pn_vlan – CLI command to create/delete a VLAN.

New in version 2.2.

Synopsis

  • Execute vlan-create or vlan-delete command.
  • VLANs are used to isolate network traffic at Layer 2.The VLAN identifiers 0 and 4095 are reserved and cannot be used per the IEEE 802.1Q standard. The range of configurable VLAN identifiers is 2 through 4092.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
pn_clipassword
-
Provide login password if user is not root.
pn_cliswitch
-
Target switch(es) to run the cli on.
pn_cliusername
-
Provide login username if user is not root.
pn_description
-
Specify a description for the VLAN.
pn_ports
-
Specifies the switch network data port number, list of ports, or range of ports. Port numbers must ne in the range of 1 to 64.
pn_scope
-
    Choices:
  • fabric
  • local
Specify a scope for the VLAN.
Required for vlan-create.
pn_stats
-
Specify if you want to collect statistics for a VLAN. Statistic collection is enabled by default.
pn_untagged_ports
-
Specifies the ports that should have untagged packets mapped to the VLAN. Untagged packets are packets that do not contain IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tags.
pn_vlanid
- / required
Specify a VLAN identifier for the VLAN. This is a value between 2 and 4092.
state
- / required
    Choices:
  • present
  • absent
State the action to perform. Use 'present' to create vlan and 'absent' to delete vlan.

Examples

- name: create a VLAN
  pn_vlan:
    state: 'present'
    pn_vlanid: 1854
    pn_scope: fabric

- name: delete VLANs
  pn_vlan:
    state: 'absent'
    pn_vlanid: 1854

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
changed
boolean
 always
Indicates whether the CLI caused changes on the target.
command
string
 always
The CLI command run on the target node(s).
stderr
list
 on error
The set of error responses from the vlan command.
stdout
list
 always
The set of responses from the vlan command.


Status

Authors

  • Pluribus Networks (@amitsi)

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