios_attribute_name: BootMode
+      bios_attributes:
-      bios_attribute_value: Bios
+        BootMode: "Bios"
+        OneTimeBootMode: "Enabled"
+        BootSeqRetry: "Enabled"
       baseuri: "{{ baseuri }}"
       username: "{{ username }}"
       password: "{{ password }}"
 
-  - name: Enable PXE Boot for NIC1
+  - name: Enable PXE Boot for NIC1 using deprecated options
     redfish_config:
       category: Systems
       command: SetBiosAttributes
@@ -195,6 +204,7 @@ def main():
             password=dict(required=True, no_log=True),
             bios_attribute_name=dict(default='null'),
             bios_attribute_value=dict(default='null'),
+            bios_attributes=dict(type='dict', default={}),
             timeout=dict(type='int', default=10),
             boot_order=dict(type='list', elements='str', default=[]),
             network_protocols=dict(
@@ -216,8 +226,13 @@ def main():
     timeout = module.params['timeout']
 
     # BIOS attributes to update
-    bios_attributes = {'bios_attr_name': module.params['bios_attribute_name'],
+    bios_attributes = module.params['bios_attributes']
-                       'bios_attr_value': module.params['bios_attribute_value']}
+    if module.params['bios_attribute_name'] != 'null':
+        bios_attributes[module.params['bios_attribute_name']] = module.params[
+            'bios_attribute_value']
+        module.deprecate(msg='The bios_attribute_name/bios_attribute_value '
+                         'options are deprecated. Use bios_attributes instead',
+                         version='2.10')
 
     # boot order
     boot_order = module.params['boot_order']