community / community.vmware / 0.4.0 / module / vmware_host_vmnic_info Gathers info about vmnics available on the given ESXi host Authors: Abhijeet Kasurde (@Akasurde), Christian Kotte (@ckotte) preview | supported by communitycommunity.vmware.vmware_host_vmnic_info (0.4.0) — module
Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware:==0.4.0
collections: - name: community.vmware version: 0.4.0
This module can be used to gather information about vmnics available on the given ESXi host.
If C(cluster_name) is provided, then vmnic information about all hosts from given cluster will be returned.
If C(esxi_hostname) is provided, then vmnic information about given host system will be returned.
Additional details about vswitch and dvswitch with respective vmnic is also provided which is added in 2.7 version.
- name: Gather info about vmnics of all ESXi Host in the given Cluster vmware_host_vmnic_info: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' cluster_name: '{{ cluster_name }}' delegate_to: localhost register: cluster_host_vmnics
- name: Gather info about vmnics of an ESXi Host vmware_host_vmnic_info: hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}' username: '{{ vcenter_username }}' password: '{{ vcenter_password }}' esxi_hostname: '{{ esxi_hostname }}' delegate_to: localhost register: host_vmnics
port: default: 443 description: - The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(VMWARE_PORT) will be used instead. - Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. type: int sriov: default: false description: - Gather information about SR-IOV capabilities and configuration. type: bool hostname: description: - 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 C(VMWARE_HOST) will be used instead. - Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. type: str password: aliases: - pass - pwd description: - The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(VMWARE_PASSWORD) will be used instead. - Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. type: str username: aliases: - admin - user description: - The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(VMWARE_USER) will be used instead. - Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. type: str proxy_host: description: - 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 C(VMWARE_PROXY_HOST) will be used instead. - This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12 required: false type: str proxy_port: description: - 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 C(VMWARE_PROXY_PORT) will be used instead. required: false type: int capabilities: default: false description: - Gather information about general capabilities (Auto negotiation, Wake On LAN, and Network I/O Control). type: bool cluster_name: description: - Name of the cluster from which all host systems will be used. - Vmnic information about each ESXi server will be returned for the given cluster. - This parameter is required if C(esxi_hostname) is not specified. type: str directpath_io: default: false description: - Gather information about DirectPath I/O capabilities and configuration. type: bool esxi_hostname: description: - Name of the host system to work with. - Vmnic information about this ESXi server will be returned. - This parameter is required if C(cluster_name) is not specified. type: str validate_certs: default: true description: - Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to C(false) when certificates are not trusted. - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable C(VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS) will be used instead. - Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. - If set to C(yes), please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine. type: bool
hosts_vmnics_info: description: - dict with hostname as key and dict with vmnics information as value. - for C(num_vmnics), only NICs starting with vmnic are counted. NICs like vusb* are not counted. - details about vswitch and dvswitch was added in version 2.7. - details about vmnics was added in version 2.8. returned: hosts_vmnics_info sample: 10.76.33.204: all: - vmnic0 - vmnic1 available: [] dvswitch: dvs_0002: - vmnic1 num_vmnics: 2 used: - vmnic1 - vmnic0 vmnic_details: - actual_duplex: Full Duplex actual_speed: 10000 adapter: Intel(R) 82599 10 Gigabit Dual Port Network Connection configured_duplex: Auto negotiate configured_speed: Auto negotiate device: vmnic0 driver: ixgbe location: '0000:01:00.0' mac: aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff status: Connected - actual_duplex: Full Duplex actual_speed: 10000 adapter: Intel(R) 82599 10 Gigabit Dual Port Network Connection configured_duplex: Auto negotiate configured_speed: Auto negotiate device: vmnic1 driver: ixgbe location: '0000:01:00.1' mac: ab:ba:cc:dd:ee:ff status: Connected vswitch: vSwitch0: - vmnic0 type: dict