ce_vxlan_arp – Manages ARP attributes of VXLAN on HUAWEI CloudEngine devices

New in version 2.4.

Synopsis

• Manages ARP attributes of VXLAN on HUAWEI CloudEngine devices.

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
arp_collect_host -	Choices: enable disable	Enables EVN BGP or BGP EVPN to collect host information.
arp_suppress -	Choices: enable disable	Enables ARP broadcast suppression in a BD.
bridge_domain_id -		Specifies a BD(bridge domain) ID. The value is an integer ranging from 1 to 16777215.
evn_bgp -	Choices: enable disable	Enables EVN BGP.
evn_peer_ip -		Specifies the IP address of an EVN BGP peer. The value is in dotted decimal notation.
evn_reflect_client -	Choices: enable disable	Configures the local device as the route reflector (RR) and its peer as the client.
evn_server -	Choices: enable disable	Configures the local device as the router reflector (RR) on the EVN network.
evn_source_ip -		Specifies the source address of an EVN BGP peer. The value is in dotted decimal notation.
host_collect_protocol -	Choices: bgp none	Enables EVN BGP or BGP EVPN to advertise host information.
state -	Choices: present ← absent	Determines whether the config should be present or not on the device.
vbdif_name -		Full name of VBDIF interface, i.e. Vbdif100.

Notes

Note

• Recommended connection is network_cli.
• This module also works with local connections for legacy playbooks.

Examples

- name: vxlan arp 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: Configure EVN BGP on Layer 2 and Layer 3 VXLAN gateways to establish EVN BGP peer relationships.
    ce_vxlan_arp:
      evn_bgp: enable
      evn_source_ip: 6.6.6.6
      evn_peer_ip: 7.7.7.7
      provider: "{{ cli }}"
  - name: Configure a Layer 3 VXLAN gateway as a BGP RR.
    ce_vxlan_arp:
      evn_bgp: enable
      evn_server: enable
      provider: "{{ cli }}"
  - name: Enable EVN BGP on a Layer 3 VXLAN gateway to collect host information.
    ce_vxlan_arp:
      vbdif_name: Vbdif100
      arp_collect_host: enable
      provider: "{{ cli }}"
  - name: Enable Layer 2 and Layer 3 VXLAN gateways to use EVN BGP to advertise host information.
    ce_vxlan_arp:
      host_collect_protocol: bgp
      provider: "{{ cli }}"
  - name: Enable ARP broadcast suppression on a Layer 2 VXLAN gateway.
    ce_vxlan_arp:
      bridge_domain_id: 100
      arp_suppress: enable
      provider: "{{ cli }}"

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
changed boolean	always	check to see if a change was made on the device Sample: True
end_state dictionary	verbose mode	k/v pairs of configuration after module execution Sample: {'evn_bgp': 'enable', 'evn_source_ip': '6.6.6.6', 'evn_peer_ip': ['7.7.7.7']}
existing dictionary	verbose mode	k/v pairs of existing configuration Sample: {'evn_bgp': 'disable', 'evn_source_ip': None, 'evn_peer_ip': []}
proposed dictionary	verbose mode	k/v pairs of parameters passed into module Sample: {'evn_bgp': 'enable', 'evn_source_ip': '6.6.6.6', 'evn_peer_ip': '7.7.7.7', 'state': 'present'}
updates list	always	commands sent to the device Sample: ['evn bgp', 'source-address 6.6.6.6', 'peer 7.7.7.7']

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• QijunPan (@QijunPan)

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