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ce_vxlan_global - Manages global attributes of VXLAN and bridge domain on HUAWEI CloudEngine devices.

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • Manages global attributes of VXLAN and bridge domain on HUAWEI CloudEngine devices.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
bridge_domain_id
 no
Specifies a bridge domain ID. The value is an integer ranging from 1 to 16777215.
nvo3_acl_extend
 no
  • enable
  • disable
Enabling or disabling the VXLAN ACL extension function.
nvo3_ecmp_hash
 no
  • enable
  • disable
Load balancing of VXLAN packets through ECMP in optimized mode.
nvo3_eth_trunk_hash
 no
  • enable
  • disable
Eth-Trunk from load balancing VXLAN packets in optimized mode.
nvo3_gw_enhanced
 no
  • l2
  • l3
Configuring the Layer 3 VXLAN Gateway to Work in Non-loopback Mode.
nvo3_prevent_loops
 no
  • enable
  • disable
Loop prevention of VXLAN traffic in non-enhanced mode. When the device works in non-enhanced mode, inter-card forwarding of VXLAN traffic may result in loops.
nvo3_service_extend
 no
  • enable
  • disable
Enabling or disabling the VXLAN service extension function.
state
 no present
  • present
  • absent
Determines whether the config should be present or not on the device.
tunnel_mode_vxlan
 no
  • enable
  • disable
Set the tunnel mode to VXLAN when configuring the VXLAN feature.

Examples

- name: vxlan global module test
  hosts: ce128
  connection: local
  gather_facts: no
  vars:
    cli:
      host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
      port: "{{ ansible_ssh_port }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      transport: cli

  tasks:

  - name: Create bridge domain and set tunnel mode to VXLAN
    ce_vxlan_global:
      bridge_domain_id: 100
      nvo3_acl_extend: enable
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

Return Values

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

name description returned type sample
changed
check to see if a change was made on the device
 always boolean True
end_state
k/v pairs of configuration after module execution
 verbose mode dict {'nvo3_acl_extend': 'enable', 'bridge_domain_id': {'90': None, '80': None, '100': None}}
existing
k/v pairs of existing configuration
 verbose mode dict {'bridge_domain': {'90': None, '80': None}, 'nvo3_acl_extend': 'disable'}
proposed
k/v pairs of parameters passed into module
 verbose mode dict {'state="present"': None, 'nvo3_acl_extend': 'enable', 'bridge_domain_id': '100'}
updates
commands sent to the device
 always list ['bridge-domain 100', 'ip tunnel mode vxlan']


Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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