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Dell Servers Systems API

Computer system resources including hardware inventory, health status, power state, and BIOS configuration

Dell Servers Systems API is one of 27 APIs that Dell Servers publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Systems. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, a getting-started guide, and a GitHub repository.

This API exposes 7 operations across 7 paths, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 5.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{idrac-ip}/redfish/v1.

7 operations 7 paths 7 schemas 5 GET1 PATCH1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
5.0
Base URL
https://{idrac-ip}/redfish/v1
Authentication
HTTP Basic, API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Dell Servers Systems API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). An API key is passed in the header as X-Auth-Token (sessionAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • basicAuth — HTTP Basic Authentication using iDRAC username and password credentials. All API requests require authentication except for the Redfish service root at /redfis…
  • sessionAuth — Session-based authentication using a token obtained from the Sessions resource POST operation. The token is passed in the X-Auth-Token header.

Paths & Operations 7

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 5 GET, 1 PATCH, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Systems 7

Computer system resources including hardware inventory, health status, power state, and BIOS configuration

GET
/Systems
Dell Servers List computer systems
listSystems → 200401
GET
/Systems/{SystemId}
Dell Servers Get a computer system
getSystem 1 param → 200401404
POST
/Systems/{SystemId}/Actions/ComputerSystem.Reset
Dell Servers Reset a computer system
resetSystem 1 param body → 204400401404
GET
/Systems/{SystemId}/Bios
Dell Servers Get BIOS attributes
getSystemBios 1 param → 200401404
PATCH
/Systems/{SystemId}/Bios/Settings
Dell Servers Update pending BIOS attributes
updateBiosSettings 1 param body → 200400401
GET
/Systems/{SystemId}/Storage
Dell Servers List storage controllers
listStorageControllers 1 param → 200401
GET
/Systems/{SystemId}/EthernetInterfaces
Dell Servers List Ethernet interfaces
listEthernetInterfaces 1 param → 200401

Schemas 7

The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ComputerSystem (19 properties), ComputerSystemCollection (5 properties), ResourceCollection (5 properties), Bios (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ResourceCollection
object
Redfish resource collection
5 properties
ResourceLink
object
Link to a Redfish resource
1 property
Status
object
Redfish status object indicating resource health
3 properties
ComputerSystemCollection
object
Collection of computer system resources
5 properties
ResetAction
object
Reset action request body for power control operations
1 property 1 required
Bios
object
BIOS configuration attributes for a computer system
4 properties
ComputerSystem
object
Computer system resource representing a Dell PowerEdge server with hardware inventory, health status, and configuration
19 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

dell-servers-systems-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Dell Servers publishes across the network.

Dell OpenManage Enterprise Modular API
Dell OpenManage Enterprise Power Manager API
Dell OpenManage Enterprise SupportAssist API
Dell OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter API
Dell iDRAC Telemetry Streaming API
Dell Lifecycle Controller Remote Services API
Dell RACADM CLI
Dell WSMan API
Dell Servers Accounts API
Dell Servers Alerts API
Dell Servers Application Settings API
Dell Servers Chassis API
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