cisco.nxos.nxos_udld_interface module – Manages UDLD interface configuration params.

Note

This module is part of the cisco.nxos collection (version 11.0.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install cisco.nxos.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.nxos.nxos_udld_interface.

New in cisco.nxos 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • Manages UDLD interface configuration params.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

interface

string / required

FULL name of the interface, i.e. Ethernet1/1-

mode

string / required

Manages UDLD mode for an interface.

Choices:

  • "enabled"

  • "disabled"

  • "aggressive"

state

string

Manage the state of the resource.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

Notes

Note

  • Tested against NXOSv 7.3.(0)D1(1) on VIRL

  • Unsupported for Cisco MDS

  • Feature UDLD must be enabled on the device to use this module.

  • For information on using CLI and NX-API see the :ref:`NXOS Platform Options guide <nxos_platform_options>`

  • For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the :ref:`Ansible Network Guide <network_guide>`

  • For more information on using Ansible to manage Cisco devices see the `Cisco integration page <https://www.ansible.com/integrations/networks/cisco>`_.

Examples

# ensure Ethernet1/1 is configured to be in aggressive mode
- cisco.nxos.nxos_udld_interface:
    interface: Ethernet1/1
    mode: aggressive
    state: present
    host: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ un }}'
    password: '{{ pwd }}'

# Remove the aggressive config only if it's currently in aggressive mode and then disable udld (switch default)
- cisco.nxos.nxos_udld_interface:
    interface: Ethernet1/1
    mode: aggressive
    state: absent
    host: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ un }}'
    password: '{{ pwd }}'

# ensure Ethernet1/1 has aggressive mode enabled
- cisco.nxos.nxos_udld_interface:
    interface: Ethernet1/1
    mode: enabled
    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

Description

changed

boolean

check to see if a change was made on the device

Returned: always

Sample: true

end_state

dictionary

k/v pairs of configuration after module execution

Returned: always

Sample: {"mode": "enabled"}

existing

dictionary

k/v pairs of existing configuration

Returned: always

Sample: {"mode": "aggressive"}

proposed

dictionary

k/v pairs of parameters passed into module

Returned: always

Sample: {"mode": "enabled"}

updates

list / elements=string

command sent to the device

Returned: always

Sample: ["interface ethernet1/33", "no udld aggressive ; no udld disable"]

Authors

  • Jason Edelman (@jedelman8)