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cl_ports - Configure Cumulus Switch port attributes (ports.conf)

New in version 2.1.

DEPRECATED

Deprecated in 2.3. Use nclu instead.

Synopsis

  • Set the initial port attribute defined in the Cumulus Linux ports.conf, file. This module does not do any error checking at the moment. Be careful to not include ports that do not exist on the switch. Carefully read the original ports.conf file for any exceptions or limitations. For more details go the Configure Switch Port Attribute Documentation at http://docs.cumulusnetworks.com.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
speed_10g
 no
List of ports to run initial run at 10G.
speed_40g
 no
List of ports to run initial run at 40G.
speed_40g_div_4
 no
List of 10G ports that will be ganged to form a 40G port.
speed_4_by_10g
 no
List of 40G ports that will be unganged to run as 4 10G ports.

Examples

# Use cl_ports module to manage the switch attributes defined in the
# ports.conf file on Cumulus Linux

## Unganged port configuration on certain ports
- name: configure ports.conf setup
  cl_ports:
    speed_4_by_10g:
      - swp1
      - swp32
    speed_40g:
      - swp2-31

## Unganged port configuration on certain ports
- name: configure ports.conf setup
  cl_ports:
    speed_4_by_10g:
      - swp1-3
      - swp6
    speed_40g:
      - swp4-5
      - swp7-32

Return Values

Common return values are documented here Return Values, the following are the fields unique to this module:

name description returned type sample
msg
human-readable report of success or failure
 always string interface bond0 config updated
changed
whether the interface was changed
 changed bool True

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/cl_ports_module.html