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community.general.oneview_fc_network – Manage OneView Fibre Channel Network resources.

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.oneview_fc_network.

Synopsis

• Provides an interface to manage Fibre Channel Network resources. Can create, update, and delete.

Requirements

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

• hpOneView >= 4.0.0

• python >= 2.7.9

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
api_version integer	OneView API Version.
config path	Path to a .json configuration file containing the OneView client configuration. The configuration file is optional and when used should be present in the host running the ansible commands. If the file path is not provided, the configuration will be loaded from environment variables. For links to example configuration files or how to use the environment variables verify the notes section.
data dictionary / required	List with the Fibre Channel Network properties.
hostname string	IP address or hostname for the appliance.
image_streamer_hostname string	IP address or hostname for the HPE Image Streamer REST API.
password string	Password for API authentication.
state string / required	Indicates the desired state for the Fibre Channel Network resource. present will ensure data properties are compliant with OneView. absent will remove the resource from OneView, if it exists. Choices: present absent
username string	Username for API authentication.
validate_etag boolean	When the ETag Validation is enabled, the request will be conditionally processed only if the current ETag for the resource matches the ETag provided in the data. Choices: no yes ← (default)

Notes

Note

• A sample configuration file for the config parameter can be found at: https://github.com/HewlettPackard/oneview-ansible/blob/master/examples/oneview_config-rename.json

• Check how to use environment variables for configuration at: https://github.com/HewlettPackard/oneview-ansible#environment-variables

• Additional Playbooks for the HPE OneView Ansible modules can be found at: https://github.com/HewlettPackard/oneview-ansible/tree/master/examples

• The OneView API version used will directly affect returned and expected fields in resources. Information on setting the desired API version and can be found at: https://github.com/HewlettPackard/oneview-ansible#setting-your-oneview-version

Examples

- name: Ensure that the Fibre Channel Network is present using the default configuration
  community.general.oneview_fc_network:
    config: "{{ config_file_path }}"
    state: present
    data:
      name: 'New FC Network'

- name: Ensure that the Fibre Channel Network is present with fabricType 'DirectAttach'
  community.general.oneview_fc_network:
    config: "{{ config_file_path }}"
    state: present
    data:
      name: 'New FC Network'
      fabricType: 'DirectAttach'

- name: Ensure that the Fibre Channel Network is present and is inserted in the desired scopes
  community.general.oneview_fc_network:
    config: "{{ config_file_path }}"
    state: present
    data:
      name: 'New FC Network'
      scopeUris:
        - '/rest/scopes/00SC123456'
        - '/rest/scopes/01SC123456'

- name: Ensure that the Fibre Channel Network is absent
  community.general.oneview_fc_network:
    config: "{{ config_file_path }}"
    state: absent
    data:
      name: 'New FC Network'

Return Values

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

Key	Description
fc_network dictionary	Has the facts about the managed OneView FC Network. Returned: On state ‘present’. Can be null.

Authors

• Felipe Bulsoni (@fgbulsoni)