cisco.meraki.meraki_ms_storm_control module – Manage storm control configuration on a switch in the Meraki cloud

Note

This module is part of the cisco.meraki collection (version 2.8.0).

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 cisco.meraki.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.meraki.meraki_ms_storm_control.

New in version 0.0.1: of cisco.meraki

Synopsis

  • Allows for management of storm control settings for Meraki MS switches.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

auth_key

string / required

Authentication key provided by the dashboard. Required if environmental variable MERAKI_KEY is not set.

broadcast_threshold

integer

Percentage (1 to 99) of total available port bandwidth for broadcast traffic type.

Default value 100 percent rate is to clear the configuration.

host

string

Hostname for Meraki dashboard.

Can be used to access regional Meraki environments, such as China.

Default: “api.meraki.com”

internal_error_retry_time

integer

Number of seconds to retry if server returns an internal server error.

Default: 60

multicast_threshold

integer

Percentage (1 to 99) of total available port bandwidth for multicast traffic type.

Default value 100 percent rate is to clear the configuration.

net_id

string

ID of network.

net_name

string

Name of network.

org_id

string

ID of organization.

org_name

aliases: organization

string

Name of organization.

output_format

string

Instructs module whether response keys should be snake case (ex. net_id) or camel case (ex. netId).

Choices:

  • snakecase ← (default)

  • camelcase

output_level

string

Set amount of debug output during module execution.

Choices:

  • debug

  • normal ← (default)

rate_limit_retry_time

integer

Number of seconds to retry if rate limiter is triggered.

Default: 165

state

string

Specifies whether storm control configuration should be queried or modified.

Choices:

  • query ← (default)

  • present

timeout

integer

Time to timeout for HTTP requests.

Default: 30

unknown_unicast_threshold

integer

Percentage (1 to 99) of total available port bandwidth for unknown unicast traffic type.

Default value 100 percent rate is to clear the configuration.

use_https

boolean

If no, it will use HTTP. Otherwise it will use HTTPS.

Only useful for internal Meraki developers.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

use_proxy

boolean

If no, it will not use a proxy, even if one is defined in an environment variable on the target hosts.

Choices:

  • no ← (default)

  • yes

validate_certs

boolean

Whether to validate HTTP certificates.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

Notes

Note

  • More information about the Meraki API can be found at https://dashboard.meraki.com/api_docs.

  • Some of the options are likely only used for developers within Meraki.

  • As of Ansible 2.9, Meraki modules output keys as snake case. To use camel case, set the ANSIBLE_MERAKI_FORMAT environment variable to camelcase.

  • Ansible’s Meraki modules will stop supporting camel case output in Ansible 2.13. Please update your playbooks.

  • Check Mode downloads the current configuration from the dashboard, then compares changes against this download. Check Mode will report changed if there are differences in the configurations, but does not submit changes to the API for validation of change.

Examples

- name: Set broadcast settings
  meraki_switch_storm_control:
    auth_key: abc123
    state: present
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
    broadcast_threshold: 75
    multicast_threshold: 70
    unknown_unicast_threshold: 65
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Query storm control settings
  meraki_switch_storm_control:
    auth_key: abc123
    state: query
    org_name: YourOrg
    net_name: YourNet
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key

Description

data

complex

Information queried or updated storm control configuration.

Returned: success

broadcast_threshold

integer

Percentage (1 to 99) of total available port bandwidth for broadcast traffic type.

Default value 100 percent rate is to clear the configuration.

Returned: success

Sample: 42

multicast_threshold

integer

Percentage (1 to 99) of total available port bandwidth for multicast traffic type.

Default value 100 percent rate is to clear the configuration.

Returned: success

Sample: 42

unknown_unicast_threshold

integer

Percentage (1 to 99) of total available port bandwidth for unknown unicast traffic type.

Default value 100 percent rate is to clear the configuration.

Returned: success

Sample: 42

Authors

  • Kevin Breit (@kbreit)