dellemc.os10.vlt_validate – Validate the vlt info, raise an error if peer is not in up state

Note

This plugin is part of the dellemc.os10 collection (version 1.0.2).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install dellemc.os10.

To use it in a playbook, specify: dellemc.os10.vlt_validate.

Synopsis

• Troubleshoot the show vlt info and raise an error if peer is not up.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
intended_vlt_pairs list / elements=string / required		intended vlt pair intput to verify with actual
show_system_network_summary list / elements=string / required		show system summary output
show_vlt list / elements=string / required		show vlt output

Examples

Copy below YAML into a playbook (e.g. play.yml) and run as follows:

#$ ansible-playbook -i inv play.yml
name: show system Configuration
hosts: localhost
connection: local
gather_facts: False
tasks:
 - name: "Get Dell EMC OS10 Show run vlt"
   os10_command:
     commands:
       - command: "show running-configuration vlt | grep vlt-domain"
     provider: "{{ hostvars[item].cli }}"
   with_items: "{{ groups['all'] }}"
   register: show_run_vlt
 - set_fact:
      output_vlt:  "{{ output_vlt|default([])+ [{'host': item.invocation.module_args.provider.host, 'inv_name': item.item,
                                                 'stdout_show_vlt': item.stdout.0}] }}"
   loop: "{{ show_run_vlt.results }}"
 - debug: var=output_vlt
 - name: "Get Dell EMC OS10 Show vlt info"
   os10_command:
     commands:
       - command: "show vlt {{ item.stdout_show_vlt.split()[1] }} | display-xml"
     provider: "{{ hostvars[item.inv_name].cli }}"
   with_items: "{{ output_vlt }}"
   register: show_vlt
 - set_fact:
      vlt_out:  "{{ vlt_out|default([])+ [{'host': item.invocation.module_args.provider.host, 'inv_name': item.item, 'show_vlt_stdout': item.stdout.0}] }}"
   loop: "{{ show_vlt.results }}"
   register: vlt_output
 - name: call lib to convert vlt info from xml to dict format
   base_xml_to_dict:
      cli_responses: "{{ item.show_vlt_stdout }}"
   with_items:
     - "{{ vlt_out }}"
   register: vlt_dict_output
 - name: "Get Dell EMC OS10 Show system"
   import_role:
     name: os10_fabric_summary
   register: show_system_network_summary
 - name: call lib to process
   vlt_validate:
       show_vlt : "{{ vlt_dict_output.results }}"
       show_system_network_summary: "{{ show_system_network_summary.msg.results }}"
       intended_vlt_pairs: "{{ intended_vlt_pairs }}"
   register: show_vlt_info

Authors

• Senthil Kumar Ganesan (@skg-net)