community.network.icx_ping – Tests reachability using ping from Ruckus ICX 7000 series 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.icx_ping
.
Parameters
Parameter |
Comments |
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Number of packets to send. Default is 1. |
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ip-addr | host-name | vrf vrf-name | ipv6 [ ipv6-addr | host-name | vrf vrf-name] (resolvable by switch) of the remote node. |
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Specifies the size of the ICMP data portion of the packet, in bytes. This is the payload and does not include the header. The value can range from 0 to 10000. The default is 16.. |
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IP address to be used as the origin of the ping packets. |
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Determines if the expected result is success or fail. Choices:
|
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Specifies the time, in milliseconds for which the device waits for a reply from the pinged device. The value can range from 1 to 4294967296. The default is 5000 (5 seconds). |
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Specifies the time to live as a maximum number of hops. The value can range from 1 to 255. The default is 64. |
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Specifies the Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) instance of the device to be pinged. |
Examples
- name: Test reachability to 10.10.10.10
community.network.icx_ping:
dest: 10.10.10.10
- name: Test reachability to ipv6 address from source with timeout
community.network.icx_ping:
dest: ipv6 2001:cdba:0000:0000:0000:0000:3257:9652
source: 10.1.1.1
timeout: 100000
- name: Test reachability to 10.1.1.1 through vrf using 5 packets
community.network.icx_ping:
dest: 10.1.1.1
vrf: x.x.x.x
count: 5
- name: Test unreachability to 10.30.30.30
community.network.icx_ping:
dest: 10.40.40.40
state: absent
- name: Test reachability to ipv4 with ttl and packet size
community.network.icx_ping:
dest: 10.10.10.10
ttl: 20
size: 500
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key |
Description |
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Show the command sent. Returned: always Sample: [“ping 10.40.40.40 count 20 source loopback0”, “ping 10.40.40.40”] |
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Percentage of packets lost. Returned: always Sample: “0%” |
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Packets successfully received. Returned: always Sample: 20 |
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Packets successfully transmitted. Returned: always Sample: 20 |
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Show RTT stats. Returned: always Sample: {“avg”: 2, “max”: 8, “min”: 1} |
Authors
Ruckus Wireless (@Commscope)