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community.general.nictagadm – Manage nic tags on SmartOS systems

Note

This plugin is part of the community.general collection (version 3.8.3).

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 community.general.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.general.nictagadm.

Synopsis

• Create or delete nic tags on SmartOS systems.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
etherstub boolean	Specifies that the nic tag will be attached to a created etherstub. Parameter etherstub is mutually exclusive with both mtu, and mac. Choices: no ← (default) yes
force boolean	When state is absent set this switch will use the -f parameter and delete the nic tag regardless of existing VMs. Choices: no ← (default) yes
mac string	Specifies the mac address to attach the nic tag to when not creating an etherstub. Parameters mac and etherstub are mutually exclusive.
mtu integer	Specifies the size of the mtu of the desired nic tag. Parameters mtu and etherstub are mutually exclusive.
name string / required	Name of the nic tag.
state string	Create or delete a SmartOS nic tag. Choices: absent present ← (default)

Examples

- name: Create 'storage0' on '00:1b:21:a3:f5:4d'
  community.general.nictagadm:
    name: storage0
    mac: 00:1b:21:a3:f5:4d
    mtu: 9000
    state: present

- name: Remove 'storage0' nic tag
  community.general.nictagadm:
    name: storage0
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key	Description
etherstub boolean	specifies if the nic tag will create and attach to an etherstub. Returned: always Sample: false
force boolean	Shows if -f was used during the deletion of a nic tag Returned: always Sample: false
mac string	MAC Address that the nic tag was attached to. Returned: always Sample: “00:1b:21:a3:f5:4d”
mtu integer	specifies which MTU size was passed during the nictagadm add command. mtu and etherstub are mutually exclusive. Returned: always Sample: 1500
name string	nic tag name Returned: always Sample: “storage0”
state string	state of the target Returned: always Sample: “present”

Authors

• Bruce Smith (@SmithX10)