cisco.nxos.nxos_l3_interfaces module – L3 interfaces resource module

Note

This module is part of the cisco.nxos collection (version 9.2.1).

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.nxos.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.nxos.nxos_l3_interfaces.

New in cisco.nxos 1.0.0

Synopsis

• This module manages Layer-3 interfaces attributes of NX-OS Interfaces.

Aliases: l3_interfaces

Parameters

Parameter	Comments
config list / elements=dictionary	A dictionary of Layer-3 interface options
dot1q integer	Configures IEEE 802.1Q VLAN encapsulation on a subinterface.
evpn_multisite_tracking string added in cisco.nxos 1.1.0	VxLAN evpn multisite Interface tracking. Supported only on selected model. Choices: "fabric-tracking" "dci-tracking"
ipv4 list / elements=dictionary	IPv4 address and attributes of the L3 interface.
address string	IPV4 address of the L3 interface.
secondary boolean	A boolean attribute to manage addition of secondary IP address. Choices: false true
tag integer	URIB route tag value for local/direct routes.
ipv6 list / elements=dictionary	IPv6 address and attributes of the L3 interface.
address string	IPV6 address of the L3 interface.
tag integer	URIB route tag value for local/direct routes.
ipv6_redirects boolean	Enables/disables ipv6 redirects. Choices: false true
name string / required	Full name of L3 interface, i.e. Ethernet1/1.
redirects boolean	Enables/disables ipv4 redirects. Choices: false true
unreachables boolean	Enables/disables ip redirects. Choices: false true
running_config string	This option is used only with state parsed. The value of this option should be the output received from the NX-OS device by executing the command show running-config | section ‘^interface’. The state parsed reads the configuration from running_config option and transforms it into Ansible structured data as per the resource module’s argspec and the value is then returned in the parsed key within the result.
state string	The state of the configuration after module completion. The state overridden would override the IP address configuration of all interfaces on the device with the provided configuration in the task. Use caution with this state as you may loose access to the device. Choices: "merged" ← (default) "replaced" "overridden" "deleted" "gathered" "rendered" "parsed"

Notes

Note

• Tested against NXOS 7.3.(0)D1(1) on VIRL

• Unsupported for Cisco MDS

Examples

# Using merged

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# router# show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1/6
#   description Configured by Ansible Network
#   no switchport
#   no shutdown
# interface Ethernet1/7
#   description Configured by Ansible
#   no switchport
#   no shutdown
# interface mgmt0
#   description mgmt interface
#   ip address dhcp
#   vrf member management

- name: Merge provided configuration with device configuration.
  cisco.nxos.nxos_l3_interfaces:
    config:
      - name: Ethernet1/6
        ipv4:
          - address: 192.168.1.1/24
            tag: 5
          - address: 10.1.1.1/24
            secondary: true
            tag: 10
        ipv6:
          - address: fd5d:12c9:2201:2::1/64
            tag: 6
      - name: Ethernet1/7.42
        redirects: false
        unreachables: false
    state: merged

# Task Output
# -----------
#
# before:
# - name: Ethernet1/6
# - name: Ethernet1/7
# - ipv4:
#   - address: dhcp
#   name: mgmt0
# commands:
# - interface Ethernet1/6
# - ip address 192.168.1.1/24 tag 5
# - ip address 10.1.1.1/24 secondary tag 10
# - ipv6 address fd5d:12c9:2201:2::1/64 tag 6
# - interface Ethernet1/7
# - no ip redirects
# after:
# - ipv4:
#   - address: 192.168.1.1/24
#     tag: 5
#   - address: 10.1.1.1/24
#     secondary: true
#     tag: 10
#   ipv6:
#   - address: fd5d:12c9:2201:2::1/64
#     tag: 6
#   name: Ethernet1/6
#   redirects: false
# - name: Ethernet1/7
#   redirects: false
# - ipv4:
#   - address: dhcp
#   name: mgmt0

# After state:
# ------------
#
# router# show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1/6
#   description Configured by Ansible Network
#   no switchport
#   no ip redirects
#   ip address 192.168.1.1/24 tag 5
#   ip address 10.1.1.1/24 secondary tag 10
#   ipv6 address fd5d:12c9:2201:2::1/64 tag 6
#   no shutdown
# interface Ethernet1/7
#   description Configured by Ansible
#   no switchport
#   no ip redirects
#   no shutdown
# interface mgmt0
#   description mgmt interface
#   ip address dhcp
#   vrf member management


