vmware_vswitch_info – Gathers info about an ESXi host’s vswitch configurations¶
New in version 2.9.
Synopsis¶
- This module can be used to gather information about an ESXi host’s vswitch configurations when ESXi hostname or Cluster name is given.
- The vSphere Client shows the value for the number of ports as elastic from vSphere 5.5 and above.
- Other tools like esxcli might show the number of ports as 1536 or 5632.
- See https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/2064511 for more details.
Requirements¶
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- python >= 2.6
- PyVmomi
Parameters¶
Examples¶
- name: Gather vswitch info about all ESXi Host in given Cluster
vmware_vswitch_info:
hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
cluster_name: '{{ cluster_name }}'
delegate_to: localhost
register: all_hosts_vswitch_info
- name: Gather firewall info about ESXi Host
vmware_vswitch_info:
hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
delegate_to: localhost
register: all_vswitch_info
Return Values¶
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Status¶
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors¶
- Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde)
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