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cisco.nxos.nxos_vlans – VLANs resource module
Note
This plugin is part of the cisco.nxos collection (version 2.7.0).
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.nxos.
To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.nxos.nxos_vlans.
New in version 1.0.0: of cisco.nxos
Synopsis
- This module creates and manages VLAN configurations on Cisco NX-OS.
 
Note
This module has a corresponding action plugin.
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|
| config
        
        list / elements=dictionary
         | 
      
        
        A dictionary of Vlan options
         | 
     ||
| enabled
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Manage administrative state of the vlan.
         | 
     |
| mapped_vni
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        The Virtual Network Identifier (VNI) ID that is mapped to the VLAN.
         | 
     ||
| mode
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Set vlan mode to classical ethernet or fabricpath. This is a valid option for Nexus 5000, 6000 and 7000 series.
         | 
     |
| name
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Name of VLAN.
         | 
     ||
| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Manage operational state of the vlan.
         | 
     |
| vlan_id
        
        integer / required
         | 
      
        
        Vlan ID.
         | 
     ||
| running_config
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        This option is used only with state parsed.
        
       
        The value of this option should be the output received from the NX-OS device by executing the commands show vlans | json-pretty and show running-config | section ^vlan in order and delimited by a line.
        
       
        The state parsed reads the configuration from  running_config option and transforms it into Ansible structured data as per the resource module's argspec and the value is then returned in the parsed key within the result.
        | 
     ||
| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The state of the configuration after module completion.
        
       
        The state overridden would override the configuration of all the VLANs on the device (including VLAN 1) with the provided configuration in the task. Use caution with this state.
         | 
     |
Notes
Note
- Tested against NXOS 7.3.(0)D1(1) on VIRL
 - Unsupported for Cisco MDS
 
