community.network.pn_switch_setup module – CLI command to modify switch-setup

Note

This module is part of the community.network collection (version 5.0.2).

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 community.network.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.network.pn_switch_setup.

Synopsis

  • This module can be used to modify switch setup.

Aliases: network.netvisor.pn_switch_setup

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

pn_analytics_store

string

type of disk storage for analytics.

Choices:

  • "default"

  • "optimized"

pn_banner

string

Banner to display on server-switch.

pn_cliswitch

string

Target switch to run the CLI on.

pn_date

string

Date.

pn_dns_ip

string

DNS IP address.

pn_dns_secondary_ip

string

secondary DNS IP address.

pn_domain_name

string

Domain name.

pn_enable_host_ports

boolean

Enable host ports by default.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

pn_eula_accepted

string

Accept EULA.

Choices:

  • "true"

  • "false"

pn_eula_timestamp

string

EULA timestamp.

pn_force

boolean

Force analytics-store change even if it involves removing data.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

pn_gateway_ip

string

gateway IPv4 address.

pn_gateway_ip6

string

Gateway IPv6 address.

pn_in_band_ip

string

data in-band IP address.

pn_in_band_ip6

string

Data in-band IPv6 address.

pn_in_band_ip6_assign

string

Data IPv6 address assignment.

Choices:

  • "none"

  • "autoconf"

pn_in_band_netmask

string

Data in-band netmask.

pn_in_band_netmask_ip6

string

Data in-band IPv6 netmask.

pn_loopback_ip

string

loopback IPv4 address.

pn_loopback_ip6

string

loopback IPv6 address.

pn_mgmt_ip

string

Management IP address.

pn_mgmt_ip6

string

IPv6 address.

pn_mgmt_ip6_assignment

string

IPv6 address assignment.

Choices:

  • "none"

  • "autoconf"

pn_mgmt_ip_assignment

string

IP address assignment.

Choices:

  • "none"

  • "dhcp"

pn_mgmt_netmask

string

Netmask.

pn_mgmt_netmask_ip6

string

IPv6 netmask.

pn_motd

string

Message of the Day.

pn_ntp_secondary_server

string

Secondary NTP server.

pn_ntp_server

string

NTP server.

pn_password

string

plain text password.

pn_switch_name

string

switch name.

pn_timezone

string

Timezone to be configured.

state

string / required

State the action to perform. Use update to modify the switch-setup.

Choices:

  • "update"

Examples

- name: Modify switch
  community.network.pn_switch_setup:
    pn_cliswitch: "sw01"
    state: "update"
    pn_timezone: "America/New_York"
    pn_in_band_ip: "20.20.1.1"
    pn_in_band_netmask: "24"

- name: Modify switch
  community.network.pn_switch_setup:
    pn_cliswitch: "sw01"
    state: "update"
    pn_in_band_ip6: "2001:0db8:85a3::8a2e:0370:7334"
    pn_in_band_netmask_ip6: "127"

Return Values

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

Key

Description

changed

boolean

indicates whether the CLI caused changes on the target.

Returned: always

command

string

the CLI command run on the target node.

Returned: always

stderr

list / elements=string

set of error responses from the switch-setup command.

Returned: on error

stdout

list / elements=string

set of responses from the switch-setup command.

Returned: always

Authors

  • Pluribus Networks (@rajaspachipulusu17)