community.network.ce_stp – Manages STP configuration on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

Note

This plugin is part of the community.network collection (version 3.0.0).

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 community.network.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.network.ce_stp.

Synopsis

  • Manages STP configurations on HUAWEI CloudEngine switches.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

bpdu_filter

string

Specify a port as a BPDU filter port.

Choices:

  • enable

  • disable

bpdu_protection

string

Configure BPDU protection on an edge port. This function prevents network flapping caused by attack packets.

Choices:

  • enable

  • disable

cost

string

Set the path cost of the current port. The default instance is 0.

edged_port

string

Set the current port as an edge port.

Choices:

  • enable

  • disable

interface

string

Interface name. If the value is all, will apply configuration to all interfaces. if the value is a special name, only support input the full name.

loop_protection

string

Enable loop protection on the current port.

Choices:

  • enable

  • disable

root_protection

string

Enable root protection on the current port.

Choices:

  • enable

  • disable

state

string

Specify desired state of the resource.

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

stp_converge

string

STP convergence mode. Fast means set STP aging mode to Fast. Normal means set STP aging mode to Normal.

Choices:

  • fast

  • normal

stp_enable

string

Enable or disable STP on a switch.

Choices:

  • enable

  • disable

stp_mode

string

Set an operation mode for the current MSTP process. The mode can be STP, RSTP, or MSTP.

Choices:

  • stp

  • rstp

  • mstp

tc_protection

string

Configure the TC BPDU protection function for an MSTP process.

Choices:

  • enable

  • disable

tc_protection_interval

string

Set the time the MSTP device takes to handle the maximum number of TC BPDUs and immediately refresh forwarding entries. The value is an integer ranging from 1 to 600, in seconds.

tc_protection_threshold

string

Set the maximum number of TC BPDUs that the MSTP can handle. The value is an integer ranging from 1 to 255. The default value is 1 on the switch.

Notes

Note

  • Recommended connection is network_cli.

  • This module also works with local connections for legacy playbooks.

Examples

- name: CloudEngine stp test
  hosts: cloudengine
  connection: local
  gather_facts: no
  vars:
    cli:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
      port: "{{ ansible_ssh_port }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      transport: cli

  tasks:

  - name: "Config stp mode"
    community.network.ce_stp:
      state: present
      stp_mode: stp
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

  - name: "Undo stp mode"
    community.network.ce_stp:
      state: absent
      stp_mode: stp
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

  - name: "Enable bpdu protection"
    community.network.ce_stp:
      state: present
      bpdu_protection: enable
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

  - name: "Disable bpdu protection"
    community.network.ce_stp:
      state: present
      bpdu_protection: disable
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

Return Values

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

Key

Description

changed

boolean

check to see if a change was made on the device

Returned: always

Sample: true

end_state

dictionary

k/v pairs of aaa params after module execution

Returned: always

Sample: {“bpdu_protection”: “enable”}

existing

dictionary

k/v pairs of existing aaa server

Returned: always

Sample: {“bpdu_protection”: “disable”}

proposed

dictionary

k/v pairs of parameters passed into module

Returned: always

Sample: {“bpdu_protection”: “enable”, “state”: “present”}

updates

list / elements=string

command sent to the device

Returned: always

Sample: [“stp bpdu-protection”]

Authors

  • wangdezhuang (@QijunPan)