cisco.ucs.ucs_wwn_pool – Configures WWNN or WWPN pools on Cisco UCS Manager

Note

This plugin is part of the cisco.ucs collection (version 1.6.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install cisco.ucs.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.ucs.ucs_wwn_pool.

New in version 2.5: of cisco.ucs

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Examples

Synopsis

Configures WWNNs or WWPN pools on Cisco UCS Manager.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

ucsmsdk

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
description string		A description of the WWNN or WWPN pool. 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). aliases: descr
first_addr string		The first initiator in the World Wide Name (WWN) block. This is the From field in the UCS Manager Add WWN Blocks menu.
hostname string / required		IP address or hostname of Cisco UCS Manager. Modules can be used with the UCS Platform Emulator https://cs.co/ucspe
last_addr string		The last initiator in the World Wide Name (WWN) block. This is the To field in the UCS Manager Add WWN Blocks menu. For WWxN pools, the pool size must be a multiple of ports-per-node + 1. For example, if there are 7 ports per node, the pool size must be a multiple of 8. If there are 63 ports per node, the pool size must be a multiple of 64.
name string / required		The name of the World Wide Node Name (WWNN) or World Wide Port Name (WWPN) pool. This name can be between 1 and 32 alphanumeric characters. You cannot use spaces or any special characters other than - (hyphen), "_" (underscore), : (colon), and . (period). You cannot change this name after the WWNN or WWPN pool is created.
order string	Choices: default ← sequential	The Assignment Order field. This can be one of the following: default - Cisco UCS Manager selects a random identity from the pool. sequential - Cisco UCS Manager selects the lowest available identity from the pool.
org_dn string	Default: "org-root"	Org dn (distinguished name)
password string / required		Password for Cisco UCS Manager authentication.
port integer		Port number to be used during connection (by default uses 443 for https and 80 for http connection).
proxy string		If use_proxy is no, specfies proxy to be used for connection. e.g. 'http://proxy.xy.z:8080'
purpose string / required	Choices: node port	Specify whether this is a node (WWNN) or port (WWPN) pool. Optional if state is absent.
state string	Choices: present ← absent	If `present`, will verify WWNNs/WWPNs are present and will create if needed. If `absent`, will verify WWNNs/WWPNs are absent and will delete if needed.
use_proxy boolean	Choices: no yes ←	If `no`, will not use the proxy as defined by system environment variable.
use_ssl boolean	Choices: no yes ←	If `no`, an HTTP connection will be used instead of the default HTTPS connection.
username string	Default: "admin"	Username for Cisco UCS Manager authentication.

Examples

- name: Configure WWNN/WWPN pools
  cisco.ucs.ucs_wwn_pool:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    name: WWNN-Pool
    purpose: node
    first_addr: 20:00:00:25:B5:48:00:00
    last_addr: 20:00:00:25:B5:48:00:0F
- cisco.ucs.ucs_wwn_pool:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    name: WWPN-Pool-A
    purpose: port
    order: sequential
    first_addr: 20:00:00:25:B5:48:0A:00
    last_addr: 20:00:00:25:B5:48:0A:0F

- name: Remove WWNN/WWPN pools
  cisco.ucs.ucs_wwn_pool:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    name: WWNN-Pool
    state: absent
- cisco.ucs.ucs_wwn_pool:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    name: WWPN-Pool-A
    state: absent

Authors

David Soper (@dsoper2)
John McDonough (@movinalot)
CiscoUcs (@CiscoUcs)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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