pn_vlan - CLI command to create/delete a VLAN.

New in version 2.2.

Synopsis

  • Execute vlan-create or vlan-delete command.
  • VLANs are used to isolate network traffic at Layer 2.The VLAN identifiers 0 and 4095 are reserved and cannot be used per the IEEE 802.1Q standard. The range of configurable VLAN identifiers is 2 through 4092.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
pn_clipassword
 no
Provide login password if user is not root.
pn_cliswitch
 no
Target switch(es) to run the cli on.
pn_cliusername
 no
Provide login username if user is not root.
pn_description
 no
Specify a description for the VLAN.
pn_ports
 no
Specifies the switch network data port number, list of ports, or range of ports. Port numbers must ne in the range of 1 to 64.
pn_scope
 no
  • fabric
  • local
Specify a scope for the VLAN.
Required for vlan-create.
pn_stats
 no
Specify if you want to collect statistics for a VLAN. Statistic collection is enabled by default.
pn_untagged_ports
 no
Specifies the ports that should have untagged packets mapped to the VLAN. Untagged packets are packets that do not contain IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tags.
pn_vlanid
 yes
Specify a VLAN identifier for the VLAN. This is a value between 2 and 4092.
state
 yes
  • present
  • absent
State the action to perform. Use 'present' to create vlan and 'absent' to delete vlan.

Examples

- name: create a VLAN
  pn_vlan:
    state: 'present'
    pn_vlanid: 1854
    pn_scope: fabric

- name: delete VLANs
  pn_vlan:
    state: 'absent'
    pn_vlanid: 1854

Return Values

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

name description returned type sample
changed
Indicates whether the CLI caused changes on the target.
 always bool
command
The CLI command run on the target node(s).
 always str
stderr
The set of error responses from the vlan command.
 on error list
stdout
The set of responses from the vlan command.
 always list

Status

This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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