community.network.icx_ping – Tests reachability using ping from Ruckus ICX 7000 series switches

Note

This plugin is part of the community.network collection (version 3.0.0).

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 community.network.

To use it in a playbook, specify: community.network.icx_ping.

Synopsis

  • Tests reachability using ping from switch to a remote destination.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
count
integer
Number of packets to send. Default is 1.
dest
string / required
ip-addr | host-name | vrf vrf-name | ipv6 [ ipv6-addr | host-name | vrf vrf-name] (resolvable by switch) of the remote node.
size
integer
Specifies the size of the ICMP data portion of the packet, in bytes. This is the payload and does not include the header. The value can range from 0 to 10000. The default is 16..
source
string
IP address to be used as the origin of the ping packets.
state
string
    Choices:
  • absent
  • present ←
Determines if the expected result is success or fail.
timeout
integer
Specifies the time, in milliseconds for which the device waits for a reply from the pinged device. The value can range from 1 to 4294967296. The default is 5000 (5 seconds).
ttl
integer
Specifies the time to live as a maximum number of hops. The value can range from 1 to 255. The default is 64.
vrf
string
Specifies the Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) instance of the device to be pinged.

Notes

Note

  • Tested against ICX 10.1

Examples

- name: Test reachability to 10.10.10.10
  community.network.icx_ping:
    dest: 10.10.10.10

- name: Test reachability to ipv6 address from source with timeout
  community.network.icx_ping:
    dest: ipv6 2001:cdba:0000:0000:0000:0000:3257:9652
    source: 10.1.1.1
    timeout: 100000

- name: Test reachability to 10.1.1.1 through vrf using 5 packets
  community.network.icx_ping:
    dest: 10.1.1.1
    vrf: x.x.x.x
    count: 5

- name: Test unreachability to 10.30.30.30
  community.network.icx_ping:
    dest: 10.40.40.40
    state: absent

- name: Test reachability to ipv4 with ttl and packet size
  community.network.icx_ping:
    dest: 10.10.10.10
    ttl: 20
    size: 500

Return Values

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

Key Returned Description
commands
list / elements=string
always
Show the command sent.

Sample:
['ping 10.40.40.40 count 20 source loopback0', 'ping 10.40.40.40']
packet_loss
string
always
Percentage of packets lost.

Sample:
0%
packets_rx
integer
always
Packets successfully received.

Sample:
20
packets_tx
integer
always
Packets successfully transmitted.

Sample:
20
rtt
dictionary
always
Show RTT stats.

Sample:
{'avg': 2, 'max': 8, 'min': 1}


Authors

  • Ruckus Wireless (@Commscope)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/community/network/icx_ping_module.html