onyx_interface - Manage Interfaces on Mellanox ONYX network devices

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
aggregate
List of Interfaces definitions.
delay Default:
10
Time in seconds to wait before checking for the operational state on remote device. This wait is applicable for operational state argument which are state with values up/down.
description
Description of Interface.
duplex
    Choices:
  • full
  • half
  • auto ←
Interface link status
enabled
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Interface link status.
mtu
Maximum size of transmit packet.
name
required
Name of the Interface.
purge
bool
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Purge Interfaces not defined in the aggregate parameter. This applies only for logical interface.
rx_rate
Receiver rate in bits per second (bps).
This is state check parameter only.
Supports conditionals, see Conditionals in Networking Modules
speed
    Choices:
  • 1G
  • 10G
  • 25G
  • 40G
  • 50G
  • 56G
  • 100G
Interface link speed.
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
  • up
  • down
State of the Interface configuration, up means present and operationally up and down means present and operationally down
tx_rate
Transmit rate in bits per second (bps).
This is state check parameter only.
Supports conditionals, see Conditionals in Networking Modules

Examples

- name: configure interface
  onyx_interface:
      name: Eth1/2
      description: test-interface
      speed: 100 GB
      mtu: 512

- name: make interface up
  onyx_interface:
    name: Eth1/2
    enabled: True

- name: make interface down
  onyx_interface:
    name: Eth1/2
    enabled: False

- name: Check intent arguments
  onyx_interface:
    name: Eth1/2
    state: up

- name: Config + intent
  onyx_interface:
    name: Eth1/2
    enabled: False
    state: down

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
commands
list
 always
The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device.

Sample:
['interface ethernet 1/2', 'description test-interface', 'mtu 512', 'exit']


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

  • Samer Deeb (@samerd)

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