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nxos_interface - Manages physical attributes of interfaces.

New in version 2.1.

Synopsis

  • Manages physical attributes of interfaces of NX-OS switches.

Parameters

Parameter
Choices/Defaults
Comments
admin_state
    Choices:
  • up ←
  • down
Administrative state of the interface.
aggregate
(added in 2.5)
List of Interfaces definitions.
delay
Default:
10
Time in seconds to wait before checking for the operational state on remote device. This wait is applicable for operational state arguments.
description
Interface description.
duplex
(added in 2.5)
    Choices:
  • full
  • half
  • auto ←
Interface link status. Applicable for ethernet interface only.
fabric_forwarding_anycast_gateway
(added in 2.2)
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Associate SVI with anycast gateway under VLAN configuration mode. Applicable for SVI interface only.
interface_type
(added in 2.2)
    Choices:
  • loopback
  • portchannel
  • svi
  • nve
Interface type to be unconfigured from the device.
ip_forward
(added in 2.2)
    Choices:
  • enable
  • disable
Enable/Disable ip forward feature on SVIs.
mode
    Choices:
  • layer2
  • layer3
Manage Layer 2 or Layer 3 state of the interface. This option is supported for ethernet and portchannel interface. Applicable for ethernet and portchannel interface only.
mtu
(added in 2.5)
MTU for a specific interface. Must be an even number between 576 and 9216. Applicable for ethernet interface only.
name
required
Full name of interface, i.e. Ethernet1/1, port-channel10.

aliases: interface
neighbors
(added in 2.5)
Check the operational state of given interface name for LLDP neighbor.
The following suboptions are available. This is state check parameter only.
 
host
LLDP neighbor host for given interface name.
 
port
LLDP neighbor port to which given interface name is connected.
provider
Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli.
This option is only required if you are using NX-API.
For more information please see the NXOS 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 either the CLI login or the nxapi authentication depending on which transport is used. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead.
 
ssh_keyfile
Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for the cli transport. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE will be used instead.
 
use_proxy
(added in 2.5)
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, the environment variables http_proxy and https_proxy will be ignored.
 
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
(added in 2.3)
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. NX-API can be slow to return on long-running commands (sh mac, sh bgp, etc).
 
use_ssl
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Configures the transport to use SSL if set to true only when the transport=nxapi, otherwise this value is ignored.
 
password
Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This is a common argument used for either cli or nxapi transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD will be used instead.
 
validate_certs
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. If the transport argument is not nxapi, this value is ignored.
 
port
Default:
0 (use common port)
Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device. This value applies to either cli or nxapi. The port value will default to the appropriate transport common port if none is provided in the task. (cli=22, http=80, https=443).
 
transport
required
Default:
cli
Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device. The transport argument supports connectivity to the device over cli (ssh) or nxapi.
rx_rate
(added in 2.5)
Receiver rate in bits per second (bps).
This is state check parameter only.
Supports conditionals, see Conditionals in Networking Modules
speed
(added in 2.5)
Interface link speed. Applicable for ethernet interface only.
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
  • default
Specify desired state of the resource.
tx_rate
(added in 2.5)
Transmit rate in bits per second (bps).
This is state check parameter only.
Supports conditionals, see Conditionals in Networking Modules

Notes

Note

  • Tested against NXOSv 7.3.(0)D1(1) on VIRL
  • This module is also used to create logical interfaces such as svis and loopbacks.
  • Be cautious of platform specific idiosyncrasies. For example, when you default a loopback interface, the admin state toggles on certain versions of NX-OS.
  • The nxos_overlay_global anycast_gateway_mac attribute must be set before setting the fabric_forwarding_anycast_gateway property.
  • For information on using CLI and NX-API see the NXOS Platform Options guide
  • 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 an interface is a Layer 3 port and that it has the proper description
  nxos_interface:
    name: Ethernet1/1
    description: 'Configured by Ansible'
    mode: layer3

- name: Admin down an interface
  nxos_interface:
    name: Ethernet2/1
    admin_state: down

- name: Remove all loopback interfaces
  nxos_interface:
    name: loopback
    state: absent

- name: Remove all logical interfaces
  nxos_interface:
    interface_type: "{{ item }} "
    state: absent
  loop:
    - loopback
    - portchannel
    - svi
    - nve

- name: Admin up all loopback interfaces
  nxos_interface:
    name: loopback 0-1023
    admin_state: up

- name: Admin down all loopback interfaces
  nxos_interface:
    name: looback 0-1023
    admin_state: down

- name: Check neighbors intent arguments
  nxos_interface:
    name: Ethernet2/3
    neighbors:
    - port: Ethernet2/3
      host: abc.mycompany.com

- name: Add interface using aggregate
  nxos_interface:
    aggregate:
    - { name: Ethernet0/1, mtu: 256, description: test-interface-1 }
    - { name: Ethernet0/2, mtu: 516, description: test-interface-2 }
    duplex: full
    speed: 100
    state: present

- name: Delete interface using aggregate
  nxos_interface:
    aggregate:
    - name: Loopback9
    - name: Loopback10
    state: absent

- name: Check intent arguments
  nxos_interface:
    name: Ethernet0/2
    state: up
    tx_rate: ge(0)
    rx_rate: le(0)

Return Values

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

Key
Returned
Description
commands
list
always
command list sent to the device

Sample:
['interface Ethernet2/3', 'mtu 1500', 'speed 10']


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

  • Jason Edelman (@jedelman8)
  • Trishna Guha (@trishnaguha)

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