# Using replaced

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# router# show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1/6
#   description Configured by Ansible Network
#   no switchport
#   no ip redirects
#   ip address 192.168.1.1/24 tag 5
#   ip address 10.1.1.1/24 secondary tag 10
#   ipv6 address fd5d:12c9:2201:2::1/64 tag 6
#   no shutdown
# interface Ethernet1/7
#   description Configured by Ansible
#   no switchport
#   no ip redirects
#   no shutdown
# interface mgmt0
#   description mgmt interface
#   ip address dhcp
#   vrf member management

- name: Replace device configuration of specified L3 interfaces with provided configuration.
  cisco.nxos.nxos_l3_interfaces:
    config:
      - name: Ethernet1/6
        ipv4:
          - address: 192.168.22.3/24
    state: replaced

# Task Output
# -----------
#
# before:
# - ipv4:
#   - address: 192.168.1.1/24
#     tag: 5
#   - address: 10.1.1.1/24
#     secondary: true
#     tag: 10
#   ipv6:
#   - address: fd5d:12c9:2201:2::1/64
#     tag: 6
#   name: Ethernet1/6
#   redirects: false
# - name: Ethernet1/7
#   redirects: false
# - ipv4:
#   - address: dhcp
#   name: mgmt0
# commands:
# - interface Ethernet1/6
# - ip address 192.168.22.3/24
# - no ipv6 address fd5d:12c9:2201:2::1/64
# - ip redirects
# after:
# - ipv4:
#   - address: 192.168.22.3/24
#   - address: 10.1.1.1/24
#     secondary: true
#     tag: 10
#   name: Ethernet1/6
#   redirects: false
# - name: Ethernet1/7
#   redirects: false
# - ipv4:
#   - address: dhcp
#   name: mgmt0

# After state:
# ------------
#
# router# show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1/6
#   description Configured by Ansible Network
#   no switchport
#   no ip redirects
#   ip address 192.168.22.3/24
#   ip address 10.1.1.1/24 secondary tag 10
#   no shutdown
# interface Ethernet1/7
#   description Configured by Ansible
#   no switchport
#   no ip redirects
#   no shutdown
# interface mgmt0
#   description mgmt interface
#   ip address dhcp
#   vrf member management

# Using overridden

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# router# show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1/6
#   description Configured by Ansible Network
#   no switchport
#   no ip redirects
#   ip address 192.168.1.1/24 tag 5
#   ip address 10.1.1.1/24 secondary tag 10
#   ipv6 address fd5d:12c9:2201:2::1/64 tag 6
#   no shutdown
# interface Ethernet1/7
#   description Configured by Ansible
#   no switchport
#   no ip redirects
#   no shutdown
# interface Ethernet1/7.42
#   no ip redirects
# interface mgmt0
#   description mgmt interface
#   ip address dhcp
#   vrf member management

- name: Override device configuration with provided configuration.
  cisco.nxos.nxos_l3_interfaces:
    config:
      - ipv4:
          - address: dhcp
        name: mgmt0
      - name: Ethernet1/6
        ipv4:
          - address: 192.168.22.3/24
    state: overridden

# Task Output
# -----------
#
# before:
# - ipv4:
#   - address: 192.168.1.1/24
#     tag: 5
#   - address: 10.1.1.1/24
#     secondary: true
#     tag: 10
#   ipv6:
#   - address: fd5d:12c9:2201:2::1/64
#     tag: 6
#   name: Ethernet1/6
#   redirects: false
# - name: Ethernet1/7
#   redirects: false
# - name: Ethernet1/7.42
#   redirects: false
# - ipv4:
#   - address: dhcp
#   name: mgmt0
# commands:
# - interface Ethernet1/6
# - no ipv6 address fd5d:12c9:2201:2::1/64
# - no ip address 10.1.1.1/24 secondary
# - ip address 192.168.22.3/24
# - ip redirects
# - interface Ethernet1/7
# - ip redirects
# - interface Ethernet1/7.42
# - ip redirects
# after:
# - ipv4:
#   - address: 192.168.22.3/24
#   name: Ethernet1/6
# - name: Ethernet1/7
# - name: Ethernet1/7.42
# - ipv4:
#   - address: dhcp
#   name: mgmt0

# After state:
# ------------
#
# router# show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1/6
#   description Configured by Ansible Network
#   no switchport
#   ip address 192.168.22.3/24
#   no shutdown
# interface Ethernet1/7
#   description Configured by Ansible
#   no switchport
#   no shutdown
# interface Ethernet1/7.42
# interface mgmt0
#   description mgmt interface
#   ip address dhcp
#   vrf member management

