vmware_dvswitch_nioc – Manage distributed switch Network IO Control

New in version 2.9.

Synopsis
Requirements
Parameters
Notes
Examples
Return Values
Status

Synopsis

This module can be used to manage distributed switch Network IO Control configurations.

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

python >= 2.6
PyVmomi

Parameters

Parameter	Choices/Defaults	Comments
hostname string		The hostname or IP address of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_HOST` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
password string		The password of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PASSWORD` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. aliases: pass, pwd
port integer added in 2.5	Default: 443	The port number of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PORT` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6.
proxy_host string added in 2.9		Address of a proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. The format is a hostname or a IP. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PROXY_HOST` will be used instead. This feature depends on a version of pyvmomi greater than v6.7.1.2018.12
proxy_port integer added in 2.9		Port of the HTTP proxy that will receive all HTTPS requests and relay them. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_PROXY_PORT` will be used instead.
resources list		List of dicts containing { name: Resource name is one of the following: "faultTolerance", "hbr", "iSCSI", "management", "nfs", "vdp", "virtualMachine", "vmotion", "vsan" limit: The maximum allowed usage for a traffic class belonging to this resource pool per host physical NIC. reservation: (Ignored if NIOC version is set to version2) Amount of bandwidth resource that is guaranteed available to the host infrastructure traffic class. If the utilization is less than the reservation, the extra bandwidth is used for other host infrastructure traffic class types. Reservation is not allowed to exceed the value of limit, if limit is set. Unit is Mbits/sec. shares_level: The allocation level ("low", "normal", "high", "custom"). The level is a simplified view of shares. Levels map to a pre-determined set of numeric values for shares. shares: Ignored unless shares_level is "custom". The number of shares allocated. reservation: Ignored unless version is "version3". Amount of bandwidth resource that is guaranteed available to the host infrastructure traffic class. }
state string	present ← absent	Enable or disable NIOC on the distributed switch.
switch string / required		The name of the distributed switch. aliases: dvswitch
username string		The username of the vSphere vCenter or ESXi server. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_USER` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. aliases: admin, user
validate_certs boolean	no yes ←	Allows connection when SSL certificates are not valid. Set to `false` when certificates are not trusted. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `VMWARE_VALIDATE_CERTS` will be used instead. Environment variable support added in Ansible 2.6. If set to `yes`, please make sure Python >= 2.7.9 is installed on the given machine.
version string	version2 version3	Network IO control version.

Notes

Note

Tested on vSphere 6.7

Examples

- name: Enable NIOC
  vmware_dvswitch_nioc:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    switch: dvSwitch
    version: version3
    resources:
        - name: vmotion
          limit: -1
          reservation: 128
          shares_level: normal
        - name: vsan
          limit: -1
          shares_level: custom
          shares: 99
          reservation: 256
    state: present
  delegate_to: localhost

- name: Disable NIOC
  vmware_dvswitch_nioc:
    hostname: '{{ vcenter_hostname }}'
    username: '{{ vcenter_username }}'
    password: '{{ vcenter_password }}'
    switch: dvSwitch
    state: absent
  delegate_to: localhost

Return Values

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

Key	Returned	Description
dvswitch_nioc_status string	success	result of the changes
resources_changed list	success	list of resources which were changed Sample: ['vmotion', 'vsan']

Status

This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

Joseph Andreatta (@vmwjoseph)

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