community / community.vmware / 4.2.0 / module / vmware_host_sriov Manage SR-IOV settings on host Authors: Viktor Tsymbalyuk (@victron)community.vmware.vmware_host_sriov (4.2.0) — module
Install with ansible-galaxy collection install community.vmware:==4.2.0
collections: - name: community.vmware version: 4.2.0
This module can be used to configure, enable or disable SR-IOV functions on ESXi host.
Module does not reboot the host after changes, but puts it in output "rebootRequired" state.
User can specify an ESXi hostname or Cluster name. In case of cluster name, all ESXi hosts are updated.
- name: enable SR-IOV on vmnic0 with 8 functions community.vmware.vmware_host_sriov: hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}" username: "{{ vcenter_username }}" password: "{{ vcenter_password }}" esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi1 }}" vmnic: vmnic0 sriov_on: true num_virt_func: 8
- name: enable SR-IOV on already enabled interface vmnic0 community.vmware.vmware_host_sriov: hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}" username: "{{ vcenter_username }}" password: "{{ vcenter_password }}" esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi1 }}" vmnic: vmnic0 sriov_on: true num_virt_func: 8
- name: enable SR-IOV on vmnic0 with big number of functions community.vmware.vmware_host_sriov: hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}" username: "{{ vcenter_username }}" password: "{{ vcenter_password }}" esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi1 }}" vmnic: vmnic0 sriov_on: true num_virt_func: 100 ignore_errors: true
- name: disable SR-IOV on vmnic0 community.vmware.vmware_host_sriov: hostname: "{{ vcenter_hostname }}" username: "{{ vcenter_username }}" password: "{{ vcenter_password }}" esxi_hostname: "{{ esxi1 }}" vmnic: vmnic0 sriov_on: false num_virt_func: 0
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 E(VMWARE_PORT) will be used instead. type: int vmnic: description: - Interface name, like vmnic0. required: true type: str 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 E(VMWARE_HOST) will be used instead. 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 E(VMWARE_PASSWORD) will be used instead. type: str sriov_on: description: - optional parameter, related to O(num_virt_func). - SR-IOV can be enabled only if O(num_virt_func) > 0. required: false type: bool 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 E(VMWARE_USER) will be used instead. 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 E(VMWARE_PROXY_HOST) will be used instead. 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 E(VMWARE_PROXY_PORT) will be used instead. required: false type: int cluster_name: description: - Name of the cluster from which all host systems will be used. - This parameter is required if O(esxi_hostname) is not specified. type: str esxi_hostname: description: - Name of the host system to work with. - This parameter is required if O(cluster_name) is not specified. - User can specify specific host from the cluster. type: str num_virt_func: description: - number of functions to activate on interface. - 0 means SR-IOV disabled. - number greater than 0 means SR-IOV enabled. required: true type: int validate_certs: default: true description: - Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to V(false) when certificates are not trusted. - If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable E(VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS) will be used instead. type: bool
host_sriov_diff: description: - contains info about SR-IOV status on vmnic before, after and requested changes - sometimes vCenter slowly update info, as result "after" contains same info as "before" need to run again in check_mode or reboot host, as ESXi requested returned: always sample: changed: true diff: after: host_test: maxVirtualFunctionSupported: 63 numVirtualFunction: 0 numVirtualFunctionRequested: 8 rebootRequired: true sriovActive: false sriovCapable: true sriovEnabled: true before: host_test: maxVirtualFunctionSupported: 63 numVirtualFunction: 0 numVirtualFunctionRequested: 0 rebootRequired: false sriovActive: false sriovCapable: true sriovEnabled: false changes: host_test: numVirtualFunction: 8 rebootRequired: true sriovEnabled: true type: dict