cisco.ucs.ucs_query module – Queries UCS Manager objects by class or distinguished name

Note

This module is part of the cisco.ucs collection (version 1.8.0).

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.ucs.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.ucs.ucs_query.

New in version 2.8: of cisco.ucs

Synopsis

  • -Queries UCS Manager objects by class or distinguished name.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • ucsmsdk

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

class_ids

string

One or more UCS Manager Class IDs to query.

As a comma separated list

delegate_to

string

Where the module will be run

Default: “localhost”

distinguished_names

string

One or more UCS Manager Distinguished Names to query.

As a comma separated list

hostname

string / required

IP address or hostname of Cisco UCS Manager.

Modules can be used with the UCS Platform Emulator https://cs.co/ucspe

password

string / required

Password for Cisco UCS Manager authentication.

port

integer

Port number to be used during connection (by default uses 443 for https and 80 for http connection).

proxy

string

If use_proxy is no, specfies proxy to be used for connection. e.g. ‘http://proxy.xy.z:8080’

use_proxy

boolean

If no, will not use the proxy as defined by system environment variable.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

use_ssl

boolean

If no, an HTTP connection will be used instead of the default HTTPS connection.

Choices:

  • no

  • yes ← (default)

username

string

Username for Cisco UCS Manager authentication.

Default: “admin”

Examples

- name: Query UCS Class ID
  cisco.ucs.ucs_query:
    hostname: "{{ ucs_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ ucs_username }}"
    password: "{{ ucs_password }}"
    class_ids: computeBlade
    delegate_to: localhost

- name: Query UCS Class IDs
  cisco.ucs.ucs_query:
    hostname: "{{ ucs_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ ucs_username }}"
    password: "{{ ucs_password }}"
    class_ids: computeBlade, fabricVlan
    delegate_to: localhost

- name: Query UCS Distinguished Name
  cisco.ucs.ucs_query:
    hostname: "{{ ucs_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ ucs_username }}"
    password: "{{ ucs_password }}"
    distinguished_names: org-root
    delegate_to: localhost

- name: Query UCS Distinguished Names
  cisco.ucs.ucs_query:
    hostname: "{{ ucs_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ ucs_username }}"
    password: "{{ ucs_password }}"
    distinguished_names: org-root, sys/rack-unit-1, sys/chassis-1/blade-2
    delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key

Description

objects

dictionary

results JSON encodded

Returned: success

Authors

  • John McDonough (@movinalot)

  • CiscoUcs (@CiscoUcs)