.. _cisco.ios.ios_vlans_module: ******************* cisco.ios.ios_vlans ******************* **Resource module to configure VLANs.** Version added: 1.0.0 .. contents:: :local: :depth: 1 Synopsis -------- - This module provides declarative management of VLANs on Cisco IOS network devices. Parameters ---------- .. raw:: html
Parameter Choices/Defaults Comments
config
list / elements=dictionary
A dictionary of VLANs options
mtu
integer
VLAN Maximum Transmission Unit.
Refer to vendor documentation for valid values.
name
string
Ascii name of the VLAN.
NOTE, name should not be named/appended with default as it is reserved for device default vlans.
remote_span
boolean
    Choices:
  • no
  • yes
Configure as Remote SPAN VLAN
shutdown
string
    Choices:
  • enabled
  • disabled
Shutdown VLAN switching.
state
string
    Choices:
  • active
  • suspend
Operational state of the VLAN
vlan_id
integer / required
ID of the VLAN. Range 1-4094
running_config
string
This option is used only with state parsed.
The value of this option should be the output received from the IOS device by executing the command show vlan.
The state parsed reads the configuration from running_config option and transforms it into Ansible structured data as per the resource module's argspec and the value is then returned in the parsed key within the result.
state
string
    Choices:
  • merged ←
  • replaced
  • overridden
  • deleted
  • rendered
  • gathered
  • parsed
The state the configuration should be left in
The states rendered, gathered and parsed does not perform any change on the device.
The state rendered will transform the configuration in config option to platform specific CLI commands which will be returned in the rendered key within the result. For state rendered active connection to remote host is not required.
The state gathered will fetch the running configuration from device and transform it into structured data in the format as per the resource module argspec and the value is returned in the gathered key within the result.
The state parsed reads the configuration from running_config option and transforms it into JSON format as per the resource module parameters and the value is returned in the parsed key within the result. The value of running_config option should be the same format as the output of command show running-config | include ip route|ipv6 route executed on device. For state parsed active connection to remote host is not required.

Notes ----- .. note:: - Tested against Cisco IOSl2 device with Version 15.2 on VIRL. - Starting from v2.5.0, this module will fail when run against Cisco IOS devices that do not support VLANs. The offline states (``rendered`` and ``parsed``) will work as expected. - This module works with connection ``network_cli``. See https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/network/user_guide/platform_ios.html Examples -------- .. code-block:: yaml # Using merged # Before state: # ------------- # # vios_l2#show vlan # VLAN Name Status Ports # ---- -------------------------------- --------- ------------------------------- # 1 default active Gi0/1, Gi0/2 # 1002 fddi-default act/unsup # 1003 token-ring-default act/unsup # 1004 fddinet-default act/unsup # 1005 trnet-default act/unsup # # VLAN Type SAID MTU Parent RingNo BridgeNo Stp BrdgMode Trans1 Trans2 # ---- ----- ---------- ----- ------ ------ -------- ---- -------- ------ ------ # 1 enet 100001 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1002 fddi 101002 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1003 tr 101003 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1004 fdnet 101004 1500 - - - ieee - 0 0 # 1005 trnet 101005 1500 - - - ibm - 0 0 - name: Merge provided configuration with device configuration cisco.ios.ios_vlans: config: - name: Vlan_10 vlan_id: 10 state: active shutdown: disabled remote_span: true - name: Vlan_20 vlan_id: 20 mtu: 610 state: active shutdown: enabled - name: Vlan_30 vlan_id: 30 state: suspend shutdown: enabled state: merged # After state: # ------------ # # vios_l2#show vlan # VLAN