nxos_portchannel - Manages port-channel interfaces.¶

New in version 2.2.

DEPRECATED
Synopsis
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status
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DEPRECATED ¶

Removed in Ansible:
	version: 2.9
Why:	Replaced with common `*_linkagg` network modules.
Alternative:	Use nxos_linkagg instead.

Synopsis ¶

Manages port-channel specific configuration parameters.

Parameters ¶

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
force		Choices: false ← true	When true it forces port-channel members to match what is declared in the members param. This can be used to remove members.
group required			Channel-group number for the port-channel.
members			List of interfaces that will be managed in a given portchannel.
min_links			Min links required to keep portchannel up.
mode		Choices: active passive on Default: yes	Mode for the port-channel, i.e. on, active, passive.
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		Choices: present ← absent	Manage the state of the resource.

Notes ¶

Note

Tested against NXOSv 7.3.(0)D1(1) on VIRL
state=absent removes the portchannel config and interface if it already exists. If members to be removed are not explicitly passed, all existing members (if any), are removed.
Members must be a list.
LACP needs to be enabled first if active/passive modes are used.
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 ¶

# Ensure port-channel99 is created, add two members, and set to mode on
- nxos_portchannel:
    group: 99
    members: ['Ethernet1/1','Ethernet1/2']
    mode: 'active'
    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	command sent to the device Sample: ['interface Ethernet2/6', 'no channel-group 12', 'interface Ethernet2/5', 'no channel-group 12', 'interface Ethernet2/6', 'channel-group 12 mode on', 'interface Ethernet2/5', 'channel-group 12 mode on']

Status ¶

This module is flagged as deprecated and will be removed in version 2.9. For more information see DEPRECATED.

Author ¶

Jason Edelman (@jedelman8)
Gabriele Gerbino (@GGabriele)

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