cnos_vlan - Manage VLAN resources and attributes on devices running Lenovo CNOS¶

New in version 2.3.

Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status
Maintenance
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Synopsis ¶

This module allows you to work with VLAN related configurations. The operators used are overloaded to ensure control over switch VLAN configurations. The first level of VLAN configuration allows to set up the VLAN range, the VLAN tag persistence, a VLAN access map and access map filter. After passing this level, there are five VLAN arguments that will perform further configurations. They are vlanArg1, vlanArg2, vlanArg3, vlanArg4, and vlanArg5. The value of vlanArg1 will determine the way following arguments will be evaluated. This module uses SSH to manage network device configuration. The results of the operation will be placed in a directory named ‘results’ that must be created by the user in their local directory to where the playbook is run.

Parameters ¶

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
deviceType required (added in 2.3)	Choices: g8272_cnos g8296_cnos g8332_cnos NE1072T NE1032 NE1032T NE10032 NE2572	This specifies the type of device where the method is executed. The choices NE1072T,NE1032,NE1032T,NE10032,NE2572 are added since version 2.4.
enablePassword (added in 2.3)		Configures the password used to enter Global Configuration command mode on the switch. If the switch does not request this password, the parameter is ignored.While generally the value should come from the inventory file, you can also specify it as a variable. This parameter is optional. If it is not specified, no default value will be used.
host required (added in 2.3)		This is the variable used to search the hosts file at /etc/ansible/hosts and identify the IP address of the device on which the template is going to be applied. Usually the Ansible keyword {{ inventory_hostname }} is specified in the playbook as an abstraction of the group of network elements that need to be configured.
outputfile required (added in 2.3)		This specifies the file path where the output of each command execution is saved. Each command that is specified in the merged template file and each response from the device are saved here. Usually the location is the results folder, but you can choose another location based on your write permission.
password required (added in 2.3)		Configures the password used to authenticate the connection to the remote device. The value of the password parameter is used to authenticate the SSH session. While generally the value should come from the inventory file, you can also specify it as a variable. This parameter is optional. If it is not specified, no default value will be used.
username required (added in 2.3)		Configures the username used to authenticate the connection to the remote device. The value of the username parameter is used to authenticate the SSH session. While generally the value should come from the inventory file, you can also specify it as a variable. This parameter is optional. If it is not specified, no default value will be used.
vlanArg1 required	Choices: access-map dot1q filter <1-3999> VLAN ID 1-3999 or range	This is an overloaded vlan first argument. Usage of this argument can be found is the User Guide referenced above.
vlanArg2	Choices: VLAN Access Map name egress-only name flood state ip	This is an overloaded vlan second argument. Usage of this argument can be found is the User Guide referenced above.
vlanArg3	Choices: action match statistics enter VLAN id or range of vlan ascii name for the VLAN ipv4 or ipv6 active or suspend fast-leave last-member-query-interval mrouter querier querier-timeout query-interval query-max-response-time report-suppression robustness-variable startup-query-count startup-query-interval static-group	This is an overloaded vlan third argument. Usage of this argument can be found is the User Guide referenced above.
vlanArg4	Choices: drop or forward or redirect ip or mac Interval in seconds ethernet port-aggregation Querier IP address Querier Timeout in seconds Query Interval in seconds Query Max Response Time in seconds Robustness Variable value Number of queries sent at startup Query Interval at startup	This is an overloaded vlan fourth argument. Usage of this argument can be found is the User Guide referenced above.
vlanArg5	Choices: access-list name Slot/chassis number Port Aggregation Number	This is an overloaded vlan fifth argument. Usage of this argument can be found is the User Guide referenced above.

Notes ¶

Note

For more information on using Ansible to manage Lenovo Network devices see https://www.ansible.com/ansible-lenovo.

Examples ¶

Tasks: The following are examples of using the module cnos_vlan. These are
       written in the main.yml file of the tasks directory.
---
- name: Test Vlan - Create a vlan, name it
  cnos_vlan:
      deviceType: "{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['deviceType'] }}"
      outputfile: "./results/test_vlan_{{ inventory_hostname }}_output.txt"
      vlanArg1: 13
      vlanArg2: "name"
      vlanArg3: "Anil"

- name: Test Vlan - Create a vlan, Flood configuration
  cnos_vlan:
      deviceType: "{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['deviceType'] }}"
      outputfile: "./results/test_vlan_{{ inventory_hostname }}_output.txt"
      vlanArg1: 13
      vlanArg2: "flood"
      vlanArg3: "ipv4"

- name: Test Vlan - Create a vlan, State configuration
  cnos_vlan:
      deviceType: "{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['deviceType'] }}"
      outputfile: "./results/test_vlan_{{ inventory_hostname }}_output.txt"
      vlanArg1: 13
      vlanArg2: "state"
      vlanArg3: "active"

- name: Test Vlan - VLAN Access map1
  cnos_vlan:
      deviceType: "{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['deviceType'] }}"
      outputfile: "./results/test_vlan_{{ inventory_hostname }}_output.txt"
      vlanArg1: "access-map"
      vlanArg2: "Anil"
      vlanArg3: "statistics"

- name: Test Vlan - VLAN Accep Map2
  cnos_vlan:
      deviceType: "{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['deviceType'] }}"
      outputfile: "./results/test_vlan_{{ inventory_hostname }}_output.txt"
      vlanArg1: "access-map"
      vlanArg2: "Anil"
      vlanArg3: "action"
      vlanArg4: "forward"

- name: Test Vlan - ip igmp snooping query interval
  cnos_vlan:
      deviceType: "{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['deviceType'] }}"
      outputfile: "./results/test_vlan_{{ inventory_hostname }}_output.txt"
      vlanArg1: 13
      vlanArg2: "ip"
      vlanArg3: "query-interval"
      vlanArg4: 1313

- name: Test Vlan - ip igmp snooping mrouter interface port-aggregation 23
  cnos_vlan:
      deviceType: "{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['deviceType'] }}"
      outputfile: "./results/test_vlan_{{ inventory_hostname }}_output.txt"
      vlanArg1: 13
      vlanArg2: "ip"
      vlanArg3: "mrouter"
      vlanArg4: "port-aggregation"
      vlanArg5: 23

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
msg string	always	Success or failure message Sample: VLAN configuration is accomplished

Status ¶

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

Maintenance ¶

This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.

Author ¶

Anil Kumar Muraleedharan (@amuraleedhar)

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