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na_ontap_interface - ONTAP LIF configuration
New in version 2.6.
Synopsis
- Creating / deleting and modifying the LIF.
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- A physical or virtual clustered Data ONTAP system. The modules were developed with Clustered Data ONTAP 9.3
 - Ansible 2.6
 - netapp-lib (2017.10.30). Install using ‘pip install netapp-lib’
 - To enable http on the cluster you must run the following commands ‘set -privilege advanced;’ ‘system services web modify -http-enabled true;’
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| address | 
        
        Specifies the LIF's IP address.
        
       
        Required when  state=present
        | 
     |
| admin_status | 
       
  | 
      
        
        Specifies the administrative status of the LIF.
         | 
     
| failover_policy | 
        
        Specifies the failover policy for the LIF.
         | 
     |
| firewall_policy | 
        
        Specifies the firewall policy for the LIF.
         | 
     |
| home_node | 
        
        Specifies the LIF's home node.
        
       
        Required when  state=present.
        | 
     |
| home_port | 
        
        Specifies the LIF's home port.
        
       
        Required when  state=present
        | 
     |
| hostname  
        required
         | 
      
        
        The hostname or IP address of the ONTAP instance.
         | 
     |
| https  
        bool
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        Enable and disabled https
         | 
     
| interface_name  
        required
         | 
      
        
        Specifies the logical interface (LIF) name.
         | 
     |
| is_auto_revert | 
        
        If true, data LIF will revert to its home node under certain circumstances such as startup, and load balancing migration capability is disabled automatically
         | 
     |
| netmask | 
        
        Specifies the LIF's netmask.
        
       
        Required when  state=present.
        | 
     |
| password  
        required
         | 
      
        
        Password for the specified user.
        
       aliases: pass  | 
     |
| protocols | 
        
        Specifies the list of data protocols configured on the LIF. By default, the values in this element are nfs, cifs and fcache. Other supported protocols are iscsi and fcp. A LIF can be configured to not support any data protocols by specifying 'none'. Protocol values of none, iscsi or fcp can't be combined with any other data protocol(s).
         | 
     |
| role | 
        
        Specifies the role of the LIF.
        
       
        Required when  state=present.
        | 
     |
| state | 
       
  | 
      
        
        Whether the specified interface should exist or not.
         | 
     
| username  
        required
         | 
      
        
        This can be a Cluster-scoped or SVM-scoped account, depending on whether a Cluster-level or SVM-level API is required. For more information, please read the documentation https://goo.gl/BRu78Z.
        
       aliases: user  | 
     |
| vserver  
        required
         | 
      
        
        The name of the vserver to use.
         | 
     
Notes
Note
- The modules prefixed with na_ontap are built to support the ONTAP storage platform.
 
Examples
- name: Create interface
  na_ontap_interface:
    state: present
    interface_name: data2
    home_port: e0d
    home_node: laurentn-vsim1
    role: data
    protocols: nfs
    admin_status: up
    failover_policy: local-only
    firewall_policy: mgmt
    is_auto_revert: true
    address: 10.10.10.10
    netmask: 255.255.255.0
    vserver: svm1
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"
- name: Delete interface
  na_ontap_interface:
    state: absent
    interface_name: data2
    vserver: svm1
    hostname: "{{ netapp_hostname }}"
    username: "{{ netapp_username }}"
    password: "{{ netapp_password }}"
  Status
This module is flagged as preview which means that it is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.
Maintenance
This module is flagged as community which means that it is maintained by the Ansible Community. See Module Maintenance & Support for more info.
For a list of other modules that are also maintained by the Ansible Community, see here.
Author
- chhaya gunawat (chhayag@netapp.com)
 
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 https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.6/modules/na_ontap_interface_module.html