nos_facts – Collect facts from devices running Extreme NOS
nos_facts – Collect facts from devices running Extreme NOS
New in version 2.7.
Synopsis
- Collects a base set of device facts from a remote device that is running NOS. This module prepends all of the base network fact keys with
ansible_net_<fact>
. The facts module will always collect a base set of facts from the device and can enable or disable collection of additional facts.
Parameters
Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments |
---|---|---|
gather_subset - |
Default: "!config" |
When supplied, this argument will restrict the facts collected to a given subset. Possible values for this argument include all, hardware, config, and interfaces. Can specify a list of values to include a larger subset. Values can also be used with an initial |
Notes
Note
- Tested against NOS 7.2.0
Examples
# Collect all facts from the device
- nos_facts:
gather_subset: all
# Collect only the config and default facts
- nos_facts:
gather_subset:
- config
# Do not collect hardware facts
- nos_facts:
gather_subset:
- "!hardware"
Return Values
Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:
Key | Returned | Description |
---|---|---|
ansible_net_all_ipv4_addresses list |
when interfaces is configured |
All IPv4 addresses configured on the device
|
ansible_net_all_ipv6_addresses list |
when interfaces is configured |
All Primary IPv6 addresses configured on the device
|
ansible_net_config string |
when config is configured |
The current active config from the device
|
ansible_net_gather_subset list |
always |
The list of fact subsets collected from the device
|
ansible_net_hostname string |
always |
The configured hostname of the device
|
ansible_net_interfaces dictionary |
when interfaces is configured |
A hash of all interfaces running on the system
|
ansible_net_memfree_mb integer |
when hardware is configured |
The available free memory on the remote device in Mb
|
ansible_net_memtotal_mb integer |
when hardware is configured |
The total memory on the remote device in Mb
|
ansible_net_model string |
always |
The model name returned from the device
|
ansible_net_neighbors dictionary |
when interfaces is configured |
The list of LLDP neighbors from the remote device
|
ansible_net_serialnum string |
always |
The serial number of the remote device
|
ansible_net_version string |
always |
The operating system version running on the remote device
|
Status
- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
- This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]
Authors
- Lindsay Hill (@LindsayHill)
© 2012–2018 Michael DeHaan
© 2018–2019 Red Hat, Inc.
Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.9/modules/nos_facts_module.html