ansible.builtin.fortios_switch_controller_lldp_settings (v2.8.20) — module

Configure FortiSwitch LLDP settings in Fortinet's FortiOS and FortiGate.

| "added in version" 2.8 of ansible.builtin"

Authors: Miguel Angel Munoz (@mamunozgonzalez), Nicolas Thomas (@thomnico)

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Install Ansible via pip

Install with pip install ansible==2.8.20

Description

This module is able to configure a FortiGate or FortiOS by allowing the user to set and modify switch_controller feature and lldp_settings category. Examples include all parameters and values need to be adjusted to datasources before usage. Tested with FOS v6.0.2


Requirements

Usage examples

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- hosts: localhost
  vars:
   host: "192.168.122.40"
   username: "admin"
   password: ""
   vdom: "root"
  tasks:
  - name: Configure FortiSwitch LLDP settings.
    fortios_switch_controller_lldp_settings:
      host:  "{{ host }}"
      username: "{{ username }}"
      password: "{{ password }}"
      vdom:  "{{ vdom }}"
      https: "False"
      switch_controller_lldp_settings:
        fast-start-interval: "3"
        management-interface: "internal"
        status: "enable"
        tx-hold: "6"
        tx-interval: "7"

Inputs

    
host:
    description:
    - FortiOS or FortiGate ip address.
    required: true

vdom:
    default: root
    description:
    - Virtual domain, among those defined previously. A vdom is a virtual instance of
      the FortiGate that can be configured and used as a different unit.

https:
    default: true
    description:
    - Indicates if the requests towards FortiGate must use HTTPS protocol
    type: bool

password:
    default: ''
    description:
    - FortiOS or FortiGate password.

username:
    description:
    - FortiOS or FortiGate username.
    required: true

switch_controller_lldp_settings:
    default: null
    description:
    - Configure FortiSwitch LLDP settings.
    suboptions:
      fast-start-interval:
        description:
        - Frequency of LLDP PDU transmission from FortiSwitch for the first 4 packets
          when the link is up (2 - 5 sec, default = 2, 0 = disable fast start).
      management-interface:
        choices:
        - internal
        - mgmt
        description:
        - Primary management interface to be advertised in LLDP and CDP PDUs.
      status:
        choices:
        - enable
        - disable
        description:
        - Enable/disable LLDP global settings.
      tx-hold:
        description:
        - Number of tx-intervals before local LLDP data expires (1 - 16, default = 4).
          Packet TTL is tx-hold * tx-interval.
      tx-interval:
        description:
        - Frequency of LLDP PDU transmission from FortiSwitch (5 - 4095 sec, default =
          30). Packet TTL is tx-hold * tx-interval.

Outputs

build:
  description: Build number of the fortigate image
  returned: always
  sample: '1547'
  type: str
http_method:
  description: Last method used to provision the content into FortiGate
  returned: always
  sample: PUT
  type: str
http_status:
  description: Last result given by FortiGate on last operation applied
  returned: always
  sample: '200'
  type: str
mkey:
  description: Master key (id) used in the last call to FortiGate
  returned: success
  sample: id
  type: str
name:
  description: Name of the table used to fulfill the request
  returned: always
  sample: urlfilter
  type: str
path:
  description: Path of the table used to fulfill the request
  returned: always
  sample: webfilter
  type: str
revision:
  description: Internal revision number
  returned: always
  sample: 17.0.2.10658
  type: str
serial:
  description: Serial number of the unit
  returned: always
  sample: FGVMEVYYQT3AB5352
  type: str
status:
  description: Indication of the operation's result
  returned: always
  sample: success
  type: str
vdom:
  description: Virtual domain used
  returned: always
  sample: root
  type: str
version:
  description: Version of the FortiGate
  returned: always
  sample: v5.6.3
  type: str