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cisco.ucs.ucs_managed_objects – Configures Managed Objects on Cisco UCS Manager
Note
This plugin is part of the cisco.ucs collection (version 1.6.0).
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.ucs.
To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.ucs.ucs_managed_objects.
New in version 2.8: of cisco.ucs
Synopsis
- Configures Managed Objects on Cisco UCS Manager.
 - The Python SDK module, Python class within the module (UCSM Class), and all properties must be directly specified.
 - More information on the UCSM Python SDK and how to directly configure Managed Objects is available at UCSM Python SDK.
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- ucsmsdk
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|
| hostname
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        IP address or hostname of Cisco UCS Manager.
        
       
        Modules can be used with the UCS Platform Emulator https://cs.co/ucspe
         | 
     ||
| objects
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        List of managed objects to configure. Each managed object has suboptions the specify the Python SDK module, class, and properties to configure.
         | 
     ||
| children
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        Optional list of child objects. Each child has its own module, class, and properties suboptions.
        
       
        The parent_mo_or_dn property for child objects is automatically set as the list of children is configured.
         | 
     ||
| class_name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Name of the Python class that will be used to configure the Managed Object.
         | 
     ||
| module
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Name of the Python SDK module implementing the required class.
         | 
     ||
| properties
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        List of properties to configure on the Managed Object. See the UCSM Python SDK for information on properties for each class.
         | 
     ||
| password
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Password for Cisco UCS Manager authentication.
         | 
     ||
| port
        
        integer
         | 
      
        
        Port number to be used during connection (by default uses 443 for https and 80 for http connection).
         | 
     ||
| proxy
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        If use_proxy is no, specfies proxy to be used for connection. e.g. 'http://proxy.xy.z:8080'
         | 
     ||
| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If  
       present, will verify that the Managed Objects are present and will create if needed.
       
        If  absent, will verify that the Managed Objects are absent and will delete if needed.
        | 
     |
| use_proxy
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If  no, will not use the proxy as defined by system environment variable.
        | 
     |
| use_ssl
        
        boolean
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If  no, an HTTP connection will be used instead of the default HTTPS connection.
        | 
     |
| username
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "admin"
         | 
      
        
        Username for Cisco UCS Manager authentication.
         | 
     |
Examples
- name: Configure Network Control Policy
  cisco.ucs.ucs_managed_objects:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    objects:
    - module: ucsmsdk.mometa.nwctrl.NwctrlDefinition
      class: NwctrlDefinition
      properties:
        parent_mo_or_dn: org-root
        cdp: enabled
        descr: ''
        lldp_receive: enabled
        lldp_transmit: enabled
        name: Enable-CDP-LLDP
- name: Remove Network Control Policy
  cisco.ucs.ucs_managed_objects:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    objects:
    - module: ucsmsdk.mometa.nwctrl.NwctrlDefinition
      class: NwctrlDefinition
      properties:
        parent_mo_or_dn: org-root
        name: Enable-CDP-LLDP
    state: absent
- name: Configure Boot Policy Using JSON objects list with children
  cisco.ucs.ucs_managed_objects:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    objects:
    - {
          "module": "ucsmsdk.mometa.lsboot.LsbootPolicy",
          "class": "LsbootPolicy",
          "properties": {
              "parent_mo_or_dn": "org-root",
              "name": "Python_SDS",
              "enforce_vnic_name": "yes",
              "boot_mode": "legacy",
              "reboot_on_update": "no"
          },
          "children": [
              {
                  "module": "ucsmsdk.mometa.lsboot.LsbootVirtualMedia",
                  "class": "LsbootVirtualMedia",
                  "properties": {
                      "access": "read-only-local",
                      "lun_id": "0",
                      "order": "2"
                  }
              },
              {
                  "module": "ucsmsdk.mometa.lsboot.LsbootStorage",
                  "class": "LsbootStorage",
                  "properties": {
                      "order": "1"
                  },
                  "children": [
                      {
                          "module": "ucsmsdk.mometa.lsboot.LsbootLocalStorage",
                          "class": "LsbootLocalStorage",
                          "properties": {},
                          "children": [
                              {
                                  "module": "ucsmsdk.mometa.lsboot.LsbootDefaultLocalImage",
                                  "class": "LsbootDefaultLocalImage",
                                  "properties": {
                                      "order": "1"
                                  }
                              }
                          ]
                      }
                  ]
              }
          ]
      }
- name: Remove Boot Policy Using JSON objects list
  cisco.ucs.ucs_managed_objects:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    objects:
    - {
          "module": "ucsmsdk.mometa.lsboot.LsbootPolicy",
          "class": "LsbootPolicy",
          "properties": {
              "parent_mo_or_dn": "org-root",
              "name": "Python_SDS"
          }
      }
    state: absent
  Authors
- David Soper (@dsoper2)
 - CiscoUcs (@CiscoUcs)
 
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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