nxos_facts – Gets facts about NX-OS switches

New in version 2.1.

Synopsis

  • Collects facts from Cisco Nexus devices running the NX-OS operating system. Fact collection is supported over both Cli and Nxapi transports. This module prepends all of the base network fact keys with ansible_net_<fact>. The facts module will always collect a base set of facts from the device and can enable or disable collection of additional facts.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
gather_subset
-
added in 2.2
 Default:
"!config"
When supplied, this argument will restrict the facts collected to a given subset. Possible values for this argument include all, hardware, config, legacy, and interfaces. Can specify a list of values to include a larger subset. Values can also be used with an initial ! to specify that a specific subset should not be collected.
provider
-
Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli.
This option is only required if you are using NX-API.
For more information please see the NXOS Platform Options guide.
A dict object containing connection details.
auth_pass
-
added in 2.5.3
 Default:
"none"
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
added in 2.5.3
    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 is a common argument used for either cli or nxapi transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD will be used instead.
port
-
Default:
"0 (use common port)"
Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device. This value applies to either cli or nxapi. The port value will default to the appropriate transport common port if none is provided in the task. (cli=22, http=80, https=443).
ssh_keyfile
-
Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for the cli transport. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE will be used instead.
timeout
-
added in 2.3
 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. NX-API can be slow to return on long-running commands (sh mac, sh bgp, etc).
transport
- / required
Default:
"cli"
Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device. The transport argument supports connectivity to the device over cli (ssh) or nxapi.
use_proxy
boolean
added in 2.5
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, the environment variables http_proxy and https_proxy will be ignored.
use_ssl
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Configures the transport to use SSL if set to true only when the transport=nxapi, otherwise this value is ignored.
username
-
Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate either the CLI login or the nxapi authentication depending on which transport is used. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. If the transport argument is not nxapi, this value is ignored.

Notes

Note

Examples

- nxos_facts:
    gather_subset: all

# Collect only the config and default facts
- nxos_facts:
    gather_subset:
      - config

# Do not collect hardware facts
- nxos_facts:
    gather_subset:
      - "!hardware"

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
ansible_net_all_ipv4_addresses
list
 when interfaces is configured
All IPv4 addresses configured on the device
ansible_net_all_ipv6_addresses
list
 when interfaces is configured
All IPv6 addresses configured on the device
ansible_net_config
string
 when config is configured
The current active config from the device
ansible_net_filesystems
list
 when hardware is configured
All file system names available on the device
ansible_net_gather_subset
list
 always
The list of fact subsets collected from the device
ansible_net_hostname
string
 always
The configured hostname of the device
ansible_net_image
string
 always
The image file the device is running
ansible_net_interfaces
dictionary
 when interfaces is configured
A hash of all interfaces running on the system
ansible_net_memfree_mb
integer
 when hardware is configured
The available free memory on the remote device in Mb
ansible_net_memtotal_mb
integer
 when hardware is configured
The total memory on the remote device in Mb
ansible_net_model
string
 always
The model name returned from the device
ansible_net_neighbors
dictionary
 when interfaces is configured
The list of LLDP and CDP neighbors from the device. If both, CDP and LLDP neighbor data is present on one port, CDP is preferred.
ansible_net_serialnum
string
 always
The serial number of the remote device
ansible_net_version
string
 always
The operating system version running on the remote device
fan_info
dictionary
 when legacy is configured
A hash of facts about fans in the remote device
hostname
dictionary
 when legacy is configured
The configured hostname of the remote device
interfaces_list
dictionary
 when legacy is configured
The list of interface names on the remote device
kickstart
string
 when legacy is configured
The software version used to boot the system
module
dictionary
 when legacy is configured
A hash of facts about the modules in a remote device
platform
string
 when legacy is configured
The hardware platform reported by the remote device
power_supply_info
string
 when legacy is configured
A hash of facts about the power supplies in the remote device
vlan_list
list
 when legacy is configured
The list of VLAN IDs configured on the remote device


Status

Red Hat Support

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

Authors

  • Jason Edelman (@jedelman8)
  • Gabriele Gerbino (@GGabriele)

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