ansible.builtin.ucs_vhba_template (v2.9.0) — module

Configures vHBA templates on Cisco UCS Manager

| "added in version" 2.5 of ansible.builtin"

Authors: David Soper (@dsoper2), CiscoUcs (@CiscoUcs)

preview | supported by certified

Install Ansible via pip

Install with pip install ansible==2.9.0

Description

Configures vHBA templates on Cisco UCS Manager.

Examples can be used with the UCS Platform Emulator U(https://communities.cisco.com/ucspe).


Requirements

Usage examples

  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Configure vHBA template
  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
  • Success
    Steampunk Spotter scan finished with no errors, warnings or hints.
- name: Remote vHBA template
  ucs_vhba_template:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    name: vHBA-A
    state: absent

Inputs

    
name:
    description:
    - 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.
    required: true

port:
    description:
    - Port number to be used during connection (by default uses 443 for https and 80 for
      http connection).
    type: int

vsan:
    default: default
    description:
    - The VSAN to associate with vHBAs created from this template.

proxy:
    description:
    - If use_proxy is no, specfies proxy to be used for connection. e.g. 'http://proxy.xy.z:8080'
    type: str

state:
    choices:
    - present
    - absent
    default: present
    description:
    - If C(present), will verify vHBA templates are present and will create if needed.
    - If C(absent), will verify vHBA templates are absent and will delete if needed.

fabric:
    choices:
    - A
    - B
    default: A
    description:
    - The Fabric ID field.
    - The name of the fabric interconnect that vHBAs created with this template are associated
      with.

org_dn:
    default: org-root
    description:
    - Org dn (distinguished name)

use_ssl:
    default: true
    description:
    - If C(no), an HTTP connection will be used instead of the default HTTPS connection.
    type: bool

hostname:
    description:
    - IP address or hostname of Cisco UCS Manager.
    - Modules can be used with the UCS Platform Emulator U(https://cs.co/ucspe)
    required: true
    type: str

max_data:
    default: '2048'
    description:
    - 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'.

password:
    description:
    - Password for Cisco UCS Manager authentication.
    required: true
    type: str

username:
    default: admin
    description:
    - Username for Cisco UCS Manager authentication.
    type: str

pin_group:
    description:
    - The SAN pin group that is associated with vHBAs created from this template.

use_proxy:
    default: true
    description:
    - If C(no), will not use the proxy as defined by system environment variable.
    type: bool

wwpn_pool:
    default: default
    description:
    - The WWPN pool that a vHBA created from this template uses to derive its WWPN address.

qos_policy:
    description:
    - The QoS policy that is associated with vHBAs created from this template.

description:
    aliases:
    - descr
    description:
    - 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).'

stats_policy:
    default: default
    description:
    - The statistics collection policy that is associated with vHBAs created from this
      template.

template_type:
    choices:
    - initial-template
    - updating-template
    default: initial-template
    description:
    - The Template Type field.
    - 'This can be one of the following:'
    - "initial-template \u2014 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.

redundancy_type:
    choices:
    - none
    - primary
    - secondary
    default: none
    description:
    - The Redundancy Type used for template pairing from the Primary or Secondary redundancy
      template.
    - "primary \u2014 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 \u2014 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.