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cisco.ucs.ucs_vhba_template – Configures vHBA templates 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_vhba_template.
New in version 2.5: of cisco.ucs
Synopsis
- Configures vHBA templates 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 user-defined description of the template.
        
       
        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  | 
     |
| fabric
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The Fabric ID field.
        
       
        The name of the fabric interconnect that vHBAs created with this template are associated with.
         | 
     
| hostname
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        IP address or hostname of Cisco UCS Manager.
        
       
        Modules can be used with the UCS Platform Emulator https://cs.co/ucspe
         | 
     |
| max_data
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "2048"
         | 
      
        
        The Max Data Field Size field.
        
       
        The maximum size of the Fibre Channel frame payload bytes that the vHBA supports.
        
       
        Enter an string between '256' and '2112'.
         | 
     
| name
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        The name of the virtual HBA template.
        
       
        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 template is created.
         | 
     |
| org_dn
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "org-root"
         | 
      
        
        Org dn (distinguished name)
         | 
     
| password
        
        string / required
         | 
      
        
        Password for Cisco UCS Manager authentication.
         | 
     |
| pin_group
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The SAN pin group that is associated with vHBAs created from this template.
         | 
     |
| 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'
         | 
     |
| qos_policy
        
        string
         | 
      
        
        The QoS policy that is associated with vHBAs created from this template.
         | 
     |
| redundancy_type
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The Redundancy Type used for template pairing from the Primary or Secondary redundancy template.
        
       
        primary — Creates configurations that can be shared with the Secondary template.
        
       
        Any other shared changes on the Primary template are automatically synchronized to the Secondary template.
        
       
        secondary — All shared configurations are inherited from the Primary template.
        
       
        none - Legacy vHBA template behavior. Select this option if you do not want to use redundancy.
         | 
     
| state
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If  
       present, will verify vHBA templates are present and will create if needed.
       
        If  absent, will verify vHBA templates are absent and will delete if needed.
        | 
     
| stats_policy
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "default"
         | 
      
        
        The statistics collection policy that is associated with vHBAs created from this template.
         | 
     
| template_type
        
        string
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        The Template Type field.
        
       
        This can be one of the following:
        
       
        initial-template — vHBAs created from this template are not updated if the template changes.
        
       
        updating-template - vHBAs created from this template are updated if the template changes.
         | 
     
| 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.
         | 
     
| vsan
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "default"
         | 
      
        
        The VSAN to associate with vHBAs created from this template.
         | 
     
| wwpn_pool
        
        string
         | 
      Default: 
        "default"
         | 
      
        
        The WWPN pool that a vHBA created from this template uses to derive its WWPN address.
         | 
     
Examples
- name: Configure vHBA template
  cisco.ucs.ucs_vhba_template:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    name: vHBA-A
    fabric: A
    vsan: VSAN-A
    wwpn_pool: WWPN-Pool-A
- name: Remote vHBA template
  cisco.ucs.ucs_vhba_template:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    name: vHBA-A
    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_vhba_template_module.html