Name Status Ports # ---- -------------------------------- --------- ------------------------------- # 1 default active Gi0/1, Gi0/2 # 10 vlan_10 active # 20 vlan_20 act/lshut # 30 vlan_30 sus/lshut # 1002 fddi-default act/unsup # 1003 token-ring-default act/unsup # 1004 fddinet-default act/unsup # 1005 trnet-default act/unsup # # VLAN Type SAID MTU Parent RingNo BridgeNo Stp BrdgMode Trans1 Trans2 # ---- ----- ---------- ----- ------ ------ -------- ---- -------- ------ ------ # 1 enet 100001 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 10 enet 100010 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 20 enet 100020 610 - - - - - 0 0 # 30 enet 100030 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1002 fddi 101002 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1003 tr 101003 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1004 fdnet 101004 1500 - - - ieee - 0 0 # 1005 trnet 101005 1500 - - - ibm - 0 0 # # Remote SPAN VLANs # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # 10 # Using overridden # Before state: # ------------- # # vios_l2#show vlan # VLAN Name Status Ports # ---- -------------------------------- --------- ------------------------------- # 1 default active Gi0/1, Gi0/2 # 10 vlan_10 active # 20 vlan_20 act/lshut # 30 vlan_30 sus/lshut # 1002 fddi-default act/unsup # 1003 token-ring-default act/unsup # 1004 fddinet-default act/unsup # 1005 trnet-default act/unsup # # VLAN Type SAID MTU Parent RingNo BridgeNo Stp BrdgMode Trans1 Trans2 # ---- ----- ---------- ----- ------ ------ -------- ---- -------- ------ ------ # 1 enet 100001 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 10 enet 100010 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 20 enet 100020 610 - - - - - 0 0 # 30 enet 100030 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1002 fddi 101002 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1003 tr 101003 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1004 fdnet 101004 1500 - - - ieee - 0 0 # 1005 trnet 101005 1500 - - - ibm - 0 0 # # Remote SPAN VLANs # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # 10 - name: Override device configuration of all VLANs with provided configuration cisco.ios.ios_vlans: config: - name: Vlan_10 vlan_id: 10 mtu: 1000 state: overridden # After state: # ------------ # # vios_l2#show vlan # VLAN Name Status Ports # ---- -------------------------------- --------- ------------------------------- # 1 default active Gi0/1, Gi0/2 # 10 Vlan_10 active # 1002 fddi-default act/unsup # 1003 token-ring-default act/unsup # 1004 fddinet-default act/unsup # 1005 trnet-default act/unsup # # VLAN Type SAID MTU Parent RingNo BridgeNo Stp BrdgMode Trans1 Trans2 # ---- ----- ---------- ----- ------ ------ -------- ---- -------- ------ ------ # 1 enet 100001 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 10 enet 100010 1000 - - - - - 0 0 # 1002 fddi 101002 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1003 tr 101003 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1004 fdnet 101004 1500 - - - ieee - 0 0 # 1005 trnet 101005 1500 - - - ibm - 0 0 # Using replaced # Before state: # ------------- # # vios_l2#show vlan # VLAN Name Status Ports # ---- -------------------------------- --------- ------------------------------- # 1 default active Gi0/1, Gi0/2 # 10 vlan_10 active # 20 vlan_20 act/lshut # 30 vlan_30 sus/lshut # 1002 fddi-default act/unsup # 1003 token-ring-default act/unsup # 1004 fddinet-default act/unsup # 1005 trnet-default act/unsup # # VLAN Type SAID MTU Parent RingNo BridgeNo Stp BrdgMode Trans1 Trans2 # ---- ----- ---------- ----- ------ ------ -------- ---- -------- ------ ------ # 1 enet 100001 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 10 enet 100010 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 20 enet 100020 610 - - - - - 0 0 # 30 enet 100030 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1002 fddi 101002 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1003 tr 101003 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1004 fdnet 101004 1500 - - - ieee - 0 0 # 1005 trnet 101005 1500 - - - ibm - 0 0 # # Remote SPAN VLANs # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # 10 - name: Replaces device configuration of listed VLANs with provided configuration cisco.ios.ios_vlans: config: - vlan_id: 20 name: Test_VLAN20 mtu: 700 shutdown: disabled - vlan_id: 30 name: Test_VLAN30 mtu: 1000 state: replaced # After state: # ------------ # # vios_l2#show vlan # VLAN Name Status Ports # ---- -------------------------------- --------- ------------------------------- # 1 default active Gi0/1, Gi0/2 # 10 vlan_10 active # 20 Test_VLAN20 active # 30 Test_VLAN30 active # 1002 fddi-default act/unsup # 1003 token-ring-default act/unsup # 1004 fddinet-default act/unsup # 1005 trnet-default act/unsup # # VLAN Type SAID MTU Parent RingNo BridgeNo Stp BrdgMode Trans1 Trans2 # ---- ----- ---------- ----- ------ ------ -------- ---- -------- ------ ------ # 1 enet 100001 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 10 enet 100010 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 20 enet 100020 700 - - - - - 0 0 # 30 enet 100030 1000 - - - - - 0 0 # 1002 fddi 101002 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1003 tr 101003 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1004 fdnet 101004 1500 - - - ieee - 0 0 # 1005 trnet 101005 1500 - - - ibm - 0 0 # # Remote SPAN VLANs # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # 10 # Using deleted # Before state: # ------------- # # vios_l2#show vlan # VLAN Name Status Ports # ---- -------------------------------- --------- ------------------------------- # 1 default active Gi0/1, Gi0/2 # 10 vlan_10 active # 20 vlan_20 act/lshut # 30 vlan_30 sus/lshut # 1002 fddi-default act/unsup # 1003 token-ring-default act/unsup # 1004 fddinet-default act/unsup # 1005 trnet-default act/unsup # # VLAN Type SAID MTU Parent RingNo BridgeNo Stp BrdgMode Trans1 Trans2 # ---- ----- ---------- ----- ------ ------ -------- ---- -------- ------ ------ # 1 enet 100001 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 10 enet 100010 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 20 enet 100020 610 - - - - - 0 0 # 30 enet 100030 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1002 fddi 101002 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1003 tr 101003 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1004 fdnet 101004 1500 - - - ieee - 0 0 # 1005 trnet 101005 1500 - - - ibm - 0 0 # # Remote SPAN VLANs # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # 10 - name: Delete attributes of given VLANs cisco.ios.ios_vlans: config: - vlan_id: 10 - vlan_id: 20 state: deleted # After state: # ------------- # # vios_l2#show vlan # VLAN Name Status Ports # ---- -------------------------------- --------- ------------------------------- # 1 default active Gi0/1, Gi0/2 # 30 vlan_30 sus/lshut # 1002 fddi-default act/unsup # 1003 token-ring-default act/unsup # 1004 fddinet-default act/unsup # 1005 trnet-default act/unsup # # VLAN Type SAID MTU Parent RingNo BridgeNo Stp BrdgMode Trans1 Trans2 # ---- ----- ---------- ----- ------ ------ -------- ---- -------- ------ ------ # 1 enet 100001 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 30 enet 100030 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1002 fddi 101002 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1003 tr 101003 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1004 fdnet 101004 1500 - - - ieee - 0 0 # 1005 trnet 101005 1500 - - - ibm - 0 0 # Using Deleted without any config passed #"(NOTE: This will delete all of configured vlans attributes)" # Before state: # ------------- # # vios_l2#show vlan # VLAN Name Status Ports # ---- -------------------------------- --------- ------------------------------- # 1 default active Gi0/1, Gi0/2 # 10 vlan_10 active # 20 vlan_20 act/lshut # 30 vlan_30 sus/lshut # 1002 fddi-default act/unsup # 1003 token-ring-default act/unsup # 1004 fddinet-default act/unsup # 1005 trnet-default act/unsup # # VLAN Type SAID MTU Parent RingNo BridgeNo Stp BrdgMode Trans1 Trans2 # ---- ----- ---------- ----- ------ ------ -------- ---- -------- ------ ------ # 1 enet 100001 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 10 enet 100010 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 20 enet 100020 610 - - - - - 0 0 # 30 enet 100030 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1002 fddi 101002 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1003 tr 101003 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1004 fdnet 101004 1500 - - - ieee - 0 0 # 1005 trnet 101005 1500 - - - ibm - 0 0 # # Remote SPAN VLANs # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # 10 - name: Delete attributes of ALL VLANs cisco.ios.ios_vlans: state: deleted # After state: # ------------- # # vios_l2#show vlan # VLAN Name Status Ports # ---- -------------------------------- --------- ------------------------------- # 1 default active Gi0/1, Gi0/2 # 1002 fddi-default act/unsup # 1003 token-ring-default act/unsup # 1004 fddinet-default act/unsup # 1005 trnet-default act/unsup # # VLAN Type SAID MTU Parent RingNo BridgeNo Stp BrdgMode Trans1 Trans2 # ---- ----- ---------- ----- ------ ------ -------- ---- -------- ------ ------ # 1 enet 100001 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1002 fddi 101002 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1003 tr 101003 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1004 fdnet 101004 1500 - - - ieee - 0 0 # 1005 trnet 101005 1500 - - - ibm - 0 0 # Using Gathered # Before state: # ------------- # # vios_l2#show vlan # VLAN Name Status Ports # ---- -------------------------------- --------- ------------------------------- # 1 default active Gi0/1, Gi0/2 # 10 vlan_10 active # 20 vlan_20 act/lshut # 30 vlan_30 sus/lshut # 1002 fddi-default act/unsup # 1003 token-ring-default act/unsup # 1004 fddinet-default act/unsup # 1005 trnet-default act/unsup # # VLAN Type SAID MTU Parent RingNo BridgeNo Stp BrdgMode Trans1 Trans2 # ---- ----- ---------- ----- ------ ------ -------- ---- -------- ------ ------ # 1 enet 100001 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 10 enet 100010 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 20 enet 100020 610 - - - - - 0 0 # 30 enet 100030 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1002 fddi 101002 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1003 tr 101003 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1004 fdnet 101004 1500 - - - ieee - 0 0 # 1005 trnet 101005 1500 - - - ibm - 0 0 # # Remote SPAN VLANs # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # 10 - name: Gather listed vlans with provided configurations cisco.ios.ios_vlans: config: state: gathered # Module Execution Result: # ------------------------ # # "gathered": [ # { # "mtu": 1500, # "name": "default", # "shutdown": "disabled", # "state": "active", # "vlan_id": 1 # }, # { # "mtu": 1500, # "name": "VLAN0010", # "shutdown": "disabled", # "state": "active", # "vlan_id": 10 # }, # { # "mtu": 1500, # "name": "VLAN0020", # "shutdown": "disabled", # "state": "active", # "vlan_id": 20 # }, # { # "mtu": 1500, # "name": "VLAN0030", # "shutdown": "disabled", # "state": "active", # "vlan_id": 30 # }, # { # "mtu": 1500, # "name": "fddi-default", # "shutdown": "enabled", # "state": "active", # "vlan_id": 1002 # }, # { # "mtu": 1500, # "name": "token-ring-default", # "shutdown": "enabled", # "state": "active", # "vlan_id": 1003 # }, # { # "mtu": 1500, # "name": "fddinet-default", # "shutdown": "enabled", # "state": "active", # "vlan_id": 1004 # }, # { # "mtu": 1500, # "name": "trnet-default", # "shutdown": "enabled", # "state": "active", # "vlan_id": 1005 # } # ] # After state: # ------------ # # vios_l2#show vlan # VLAN Name Status Ports # ---- -------------------------------- --------- ------------------------------- # 1 default active Gi0/1, Gi0/2 # 10 vlan_10 active # 20 vlan_20 act/lshut # 30 vlan_30 sus/lshut # 1002 fddi-default act/unsup # 1003 token-ring-default act/unsup # 1004 fddinet-default act/unsup # 1005 trnet-default act/unsup # # VLAN Type SAID MTU Parent RingNo BridgeNo Stp BrdgMode Trans1 Trans2 # ---- ----- ---------- ----- ------ ------ -------- ---- -------- ------ ------ # 1 enet 100001 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 10 enet 100010 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 20 enet 100020 610 - - - - - 0 0 # 30 enet 100030 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1002 fddi 101002 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1003 tr 101003 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1004 fdnet 101004 1500 - - - ieee - 0 0 # 1005 trnet 101005 1500 - - - ibm - 0 0 # # Remote SPAN VLANs # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # 10 # Using Rendered - name: Render the commands for provided configuration cisco.ios.ios_vlans: config: - name: Vlan_10 vlan_id: 10 state: active shutdown: disabled remote_span: true - name: Vlan_20 vlan_id: 20 mtu: 610 state: active shutdown: enabled - name: Vlan_30 vlan_id: 30 state: suspend shutdown: enabled state: rendered # Module Execution Result: # ------------------------ # # "rendered": [ # "vlan 10", # "name Vlan_10", # "state active", # "remote-span", # "no shutdown", # "vlan 20", # "name Vlan_20", # "state active", # "mtu 610", # "shutdown", # "vlan 30", # "name Vlan_30", # "state suspend", # "shutdown" # ] # Using Parsed # File: parsed.cfg # ---------------- # # VLAN Name Status Ports # ---- -------------------------------- --------- ------------------------------- # 1 default active Gi0/1, Gi0/2 # 10 vlan_10 active # 20 vlan_20 act/lshut # 30 vlan_30 sus/lshut # 1002 fddi-default act/unsup # 1003 token-ring-default act/unsup # 1004 fddinet-default act/unsup # 1005 trnet-default act/unsup # # VLAN Type SAID MTU Parent RingNo BridgeNo Stp BrdgMode Trans1 Trans2 # ---- ----- ---------- ----- ------ ------ -------- ---- -------- ------ ------ # 1 enet 100001 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 10 enet 100010 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 20 enet 100020 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 30 enet 100030 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1002 fddi 101002 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1003 tr 101003 1500 - - - - - 0 0 # 1004 fdnet 101004 1500 - - - ieee - 0 0 # 1005 trnet 101005 1500 - - - ibm - 0 0 - name: Parse the commands for provided configuration cisco.ios.ios_vlans: running_config: "{{ lookup('file', './parsed.cfg') }}" state: parsed # Module Execution Result: # ------------------------ # # "parsed": [ # { # "mtu": 1500, # "name": "default", # "shutdown": "disabled", # "state": "active", # "vlan_id": 1 # }, # { # "mtu": 1500, # "name": "vlan_10", # "shutdown": "disabled", # "state": "active", # "vlan_id": 10 # }, # { # "mtu": 1500, # "name": "vlan_20", # "shutdown": "enabled", # "state": "active", # "vlan_id": 20 # }, # { # "mtu": 1500, # "name": "vlan_30", # "shutdown": "enabled", # "state": "suspend", # "vlan_id": 30 # }, # { # "mtu": 1500, # "name": "fddi-default", # "shutdown": "enabled", # "state": "active", # "vlan_id": 1002 # }, # { # "mtu": 1500, # "name": "token-ring-default", # "shutdown": "enabled", # "state": "active", # "vlan_id": 1003 # }, # { # "mtu": 1500, # "name": "fddinet-default", # "shutdown": "enabled", # "state": "active", # "vlan_id": 1004 # }, # { # "mtu": 1500, # "name": "trnet-default", # "shutdown": "enabled", # "state": "active", # "vlan_id": 1005 # } # ] Return Values ------------- Common return values are documented `here `_, the following are the fields unique to this module: .. raw:: html
Key Returned Description
after
list
when changed
The configuration as structured data after module completion.

Sample:
The configuration returned will always be in the same format of the parameters above.
before
list
always
The configuration as structured data prior to module invocation.

Sample:
The configuration returned will always be in the same format of the parameters above.
commands
list
always
The set of commands pushed to the remote device.

Sample:
['vlan 20', 'name vlan_20', 'mtu 600', 'remote-span']


Status ------ Authors ~~~~~~~ - Sumit Jaiswal (@justjais)