arista.eos.eos_lldp module – Manage LLDP configuration on Arista EOS network devices

Note

This module is part of the arista.eos collection (version 10.0.1).

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 arista.eos.

To use it in a playbook, specify: arista.eos.eos_lldp.

New in arista.eos 1.0.0

Synopsis

  • This module provides declarative management of LLDP service on Arista EOS network devices.

Aliases: lldp

Parameters

Parameter

Comments

state

string

State of the LLDP configuration. If value is present lldp will be enabled else if it is absent it will be disabled.

Choices:

  • "present" ← (default)

  • "absent"

  • "enabled"

  • "disabled"

Notes

Note

  • Tested against Arista EOS 4.24.6F

Examples

- name: Enable LLDP service
  arista.eos.eos_lldp:
    state: present

- name: Disable LLDP service
  arista.eos.eos_lldp:
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key

Description

commands

list / elements=string

The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device

Returned: always, except for the platforms that use Netconf transport to manage the device.

Sample: ["lldp run"]

Authors

  • Ganesh Nalawade (@ganeshrn)