Note
This plugin is part of the community.vmware collection (version 1.15.0).
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 community.vmware.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.vmware.vmware_host_vmnic_info.
cluster_name is provided, then vmnic information about all hosts from given cluster will be returned.esxi_hostname is provided, then vmnic information about given host system will be returned.The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| capabilities boolean |
| Gather information about general capabilities (Auto negotiation, Wake On LAN, and Network I/O Control). |
| cluster_name string | Name of the cluster from which all host systems will be used. Vmnic information about each ESXi server will be returned for the given cluster. This parameter is required if esxi_hostname is not specified. | |
| directpath_io boolean |
| Gather information about DirectPath I/O capabilities and configuration. |
| esxi_hostname string | Name of the host system to work with. Vmnic information about this ESXi server will be returned. This parameter is required if cluster_name is not specified. | |
| hostname string | The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_HOST will be used instead.Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. | |
| password string | The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PASSWORD will be used instead.Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. aliases: pass, pwd | |
| port integer | Default: 443 | The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PORT will be used instead.Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. |
| proxy_host string | Address of a proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. The format is a hostname or a IP. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PROXY_HOST will be used instead.This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12 | |
| proxy_port integer | Port of the HTTP proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_PROXY_PORT will be used instead. | |
| sriov boolean |
| Gather information about SR-IOV capabilities and configuration. |
| username string | The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_USER will be used instead.Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. aliases: admin, user | |
| validate_certs boolean |
| Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to false when certificates are not trusted.If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS will be used instead.Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. If set to true, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine. |
Note
- name: Gather info about vmnics of all ESXi Host in the given Cluster
community.vmware.vmware_host_vmnic_info:
hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
cluster_name: '{{ cluster_name }}'
delegate_to: localhost
register: cluster_host_vmnics
- name: Gather info about vmnics of an ESXi Host
community.vmware.vmware_host_vmnic_info:
hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}'
delegate_to: localhost
register: host_vmnics
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description |
|---|---|---|
| hosts_vmnics_info dictionary | hosts_vmnics_info | dict with hostname as key and dict with vmnics information as value. for num_vmnics, only NICs starting with vmnic are counted. NICs like vusb* are not counted.details about vswitch and dvswitch was added in version 2.7. details about vmnics was added in version 2.8. details about lldp was added in version 1.11.0 Sample: {'10.76.33.204': {'all': ['vmnic0', 'vmnic1'], 'available': [], 'dvswitch': {'dvs_0002': ['vmnic1']}, 'num_vmnics': 2, 'used': ['vmnic1', 'vmnic0'], 'vmnic_details': [{'actual_duplex': 'Full Duplex', 'actual_speed': 10000, 'adapter': 'Intel(R) 82599 10 Gigabit Dual Port Network Connection', 'configured_duplex': 'Auto negotiate', 'configured_speed': 'Auto negotiate', 'device': 'vmnic0', 'driver': 'ixgbe', 'lldp_info': {'Aggregated Port ID': '0', 'Aggregation Status': '1', 'Enabled Capabilities': {'_vimtype': 'vim.host.PhysicalNic.CdpDeviceCapability', 'host': False, 'igmpEnabled': False, 'networkSwitch': False, 'repeater': False, 'router': True, 'sourceRouteBridge': False, 'transparentBridge': True}, 'MTU': '9216', 'Port Description': 'switch port description', 'Samples': 18814, 'System Description': 'omitted from output', 'System Name': 'sw1', 'TimeOut': 30, 'Vlan ID': '1'}, 'location': '0000:01:00.0', 'mac': 'aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff', 'status': 'Connected'}, {'actual_duplex': 'Full Duplex', 'actual_speed': 10000, 'adapter': 'Intel(R) 82599 10 Gigabit Dual Port Network Connection', 'configured_duplex': 'Auto negotiate', 'configured_speed': 'Auto negotiate', 'device': 'vmnic1', 'driver': 'ixgbe', 'lldp_info': 'N/A', 'location': '0000:01:00.1', 'mac': 'ab:ba:cc:dd:ee:ff', 'status': 'Connected'}], 'vswitch': {'vSwitch0': ['vmnic0']}}} |
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