cnos_factory – Reset the switch startup configuration to default (factory) on devices running Lenovo CNOS

Synopsis

  • This module allows you to reset a switch’s startup configuration. The method provides a way to reset the startup configuration to its factory settings. This is helpful when you want to move the switch to another topology as a new network device. This module uses SSH to manage network device configuration. The result of the operation can be viewed in results directory.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
deviceType
string / required
    Choices:
  • g8272_cnos
  • g8296_cnos
  • g8332_cnos
  • NE0152T
  • NE1072T
  • NE1032
  • NE1032T
  • NE10032
  • NE2572
This specifies the type of device where the method is executed. The choices NE1072T,NE1032,NE1032T,NE10032,NE2572 are added since Ansible 2.4. The choice NE0152T is added since 2.8
enablePassword
string
Configures the password used to enter Global Configuration command mode on the switch. If the switch does not request this password, the parameter is ignored.While generally the value should come from the inventory file, you can also specify it as a variable. This parameter is optional. If it is not specified, no default value will be used.
host
string / required
This is the variable used to search the hosts file at /etc/ansible/hosts and identify the IP address of the device on which the template is going to be applied. Usually the Ansible keyword {{ inventory_hostname }} is specified in the playbook as an abstraction of the group of network elements that need to be configured.
outputfile
string / required
This specifies the file path where the output of each command execution is saved. Each command that is specified in the merged template file and each response from the device are saved here. Usually the location is the results folder, but you can choose another location based on your write permission.
password
string / required
Configures the password used to authenticate the connection to the remote device. The value of the password parameter is used to authenticate the SSH session. While generally the value should come from the inventory file, you can also specify it as a variable. This parameter is optional. If it is not specified, no default value will be used.
username
string / required
Configures the username used to authenticate the connection to the remote device. The value of the username parameter is used to authenticate the SSH session. While generally the value should come from the inventory file, you can also specify it as a variable. This parameter is optional. If it is not specified, no default value will be used.

Notes

Note

Examples

Tasks : The following are examples of using the module cnos_reload. These are
 written in the main.yml file of the tasks directory.
---
- name: Test Reset to factory
  cnos_factory:
      deviceType: "{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['deviceType'] }}"
      outputfile: "./results/test_factory_{{ inventory_hostname }}_output.txt"

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
msg
string
always
Success or failure message

Sample:
Switch Startup Config is Reset to factory settings


Status

Authors

  • Anil Kumar Muraleedharan (@amuraleedhar)

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