cisco.ucs.ucs_service_profile_template module – Configures Service Profile Templates on Cisco 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_service_profile_template.

New in version 2.8: of cisco.ucs

Synopsis

  • Configures Service Profile Templates on Cisco UCS Manager.

Requirements

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

  • ucsmsdk

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

bios_policy

string

The name of the BIOS policy you want to associate with service profiles created from this template.

boot_policy

string

The name of the boot order policy you want to associate with service profiles created from this template.

Default: “default”

description

aliases: descr

string

A user-defined description of the service profile template.

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), or ‘ (single quote).

graphics_card_policy

string

The name of the graphics card policy you want to associate with service profiles created from this template.

host_firmware_package

string

The name of the host firmware package you want to associate with service profiles created from this template.

hostname

string / required

IP address or hostname of Cisco UCS Manager.

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

ipmi_access_profile

string

The name of the IPMI access profile you want to associate with service profiles created from this template.

iqn_pool

string

The name of the IQN pool (initiator) you want to apply to all iSCSI vNICs for service profiles created from this template.

kvm_mgmt_policy

string

The name of the KVM management policy you want to associate with service profiles created from this template.

lan_connectivity_policy

string

The name of the LAN connectivity policy you want to associate with service profiles created from this template.

local_disk_policy

string

The name of the local disk policy you want to associate with service profiles created from this template.

maintenance_policy

string

The name of the maintenance policy you want to associate with service profiles created from this template.

mgmt_inband_pool_name

string

How the inband management IPv4 address is derived for the server associated with this service profile.

mgmt_interface_mode

string

The Management Interface you want to assign to service profiles created from this template.

Choices:

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  • in-band

mgmt_ip_pool

string

The name of the Outband Management IP pool you want to use with service profiles created from this template.

Default: “ext-mgmt”

mgmt_ip_state

string

The state for the Outband Management IP pool you want to use with service profiles created from this template.

Choices:

  • none

  • pooled ← (default)

mgmt_vnet_name

string

A VLAN selected from the associated VLAN group.

name

string / required

The name of the service profile template.

This name can be between 2 and 32 alphanumeric characters.

You cannot use spaces or any special characters other than - (hyphen), “_” (underscore), : (colon), and . (period).

This name must be unique across all service profiles and service profile templates within the same organization.

org_dn

string

Org dn (distinguished name)

Default: “org-root”

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).

power_control_policy

string

The name of the power control policy you want to associate with service profiles created from this template.

Default: “default”

power_state

string

The power state to be applied when a service profile created from this template is associated with a server.

Choices:

  • up ← (default)

  • down

power_sync_policy

string

The name of the power sync policy you want to associate with service profiles created from this template.

proxy

string

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

san_connectivity_policy

string

The name of the SAN connectivity policy you want to associate with service profiles created from this template.

scrub_policy

string

The name of the scrub policy you want to associate with service profiles created from this template.

server_pool

string

The name of the server pool you want to associate with this service profile template.

server_pool_qualification

string

The name of the server pool policy qualificaiton you want to use for this service profile template.

sol_policy

string

The name of the Serial over LAN (SoL) policy you want to associate with service profiles created from this template.

state

string

If present, will verify Service Profile Templates are present and will create if needed.

If absent, will verify Service Profile Templates are absent and will delete if needed.

Choices:

  • present ← (default)

  • absent

storage_profile

string

The name of the storage profile you want to associate with service profiles created from this template

template_type

string

The template type field which can be one of the following:

initial-template — Any service profiles created from this template are not updated if the template changes.

updating-template — Any service profiles created from this template are updated if the template changes.

Choices:

  • initial-template ← (default)

  • updating-template

threshold_policy

string

The name of the threshold policy you want to associate with service profiles created from this template.

Default: “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)

user_label

string

The User Label you want to assign to service profiles created from this template.

username

string

Username for Cisco UCS Manager authentication.

Default: “admin”

uuid_pool

string

Specifies how the UUID will be set on a server associated with a service profile created from this template.

The uuid_pool option can be the name of the UUID pool to use or ‘’ (the empty string).

An empty string will use the UUID assigned to the server by the manufacturer, and the

UUID remains unassigned until a service profile created from this template is associated with a server. At that point,

the UUID is set to the UUID value assigned to the server by the manufacturer. If the service profile is later moved to

a different server, the UUID is changed to match the new server.”

Default: “default”

vmedia_policy

string

The name of the vMedia policy you want to associate with service profiles created from this template.

Examples

- name: Configure Service Profile Template with LAN/SAN Connectivity and all other options defaulted
  cisco.ucs.ucs_service_profile_template:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    name: DEE-Ctrl
    template_type: updating-template
    uuid_pool: UUID-Pool
    storage_profile: DEE-StgProf
    lan_connectivity_policy: Cntr-FC-Boot
    iqn_pool: iSCSI-Boot-A
    san_connectivity_policy: Cntr-FC-Boot
    boot_policy: DEE-vMedia
    maintenance_policy: default
    server_pool: Container-Pool
    host_firmware_package: 3.1.2b
    bios_policy: Docker

- name: Remove Service Profile Template
  cisco.ucs.ucs_service_profile_template:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    name: DEE-Ctrl
    state: absent

Authors

  • David Soper (@dsoper2)

  • CiscoUcs (@CiscoUcs)