ios_linkagg – Manage link aggregation groups on Cisco IOS network devices

New in version 2.5.

Synopsis

• This module provides declarative management of link aggregation groups on Cisco IOS network devices.

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
aggregate -			List of link aggregation definitions.
auth_pass -			Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli and become: yes with become_pass. For more information please see the IOS Platform Options guide. Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote device. If authorize is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS will be used instead.
authorize boolean		Choices: no ← yes	Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli and become: yes. For more information please see the IOS Platform Options guide. Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to execute all commands in non-privileged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE will be used instead.
group -			Channel-group number for the port-channel Link aggregation group. Range 1-255.
members -			List of members of the link aggregation group.
mode -		Choices: active on passive auto desirable	Mode of the link aggregation group.
provider -			Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli. For more information please see the IOS Platform Options guide. A dict object containing connection details.
	auth_pass -		Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote device. If authorize is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS will be used instead.
	authorize boolean	Choices: no ← yes	Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to execute all commands in non-privileged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE will be used instead.
	host - / required		Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote device over the specified transport. The value of host is used as the destination address for the transport.
	password -		Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD will be used instead.
	port -	Default: 22	Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device.
	ssh_keyfile -		Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is the path to the key used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE will be used instead.
	timeout -	Default: 10	Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error.
	username -		Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead.
purge -		Default: "no"	Purge links not defined in the aggregate parameter.
state -		Choices: present ← absent	State of the link aggregation group.

Notes

Note

• Tested against IOS 15.2
• For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the Ansible Network Guide
• For more information on using Ansible to manage Cisco devices see the Cisco integration page.

Examples

- name: create link aggregation group
  ios_linkagg:
    group: 10
    state: present

- name: delete link aggregation group
  ios_linkagg:
    group: 10
    state: absent

- name: set link aggregation group to members
  ios_linkagg:
    group: 200
    mode: active
    members:
      - GigabitEthernet0/0
      - GigabitEthernet0/1

- name: remove link aggregation group from GigabitEthernet0/0
  ios_linkagg:
    group: 200
    mode: active
    members:
      - GigabitEthernet0/1

- name: Create aggregate of linkagg definitions
  ios_linkagg:
    aggregate:
      - { group: 3, mode: on, members: [GigabitEthernet0/1] }
      - { group: 100, mode: passive, members: [GigabitEthernet0/2] }

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
commands list	always, except for the platforms that use Netconf transport to manage the device.	The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device Sample: ['interface port-channel 30', 'interface GigabitEthernet0/3', 'channel-group 30 mode on', 'no interface port-channel 30']

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Network Team. [network]

Red Hat Support

More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.

Authors

• Trishna Guha (@trishnaguha)

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