aci_interface_policy_port_channel – Manage port channel interface policies (lacp:LagPol)

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • Manage port channel interface policies on Cisco ACI fabrics.

Aliases: aci_intf_policy_port_channel

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
certificate_name
-
The X.509 certificate name attached to the APIC AAA user used for signature-based authentication.
It defaults to the private_key basename, without extension.

aliases: cert_name
description
-
The description for the port channel.

aliases: descr
fast_select
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Determines if Fast Select is enabled for Hot Standby Ports.
This makes up the LACP Policy Control Policy; if one setting is defined, then all other Control Properties left undefined or set to false will not exist after the task is ran.
The APIC defaults to yes when unset during creation.
graceful_convergence
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Determines if Graceful Convergence is enabled.
This makes up the LACP Policy Control Policy; if one setting is defined, then all other Control Properties left undefined or set to false will not exist after the task is ran.
The APIC defaults to yes when unset during creation.
host
- / required
IP Address or hostname of APIC resolvable by Ansible control host.

aliases: hostname
load_defer
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Determines if Load Defer is enabled.
This makes up the LACP Policy Control Policy; if one setting is defined, then all other Control Properties left undefined or set to false will not exist after the task is ran.
The APIC defaults to no when unset during creation.
max_links
integer
Maximum links.
Accepted values range between 1 and 16.
The APIC defaults to 16 when unset during creation.
min_links
integer
Minimum links.
Accepted values range between 1 and 16.
The APIC defaults to 1 when unset during creation.
mode
-
    Choices:
  • active
  • mac-pin
  • mac-pin-nicload
  • off
  • passive
Port channel interface policy mode.
Determines the LACP method to use for forming port-channels.
The APIC defaults to off when unset during creation.
output_level
-
    Choices:
  • debug
  • info
  • normal ←
Influence the output of this ACI module.
normal means the standard output, incl. current dict
info adds informational output, incl. previous, proposed and sent dicts
debug adds debugging output, incl. filter_string, method, response, status and url information
password
- / required
The password to use for authentication.
This option is mutual exclusive with private_key. If private_key is provided too, it will be used instead.
port
-
Port number to be used for REST connection.
The default value depends on parameter `use_ssl`.
port_channel
- / required
Name of the port channel.

aliases: name
private_key
- / required
PEM formatted file that contains your private key to be used for signature-based authentication.
The name of the key (without extension) is used as the certificate name in ACI, unless certificate_name is specified.
This option is mutual exclusive with password. If password is provided too, it will be ignored.

aliases: cert_key
state
-
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
  • query
Use present or absent for adding or removing.
Use query for listing an object or multiple objects.
suspend_individual
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Determines if Suspend Individual is enabled.
This makes up the LACP Policy Control Policy; if one setting is defined, then all other Control Properties left undefined or set to false will not exist after the task is ran.
The APIC defaults to yes when unset during creation.
symmetric_hash
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Determines if Symmetric Hashing is enabled.
This makes up the LACP Policy Control Policy; if one setting is defined, then all other Control Properties left undefined or set to false will not exist after the task is ran.
The APIC defaults to no when unset during creation.
timeout
integer
Default:
30
The socket level timeout in seconds.
use_proxy
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, it will not use a proxy, even if one is defined in an environment variable on the target hosts.
use_ssl
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, an HTTP connection will be used instead of the default HTTPS connection.
username
-
Default:
"admin"
The username to use for authentication.

aliases: user
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated.
This should only set to no when used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates.

Notes

Note

See Also

See also

Cisco ACI Guide
Detailed information on how to manage your ACI infrastructure using Ansible.
Developing Cisco ACI modules
Detailed guide on how to write your own Cisco ACI modules to contribute.

Examples

- aci_interface_policy_port_channel:
    host: '{{ inventory_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ username }}'
    password: '{{ password }}'
    port_channel: '{{ port_channel }}'
    description: '{{ description }}'
    min_links: '{{ min_links }}'
    max_links: '{{ max_links }}'
    mode: '{{ mode }}'
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
current
list
 success
The existing configuration from the APIC after the module has finished

Sample:
[{'fvTenant': {'attributes': {'descr': 'Production environment', 'dn': 'uni/tn-production', 'name': 'production', 'nameAlias': '', 'ownerKey': '', 'ownerTag': ''}}}]
error
dictionary
 failure
The error information as returned from the APIC

Sample:
{'code': '122', 'text': 'unknown managed object class foo'}
filter_string
string
 failure or debug
The filter string used for the request

Sample:
?rsp-prop-include=config-only
method
string
 failure or debug
The HTTP method used for the request to the APIC

Sample:
POST
previous
list
 info
The original configuration from the APIC before the module has started

Sample:
[{'fvTenant': {'attributes': {'descr': 'Production', 'dn': 'uni/tn-production', 'name': 'production', 'nameAlias': '', 'ownerKey': '', 'ownerTag': ''}}}]
proposed
dictionary
 info
The assembled configuration from the user-provided parameters

Sample:
{'fvTenant': {'attributes': {'descr': 'Production environment', 'name': 'production'}}}
raw
string
 parse error
The raw output returned by the APIC REST API (xml or json)

Sample:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><imdata totalCount="1"><error code="122" text="unknown managed object class foo"/></imdata>
response
string
 failure or debug
The HTTP response from the APIC

Sample:
OK (30 bytes)
sent
list
 info
The actual/minimal configuration pushed to the APIC

Sample:
{'fvTenant': {'attributes': {'descr': 'Production environment'}}}
status
integer
 failure or debug
The HTTP status from the APIC

Sample:
200
url
string
 failure or debug
The HTTP url used for the request to the APIC

Sample:
https://10.11.12.13/api/mo/uni/tn-production.json


Status

Authors

  • Dag Wieers (@dagwieers)

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