mellanox.onyx.onyx_bgp – Configures BGP on Mellanox ONYX network devices

Note

This plugin is part of the mellanox.onyx collection (version 1.0.0).

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 mellanox.onyx.

To use it in a playbook, specify: mellanox.onyx.onyx_bgp.

Synopsis

  • This module provides declarative management of BGP router and neighbors on Mellanox ONYX network devices.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

as_number

string / required

Local AS number.

ecmp_bestpath

boolean

Enables ECMP across AS paths.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

evpn

boolean

Configure evpn peer-group.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

fast_external_fallover

boolean

will configure fast_external_fallover when it is True.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes

max_paths

string

Maximum bgp paths.

neighbors

string

List of neighbors. Required if state=present.

multihop

string

multihop number.

neighbor

string / required

Neighbor IP address.

remote_as

string / required

Remote AS number.

networks

string

List of advertised networks.

purge

boolean

will remove all neighbors when it is True.

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

router_id

string

Router IP address.

state

string

BGP state.

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

vrf

string

vrf name.

Notes

Note

  • Tested on ONYX 3.6.4000

Examples

- name: Configure bgp
  onyx_bgp:
    as_number: 320
    router_id: 10.3.3.3
    neighbors:
      - remote_as: 321
        neighbor: 10.3.3.4
      - remote_as: 322
        neighbor: 10.3.3.5
        multihop: 250
    purge: True
    state: present
    networks:
      - 172.16.1.0/24
    vrf: default
    evpn: yes
    fast_external_fallover: yes
    max_paths: 32
    ecmp_bestpath: yes

Return Values

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

Key

Description

commands

list / elements=string

The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device.

Returned: always

Sample: [“router bgp 320 vrf default”, “exit”, “router bgp 320 router-id 10.3.3.3 force”, “router bgp 320 vrf default bgp fast-external-fallover”, “router bgp 320 vrf default maximum-paths 32”, “router bgp 320 vrf default bestpath as-path multipath-relax force”, “router bgp 320 vrf default neighbor evpn peer-group”, “router bgp 320 vrf default neighbor evpn send-community extended”, “router bgp 320 vrf default address-family l2vpn-evpn neighbor evpn next-hop-unchanged”, “router bgp 320 vrf default address-family l2vpn-evpn neighbor evpn activate”, “router bgp 320 vrf default address-family l2vpn-evpn auto-create”, “router bgp 320 vrf default neighbor 10.3.3.4 remote-as 321”, “router bgp 320 vrf default neighbor 10.3.3.4 ebgp-multihop 250”, “router bgp 320 vrf default neighbor 10.3.3.5 remote-as 322”, “router bgp 320 vrf default network 172.16.1.0 /24”]

Authors

  • Samer Deeb (@samerd), Anas Badaha (@anasb)