nxos_ping – Tests reachability using ping from Nexus switch.

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nxos_ping – Tests reachability using ping from Nexus switch.

New in version 2.1.


Synopsis

  • Tests reachability using ping from switch to a remote destination.
  • For a general purpose network module, see the net_ping module.
  • For Windows targets, use the win_ping module instead.
  • For targets running Python, use the ping module instead.

Parameters

Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments

count

-

Default:

5

Number of packets to send.

dest

- / required

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

provider

-

Deprecated

Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using connection: network_cli.

This option is only required if you are using NX-API.

For more information please see the NXOS Platform Options guide.

A dict object containing connection details.

auth_pass

-

added in 2.5.3

Default:

"none"

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

added in 2.5.3

  • 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

- / required

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

-

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

-

Default:

"0 (use common port)"

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

-

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

-

added in 2.3

Default:

10

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

- / required

Default:

"cli"

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

added in 2.5

  • 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 true only when the transport=nxapi, otherwise this value is ignored.

username

-

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

-

Source IP Address or hostname (resolvable by switch)

state

-

  • absent
  • present

Determines if the expected result is success or fail.

vrf

-

Outgoing VRF.



Notes

Note


Examples

- name: Test reachability to 8.8.8.8 using mgmt vrf
  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
  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

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}




Status

Red Hat Support

More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.

Authors

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

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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