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cisco.ucs.ucs_san_connectivity – Configures SAN Connectivity Policies 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_san_connectivity.
New in version 2.5: of cisco.ucs
Synopsis
- Configures SAN Connectivity Policies on Cisco UCS Manager.
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- ucsmsdk
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| description
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        A description of the policy.
        
       
        Cisco recommends including information about where and when to use the policy.
        
       
        Enter up to 256 characters.
        
       
        You can use any characters or spaces except the following:
        
       
        ` (accent mark), (backslash), ^ (carat), " (double quote), = (equal sign), > (greater than), < (less than), or ' (single quote).
        
       aliases: descr  | 
     |
| hostname
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        IP address or hostname of Cisco UCS Manager.
        
       
        Modules can be used with the UCS Platform Emulator https://cs.co/ucspe
         | 
     |
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        The name of the SAN Connectivity Policy.
        
       
        This name can be between 1 and 16 alphanumeric characters.
        
       
        You cannot use spaces or any special characters other than - (hyphen), "_" (underscore), : (colon), and . (period).
        
       
        You cannot change this name after the policy is created.
         | 
     |
| org_dn
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "org-root"
         | 
      
        
        Org dn (distinguished name)
         | 
     
| 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 SAN Connectivity Policies are present and will create if needed.
       
        If  absent, will verify SAN Connectivity Policies 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.
         | 
     
| vhba_list
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        List of vHBAs used by the SAN Connectivity Policy.
        
       
        vHBAs used by the SAN Connectivity Policy must be created from a vHBA template.
        
       
        Each list element has the following suboptions:
        
       
        = name
        
       
        The name of the virtual HBA (required).
        
       
        = vhba_template
        
       
        The name of the virtual HBA template (required).
        
       
        - adapter_policy
        
       
        The name of the Fibre Channel adapter policy.
        
       
        A user defined policy can be used, or one of the system defined policies (default, Linux, Solaris, VMware, Windows, WindowsBoot)
        
       
        [Default: default]
        
       
        - order
        
       
        String specifying the vHBA assignment order (e.g., '1', '2').
        
       
        [Default: unspecified]
         | 
     |
| wwnn_pool
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "default"
         | 
      
        
        Name of the WWNN pool to use for WWNN assignment.
         | 
     
Examples
- name: Configure SAN Connectivity Policy
  cisco.ucs.ucs_san_connectivity:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    name: Cntr-FC-Boot
    wwnn_pool: WWNN-Pool
    vhba_list:
    - name: Fabric-A
      vhba_template: vHBA-Template-A
      adapter_policy: Linux
    - name: Fabric-B
      vhba_template: vHBA-Template-B
      adapter_policy: Linux
- name: Remove SAN Connectivity Policy
  cisco.ucs.ucs_san_connectivity:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    name: Cntr-FC-Boot
    state: absent
  Authors
- David Soper (@dsoper2)
 - John McDonough (@movinalot)
 - CiscoUcs (@CiscoUcs)
 
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/cisco/ucs/ucs_san_connectivity_module.html