nxos_bgp_af - Manages BGP Address-family configuration.¶

New in version 2.2.

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Synopsis ¶

Manages BGP Address-family configurations on NX-OS switches.

Parameters ¶

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
additional_paths_install bool		Choices: no yes	Install a backup path into the forwarding table and provide prefix independent convergence (PIC) in case of a PE-CE link failure.
additional_paths_receive bool		Choices: no yes	Enables the receive capability of additional paths for all of the neighbors under this address family for which the capability has not been disabled.
additional_paths_selection			Configures the capability of selecting additional paths for a prefix. Valid values are a string defining the name of the route-map.
additional_paths_send bool		Choices: no yes	Enables the send capability of additional paths for all of the neighbors under this address family for which the capability has not been disabled.
advertise_l2vpn_evpn bool		Choices: no yes	Advertise evpn routes.
afi required		Choices: ipv4 ipv6 vpnv4 vpnv6 l2vpn	Address Family Identifier.
asn required			BGP autonomous system number. Valid values are String, Integer in ASPLAIN or ASDOT notation.
client_to_client bool		Choices: no yes	Configure client-to-client route reflection.
dampen_igp_metric			Specify dampen value for IGP metric-related changes, in seconds. Valid values are integer and keyword 'default'.
dampening_half_time			Specify decay half-life in minutes for route-flap dampening. Valid values are integer and keyword 'default'.
dampening_max_suppress_time			Specify max suppress time for route-flap dampening stable route. Valid values are integer and keyword 'default'.
dampening_reuse_time			Specify route reuse time for route-flap dampening. Valid values are integer and keyword 'default'.
dampening_routemap			Specify route-map for route-flap dampening. Valid values are a string defining the name of the route-map.
dampening_state bool		Choices: no yes	Enable/disable route-flap dampening.
dampening_suppress_time			Specify route suppress time for route-flap dampening. Valid values are integer and keyword 'default'.
default_information_originate bool		Choices: no yes	Default information originate.
default_metric			Sets default metrics for routes redistributed into BGP. Valid values are Integer or keyword 'default'
distance_ebgp			Sets the administrative distance for eBGP routes. Valid values are Integer or keyword 'default'.
distance_ibgp			Sets the administrative distance for iBGP routes. Valid values are Integer or keyword 'default'.
distance_local			Sets the administrative distance for local BGP routes. Valid values are Integer or keyword 'default'.
inject_map			An array of route-map names which will specify prefixes to inject. Each array entry must first specify the inject-map name, secondly an exist-map name, and optionally the copy-attributes keyword which indicates that attributes should be copied from the aggregate. For example [['lax_inject_map', 'lax_exist_map'], ['nyc_inject_map', 'nyc_exist_map', 'copy-attributes'], ['fsd_inject_map', 'fsd_exist_map']].
maximum_paths			Configures the maximum number of equal-cost paths for load sharing. Valid value is an integer in the range 1-64.
maximum_paths_ibgp			Configures the maximum number of ibgp equal-cost paths for load sharing. Valid value is an integer in the range 1-64.
networks			Networks to configure. Valid value is a list of network prefixes to advertise. The list must be in the form of an array. Each entry in the array must include a prefix address and an optional route-map. For example [['10.0.0.0/16', 'routemap_LA'], ['192.168.1.1', 'Chicago'], ['192.168.2.0/24'], ['192.168.3.0/24', 'routemap_NYC']].
next_hop_route_map			Configure a route-map for valid nexthops. Valid values are a string defining the name of the route-map.
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.
	authorize bool (added in 2.5.3)	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 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 bool (added in 2.5)	Choices: no yes ←	If `no`, the environment variables `http_proxy` and `https_proxy` will be ignored.
	auth_pass (added in 2.5.3)	Default: none	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 (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 bool	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 bool	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.
redistribute			A list of redistribute directives. Multiple redistribute entries are allowed. The list must be in the form of a nested array. the first entry of each array defines the source-protocol to redistribute from; the second entry defines a route-map name. A route-map is highly advised but may be optional on some platforms, in which case it may be omitted from the array list. For example [['direct', 'rm_direct'], ['lisp', 'rm_lisp']].
safi required		Choices: unicast multicast evpn	Sub Address Family Identifier.
state		Choices: present ← absent	Determines whether the config should be present or not on the device.
suppress_inactive bool		Choices: no yes	Advertises only active routes to peers.
table_map			Apply table-map to filter routes downloaded into URIB. Valid values are a string.
table_map_filter bool		Choices: no yes	Filters routes rejected by the route-map and does not download them to the RIB.
vrf required			Name of the VRF. The name 'default' is a valid VRF representing the global bgp.

Notes ¶

Note

Tested against NXOSv 7.3.(0)D1(1) on VIRL
state=absent removes the whole BGP ASN configuration
Default, where supported, restores params default value.
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 ¶

# configure a simple address-family
- nxos_bgp_af:
    asn: 65535
    vrf: TESTING
    afi: ipv4
    safi: unicast
    advertise_l2vpn_evpn: true
    state: present

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
commands list	always	commands sent to the device Sample: ['router bgp 65535', 'vrf TESTING', 'address-family ipv4 unicast', 'advertise l2vpn evpn']

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 network which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Network Team. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

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

Support ¶

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

Author ¶

Gabriele Gerbino (@GGabriele)

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