cisco.ios.ios_linkagg module – Module to configure link aggregation groups.

Note

This module is part of the cisco.ios collection (version 4.3.1).

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 cisco.ios.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.ios.ios_linkagg.

New in cisco.ios 1.0.0

DEPRECATED

Removed in

major release after 2024-06-01

Why

Updated modules released with more functionality.

Alternative

ios_lag_interfaces

Synopsis

• This module provides declarative management of link aggregation groups on Cisco IOS network devices.

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
aggregate list / elements=dictionary	List of link aggregation definitions.
group string / required	Channel-group number for the port-channel Link aggregation group. Range 1-255.
members list / elements=string	List of members of the link aggregation group.
mode string	Mode of the link aggregation group. On mode has to be quoted as ‘on’ or else pyyaml will convert to True before it gets to Ansible. Choices: "active" "on" "passive" "auto" "desirable"
state string	State of the link aggregation group. Choices: "present" "absent"
group integer	Channel-group number for the port-channel Link aggregation group. Range 1-255.
members list / elements=string	List of members of the link aggregation group.
mode string	Mode of the link aggregation group. On mode has to be quoted as ‘on’ or else pyyaml will convert to True before it gets to Ansible. Choices: "active" "on" "passive" "auto" "desirable"
purge boolean	Purge links not defined in the aggregate parameter. Choices: false ← (default) true
state string	State of the link aggregation group. Choices: "present" ← (default) "absent"

Notes

Note

• Tested against IOS 15.2

• This module works with connection network_cli. See https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/network/user_guide/platform_ios.html

• 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

- name: Create link aggregation group
  cisco.ios.ios_linkagg:
    group: 10
    state: present

- name: Delete link aggregation group
  cisco.ios.ios_linkagg:
    group: 10
    state: absent

- name: Set link aggregation group to members
  cisco.ios.ios_linkagg:
    group: 200
    mode: active
    members:
    - GigabitEthernet0/0
    - GigabitEthernet0/1

- name: Remove link aggregation group from GigabitEthernet0/0
  cisco.ios.ios_linkagg:
    group: 200
    mode: active
    members:
    - GigabitEthernet0/1

- name: Create aggregate of linkagg definitions
  cisco.ios.ios_linkagg:
    aggregate:
    - {group: 3, mode: on, members: [GigabitEthernet0/1]}
    - {group: 100, mode: passive, members: [GigabitEthernet0/2]}

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: ["interface port-channel 30", "interface GigabitEthernet0/3", "channel-group 30 mode on", "no interface port-channel 30"]

Status

• This module will be removed in a major release after 2024-06-01. [deprecated]

• For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

• Trishna Guha (@trishnaguha)

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