nxos_gir - Trigger a graceful removal or insertion (GIR) of the switch.¶

New in version 2.2.

Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status
Maintenance
- Support
- Author

Synopsis ¶

Trigger a graceful removal or insertion (GIR) of the switch.

Parameters ¶

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
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.
state required		Choices: present ← absent	Specify desired state of the resource.
system_mode_maintenance bool		Choices: no yes	When `system_mode_maintenance=true` it puts all enabled protocols in maintenance mode (using the isolate command). When `system_mode_maintenance=false` it puts all enabled protocols in normal mode (using the no isolate command).
system_mode_maintenance_dont_generate_profile bool		Choices: no yes	When `system_mode_maintenance_dont_generate_profile=true` it prevents the dynamic searching of enabled protocols and executes commands configured in a maintenance-mode profile. Use this option if you want the system to use a maintenance-mode profile that you have created. When `system_mode_maintenance_dont_generate_profile=false` it prevents the dynamic searching of enabled protocols and executes commands configured in a normal-mode profile. Use this option if you want the system to use a normal-mode profile that you have created.
system_mode_maintenance_on_reload_reset_reason		Choices: hw_error svc_failure kern_failure wdog_timeout fatal_error lc_failure match_any manual_reload any_other maintenance	Boots the switch into maintenance mode automatically in the event of a specified system crash. Note that not all reset reasons are applicable for all platforms. Also if reset reason is set to match_any, it is not idempotent as it turns on all reset reasons. If reset reason is match_any and state is absent, it turns off all the reset reasons.
system_mode_maintenance_shutdown bool		Choices: no yes	Shuts down all protocols, vPC domains, and interfaces except the management interface (using the shutdown command). This option is disruptive while `system_mode_maintenance` (which uses the isolate command) is not.
system_mode_maintenance_timeout			Keeps the switch in maintenance mode for a specified number of minutes. Range is 5-65535.

Notes ¶

Note

Tested against NXOSv 7.3.(0)D1(1) on VIRL
state has effect only in combination with system_mode_maintenance_timeout or system_mode_maintenance_on_reload_reset_reason.
Using system_mode_maintenance and system_mode_maintenance_dont_generate_profile would make the module fail, but the system mode will be triggered anyway.
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 ¶

# Trigger system maintenance mode
- nxos_gir:
    system_mode_maintenance: true
    host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ un }}"
    password: "{{ pwd }}"
# Trigger system normal mode
- nxos_gir:
    system_mode_maintenance: false
    host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ un }}"
    password: "{{ pwd }}"
# Configure on-reload reset-reason for maintenance mode
- nxos_gir:
    system_mode_maintenance_on_reload_reset_reason: manual_reload
    state: present
    host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ un }}"
    password: "{{ pwd }}"
# Add on-reload reset-reason for maintenance mode
- nxos_gir:
    system_mode_maintenance_on_reload_reset_reason: hw_error
    state: present
    host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ un }}"
    password: "{{ pwd }}"
# Remove on-reload reset-reason for maintenance mode
- nxos_gir:
    system_mode_maintenance_on_reload_reset_reason: manual_reload
    state: absent
    host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ un }}"
    password: "{{ pwd }}"
# Set timeout for maintenance mode
- nxos_gir:
    system_mode_maintenance_timeout: 30
    state: present
    host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ un }}"
    password: "{{ pwd }}"
# Remove timeout for maintenance mode
- nxos_gir:
    system_mode_maintenance_timeout: 30
    state: absent
    host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ un }}"
    password: "{{ pwd }}"

Return Values ¶

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

Key	Returned	Description
changed boolean	always	check to see if a change was made on the device Sample: True
final_system_mode string	verbose mode	describe the last system mode Sample: normal
updates list	verbose mode	commands sent to the device Sample: ['terminal dont-ask', 'system mode maintenance timeout 10']

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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