cisco.ucs.ucs_lan_connectivity module – Configures LAN Connectivity Policies 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. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

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

New in cisco.ucs 2.5

Synopsis

  • Configures LAN Connectivity Policies on Cisco UCS Manager.

Requirements

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

  • ucsmsdk

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

description

aliases: descr

string

A description of the LAN Connectivity Policy.

Cisco recommends including information about where and when to use the policy.

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).

hostname

string / required

IP address or hostname of Cisco UCS Manager.

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

iscsi_vnic_list

string

added in cisco.ucs 2.8

List of iSCSI vNICs used by the LAN Connectivity Policy.

iscsi_adapter_policy

string

The iSCSI adapter policy associated with this iSCSI vNIC.

mac_address

string

The MAC address associated with this iSCSI vNIC.

If the MAC address is not set, Cisco UCS Manager uses a derived MAC address.

Default: "derived"

name

string / required

The name of the iSCSI vNIC.

overlay_vnic

string

The LAN vNIC associated with this iSCSI vNIC.

state

string

If present, will verify iscsi vnic is configured within policy. If absent, will verify iscsi vnic is absent from policy.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

vlan_name

string

The VLAN used for the iSCSI vNIC.

Default: "default"

name

string / required

The name of the LAN Connectivity Policy.

This name can be between 1 and 16 alphanumeric characters.

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

You cannot change this name after the policy is created.

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).

proxy

string

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

state

string

If present, will verify LAN Connectivity Policies are present and will create if needed.

If absent, will verify LAN Connectivity Policies are absent and will delete if needed.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

use_proxy

boolean

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

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

use_ssl

boolean

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

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

username

string

Username for Cisco UCS Manager authentication.

Default: "admin"

vnic_list

string

added in cisco.ucs 2.8

List of vNICs used by the LAN Connectivity Policy.

vNICs used by the LAN Connectivity Policy must be created from a vNIC template.

adapter_policy

string

The name of the Ethernet adapter policy.

A user defined policy can be used, or one of the system defined policies.

name

string / required

The name of the vNIC.

order

string

String specifying the vNIC assignment order (e.g., ‘1’, ‘2’).

Default: "unspecified"

state

string

If present, will verify vnic is configured within policy. If absent, will verify vnic is absent from policy.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

vnic_template

string / required

The name of the vNIC template.

Examples

- name: Configure LAN Connectivity Policy
  cisco.ucs.ucs_lan_connectivity:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    name: Cntr-FC-Boot
    vnic_list:
    - name: eno1
      vnic_template: Cntr-Template
      adapter_policy: Linux
    - name: eno2
      vnic_template: Container-NFS-A
      adapter_policy: Linux
    - name: eno3
      vnic_template: Container-NFS-B
      adapter_policy: Linux
    iscsi_vnic_list:
    - name: iSCSIa
      overlay_vnic: eno1
      iscsi_adapter_policy: default
      vlan_name: Container-MGMT-VLAN
    - name: iSCSIb
      overlay_vnic: eno3
      iscsi_adapter_policy: default
      vlan_name: Container-TNT-A-NFS

- name: Remove LAN Connectivity Policy
  cisco.ucs.ucs_lan_connectivity:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    name: Cntr-FC-Boot
    state: absent

Authors

  • David Soper (@dsoper2)

  • John McDonough (@movinalot)

  • CiscoUcs (@CiscoUcs)