dellos10_facts - Collect facts from remote devices running Dell EMC Networking OS10

New in version 2.2.

Synopsis

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
gather_subset Default:
[u'!config']
When supplied, this argument will restrict the facts collected to a given subset. Possible values for this argument include all, hardware, config, and interfaces. Can specify a list of values to include a larger subset. Values can also be used with an initial ! to specify that a specific subset should not be collected.
provider
A dict object containing connection details.
username
User to authenticate the SSH session to the remote device. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME 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.
ssh_keyfile
Path to an ssh key used to authenticate the SSH session to the remote device. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE will be used instead.
timeout Default:
10
Specifies idle timeout (in seconds) for the connection. Useful if the console freezes before continuing. For example when saving configurations.
password
Password to authenticate the SSH session to the remote device. 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.

Notes

Note

Examples

# Collect all facts from the device
- dellos10_facts:
    gather_subset: all

# Collect only the config and default facts
- dellos10_facts:
    gather_subset:
      - config

# Do not collect hardware facts
- dellos10_facts:
    gather_subset:
      - "!hardware"

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
ansible_net_all_ipv4_addresses
list
 when interfaces is configured
All IPv4 addresses configured on the device
ansible_net_all_ipv6_addresses
list
 when interfaces is configured
All IPv6 addresses configured on the device
ansible_net_config
str
 when config is configured
The current active config from the device
ansible_net_cpu_arch
str
 when hardware is configured
CPU Architecture of the remote device.
ansible_net_gather_subset
list
 always
The list of fact subsets collected from the device
ansible_net_hostname
str
 always
The configured hostname of the device
ansible_net_interfaces
dict
 when interfaces is configured
A hash of all interfaces running on the system
ansible_net_memfree_mb
int
 when hardware is configured
The available free memory on the remote device in Mb
ansible_net_memtotal_mb
int
 when hardware is configured
The total memory on the remote device in Mb
ansible_net_model
str
 always
The model name returned from the device.
ansible_net_name
str
 Always.
The name of the OS that is running.
ansible_net_neighbors
dict
 when interfaces is configured
The list of LLDP neighbors from the remote device
ansible_net_servicetag
str
 always
The service tag number of the remote device.
ansible_net_version
str
 always
The operating system version running on the remote device


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

  • Senthil Kumar Ganesan (@skg-net)

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