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cisco.nxos.nxos_linkagg – (deprecated, removed after 2022-06-01) Manage link aggregation groups on Cisco NXOS devices.

Note

This plugin is part of the cisco.nxos collection (version 2.7.0).

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_linkagg.

New in version 1.0.0: of cisco.nxos

DEPRECATED

Removed in

major release after 2022-06-01

Why

Updated modules released with more functionality.

Alternative

nxos_lag_interfaces

Synopsis

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

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
aggregate
list / elements=dictionary
List of link aggregation definitions.
force
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
When true it forces link aggregation group members to match what is declared in the members param. This can be used to remove members.
group
string / required
Channel-group number for the port-channel Link aggregation group.
members
list / elements=string
List of interfaces that will be managed in the link aggregation group.
min_links
integer
Minimum number of ports required up before bringing up the link aggregation group.
mode
string
    Choices:
  • active
  • on
  • passive
Mode for the link aggregation group.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present
  • absent
State of the link aggregation group.
force
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
When true it forces link aggregation group members to match what is declared in the members param. This can be used to remove members.
group
string
Channel-group number for the port-channel Link aggregation group.
members
list / elements=string
List of interfaces that will be managed in the link aggregation group.
min_links
integer
Minimum number of ports required up before bringing up the link aggregation group.
mode
string
    Choices:
  • active
  • on ←
  • passive
Mode for the link aggregation group.
provider
dictionary
Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli.
Starting with Ansible 2.6 we recommend using connection: httpapi for NX-API.
This option will be removed in a release after 2022-06-01.
A dict object containing connection details.
auth_pass
string
Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote device. If authorize is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS will be used instead.
authorize
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to execute all commands in non-privileged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE will be used instead.
host
string
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.
password
string
Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This is a common argument used for either cli or nxapi transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD will be used instead.
port
integer
Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device. This value applies to either cli or nxapi. The port value will default to the appropriate transport common port if none is provided in the task. (cli=22, http=80, https=443).
ssh_keyfile
string
Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for the cli transport. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE will be used instead.
timeout
integer
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. NX-API can be slow to return on long-running commands (sh mac, sh bgp, etc).
transport
string
    Choices:
  • cli ←
  • nxapi
Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device. The transport argument supports connectivity to the device over cli (ssh) or nxapi.
use_proxy
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, the environment variables http_proxy and https_proxy will be ignored.
use_ssl
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Configures the transport to use SSL if set to yes only when the transport=nxapi, otherwise this value is ignored.
username
string
Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate either the CLI login or the nxapi authentication depending on which transport is used. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead.
validate_certs
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. If the transport argument is not nxapi, this value is ignored.
purge
boolean
    Choices:
  • no ←
  • yes
Purge links not defined in the aggregate parameter.
state
string
    Choices:
  • present ←
  • absent
State of the link aggregation group.

Notes

Note

  • Tested against NXOSv 7.0(3)I5(1).
  • Unsupported for Cisco MDS
  • state=absent removes the portchannel config and interface if it already exists. If members to be removed are not explicitly passed, all existing members (if any), are removed.
  • Members must be a list.
  • LACP needs to be enabled first if active/passive modes are used.
  • For information on using CLI and NX-API see the NXOS Platform Options guide
  • 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: create link aggregation group
  cisco.nxos.nxos_linkagg:
    group: 99
    state: present

- name: delete link aggregation group
  cisco.nxos.nxos_linkagg:
    group: 99
    state: absent

- name: set link aggregation group to members
  cisco.nxos.nxos_linkagg:
    group: 10
    min_links: 3
    mode: active
    members:
    - Ethernet1/2
    - Ethernet1/4

- name: remove link aggregation group from Ethernet1/2
  cisco.nxos.nxos_linkagg:
    group: 10
    min_links: 3
    mode: active
    members:
    - Ethernet1/4

- name: Create aggregate of linkagg definitions
  cisco.nxos.nxos_linkagg:
    aggregate:
    - {group: 3}
    - {group: 100, min_links: 3}

- name: Remove aggregate of linkagg definitions
  cisco.nxos.nxos_linkagg:
    aggregate:
    - {group: 3}
    - {group: 100, min_links: 3}
    state: absent

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
commands
list / elements=string
always, except for the platforms that use Netconf transport to manage the device.
The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device

Sample:
['interface port-channel 30', 'lacp min-links 5', 'interface Ethernet2/1', 'channel-group 30 mode active', 'no interface port-channel 30']


Status

  • This module will be removed in a major release after 2022-06-01. [deprecated]
  • For more information see DEPRECATED.

Authors

  • Trishna Guha (@trishnaguha)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/cisco/nxos/nxos_linkagg_module.html