If not created already, create an instance of Rest or Redfish Object using the RestObject or RedfishObject class respectively. The class constructor takes iLO hostname/ ip address, 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_host, login_account, login_password)

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Redfish Object creation:

REDFISH_OBJ = RedfishObject(iLO_host, login_account, login_password)

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The method ex21_set_active_ilo_nic takes an instance of rest object (or redfish object if using Redfish API) and shared nic boolean as arguments.

def ex21_set_active_ilo_nic(restobj, shared_nic):

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Find and get the system resource for manager.

instances = restobj.search_for_type("Manager.")

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Send a HTTP GET request to the manager URI(s).

for instance in instances:
    tmp = restobj.rest_get(instance["href"]) 

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Send another GET request to the ethernet interfaces URI.

response = restobj.rest_get(tmp.dict["links"]["EthernetNICs"]["href"])

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Find the iLO NIC URI from the response body.

for nic in response.dict["Items"]:
      try:
         if (nic["Oem"]["Hp"]["SupportsFlexibleLOM"] == True and \
                                                         shared_nic == True):
             selected_nic_uri = nic["links"]["self"]["href"]
             break
      except KeyError:
         pass

      try:
         if (nic["Oem"]["Hp"]["SupportsLOM"] == True and \
                                                         shared_nic == True):
             selected_nic_uri = nic["links"]["self"]["href"]
             break
      except KeyError:
         pass

      if not shared_nic:
         selected_nic_uri = nic["links"]["self"]["href"]
         break
      elif not selected_nic_uri:
         sys.stderr.write("\tShared NIC is not supported\n")
         break

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Set the request body.

if selected_nic_uri:
         body = {"Oem": {"Hp": {"NICEnabled": True}}}

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Perform PATCH request.

response = restobj.rest_patch(selected_nic_uri, body)
restobj.error_handler(response)

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