Teaches AI agents to manage Dell PowerEdge server hardware — BIOS configuration, iDRAC remote management, RAID setup, firmware updates, and hardware inventory. Includes a container-based toolkit (racadm, perccli, mvcli, Ansible OpenManage) so operators can manage Dell servers from any OS without local tool installation.
Install:
pipx install agentic-stacks # if you haven't already
agentic-stacks pull agentic-stacks/hardware-dellSkills
concepts
PowerEdge architecture, iDRAC fundamentals, server generations, license tiers
tools
Tool landscape — racadm, perccli, mvcli, ipmitool, Ansible OpenManage, local discovery
architecture
Container-based tooling approach — privileged vs remote, volume mounts, networking
container-setup
Build and run the Dell tools container, verify tool availability
initial-config
First-time iDRAC setup — IP, password, NTP, DNS, baseline SCP export
bios
BIOS configuration — view, set, import/export via SCP, workload profiles
idrac
iDRAC management — SCP config-as-code, users, alerts, power, certificates, licensing
raid
RAID management — perccli, mvcli, create/delete/rebuild, hot spares, RAID level selection
firmware
Firmware updates — DUP, DSU, lifecycle controller, rollback, job queue, update order
inventory
Hardware inventory — racadm, dmidecode, lspci, lshw, ipmitool sensors, asset export
openmanage
Ansible dellemc.openmanage collection — playbooks for fleet-wide BIOS, firmware, SCP operations
diagnose-hardware
Hardware failure diagnosis — power, LEDs, memory, CPU thermal, fans, PSU
diagnose-connectivity
Network/iDRAC connectivity troubleshooting — unreachable iDRAC, NIC issues, VLAN
diagnose-storage
Storage troubleshooting — foreign drives, rebuild, degraded arrays, boot failures
known-issues
Version-specific bugs and workarounds for iDRAC firmware, racadm, PERC
compatibility
Compatibility matrices — PowerEdge generations, iDRAC versions, tool support, Ansible
decision-guides
Decision aids — local vs remote, racadm vs Ansible, RAID levels, firmware strategy
openmanage-migration
Migration guide for Ansible dellemc.openmanage collection 8.x to 9.x