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cisco.ucs.ucs_managed_objects – Configures Managed Objects on Cisco UCS Manager

Note

This plugin is part of the cisco.ucs collection (version 1.6.0).

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.ucs.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.ucs.ucs_managed_objects.

New in version 2.8: of cisco.ucs

Synopsis

  • Configures Managed Objects on Cisco UCS Manager.
  • The Python SDK module, Python class within the module (UCSM Class), and all properties must be directly specified.
  • More information on the UCSM Python SDK and how to directly configure Managed Objects is available at UCSM Python SDK.

Requirements

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

  • ucsmsdk

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
hostname
string / required
IP address or hostname of Cisco UCS Manager.
Modules can be used with the UCS Platform Emulator https://cs.co/ucspe
objects
string / required
List of managed objects to configure. Each managed object has suboptions the specify the Python SDK module, class, and properties to configure.
children
string
Optional list of child objects. Each child has its own module, class, and properties suboptions.
The parent_mo_or_dn property for child objects is automatically set as the list of children is configured.
class_name
string / required
Name of the Python class that will be used to configure the Managed Object.
module
string / required
Name of the Python SDK module implementing the required class.
properties
string / required
List of properties to configure on the Managed Object. See the UCSM Python SDK for information on properties for each class.
password
string / required
Password for Cisco UCS Manager authentication.
port
integer
Port number to be used during connection (by default uses 443 for https and 80 for http connection).
proxy
string
If use_proxy is no, specfies proxy to be used for connection. e.g. 'http://proxy.xy.z:8080'
state
string
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
If present, will verify that the Managed Objects are present and will create if needed.
If absent, will verify that the Managed Objects are absent and will delete if needed.
use_proxy
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, will not use the proxy as defined by system environment variable.
use_ssl
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes ←
If no, an HTTP connection will be used instead of the default HTTPS connection.
username
string
Default:
"admin"
Username for Cisco UCS Manager authentication.

Examples

- name: Configure Network Control Policy
  cisco.ucs.ucs_managed_objects:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    objects:
    - module: ucsmsdk.mometa.nwctrl.NwctrlDefinition
      class: NwctrlDefinition
      properties:
        parent_mo_or_dn: org-root
        cdp: enabled
        descr: ''
        lldp_receive: enabled
        lldp_transmit: enabled
        name: Enable-CDP-LLDP

- name: Remove Network Control Policy
  cisco.ucs.ucs_managed_objects:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    objects:
    - module: ucsmsdk.mometa.nwctrl.NwctrlDefinition
      class: NwctrlDefinition
      properties:
        parent_mo_or_dn: org-root
        name: Enable-CDP-LLDP
    state: absent

- name: Configure Boot Policy Using JSON objects list with children
  cisco.ucs.ucs_managed_objects:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    objects:
    - {
          "module": "ucsmsdk.mometa.lsboot.LsbootPolicy",
          "class": "LsbootPolicy",
          "properties": {
              "parent_mo_or_dn": "org-root",
              "name": "Python_SDS",
              "enforce_vnic_name": "yes",
              "boot_mode": "legacy",
              "reboot_on_update": "no"
          },
          "children": [
              {
                  "module": "ucsmsdk.mometa.lsboot.LsbootVirtualMedia",
                  "class": "LsbootVirtualMedia",
                  "properties": {
                      "access": "read-only-local",
                      "lun_id": "0",
                      "order": "2"
                  }
              },
              {
                  "module": "ucsmsdk.mometa.lsboot.LsbootStorage",
                  "class": "LsbootStorage",
                  "properties": {
                      "order": "1"
                  },
                  "children": [
                      {
                          "module": "ucsmsdk.mometa.lsboot.LsbootLocalStorage",
                          "class": "LsbootLocalStorage",
                          "properties": {},
                          "children": [
                              {
                                  "module": "ucsmsdk.mometa.lsboot.LsbootDefaultLocalImage",
                                  "class": "LsbootDefaultLocalImage",
                                  "properties": {
                                      "order": "1"
                                  }
                              }
                          ]
                      }
                  ]
              }
          ]
      }

- name: Remove Boot Policy Using JSON objects list
  cisco.ucs.ucs_managed_objects:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    objects:
    - {
          "module": "ucsmsdk.mometa.lsboot.LsbootPolicy",
          "class": "LsbootPolicy",
          "properties": {
              "parent_mo_or_dn": "org-root",
              "name": "Python_SDS"
          }
      }
    state: absent

Authors

  • David Soper (@dsoper2)
  • CiscoUcs (@CiscoUcs)

© 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/ucs/ucs_managed_objects_module.html