cisco.ucs.ucs_scrub_policy module – Manages UCS Scrub Policies on UCS Manager

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_scrub_policy.

New in version 2.9: of cisco.ucs

Synopsis

  • Manages UCS Scrub Policies on UCS Manager.

Requirements

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

  • ucsmsdk

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

bios_settings_scrub

string

Scrub the BIOS settings.

If the field is set to Yes, when a service profile containing this

scrub policy is disassociated from a server, the BIOS settings for

that server are erased and reset to the defaults for that server

type and vendor. If this field is set to No, the BIOS settings are

preserved.

yes scrub the BIOS settings.

no do not scrub the BIOS settings.

Choices:

  • True

  • False

description

aliases: descr

string

A user-defined description of the organization.

Enter up to 256 characters.

You can use any characters or spaces except the following:

` (accent mark), (backslash), ^ (carat), ” (double quote)

= (equal sign), > (greater than), < (less than), ‘ (single quote).

disk_scrub

string

Scrub the BIOS settings.

If this field is set to Yes, when a service profile containing this

scrub policy is disassociated from a server, all data on the server

local drives is completely erased. If this field is set to No, the

data on the local drives is preserved, including all local storage

configuration.

yes scrub the server disks.

no do not scrub the server disks.

Choices:

  • True

  • False

flex_flash_scrub

string

Scrub the BIOS settings.

If the field is set to Yes, the HV partition on the SD card is

formatted using the PNUOS formatting utility when the server is

reacknowledged. If this field is set to No, the SD card is preserved.

yes scrub the flex flash.

no do not scrub the flex flash.

Choices:

  • True

  • False

hostname

string / required

IP address or hostname of Cisco UCS Manager.

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

name

string / required

The name of the organization.

Enter up to 16 characters.

You can use any characters or spaces except the following:

` (accent mark), (backslash), ^ (carat), ” (double quote)

= (equal sign), > (greater than), < (less than), ‘ (single quote).

org_dn

string

Org dn (distinguished name)

Default: “org-root”

password

string / required

Password for Cisco UCS Manager authentication.

persistent_memory_scrub

string

Scrub the BIOS settings.

If the field is set to Yes, when a service profile containing this

scrub policy is disassociated from a server, all persistent memory

modules for that server are erased and reset to the defaults for that

server type and vendor. If this field is set to No, the persistent

memory modules are preserved.

yes scrub the persistent memory.

no do not scrub the persistent memory.

Choices:

  • True

  • False

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’

state

string

If absent, will remove organization.

If present, will create or update organization.

Choices:

  • absent

  • present ← (default)

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: Add UCS Scrub Policy
  cisco.ucs.ucs_scrub_policy:
    hostname: "{{ ucs_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ ucs_username }}"
    password: "{{ ucs_password }}"
    state: present
    description: Scrub All Policy
    name: all_scrub
    bios_settings_scrub: yes
    disk_scrub: yes
    flex_flash_scrub: yes
    persistent_memory_scrub: yes
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Add UCS Scrub Policy in an Organization
  cisco.ucs.ucs_scrub_policy:
    hostname: "{{ ucs_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ ucs_username }}"
    password: "{{ ucs_password }}"
    state: present
    org_dn: org-root/org-prod
    name: all_scrub
    description: Scrub All Policy Org Prod servers
    bios_settings_scrub: yes
    disk_scrub: yes
    flex_flash_scrub: yes
    persistent_memory_scrub: yes
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Update UCS Scrub Policy
  cisco.ucs.ucs_scrub_policy:
    hostname: "{{ ucs_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ ucs_username }}"
    password: "{{ ucs_password }}"
    state: present
    org_dn: org-root/org-prod
    name: BD_scrub
    description: Scrub BIOS and Disk Policy Org Prod servers
    bios_settings_scrub: yes
    disk_scrub: yes
    flex_flash_scrub: no
    persistent_memory_scrub: no
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Update UCS Scrub Policy
  cisco.ucs.ucs_scrub_policy:
    hostname: "{{ ucs_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ ucs_username }}"
    password: "{{ ucs_password }}"
    state: present
    org_dn: org-root/org-prod
    name: BD_scrub
    description: Scrub BIOS and Disk Policy Org Prod servers
    bios_settings_scrub: yes
    disk_scrub: yes
    flex_flash_scrub: yes
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Delete UCS Scrub Policy
  cisco.ucs.ucs_scrub_policy:
    hostname: "{{ ucs_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ ucs_username }}"
    password: "{{ ucs_password }}"
    state: absent
    org_dn: org-root/org-prod
    name: BD_scrub
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Delete UCS Scrub Policy
  cisco.ucs.ucs_scrub_policy:
    hostname: "{{ ucs_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ ucs_username }}"
    password: "{{ ucs_password }}"
    state: absent
    name: BD_scrub
  delegate_to: localhost

Authors

  • John McDonough (@movinalot)