cisco.nxos.nxos_overlay_global module – Configures anycast gateway MAC of the switch.

Note

This module is part of the cisco.nxos collection (version 4.4.0).

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.nxos.

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

New in cisco.nxos 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • Configures anycast gateway MAC of the switch.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Aliases: overlay_global

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

anycast_gateway_mac

string / required

Anycast gateway mac of the switch.

Notes

Note

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

  • Unsupported for Cisco MDS

  • Default restores params default value

  • Supported MAC address format are “E.E.E”, “EE-EE-EE-EE-EE-EE”, “EE:EE:EE:EE:EE:EE” and “EEEE.EEEE.EEEE”

  • For information on using CLI and NX-API see the :ref:`NXOS Platform Options guide <nxos_platform_options>`

  • For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the :ref:`Ansible Network Guide <network_guide>`

  • For more information on using Ansible to manage Cisco devices see the `Cisco integration page <https://www.ansible.com/integrations/networks/cisco>`_.

Examples

- cisco.nxos.nxos_overlay_global:
    anycast_gateway_mac: b.b.b

Return Values

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

Key

Description

commands

list / elements=string

commands sent to the device

Returned: always

Sample: ["fabric forwarding anycast-gateway-mac 000B.000B.000B"]

Authors

  • Gabriele Gerbino (@GGabriele)