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nxos_smu - Perform SMUs on Cisco NX-OS devices.

New in version 2.2.

Synopsis

Perform software maintenance upgrades (SMUs) on Cisco NX-OS devices.

Options

parameter required default choices comments
file_system
 no
The remote file system of the device. If omitted, devices that support a file_system parameter will use their default values.
host
 yes
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
 no
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.
pkg
 yes
Name of the remote package.
port
 no 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).
provider
 no
Convenience method that allows all nxos arguments to be passed as a dict object. All constraints (required, choices, etc) must be met either by individual arguments or values in this dict.
ssh_keyfile
 no
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.
transport
 yes 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_ssl
 no
  • yes
  • no
Configures the transport to use SSL if set to true only when the transport=nxapi, otherwise this value is ignored.
username
 no
Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. The value of username 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.

Examples

- nxos_smu:
    pkg: "nxos.CSCuz65185-n9k_EOR-1.0.0-7.0.3.I2.2d.lib32_n9000.rpm"
    username: "{{ un }}"
    password: "{{ pwd }}"
    host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"

Return Values

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

name description returned type sample
changed check to see if a change was made on the device always boolean True
pkg Name of the remote package always string nxos.CSCuz65185-n9k_EOR-1.0.0-7.0.3.I2.2d.lib32_n9000.rpm
file_system The remote file system of the device. always string bootflash:
updates commands sent to the device always list ['install add bootflash:nxos.CSCuz65185-n9k_EOR-1.0.0-7.0.3.I2.2d.lib32_n9000.rpm', 'install activate bootflash:nxos.CSCuz65185-n9k_EOR-1.0.0-7.0.3.I2.2d.lib32_n9000.rpm force', 'install commit bootflash:nxos.CSCuz65185-n9k_EOR-1.0.0-7.0.3.I2.2d.lib32_n9000.rpm']

Notes

Note

The module can only activate and commit a package, not remove or deactivate it.

Note

Use transport=nxapi to avoid connection timeout

This is a Core Module

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Licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.
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