dellemc.openmanage.ome_network_vlan_info module – Retrieves the information about networks VLAN(s) present in OpenManage Enterprise

Note

This module is part of the dellemc.openmanage collection (version 8.7.0).

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 dellemc.openmanage. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: dellemc.openmanage.ome_network_vlan_info.

New in dellemc.openmanage 2.1.0

Synopsis

  • This module allows to retrieve the following. - A list of all the network VLANs with their detailed information. - Information about a specific network VLAN using VLAN id or VLAN name.

Requirements

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

  • python >= 3.8.6

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

ca_path

path

added in dellemc.openmanage 5.0.0

The Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM) file that contains a CA certificate to be used for the validation.

hostname

string / required

OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular IP address or hostname.

id

integer

A unique identifier of the network VLAN available in the device.

id and name are mutually exclusive.

name

string

A unique name of the network VLAN available in the device.

name and id are mutually exclusive.

password

string / required

OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular password.

If the password is not provided, then the environment variable OME_PASSWORD is used.

Example: export OME_PASSWORD=password

port

integer

OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular HTTPS port.

Default: 443

timeout

integer

added in dellemc.openmanage 5.0.0

The socket level timeout in seconds.

Default: 30

username

string / required

OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular username.

If the username is not provided, then the environment variable OME_USERNAME is used.

Example: export OME_USERNAME=username

validate_certs

boolean

added in dellemc.openmanage 5.0.0

If false, the SSL certificates will not be validated.

Configure false only on personally controlled sites where self-signed certificates are used.

Prior to collection version 5.0.0, the validate_certs is false by default.

Choices:

  • false

  • true ← (default)

Notes

Note

  • Run this module from a system that has direct access to Dell OpenManage Enterprise.

  • This module supports check_mode.

Examples

---
- name: Retrieve information about all network VLANs(s) available in the device
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_network_vlan_info:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"

- name: Retrieve information about a network VLAN using the VLAN ID
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_network_vlan_info:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    id: 12345

- name: Retrieve information about a network VLAN using the VLAN name
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_network_vlan_info:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    name: "Network VLAN - 1"

Return Values

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

Key

Description

error_info

dictionary

Details of the HTTP Error.

Returned: on HTTP error

Sample: {"error": {"@Message.ExtendedInfo": [{"Message": "Unable to process the request because an error occurred.", "MessageArgs": [], "MessageId": "GEN1234", "RelatedProperties": [], "Resolution": "Retry the operation. If the issue persists, contact your system administrator.", "Severity": "Critical"}], "code": "Base.1.0.GeneralError", "message": "A general error has occurred. See ExtendedInfo for more information."}}

msg

string

Detailed information of the network VLAN(s).

Returned: success

Sample: "{'msg': 'Successfully retrieved the network VLAN information.', 'network_vlan_info': [{'CreatedBy': 'admin', 'CreationTime': '2020-09-02 18:48:42.129', 'Description': 'Description of Logical Network - 1', 'Id': 20057, 'InternalRefNWUUId': '42b9903d-93f8-4184-adcf-0772e4492f71', 'Name': 'Network VLAN - 1', 'Type': {'Description': 'This is the network for general purpose traffic. QOS Priority : Bronze.', 'Id': 1, 'Name': 'General Purpose (Bronze)', 'NetworkTrafficType': 'Ethernet', 'QosType': {'Id': 4, 'Name': 'Bronze'}, 'VendorCode': 'GeneralPurpose'}, 'UpdatedBy': None, 'UpdatedTime': '2020-09-02 18:48:42.129', 'VlanMaximum': 111, 'VlanMinimum': 111}, {'CreatedBy': 'admin', 'CreationTime': '2020-09-02 18:49:11.507', 'Description': 'Description of Logical Network - 2', 'Id': 20058, 'InternalRefNWUUId': 'e46ccb3f-ef57-4617-ac76-46c56594005c', 'Name': 'Network VLAN - 2', 'Type': {'Description': 'This is the network for general purpose traffic. QOS Priority : Silver.', 'Id': 2, 'Name': 'General Purpose (Silver)', 'NetworkTrafficType': 'Ethernet', 'QosType': {'Id': 3, 'Name': 'Silver'}, 'VendorCode': 'GeneralPurpose'}, 'UpdatedBy': None, 'UpdatedTime': '2020-09-02 18:49:11.507', 'VlanMaximum': 112, 'VlanMinimum': 112}]}"

Authors

  • Deepak Joshi(@deepakjoshishri)