ucs_vhba_template - Configures vHBA templates on Cisco UCS Manager

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • ucsmsdk

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
description
A user-defined description of the template.
Enter up to 256 characters.
You can use any characters or spaces except the following:
` (accent mark), (backslash), ^ (carat), " (double quote), = (equal sign), > (greater than), < (less than), or ' (single quote).

aliases: descr
fabric
    Choices:
  • A ←
  • B
The Fabric ID field.
The name of the fabric interconnect that vHBAs created with this template are associated with.
hostname
str

required
IP address or hostname of Cisco UCS Manager.
max_data Default:
2048
The Max Data Field Size field.
The maximum size of the Fibre Channel frame payload bytes that the vHBA supports.
Enter an string between '256' and '2112'.
name
required
The name of the virtual HBA template.
This name can be between 1 and 16 alphanumeric characters.
You cannot use spaces or any special characters other than - (hyphen), "_" (underscore), : (colon), and . (period).
You cannot change this name after the template is created.
org_dn Default:
org-root
Org dn (distinguished name)
password
str

required
Password for Cisco UCS Manager authentication.
pin_group
The SAN pin group that is associated with vHBAs created from this template.
port
int
Port number to be used during connection (by default uses 443 for https and 80 for http connection).
proxy
str
If use_proxy is no, specfies proxy to be used for connection. e.g. 'http://proxy.xy.z:8080'
qos_policy
The QoS policy that is associated with vHBAs created from this template.
redundancy_type
    Choices:
  • none ←
  • primary
  • secondary
The Redundancy Type used for template pairing from the Primary or Secondary redundancy template.
primary — Creates configurations that can be shared with the Secondary template.
Any other shared changes on the Primary template are automatically synchronized to the Secondary template.
secondary — All shared configurations are inherited from the Primary template.
none - Legacy vHBA template behavior. Select this option if you do not want to use redundancy.
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
If present, will verify vHBA templates are present and will create if needed.
If absent, will verify vHBA templates are absent and will delete if needed.
stats_policy Default:
default
The statistics collection policy that is associated with vHBAs created from this template.
template_type
    Choices:
  • initial-template ←
  • updating-template
The Template Type field.
This can be one of the following:
initial-template — vHBAs created from this template are not updated if the template changes.
updating-template - vHBAs created from this template are updated if the template changes.
use_proxy
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, will not use the proxy as defined by system environment variable.
use_ssl
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, an HTTP connection will be used instead of the default HTTPS connection.
username
str
 Default:
admin
Username for Cisco UCS Manager authentication.
vsan Default:
default
The VSAN to associate with vHBAs created from this template.
wwpn_pool Default:
default
The WWPN pool that a vHBA created from this template uses to derive its WWPN address.

Examples

- name: Configure vHBA template
  ucs_vhba_template:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    name: vHBA-A
    fabric: A
    vsan: VSAN-A
    wwpn_pool: WWPN-Pool-A

- name: Remote vHBA template
  ucs_vhba_template:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    name: vHBA-A
    state: absent

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 certified which means that it is maintained by an Ansible Partner. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by an Ansible Partner, see here.

Author

  • David Soper (@dsoper2)
  • CiscoUcs (@CiscoUcs)

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