cisco.nxos.nxos_ping – Tests reachability using ping from Nexus switch.

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cisco.nxos.nxos_ping – Tests reachability using ping from Nexus switch.

Note

This plugin is part of the cisco.nxos collection (version 1.4.0).

To install it use: ansible-galaxy collection install cisco.nxos.

To use it in a playbook, specify: cisco.nxos.nxos_ping.


New in version 1.0.0: of cisco.nxos


Synopsis

Note

This module has a corresponding action plugin.


Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

count

integer

Default:

5

Number of packets to send.

dest

string / required

IP address or hostname (resolvable by switch) of remote node.

provider

dictionary

Deprecated

Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli.

Starting with Ansible 2.6 we recommend using connection: httpapi for NX-API.

This option will be removed in a release after 2022-06-01.

For more information please see the NXOS Platform Options guide.

A dict object containing connection details.

auth_pass

string

Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote device. If authorize is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS will be used instead.

authorize

boolean

  • no

  • yes

Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to execute all commands in non-privileged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE will be used instead.

host

string

Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote device over the specified transport. The value of host is used as the destination address for the transport.

password

string

Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This is a common argument used for either cli or nxapi transports. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD will be used instead.

port

integer

Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device. This value applies to either cli or nxapi. The port value will default to the appropriate transport common port if none is provided in the task. (cli=22, http=80, https=443).

ssh_keyfile

string

Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This argument is only used for the cli transport. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE will be used instead.

timeout

integer

Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error. NX-API can be slow to return on long-running commands (sh mac, sh bgp, etc).

transport

string

  • cli

  • nxapi

Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the remote device. The transport argument supports connectivity to the device over cli (ssh) or nxapi.

use_proxy

boolean

  • no
  • yes

If no, the environment variables http_proxy and https_proxy will be ignored.

use_ssl

boolean

  • no

  • yes

Configures the transport to use SSL if set to yes only when the transport=nxapi, otherwise this value is ignored.

username

string

Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate either the CLI login or the nxapi authentication depending on which transport is used. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME will be used instead.

validate_certs

boolean

  • no

  • yes

If no, SSL certificates will not be validated. This should only be used on personally controlled sites using self-signed certificates. If the transport argument is not nxapi, this value is ignored.

source

string

Source IP Address or hostname (resolvable by switch)

state

string

  • absent
  • present

Determines if the expected result is success or fail.

vrf

string

Outgoing VRF.



Notes

Note


Examples

- name: Test reachability to 8.8.8.8 using mgmt vrf
  cisco.nxos.nxos_ping:
    dest: 8.8.8.8
    vrf: management
    host: 68.170.147.165

- name: Test reachability to a few different public IPs using mgmt vrf
  cisco.nxos.nxos_ping:
    dest: nxos_ping
    vrf: management
    host: 68.170.147.165
  with_items:
  - 8.8.8.8
  - 4.4.4.4
  - 198.6.1.4

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 8.8.8.8 count 2 vrf management']

packet_loss

string

always

Percentage of packets lost


Sample:

0.00%

packets_rx

integer

always

Packets successfully received


Sample:

2

packets_tx

integer

always

Packets successfully transmitted


Sample:

2

rtt

dictionary

always

Show RTT stats


Sample:

{'avg': 6.264, 'max': 6.564, 'min': 5.978}




Authors

  • Jason Edelman (@jedelman8)
  • Gabriele Gerbino (@GGabriele)

© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2021 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.11/collections/cisco/nxos/nxos_ping_module.html