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community.network.dladm_vnic – Manage VNICs on Solaris/illumos systems.
Note
This plugin is part of the community.network collection (version 3.0.0).
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.network
.
To use it in a playbook, specify: community.network.dladm_vnic
.
Synopsis
- Create or delete VNICs on Solaris/illumos systems.
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
link
string / required
|
VNIC underlying link name.
|
|
mac
string
|
Default:
"no"
|
Sets the VNIC's MAC address. Must be valid unicast MAC address.
aliases: macaddr |
name
string / required
|
VNIC name.
|
|
state
string
|
|
Create or delete Solaris/illumos VNIC.
|
temporary
boolean
|
|
Specifies that the VNIC is temporary. Temporary VNICs do not persist across reboots.
|
vlan
integer
|
Default:
"no"
|
Enable VLAN tagging for this VNIC. The VLAN tag will have id vlan.
aliases: vlan_id |
Examples
- name: Create 'vnic0' VNIC over 'bnx0' link
community.network.dladm_vnic:
name: vnic0
link: bnx0
state: present
- name: Create VNIC with specified MAC and VLAN tag over 'aggr0'
community.network.dladm_vnic:
name: vnic1
link: aggr0
mac: '00:00:5E:00:53:23'
vlan: 4
- name: Remove 'vnic0' VNIC
community.network.dladm_vnic:
name: vnic0
link: bnx0
state: absent
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description |
---|---|---|
link
string
|
always |
VNIC underlying link name
Sample:
igb0
|
mac
string
|
if mac is specified |
MAC address to use for VNIC
Sample:
00:00:5E:00:53:42
|
name
string
|
always |
VNIC name
Sample:
vnic0
|
state
string
|
always |
state of the target
Sample:
present
|
temporary
boolean
|
always |
VNIC's persistence
Sample:
True
|
vlan
integer
|
success |
VLAN to use for VNIC
Sample:
42
|
Authors
- Adam Števko (@xen0l)
© 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/network/dladm_vnic_module.html