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cisco.ios.ios_l2_interface – (deprecated, removed after 2022-06-01) Manage Layer-2 interface on Cisco IOS devices.

Note

This plugin is part of the cisco.ios collection (version 2.6.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install cisco.ios.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.ios.ios_l2_interface.

New in version 1.0.0: of cisco.ios

DEPRECATED

Removed in

major release after 2022-06-01

Why

Newer and updated modules released with more functionality in Ansible 2.9

Alternative

ios_l2_interfaces

Synopsis

• This module provides declarative management of Layer-2 interfaces on Cisco IOS devices.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
access_vlan string	Configure given VLAN in access port. If mode=access, used as the access VLAN ID.
aggregate list / elements=dictionary	List of Layer-2 interface definitions.
access_vlan string	Configure given VLAN in access port. If mode=access, used as the access VLAN ID.
mode string	Mode in which interface needs to be configured. Choices: access trunk
name aliases: interface string	Full name of the interface excluding any logical unit number, i.e. GigabitEthernet0/1.
native_vlan string	Native VLAN to be configured in trunk port. If mode=trunk, used as the trunk native VLAN ID.
state string	Manage the state of the Layer-2 Interface configuration. Choices: present absent unconfigured
trunk_allowed_vlans string	List of allowed VLANs in a given trunk port. If mode=trunk, these are the only VLANs that will be configured on the trunk, i.e. “2-10,15”.
trunk_vlans string	List of VLANs to be configured in trunk port. If mode=trunk, used as the VLAN range to ADD or REMOVE from the trunk.
mode string	Mode in which interface needs to be configured. Choices: access trunk
name aliases: interface string	Full name of the interface excluding any logical unit number, i.e. GigabitEthernet0/1.
native_vlan string	Native VLAN to be configured in trunk port. If mode=trunk, used as the trunk native VLAN ID.
provider dictionary	Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli. For more information please see the https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/network/user_guide/platform_ios.html. A dict object containing connection details.
auth_pass string	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	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. Choices: no ← (default) yes
host string	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 string	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 integer	Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device.
ssh_keyfile path	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 integer	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 string	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.
state string	Manage the state of the Layer-2 Interface configuration. Choices: present ← (default) absent unconfigured
trunk_allowed_vlans string	List of allowed VLANs in a given trunk port. If mode=trunk, these are the only VLANs that will be configured on the trunk, i.e. “2-10,15”.
trunk_vlans string	List of VLANs to be configured in trunk port. If mode=trunk, used as the VLAN range to ADD or REMOVE from the trunk.

Notes

Note

• 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: Ensure GigabitEthernet0/5 is in its default l2 interface state
  ios.ios_l2_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/5
    state: unconfigured
- name: Ensure GigabitEthernet0/5 is configured for access vlan 20
  ios.ios_l2_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/5
    mode: access
    access_vlan: 20
- name: Ensure GigabitEthernet0/5 only has vlans 5-10 as trunk vlans
  ios.ios_l2_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/5
    mode: trunk
    native_vlan: 10
    trunk_allowed_vlans: 5-10
- name: Ensure GigabitEthernet0/5 is a trunk port and ensure 2-50 are being tagged
    (doesn't mean others aren't also being tagged)
  ios.ios_l2_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/5
    mode: trunk
    native_vlan: 10
    trunk_vlans: 2-50
- name: Ensure these VLANs are not being tagged on the trunk
  ios.ios_l2_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/5
    mode: trunk
    trunk_vlans: 51-4094
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key	Description
commands list / elements=string	The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device Returned: always, except for the platforms that use Netconf transport to manage the device. Sample: [“interface GigabitEthernet0/5”, “switchport access vlan 20”]

Status

• This module will be removed in a major release after 2022-06-01. [deprecated]

• For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

• Nathaniel Case (@Qalthos)