cisco.dnac.network_device_count_info module – Information module for Network Device Count

Note

This module is part of the cisco.dnac collection (version 6.22.0).

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.dnac. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.dnac.network_device_count_info.

New in cisco.dnac 3.1.0

Synopsis

  • Get all Network Device Count.

  • Get Network Device Count by id.

  • Returns the count of network devices based on the filter criteria by management IP address, mac address, hostname and location name.

  • Returns the interface count for the given device.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Requirements

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

  • dnacentersdk >= 2.7.2

  • python >= 3.5

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

deviceId

string

DeviceId path parameter. Device ID.

dnac_debug

boolean

Flag for Cisco DNA Center SDK to enable debugging.

Choices:

  • false ← (default)

  • true

dnac_host

string / required

The Cisco DNA Center hostname.

dnac_password

string

The Cisco DNA Center password to authenticate.

dnac_port

integer

The Cisco DNA Center port.

Default: 443

dnac_username

aliases: user

string

The Cisco DNA Center username to authenticate.

Default: "admin"

dnac_verify

boolean

Flag to enable or disable SSL certificate verification.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

dnac_version

string

Informs the SDK which version of Cisco DNA Center to use.

Default: "2.3.7.6"

headers

dictionary

Additional headers.

hostname

list / elements=string

Hostname query parameter.

locationName

list / elements=string

LocationName query parameter.

macAddress

list / elements=string

MacAddress query parameter.

managementIpAddress

list / elements=string

ManagementIpAddress query parameter.

validate_response_schema

boolean

Flag for Cisco DNA Center SDK to enable the validation of request bodies against a JSON schema.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

Notes

Note

  • SDK Method used are devices.Devices.get_device_count, devices.Devices.get_device_interface_count_by_id,

  • Paths used are get /dna/intent/api/v1/interface/network-device/{deviceId}/count, get /dna/intent/api/v1/network-device/count,

  • Supports check_mode

  • The plugin runs on the control node and does not use any ansible connection plugins, but instead the embedded connection manager from Cisco DNAC SDK

  • The parameters starting with dnac_ are used by the Cisco DNAC Python SDK to establish the connection

See Also

See also

Cisco DNA Center documentation for Devices GetDeviceCount2

Complete reference of the GetDeviceCount2 API.

Cisco DNA Center documentation for Devices GetDeviceInterfaceCount

Complete reference of the GetDeviceInterfaceCount API.

Examples

- name: Get all Network Device Count
  cisco.dnac.network_device_count_info:
    dnac_host: "{{dnac_host}}"
    dnac_username: "{{dnac_username}}"
    dnac_password: "{{dnac_password}}"
    dnac_verify: "{{dnac_verify}}"
    dnac_port: "{{dnac_port}}"
    dnac_version: "{{dnac_version}}"
    dnac_debug: "{{dnac_debug}}"
    headers: "{{my_headers | from_json}}"
    hostname: []
    managementIpAddress: []
    macAddress: []
    locationName: []
  register: result

- name: Get Network Device Count by id
  cisco.dnac.network_device_count_info:
    dnac_host: "{{dnac_host}}"
    dnac_username: "{{dnac_username}}"
    dnac_password: "{{dnac_password}}"
    dnac_verify: "{{dnac_verify}}"
    dnac_port: "{{dnac_port}}"
    dnac_version: "{{dnac_version}}"
    dnac_debug: "{{dnac_debug}}"
    headers: "{{my_headers | from_json}}"
    deviceId: string
  register: result

Return Values

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

Key

Description

dnac_response

dictionary

A dictionary or list with the response returned by the Cisco DNAC Python SDK

Returned: always

Sample: {"response": 0, "version": "string"}

Authors

  • Rafael Campos (@racampos)