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cisco.ucs.ucs_query – Queries UCS Manager objects by class or distinguished name

Note

This plugin is part of the cisco.ucs collection (version 1.6.0).

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.ucs.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.ucs.ucs_query.

New in version 2.8: of cisco.ucs

Synopsis

• -Queries UCS Manager objects by class or distinguished name.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• ucsmsdk

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
class_ids string	One or more UCS Manager Class IDs to query. As a comma separated list
delegate_to string	Where the module will be run Default: “localhost”
distinguished_names string	One or more UCS Manager Distinguished Names to query. As a comma separated list
hostname string / required	IP address or hostname of Cisco UCS Manager. Modules can be used with the UCS Platform Emulator https://cs.co/ucspe
password string / required	Password for Cisco UCS Manager authentication.
port integer	Port number to be used during connection (by default uses 443 for https and 80 for http connection).
proxy string	If use_proxy is no, specfies proxy to be used for connection. e.g. ‘http://proxy.xy.z:8080’
use_proxy boolean	If no, will not use the proxy as defined by system environment variable. Choices: no yes ← (default)
use_ssl boolean	If no, an HTTP connection will be used instead of the default HTTPS connection. Choices: no yes ← (default)
username string	Username for Cisco UCS Manager authentication. Default: “admin”

Examples

- name: Query UCS Class ID
  cisco.ucs.ucs_query:
    hostname: "{{ ucs_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ ucs_username }}"
    password: "{{ ucs_password }}"
    class_ids: computeBlade
    delegate_to: localhost

- name: Query UCS Class IDs
  cisco.ucs.ucs_query:
    hostname: "{{ ucs_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ ucs_username }}"
    password: "{{ ucs_password }}"
    class_ids: computeBlade, fabricVlan
    delegate_to: localhost

- name: Query UCS Distinguished Name
  cisco.ucs.ucs_query:
    hostname: "{{ ucs_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ ucs_username }}"
    password: "{{ ucs_password }}"
    distinguished_names: org-root
    delegate_to: localhost

- name: Query UCS Distinguished Names
  cisco.ucs.ucs_query:
    hostname: "{{ ucs_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ ucs_username }}"
    password: "{{ ucs_password }}"
    distinguished_names: org-root, sys/rack-unit-1, sys/chassis-1/blade-2
    delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key	Description
objects dictionary	results JSON encodded Returned: success

Authors

• John McDonough (@movinalot)

• CiscoUcs (@CiscoUcs)