dellemc.os10.vlt_validate – Validate the vlt info, raise an error if peer is not in up state

Note

This plugin is part of the dellemc.os10 collection (version 1.1.1).

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 dellemc.os10.

To use it in a playbook, specify: dellemc.os10.vlt_validate.

Synopsis

  • Troubleshoot the show vlt info and raise an error if peer is not up.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

intended_vlt_pairs

list / elements=string / required

intended vlt pair intput to verify with actual

show_system_network_summary

list / elements=string / required

show system summary output

show_vlt

list / elements=string / required

show vlt output

Examples

Copy below YAML into a playbook (e.g. play.yml) and run as follows:

#$ ansible-playbook -i inv play.yml
name: show system Configuration
hosts: localhost
connection: local
gather_facts: False
tasks:
 - name: "Get Dell EMC OS10 Show run vlt"
   os10_command:
     commands:
       - command: "show running-configuration vlt | grep vlt-domain"
     provider: "{{ hostvars[item].cli }}"
   with_items: "{{ groups['all'] }}"
   register: show_run_vlt
 - set_fact:
      output_vlt:  "{{ output_vlt|default([])+ [{'host': item.invocation.module_args.provider.host, 'inv_name': item.item,
                                                 'stdout_show_vlt': item.stdout.0}] }}"
   loop: "{{ show_run_vlt.results }}"
 - debug: var=output_vlt
 - name: "Get Dell EMC OS10 Show vlt info"
   os10_command:
     commands:
       - command: "show vlt {{ item.stdout_show_vlt.split()[1] }} | display-xml"
     provider: "{{ hostvars[item.inv_name].cli }}"
   with_items: "{{ output_vlt }}"
   register: show_vlt
 - set_fact:
      vlt_out:  "{{ vlt_out|default([])+ [{'host': item.invocation.module_args.provider.host, 'inv_name': item.item, 'show_vlt_stdout': item.stdout.0}] }}"
   loop: "{{ show_vlt.results }}"
   register: vlt_output
 - name: call lib to convert vlt info from xml to dict format
   base_xml_to_dict:
      cli_responses: "{{ item.show_vlt_stdout }}"
   with_items:
     - "{{ vlt_out }}"
   register: vlt_dict_output
 - name: "Get Dell EMC OS10 Show system"
   import_role:
     name: os10_fabric_summary
   register: show_system_network_summary
 - name: call lib to process
   vlt_validate:
       show_vlt : "{{ vlt_dict_output.results }}"
       show_system_network_summary: "{{ show_system_network_summary.msg.results }}"
       intended_vlt_pairs: "{{ intended_vlt_pairs }}"
   register: show_vlt_info

Authors

  • Senthil Kumar Ganesan (@skg-net)