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ce_stp - Manages STP configuration on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • Manages STP configurations on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

Parameters

Parameter
Choices/Defaults
Comments
bpdu_filter
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Specify a port as a BPDU filter port.
bpdu_protection
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Configure BPDU protection on an edge port. This function prevents network flapping caused by attack packets.
cost
Set the path cost of the current port. The default instance is 0.
edged_port
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Set the current port as an edge port.
interface
Interface name. If the value is all, will apply configuration to all interfaces. if the value is a special name, only support input the full name.
loop_protection
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable loop protection on the current port.
root_protection
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable root protection on the current port.
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
Specify desired state of the resource.
stp_converge
    Choices:
  • fast
  • normal
STP convergence mode. Fast means set STP aging mode to Fast. Normal means set STP aging mode to Normal.
stp_enable
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable or disable STP on a switch.
stp_mode
    Choices:
  • stp
  • rstp
  • mstp
Set an operation mode for the current MSTP process. The mode can be STP, RSTP, or MSTP.
tc_protection
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Configure the TC BPDU protection function for an MSTP process.
tc_protection_interval
Set the time the MSTP device takes to handle the maximum number of TC BPDUs and immediately refresh forwarding entries. The value is an integer ranging from 1 to 600, in seconds.
tc_protection_threshold
Set the maximum number of TC BPDUs that the MSTP can handle. The value is an integer ranging from 1 to 255. The default value is 1 on the switch.

Examples

- name: CloudEngine stp test
  hosts: cloudengine
  connection: local
  gather_facts: no
  vars:
    cli:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
      port: "{{ ansible_ssh_port }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      transport: cli

  tasks:

  - name: "Config stp mode"
    ce_stp:
      state: present
      stp_mode: stp
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

  - name: "Undo stp mode"
    ce_stp:
      state: absent
      stp_mode: stp
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

  - name: "Enable bpdu protection"
    ce_stp:
      state: present
      bpdu_protection: enable
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

  - name: "Disable bpdu protection"
    ce_stp:
      state: present
      bpdu_protection: disable
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key
Returned
Description
changed
boolean
always
check to see if a change was made on the device

Sample:
True
end_state
dict
always
k/v pairs of aaa params after module execution

Sample:
{'bpdu_protection': 'enable'}
existing
dict
always
k/v pairs of existing aaa server

Sample:
{'bpdu_protection': 'disable'}
proposed
dict
always
k/v pairs of parameters passed into module

Sample:
{'bpdu_protection': 'enable', 'state': 'present'}
updates
list
always
command sent to the device

Sample:
['stp bpdu-protection']


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Author

  • wangdezhuang (@CloudEngine-Ansible)

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