.. _cisco.nxos.nxos_lacp_module:


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cisco.nxos.nxos_lacp
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**LACP resource module**


Version added: 1.0.0

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Synopsis
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- This module manages Global Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) on NX-OS devices.




Parameters
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                    <b>config</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
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                </td>
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                        <div>LACP global options.</div>
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                    <b>system</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
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                        <div>LACP system options</div>
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                    <b>mac</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
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                        <div>MAC address to be used for the LACP Protocol exchanges</div>
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                    <b>address</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
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                        <div>MAC-address (FORMAT :xxxx.xxxx.xxxx).</div>
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                    <b>role</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
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                <td>
                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li>primary</li>
                                    <li>secondary</li>
                        </ul>
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                <td>
                        <div>The role for the Switch.</div>
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                    <b>priority</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
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                        <div>The system priority to use in LACP negotiations.</div>
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                    <b>running_config</b>
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                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
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                        <div>This option is used only with state <em>parsed</em>.</div>
                        <div>The value of this option should be the output received from the NX-OS device by executing the command <b>show running-config | include lacp</b>.</div>
                        <div>The state <em>parsed</em> reads the configuration from <code>running_config</code> option and transforms it into Ansible structured data as per the resource module&#x27;s argspec and the value is then returned in the <em>parsed</em> key within the result.</div>
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                    <b>state</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
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                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>merged</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                                    <li>replaced</li>
                                    <li>deleted</li>
                                    <li>gathered</li>
                                    <li>rendered</li>
                                    <li>parsed</li>
                        </ul>
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                <td>
                        <div>The state of the configuration after module completion.</div>
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Notes
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.. note::
   - Tested against NXOS 7.3.(0)D1(1) on VIRL.
   - Unsupported for Cisco MDS
   - Feature lacp should be enabled for this module.



Examples
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.. code-block:: yaml

    # Using merged

    # Before state:
    # -------------
    #

    - name: Merge provided configuration with device configuration.
      cisco.nxos.nxos_lacp:
        config:
          system:
            priority: 10
            mac:
              address: 00c1.4c00.bd15
        state: merged

    # After state:
    # ------------
    #
    # lacp system-priority 10
    # lacp system-mac 00c1.4c00.bd15


    # Using replaced

    # Before state:
    # -------------
    #
    # lacp system-priority 10

    - name: Replace device global lacp configuration with the given configuration.
      cisco.nxos.nxos_lacp:
        config:
          system:
            mac:
              address: 00c1.4c00.bd15
        state: replaced

    # After state:
    # ------------
    #
    # lacp system-mac 00c1.4c00.bd15


    # Using deleted

    # Before state:
    # -------------
    #
    # lacp system-priority 10

    - name: Delete global LACP configurations.
      cisco.nxos.nxos_lacp:
        state: deleted

    # After state:
    # ------------
    #

    # Using rendered

    - name: Render platform specific configuration lines (without connecting to the device)
      cisco.nxos.nxos_lacp:
        config:
          system:
            priority: 10
            mac:
              address: 00c1.4c00.bd15
              role: secondary
        state: rendered

    # Task Output (redacted)
    # -----------------------

    # rendered:
    #   - "lacp system-priority 10"
    #   - "lacp system-mac 00c1.4c00.bd15 role secondary"

    # Using parsed

    # parsed.cfg
    # ------------
    # lacp system-priority 10
    # lacp system-mac 00c1.4c00.bd15 role secondary

    - name: Use parsed state to convert externally supplied config to structured format
      cisco.nxos.nxos_lacp:
        running_config: "{{ lookup('file', 'parsed.cfg') }}"
        state: parsed

    # Task output (redacted)
    # -----------------------
    # parsed:
    #  system:
    #    priority: 10
    #    mac:
    #      address: 00c1.4c00.bd15
    #      role: secondary

    # Using gathered

    # Existing device config state
    # -------------------------------
    # Nexus9000v# show running-config | include lacp
    # lacp system-priority 11
    # lacp system-mac 00c1.4c00.bd15 role primary

    - name: Gather lacp facts from the device using nxos_lacp
      cisco.nxos.nxos_lacp:
        state: gathered

    # Task output (redacted)
    # -----------------------
    # gathered:
    #  system:
    #    priority: 11
    #    mac:
    #      address: 00c1.4c00.bd15
    #      role: primary



Return Values
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Common return values are documented `here <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/common_return_values.html#common-return-values>`_, the following are the fields unique to this module:

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                <td>when changed</td>
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                            <div>The configuration as structured data after module completion.</div>
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                        <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                        <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">The configuration returned will always be in the same format
     of the parameters above.</div>
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                    <b>before</b>
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                      <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
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                <td>always</td>
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                            <div>The configuration as structured data prior to module invocation.</div>
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                        <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                        <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">The configuration returned will always be in the same format
     of the parameters above.</div>
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                    <b>commands</b>
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                      <span style="color: purple">list</span>
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                <td>always</td>
                <td>
                            <div>The set of commands pushed to the remote device.</div>
                    <br/>
                        <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                        <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">[&#x27;lacp system-priority 15&#x27;, &#x27;lacp system-mac 00c1.4c00.bd15 role primary&#x27;]</div>
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Status
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Authors
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- Trishna Guha (@trishnaguha)