community.vmware.vmware_dvswitch_nioc – Manage distributed switch Network IO Control

Note

This plugin is part of the community.vmware collection (version 1.15.0).

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 community.vmware.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.vmware.vmware_dvswitch_nioc.

Synopsis

This module can be used to manage distributed switch Network IO Control configurations.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

python >= 2.6
PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter		Choices/Defaults	Comments
hostname string			The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_HOST` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
password string			The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PASSWORD` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. aliases: pass, pwd
port integer		Default: 443	The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PORT` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
proxy_host string			Address of a proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. The format is a hostname or a IP. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PROXY_HOST` will be used instead. This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12
proxy_port integer			Port of the HTTP proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PROXY_PORT` will be used instead.
resources list / elements=dictionary			List of dicts containing.
	limit integer	Default: -1	The maximum allowed usage for a traffic class belonging to this resource pool per host physical NIC.
	name string / required	Choices: faultTolerance hbr iSCSI management nfs vdp virtualMachine vmotion vsan	Resource name.
	reservation integer		Ignored if NIOC version is set to version2 Amount of bandwidth resource that is guaranteed available to the host infrastructure traffic class. If the utilization is less than the reservation, the extra bandwidth is used for other host infrastructure traffic class types. Reservation is not allowed to exceed the value of limit, if limit is set. Unit is Mbits/sec. Ignored unless version is "version3". Amount of bandwidth resource that is guaranteed available to the host infrastructure traffic class.
	shares integer		The number of shares allocated. Ignored unless `shares_level` is "custom".
	shares_level string	Choices: low normal high custom	The allocation level The level is a simplified view of shares. Levels map to a pre-determined set of numeric values for shares.
state string		Choices: present ← absent	Enable or disable NIOC on the distributed switch.
switch string / required			The name of the distributed switch. aliases: dvswitch
username string			The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_USER` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. aliases: admin, user
validate_certs boolean		Choices: no yes ←	Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to `false` when certificates are not trusted. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. If set to `true`, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.
version string		Choices: version2 version3	Network IO control version.

Notes

Note

Tested on vSphere 6.7
All modules requires API write access and hence is not supported on a free ESXi license.

Examples

- name: Enable NIOC
  community.vmware.vmware_dvswitch_nioc:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    switch: dvSwitch
    version: version3
    resources:
        - name: vmotion
          limit: -1
          reservation: 128
          shares_level: normal
        - name: vsan
          limit: -1
          shares_level: custom
          shares: 99
          reservation: 256
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Disable NIOC
  community.vmware.vmware_dvswitch_nioc:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    switch: dvSwitch
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
dvswitch_nioc_status string	success	result of the changes
resources_changed list / elements=string	success	list of resources which were changed Sample: ['vmotion', 'vsan']

Authors

Joseph Andreatta (@vmwjoseph)

© 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/community/vmware/vmware_dvswitch_nioc_module.html

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