cisco.nxos.nxos_l2_interfaces module – L2 interfaces resource module

Note

This module is part of the cisco.nxos collection (version 2.9.1).

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 cisco.nxos.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.nxos.nxos_l2_interfaces.

New in version 1.0.0: of cisco.nxos

Synopsis

  • This module manages Layer-2 interfaces attributes of NX-OS Interfaces.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

config

list / elements=dictionary

A dictionary of Layer-2 interface options

access

dictionary

Switchport mode access command to configure the interface as a Layer-2 access.

vlan

integer

Configure given VLAN in access port. It’s used as the access VLAN ID.

mode

string

Mode in which interface needs to be configured.

Access mode is not shown in interface facts, so idempotency will not be maintained for switchport mode access and every time the output will come as changed=True.

Choices:

  • access

  • trunk

  • fex-fabric

  • fabricpath

name

string / required

Full name of interface, i.e. Ethernet1/1.

trunk

dictionary

Switchport mode trunk command to configure the interface as a Layer-2 trunk.

allowed_vlans

string

List of allowed VLANs in a given trunk port. These are the only VLANs that will be configured on the trunk.

native_vlan

integer

Native VLAN to be configured in trunk port. It is used as the trunk native VLAN ID.

running_config

string

This option is used only with state parsed.

The value of this option should be the output received from the NX-OS device by executing the command show running-config | section ^interface.

The state parsed reads the configuration from running_config option and transforms it into Ansible structured data as per the resource module’s argspec and the value is then returned in the parsed key within the result.

state

string

The state of the configuration after module completion.

Choices:

  • merged ← (default)

  • replaced

  • overridden

  • deleted

  • gathered

  • rendered

  • parsed

Notes

Note

  • Tested against NXOS 7.3.(0)D1(1) on VIRL

  • Unsupported for Cisco MDS

Examples

# Using merged

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# interface Ethernet1/1
#   switchport access vlan 20
# interface Ethernet1/2
#   switchport trunk native vlan 20
# interface mgmt0
#   ip address dhcp
#   ipv6 address auto-config

- name: Merge provided configuration with device configuration.
  cisco.nxos.nxos_l2_interfaces:
    config:
    - name: Ethernet1/1
      trunk:
        native_vlan: 10
        allowed_vlans: 2,4,15
    - name: Ethernet1/2
      access:
        vlan: 30
    state: merged

# After state:
# ------------
#
# interface Ethernet1/1
#   switchport trunk native vlan 10
#   switchport trunk allowed vlans 2,4,15
# interface Ethernet1/2
#   switchport access vlan 30
# interface mgmt0
#   ip address dhcp
#   ipv6 address auto-config


# Using replaced

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# interface Ethernet1/1
#   switchport access vlan 20
# interface Ethernet1/2
#   switchport trunk native vlan 20
# interface mgmt0
#   ip address dhcp
#   ipv6 address auto-config

- name: Replace device configuration of specified L2 interfaces with provided configuration.
  cisco.nxos.nxos_l2_interfaces:
    config:
    - name: Ethernet1/1
      trunk:
        native_vlan: 20
        allowed_vlans: 5-10, 15
    state: replaced

# After state:
# ------------
#
# interface Ethernet1/1
#   switchport trunk native vlan 20
#   switchport trunk allowed vlan 5-10,15
# interface Ethernet1/2
#   switchport trunk native vlan 20
#   switchport mode trunk
# interface mgmt0
#   ip address dhcp
#   ipv6 address auto-config


# Using overridden

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# interface Ethernet1/1
#   switchport access vlan 20
# interface Ethernet1/2
#   switchport trunk native vlan 20
# interface mgmt0
#   ip address dhcp
#   ipv6 address auto-config

- name: Override device configuration of all L2 interfaces on device with provided
    configuration.
  cisco.nxos.nxos_l2_interfaces:
    config:
    - name: Ethernet1/2
      access:
        vlan: 30
    state: overridden