# Using deleted

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# router# show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1/6
#   description Configured by Ansible Network
#   no switchport
#   ip address 192.168.22.3/24
#   no shutdown
# interface Ethernet1/7
#   description Configured by Ansible
#   no switchport
#   no shutdown
# interface Ethernet1/7.42
# interface mgmt0
#   description mgmt interface
#   ip address dhcp
#   vrf member management

- name: Delete L3 attributes of given interfaces (This won't delete the interface
    itself).
  cisco.nxos.nxos_l3_interfaces:
    config:
      - name: Ethernet1/6
      - name: Ethernet1/2
    state: deleted

# Task Output
# -----------
#
# before:
# - name: Ethernet1/2
# - ipv4:
#   - address: 192.168.22.3/24
#   name: Ethernet1/6
# - name: Ethernet1/7
# - name: Ethernet1/7.42
# - ipv4:
#   - address: dhcp
#   name: mgmt0
# commands:
# - interface Ethernet1/6
# - no ip address
# after:
# - name: Ethernet1/2
# - name: Ethernet1/7
# - name: Ethernet1/7.42
# - ipv4:
#   - address: dhcp
#   name: mgmt0

# After state:
# ------------
#
# router# show running-config | section interface
# interface Ethernet1/6
#   description Configured by Ansible Network
#   no switchport
#   no shutdown
# interface Ethernet1/7
#   description Configured by Ansible
#   no switchport
#   no shutdown
# interface Ethernet1/7.42
# interface mgmt0
#   description mgmt interface
#   ip address dhcp
#   vrf member management

# Using rendered

- name: Use rendered state to convert task input to device specific commands
  cisco.nxos.nxos_l3_interfaces:
    config:
      - name: Ethernet1/800
        ipv4:
          - address: 192.168.1.100/24
            tag: 5
          - address: 10.1.1.1/24
            secondary: true
            tag: 10
      - name: Ethernet1/800
        ipv6:
          - address: fd5d:12c9:2201:2::1/64
            tag: 6
    state: rendered

# Task Output
# -----------
#
# rendered:
#   - interface Ethernet1/800
#   - ip address 192.168.1.100/24 tag 5
#   - ip address 10.1.1.1/24 secondary tag 10
#   - interface Ethernet1/800
#   - ipv6 address fd5d:12c9:2201:2::1/64 tag 6

# Using parsed

# parsed.cfg
# ----------
#
# interface Ethernet1/800
#   ip address 192.168.1.100/24 tag 5
#   ip address 10.1.1.1/24 secondary tag 10
#   no ip redirects
# interface Ethernet1/801
#   ipv6 address fd5d:12c9:2201:2::1/64 tag 6
#   ip unreachables
# interface mgmt0
#   ip address dhcp
#   vrf member management

- name: Use parsed state to convert externally supplied config to structured format
  cisco.nxos.nxos_l3_interfaces:
    running_config: "{{ lookup('file', 'parsed.cfg') }}"
    state: parsed

# Task output
# -----------
#
# parsed:
#   - name: Ethernet1/800
#     ipv4:
#       - address: 192.168.1.100/24
#         tag: 5
#       - address: 10.1.1.1/24
#         secondary: True
#         tag: 10
#     redirects: False
#   - name: Ethernet1/801
#     ipv6:
#      - address: fd5d:12c9:2201:2::1/64
#        tag: 6
#     unreachables: True

# Using gathered

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# interface Ethernet1/1
#   ip address 192.0.2.100/24
# interface Ethernet1/2
#   no ip redirects
#   ip address 203.0.113.10/24
#   ip unreachables
#   ipv6 address 2001:db8::1/32

- name: Gather l3_interfaces facts from the device using nxos_l3_interfaces
  cisco.nxos.nxos_l3_interfaces:
    state: gathered

# Task output
# -----------
#
# gathered:
#   - name: Ethernet1/1
#     ipv4:
#       - address: 192.0.2.100/24
#   - name: Ethernet1/2
#     ipv4:
#       - address: 203.0.113.10/24
#     ipv6:
#       - address: 2001:db8::1/32
#     redirects: False
#     unreachables: True

Return Values

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

Key	Description
after list / elements=string	The configuration as structured data after module completion. Returned: when changed Sample: ["The configuration returned will always be in the same format\n of the parameters above.\n"]
before list / elements=string	The configuration as structured data prior to module invocation. Returned: always Sample: ["The configuration returned will always be in the same format\n of the parameters above.\n"]
commands list / elements=string	The set of commands pushed to the remote device. Returned: always Sample: ["interface Ethernet1/2", "ip address 192.168.0.1/2"]

Authors

• Trishna Guha (@trishnaguha)

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