cisco.nxos.nxos_devicealias
Configuration of device alias for Cisco NXOS MDS Switches.
Version added: 1.0.0
Configuration of device alias for Cisco MDS NXOS.
Parameter
Choices/Defaults
Comments
da
list
/ elements=dictionary
List of device-alias to be added or removed
name
string
/ required
Name of the device-alias to be added or removed
pwwn
string
pwwn to which the name needs to be associated with
remove
boolean
Removes the device-alias if set to True
distribute
boolean
Enable/Disable device-alias distribution
mode
string
Mode of devices-alias, basic or enhanced
rename
list
/ elements=dictionary
List of device-alias to be renamed
new_name
string
/ required
New name of the device-alias
old_name
string
/ required
Old name of the device-alias that needs to be renamed
Note
Tested against Cisco MDS NX-OS 8.4(1)
- name : Test that device alias module works
cisco.nxos.nxos_devicealias :
da :
- name : test1_add
pwwn : 56:2:22:11:22:88:11:67
- name : test2_add
pwwn : 65:22:22:11:22:22:11:d
- name : dev1
remove : true
- name : dev2
remove : true
distribute : true
mode : enhanced
rename :
- new_name : bcd
old_name : abc
- new_name : bcd1
old_name : abc1
Common return values are documented here , the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key
Returned
Description
commands
list
always
commands sent to the device
Sample:
['terminal dont-ask', 'device-alias database', 'device-alias name somename pwwn 10:00:00:00:89:a1:01:03', 'device-alias name somename1 pwwn 10:00:00:00:89:a1:02:03', 'device-alias commit', 'no terminal dont-ask']