nxos_lacp – Manage Global Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) on Cisco NX-OS devices

New in version 2.9.

Synopsis

• This module manages Global Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) on NX-OS devices.

Parameters

Parameter				Choices/Defaults	Comments
config dictionary					LACP global options.
	system dictionary				LACP system options
		mac dictionary			MAC address to be used for the LACP Protocol exchanges
			address string		MAC-address (FORMAT :xxxx.xxxx.xxxx).
			role string	Choices: primary secondary	The role for the Switch.
		priority integer			The system priority to use in LACP negotiations.
state string				Choices: merged ← replaced deleted	The state of the configuration after module completion.

Notes

Note

• Tested against NXOS 7.3.(0)D1(1) on VIRL.
• Feature lacp should be enabled for this module.

Examples

# Using merged

# Before state:
# -------------
#

- name: Merge provided configuration with device configuration.
  nxos_lacp:
    config:
      system:
        priority: 10
        mac:
          address: 00c1.4c00.bd15
    state: merged

# After state:
# ------------
#
# lacp system-priority 10
# lacp system-mac 00c1.4c00.bd15


# Using replaced

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# lacp system-priority 10

- name: Replace device global lacp configuration with the given configuration.
  nxos_lacp:
    config:
      system:
        mac:
          address: 00c1.4c00.bd15
    state: replaced

# After state:
# ------------
#
# lacp system-mac 00c1.4c00.bd15


# Using deleted

# Before state:
# -------------
#
# lacp system-priority 10

- name: Delete global LACP configurations.
  nxos_lacp:
    state: deleted

# After state:
# ------------
#

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
after dictionary	when changed	The configuration as structured data after module completion. Sample: The configuration returned will always be in the same format of the parameters above.
before dictionary	always	The configuration as structured data prior to module invocation. Sample: The configuration returned will always be in the same format of the parameters above.
commands list	always	The set of commands pushed to the remote device. Sample: ['lacp system-priority 15', 'lacp system-mac 00c1.4c00.bd15 role primary']

Status

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

Red Hat Support

More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.

Authors

• Trishna Guha (@trishnaguha)

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