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iosxr_interface - Manage Interface on Cisco IOS XR network devices

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

  • This module provides declarative management of Interfaces on Cisco IOS XR network devices.

Requirements

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

  • ncclient >= 0.5.3 when using netconf
  • lxml >= 4.1.1 when using netconf

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
active
(added in 2.5)
    Choices:
  • active ←
  • preconfigure
Whether the interface is active or preconfigured. Preconfiguration allows you to configure modular services cards before they are inserted into the router. When the cards are inserted, they are instantly configured. Active cards are the ones already inserted.
aggregate
List of Interface definitions. Include multiple interface configurations together, one each on a seperate line
delay Default:
10
Time in seconds to wait before checking for the operational state on remote device. This wait is applicable for operational state argument which are state with values up/down, tx_rate and rx_rate.
description
Description of Interface being configured.
duplex
    Choices:
  • full
  • half
Configures the interface duplex mode. Default is auto-negotiation when not configured.
enabled
bool
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
Removes the shutdown configuration, which removes the forced administrative down on the interface, enabling it to move to an up or down state.
mtu
Sets the MTU value for the interface. Range is between 64 and 65535'
name
required
Name of the interface to configure in type + path format. e.g. GigabitEthernet0/0/0/0
provider
Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli.
For more information please see the Network Guide.
A dict object containing connection details.
username
Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead.
host
required
Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote device over the specified transport. The value of host is used as the destination address for the transport.
ssh_keyfile
Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is the path to the key used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE will be used instead.
timeout Default:
10
Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error.
password
Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD will be used instead.
port Default:
22
Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device.
rx_rate
Receiver rate in bits per second (bps).
This is state check parameter only.
Supports conditionals, see Conditionals in Networking Modules
speed
    Choices:
  • 10
  • 100
  • 1000
Configure the speed for an interface. Default is auto-negotiation when not configured.
state
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
  • up
  • down
State of the Interface configuration, up means present and operationally up and down means present and operationally down
tx_rate
Transmit rate in bits per second (bps).
This is state check parameter only.
Supports conditionals, see Conditionals in Networking Modules

Notes

Note

  • Tested against IOS XRv 6.1.2
  • Preconfiguration of physical interfaces is not supported with netconf transport.
  • For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the Ansible Network Guide
  • For more information on using Ansible to manage Cisco devices see the Cisco integration page.

Examples

- name: configure interface
  iosxr_interface:
      name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
      description: test-interface
      speed: 100
      duplex: half
      mtu: 512

- name: remove interface
  iosxr_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
    state: absent

- name: make interface up
  iosxr_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
    enabled: True

- name: make interface down
  iosxr_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
    enabled: False

- name: Create interface using aggregate
  iosxr_interface:
    aggregate:
    - name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
    - name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
    speed: 100
    duplex: full
    mtu: 512
    state: present

- name: Create interface using aggregate along with additional params in aggregate
  iosxr_interface:
    aggregate:
    - { name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3, description: test-interface 3 }
    - { name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2, description: test-interface 2 }
    speed: 100
    duplex: full
    mtu: 512
    state: present

- name: Delete interface using aggregate
  iosxr_interface:
    aggregate:
    - name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
    - name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
    state: absent

- name: Check intent arguments
  iosxr_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/5
    state: up
    delay: 20

- name: Config + intent
  iosxr_interface:
    name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/5
    enabled: False
    state: down
    delay: 20

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
commands
list
 always (empty list when no commands to send)
The list of configuration mode commands sent to device with transport cli

Sample:
['interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2', 'description test-interface', 'duplex half', 'mtu 512']
xml
list

(added in 2.5)
 always (empty list when no xml rpc to send)
NetConf rpc xml sent to device with transport netconf

Sample:
['<config xmlns:xc="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0"> <interface-configurations xmlns="http://cisco.com/ns/yang/Cisco-IOS-XR-ifmgr-cfg"> <interface-configuration xc:operation="merge"> <active>act</active> <interface-name>GigabitEthernet0/0/0/0</interface-name> <description>test-interface-0</description> <mtus><mtu> <owner>GigabitEthernet</owner> <mtu>512</mtu> </mtu></mtus> <ethernet xmlns="http://cisco.com/ns/yang/Cisco-IOS-XR-drivers-media-eth-cfg"> <speed>100</speed> <duplex>half</duplex> </ethernet> </interface-configuration> </interface-configurations></config>']


Status

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

Maintenance

This module is flagged as network which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Network Team. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.

For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Network Team, see here.

Support

For more information about Red Hat’s support of this module, please refer to this Knowledge Base article

Author

  • Ganesh Nalawade (@ganeshrn)
  • Kedar Kekan (@kedarX)

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