community.vmware.vmware_host_sriov module – Manage SR-IOV settings on host

Note

This module is part of the community.vmware collection (version 4.8.0).

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 community.vmware.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.vmware.vmware_host_sriov.

Synopsis

  • This module can be used to configure, enable or disable SR-IOV functions on ESXi host.

  • Module does not reboot the host after changes, but puts it in output “rebootRequired” state.

  • User can specify an ESXi hostname or Cluster name. In case of cluster name, all ESXi hosts are updated.

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

cluster_name

string

Name of the cluster from which all host systems will be used.

This parameter is required if esxi_hostname is not specified.

esxi_hostname

string

Name of the host system to work with.

This parameter is required if cluster_name is not specified.

User can specify specific host from the cluster.

hostname

string

The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_HOST will be used instead.

num_virt_func

integer / required

number of functions to activate on interface.

0 means SR-IOV disabled.

number greater than 0 means SR-IOV enabled.

password

aliases: pass, pwd

string

The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PASSWORD will be used instead.

port

integer

The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PORT will be used instead.

Default: 443

proxy_host

string

Address of a proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them.

The format is a hostname or a IP.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PROXY_HOST will be used instead.

proxy_port

integer

Port of the HTTP proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PROXY_PORT will be used instead.

sriov_on

boolean

optional parameter, related to num_virt_func.

SR-IOV can be enabled only if num_virt_func > 0.

Choices:

  • false

  • true

username

aliases: admin, user

string

The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_USER will be used instead.

validate_certs

boolean

Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to false when certificates are not trusted.

If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS will be used instead.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

vmnic

string / required

Interface name, like vmnic0.

Notes

Note

  • All modules requires API write access and hence is not supported on a free ESXi license.

  • All variables and VMware object names are case sensitive.

Examples

- name: enable SR-IOV on vmnic0 with 8 functions
  community.vmware.vmware_host_sriov:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi1 }}"
    vmnic: vmnic0
    sriov_on: true
    num_virt_func: 8

- name: enable SR-IOV on already enabled interface vmnic0
  community.vmware.vmware_host_sriov:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi1 }}"
    vmnic: vmnic0
    sriov_on: true
    num_virt_func: 8

- name: enable SR-IOV on vmnic0 with big number of functions
  community.vmware.vmware_host_sriov:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi1 }}"
    vmnic: vmnic0
    sriov_on: true
    num_virt_func: 100
  ignore_errors: true

- name: disable SR-IOV on vmnic0
  community.vmware.vmware_host_sriov:
    hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ vcenter_username }}"
    password: "{{ vcenter_password }}"
    esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi1 }}"
    vmnic: vmnic0
    sriov_on: false
    num_virt_func: 0

Return Values

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

Key

Description

host_sriov_diff

dictionary

contains info about SR-IOV status on vmnic before, after and requested changes

sometimes vCenter slowly update info, as result “after” contains same info as “before” need to run again in check_mode or reboot host, as ESXi requested

Returned: always

Sample: {"changed": true, "diff": {"after": {"host_test": {"maxVirtualFunctionSupported": 63, "numVirtualFunction": 0, "numVirtualFunctionRequested": 8, "rebootRequired": true, "sriovActive": false, "sriovCapable": true, "sriovEnabled": true}}, "before": {"host_test": {"maxVirtualFunctionSupported": 63, "numVirtualFunction": 0, "numVirtualFunctionRequested": 0, "rebootRequired": false, "sriovActive": false, "sriovCapable": true, "sriovEnabled": false}}, "changes": {"host_test": {"numVirtualFunction": 8, "rebootRequired": true, "sriovEnabled": true}}}}

Authors

  • Viktor Tsymbalyuk (@victron)