cnos_system – Manage the system attributes on Lenovo CNOS devices

New in version 2.8.

Synopsis

  • This module provides declarative management of node system attributes on Lenovo CNOS devices. It provides an option to configure host system parameters or remove those parameters from the device active configuration.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
domain_name
-
Configures the default domain name suffix to be used when referencing this node by its FQDN. This argument accepts either a list of domain names or a list of dicts that configure the domain name and VRF name or keyword 'default'. See examples.
domain_search
-
Configures a list of domain name suffixes to search when performing DNS name resolution. This argument accepts either a list of domain names or a list of dicts that configure the domain name and VRF name or keyword 'default'. See examples.
hostname
-
Configure the device hostname parameter. This option takes an ASCII string value or keyword 'default'
lookup_enabled
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Administrative control for enabling or disabling DNS lookups. When this argument is set to True, lookups are performed and when it is set to False, lookups are not performed.
lookup_source
-
Provides one or more source interfaces to use for performing DNS lookups. The interface must be a valid interface configured. on the device.
name_servers
-
List of DNS name servers by IP address to use to perform name resolution lookups. This argument accepts either a list of DNS servers or a list of hashes that configure the name server and VRF name or keyword 'default'. See examples.
state
-
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
State of the configuration values in the device's current active configuration. When set to present, the values should be configured in the device active configuration and when set to absent the values should not be in the device active configuration

Examples

- name: configure hostname and domain-name
  cnos_system:
    hostname: cnos01
    domain_name: test.example.com

- name: remove configuration
  cnos_system:
    state: absent

- name: configure name servers
  cnos_system:
    name_servers:
      - 8.8.8.8
      - 8.8.4.4

- name: configure DNS Lookup sources
  cnos_system:
    lookup_source: MgmtEth0/0/CPU0/0
    lookup_enabled: yes

- name: configure name servers with VRF support
  nxos_system:
    name_servers:
      - { server: 8.8.8.8, vrf: mgmt }
      - { server: 8.8.4.4, vrf: mgmt }

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
commands
list
always
The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device

Sample:
['hostname cnos01', 'ip domain-name test.example.com vrf default']


Status

Authors

  • Anil Kumar Muraleedharan (@amuraleedhar)

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