# After state:
# ------------
#
# interface Ethernet1/1
# interface Ethernet1/2
#   switchport access vlan 30
# interface mgmt0
#   ip address dhcp
#   ipv6 address auto-config


# Using deleted

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# interface Ethernet1/1
#   switchport access vlan 20
# interface Ethernet1/2
#   switchport trunk native vlan 20
# interface mgmt0
#   ip address dhcp
#   ipv6 address auto-config

- name: Delete L2 attributes of given interfaces (Note This won't delete the interface
    itself).
  cisco.nxos.nxos_l2_interfaces:
    config:
    - name: Ethernet1/1
    - name: Ethernet1/2
    state: deleted

# After state:
# ------------
#
# interface Ethernet1/1
# interface Ethernet1/2
# interface mgmt0
#   ip address dhcp
#   ipv6 address auto-config

# Using rendered

- name: Render platform specific configuration lines (without connecting to the device)
  cisco.nxos.nxos_l2_interfaces:
    config:
    - name: Ethernet1/1
      trunk:
        native_vlan: 10
        allowed_vlans: 2,4,15
    - name: Ethernet1/2
      access:
        vlan: 30
    - name: Ethernet1/3
      trunk:
        native_vlan: 20
        allowed_vlans: 5-10, 15
    state: rendered

# Task Output (redacted)
# -----------------------

# rendered:
#  - "interface Ethernet1/1"
#  - "switchport trunk allowed vlan 2,4,15"
#  - "switchport trunk native vlan 10"
#  - "interface Ethernet1/2"
#  - "switchport access vlan 30"
#  - "interface Ethernet1/3"
#  - "switchport trunk allowed vlan 5,6,7,8,9,10,15"
#  - "switchport trunk native vlan 20"

# Using parsed

# parsed.cfg
# ------------
# interface Ethernet1/800
#   switchport access vlan 18
#   switchport trunk allowed vlan 210
# interface Ethernet1/801
#   switchport trunk allowed vlan 2,4,15

- name: Use parsed state to convert externally supplied config to structured format
  cisco.nxos.nxos_l2_interfaces:
    running_config: "{{ lookup('file', 'parsed.cfg') }}"
    state: parsed

# Task output (redacted)
# -----------------------
# parsed:
#  - name: Ethernet1/800
#    access:
#      vlan: 18
#    trunk:
#      allowed_vlans: "210"
#  - name: Ethernet1/801
#    trunk:
#      allowed_vlans: "2,4,15"

# Using gathered

# Existing device config state
# -------------------------------
# Nexus9kvI5# sh running-config | section ^interface
# interface Ethernet1/1
#   switchport access vlan 6
#   switchport trunk allowed vlan 200
# interface Ethernet1/2
#   switchport trunk native vlan 10

- name: Gather l2_interfaces facts from the device using nxos_l2_interfaces
  cisco.nxos.nxos_l2_interfaces:
    state: gathered

# Task output (redacted)
# -----------------------
# gathered:
#  - name: "Ethernet1/1"
#    access:
#      vlan: 6
#    trunk:
#      allowed_vlans: "200"
#
#  - name: "Ethernet1/2"
#    trunk:
#      native_vlan: 10

Return Values

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

Key

Description

after

list / elements=string

The configuration as structured data after module completion.

Returned: when changed

Sample: “The configuration returned will always be in the same format\n of the parameters above.\n”

before

list / elements=string

The configuration as structured data prior to module invocation.

Returned: always

Sample: “The configuration returned will always be in the same format\n of the parameters above.\n”

commands

list / elements=string

The set of commands pushed to the remote device.

Returned: always

Sample: [“interface Ethernet1/1”, “switchport trunk allowed vlan 2,4,15”, “switchport trunk native vlan 10”, “interface Ethernet1/2”, “switchport access vlan 30”, “interface Ethernet1/3”, “switchport trunk allowed vlan 5,6,7,8,9,10,15”, “switchport trunk native vlan 20”]

Authors

  • Trishna Guha (@trishnaguha)