ios_l2_interface - Manage Layer-2 interface on Cisco IOS devices.¶

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status
- Support
- Author

Synopsis ¶

This module provides declarative management of Layer-2 interface on Cisco IOS devices.

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
access_vlan		Configure given VLAN in access port. If `mode=access`, used as the access VLAN ID.
aggregate		List of Layer-2 interface definitions.
auth_pass		Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli` and `become: yes` with `become_pass`. For more information please see the IOS Platform Options guide. Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote device. If authorize is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS` will be used instead.
authorize	Choices: no ← yes	Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli` and `become: yes`. For more information please see the IOS Platform Options guide. Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to execute all commands in non-privileged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE` will be used instead.
mode	Choices: access ← trunk	Mode in which interface needs to be configured.
name required		Full name of the interface excluding any logical unit number, i.e. GigabitEthernet0/1. aliases: interface
native_vlan		Native VLAN to be configured in trunk port. If `mode=trunk`, used as the trunk native VLAN ID.
provider		Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli`. For more information please see the IOS Platform Options guide. A dict object containing connection details.
username		Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME` will be used instead.
authorize	Choices: no ← yes	Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to execute all commands in non-privileged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE` will be used instead.
ssh_keyfile		Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is the path to the key used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE` will be used instead.
auth_pass		Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote device. If authorize is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS` will be used instead.
host required		Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote device over the specified transport. The value of host is used as the destination address for the transport.
timeout	Default: 10	Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error.
password		Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD` will be used instead.
port	Default: 22	Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device.
state	Choices: present ← absent unconfigured	Manage the state of the Layer-2 Interface configuration.
trunk_allowed_vlans		List of allowed VLANs in a given trunk port. If `mode=trunk`, these are the only VLANs that will be configured on the trunk, i.e. "2-10,15".
trunk_vlans		List of VLANs to be configured in trunk port. If `mode=trunk`, used as the VLAN range to ADD or REMOVE from the trunk.

Notes ¶

Note

For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the Ansible Network Guide
For more information on using Ansible to manage Cisco devices see the Cisco integration page.

Examples ¶

- name: Ensure GigabitEthernet0/5 is in its default l2 interface state
  ios_l2_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/5
    state: unconfigured

- name: Ensure GigabitEthernet0/5 is configured for access vlan 20
  ios_l2_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/5
    mode: access
    access_vlan: 20

- name: Ensure GigabitEthernet0/5 only has vlans 5-10 as trunk vlans
  ios_l2_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/5
    mode: trunk
    native_vlan: 10
    trunk_vlans: 5-10

- name: Ensure GigabitEthernet0/5 is a trunk port and ensure 2-50 are being tagged (doesn't mean others aren't also being tagged)
  ios_l2_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/5
    mode: trunk
    native_vlan: 10
    trunk_vlans: 2-50

- name: Ensure these VLANs are not being tagged on the trunk
  ios_l2_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/5
    mode: trunk
    trunk_vlans: 51-4094
    state: absent

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
commands list	always, except for the platforms that use Netconf transport to manage the device.	The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device Sample: ['interface GigabitEthernet0/5', 'switchport access vlan 20']

Status ¶

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

Support ¶

For more information about Red Hat’s support of this module, please refer to this Knowledge Base article

Author ¶

Nathaniel Case (@qalthos)

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