Examples
# Using merged
# Before state:
# -------------
# vlan 1
- name: Merge provided configuration with device configuration.
  cisco.nxos.nxos_vlans:
    config:
    - vlan_id: 5
      name: test-vlan5
    - vlan_id: 10
      enabled: false
    state: merged
# After state:
# ------------
# vlan 5
#   name test-vlan5
#   state active
#   no shutdown
# vlan 10
#   state active
#   shutdown
# Using replaced
# Before state:
# -------------
# vlan 1
# vlan 5
#   name test-vlan5
# vlan 10
#   shutdown
- name: Replace device configuration of specified vlan with provided configuration.
  cisco.nxos.nxos_vlans:
    config:
    - vlan_id: 5
      name: test-vlan
      enabled: false
    - vlan_id: 10
      enabled: false
    state: replaced
# After state:
# ------------
# vlan 1
# vlan 5
#   name test-vlan
#   state active
#   shutdown
# vlan 10
#   state active
#   shutdown
# Using overridden
# Before state:
# -------------
# vlan 1
# vlan 3
#   name testing
# vlan 5
#   name test-vlan5
#   shutdown
# vlan 10
#   shutdown
- name: Override device configuration of all vlans with provided configuration.
  cisco.nxos.nxos_vlans:
    config:
    - vlan_id: 5
      name: test-vlan
    - vlan_id: 10
      state: active
    state: overridden
# After state:
# ------------
# vlan 5
#   name test-vlan
#   state active
#   no shutdown
# vlan 10
#   state active
#   no shutdown
# Using deleted
# Before state:
# -------------
# vlan 1
# vlan 5
# vlan 10
- name: Delete vlans.
  cisco.nxos.nxos_vlans:
    config:
    - vlan_id: 5
    - vlan_id: 10
    state: deleted
# After state:
# ------------
#
# Using rendered
- name: Use rendered state to convert task input to device specific commands
  cisco.nxos.nxos_vlans:
    config:
    - vlan_id: 5
      name: vlan5
      mapped_vni: 100
    - vlan_id: 6
      name: vlan6
      state: suspend
    state: rendered
# Task Output (redacted)
# -----------------------
# rendered:
#   - vlan 5
#   - name vlan5
#   - vn-segment 100
#   - vlan 6
#   - name vlan6
#   - state suspend
# Using parsed
# parsed.cfg
# ------------
# {
#     "TABLE_vlanbrief": {
#        "ROW_vlanbrief": [
#            {
#                "vlanshowbr-vlanid": "1",
#                "vlanshowbr-vlanid-utf": "1",
#                "vlanshowbr-vlanname": "default",
#                "vlanshowbr-vlanstate": "active",
#                "vlanshowbr-shutstate": "noshutdown"
#            },
#            {
#                "vlanshowbr-vlanid": "5",
#                "vlanshowbr-vlanid-utf": "5",
#                "vlanshowbr-vlanname": "vlan5",
#                "vlanshowbr-vlanstate": "suspend",
#                "vlanshowbr-shutstate": "noshutdown"
#            },
#            {
#                "vlanshowbr-vlanid": "6",
#                "vlanshowbr-vlanid-utf": "6",
#                "vlanshowbr-vlanname": "VLAN0006",
#                "vlanshowbr-vlanstate": "active",
#                "vlanshowbr-shutstate": "noshutdown"
#            },
#            {
#                "vlanshowbr-vlanid": "7",
#                "vlanshowbr-vlanid-utf": "7",
#                "vlanshowbr-vlanname": "vlan7",
#                "vlanshowbr-vlanstate": "active",
#                "vlanshowbr-shutstate": "noshutdown"
#            }
#        ]
#    },
#    "TABLE_mtuinfo": {
#        "ROW_mtuinfo": [
#            {
#                "vlanshowinfo-vlanid": "1",
#                "vlanshowinfo-media-type": "enet",
#                "vlanshowinfo-vlanmode": "ce-vlan"
#            },
#            {
#                "vlanshowinfo-vlanid": "5",
#                "vlanshowinfo-media-type": "enet",
#                "vlanshowinfo-vlanmode": "ce-vlan"
#            },
#            {
#                "vlanshowinfo-vlanid": "6",
#                "vlanshowinfo-media-type": "enet",
#                "vlanshowinfo-vlanmode": "ce-vlan"
#            },
#            {
#                "vlanshowinfo-vlanid": "7",
#                "vlanshowinfo-media-type": "enet",
#                "vlanshowinfo-vlanmode": "ce-vlan"
#             }
#        ]
#    }
# }
#
# vlan 1,5-7
# vlan 5
#   state suspend
#   name vlan5
# vlan 7
#   name vlan7
#   vn-segment 100
- name: Use parsed state to convert externally supplied config to structured format
  cisco.nxos.nxos_vlans:
    running_config: "{{ lookup('file', 'parsed.cfg') }}"
    state: parsed
# Task output (redacted)
# -----------------------
# parsed:
#   - vlan_id: 5
#     enabled: True
#     mode: "ce"
#     name: "vlan5"
#     state: suspend
#
#   - vlan_id: 6
#     enabled: True
#     mode: "ce"
#     state: active
#
#   - vlan_id: 7
#     enabled: True
#     mode: "ce"
#     name: "vlan7"
#     state: active
#     mapped_vni: 100
# Using gathered
# Existing device config state
# -------------------------------
# nxos-9k# show vlan | json
# {"TABLE_vlanbrief": {"ROW_vlanbrief": [{"vlanshowbr-vlanid": "1", "vlanshowbr-vlanid-utf": "1", "vlanshowbr-vlanname": "default", "vlanshowbr-vlanstate
# ": "active", "vlanshowbr-shutstate": "noshutdown"}, {"vlanshowbr-vlanid": "5", "vlanshowbr-vlanid-utf": "5", "vlanshowbr-vlanname": "vlan5", "vlanshowb
# r-vlanstate": "suspend", "vlanshowbr-shutstate": "noshutdown"}, {"vlanshowbr-vlanid": "6", "vlanshowbr-vlanid-utf": "6", "vlanshowbr-vlanname": "VLAN00
# 06", "vlanshowbr-vlanstate": "active", "vlanshowbr-shutstate": "noshutdown"}, {"vlanshowbr-vlanid": "7", "vlanshowbr-vlanid-utf": "7", "vlanshowbr-vlan
# name": "vlan7", "vlanshowbr-vlanstate": "active", "vlanshowbr-shutstate": "shutdown"}]}, "TABLE_mtuinfo": {"ROW_mtuinfo": [{"vlanshowinfo-vlanid": "1",
# "vlanshowinfo-media-type": "enet", "vlanshowinfo-vlanmode": "ce-vlan"}, {"vlanshowinfo-vlanid": "5", "vlanshowinfo-media-type": "enet", "vlanshowinfo-
# vlanmode": "ce-vlan"}, {"vlanshowinfo-vlanid": "6", "vlanshowinfo-media-type": "enet", "vlanshowinfo-vlanmode": "ce-vlan"}, {"vlanshowinfo-vlanid": "7"
# , "vlanshowinfo-media-type": "enet", "vlanshowinfo-vlanmode": "ce-vlan"}]}}
#
# nxos-9k#  show running-config | section ^vlan
# vlan 1,5-7
# vlan 5
#   state suspend
#   name vlan5
# vlan 7
#   shutdown
#   name vlan7
#   vn-segment 190
- name: Gather vlans facts from the device using nxos_vlans
  cisco.nxos.nxos_vlans:
    state: gathered
# Task output (redacted)
# -----------------------
# gathered:
#   - vlan_id: 5
#     enabled: True
#     mode: "ce"
#     name: "vlan5"
#     state: suspend
#
#   - vlan_id: 6
#     enabled: True
#     mode: "ce"
#     state: active
#
#   - vlan_id: 7
#     enabled: False
#     mode: "ce"
#     name: "vlan7"
#     state: active
#     mapped_vni: 190
  Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
| Key | Returned | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| after
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      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
        
        list / elements=string
         | 
      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 / elements=string
         | 
      always | 
        
        The set of commands pushed to the remote device.
         Sample:
        
       
        ['vlan 5', 'name test-vlan5', 'state suspend']
         | 
     
Authors
- Trishna Guha (@trishnaguha)
 
© 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/nxos/nxos_vlans_module.html