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ucs_ip_pool - Configures IP address pools on Cisco UCS Manager
New in version 2.5.
Synopsis
- Configures IP address pools and blocks of IP addresses on Cisco UCS Manager.
 - Examples can be used with the UCS Platform Emulator https://communities.cisco.com/ucspe.
 
Requirements
The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.
- ucsmsdk
 
Parameters
| Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments | 
|---|---|---|
| default_gw | Default: 
        "0.0.0.0"
         | 
      
        
        The default gateway associated with the IPv4 addresses in the block.
         | 
     
| descrption | 
        
        The user-defined description of the IP address pool.
        
       
        Enter up to 256 characters.
        
       
        You can use any characters or spaces except the following:
        
       
        ` (accent mark), (backslash), ^ (carat), " (double quote), = (equal sign), > (greater than), < (less than), or ' (single quote).
        
       aliases: descr  | 
     |
| first_addr | 
        
        The first IPv4 address in the IPv4 addresses block.
        
       
        This is the From field in the UCS Manager Add IPv4 Blocks menu.
         | 
     |
| hostname  
        str
         
        required
         | 
      
        
        IP address or hostname of Cisco UCS Manager.
         | 
     |
| ipv6_default_gw | Default: 
        "::"
         | 
      
        
        The default gateway associated with the IPv6 addresses in the block.
         | 
     
| ipv6_first_addr | 
        
        The first IPv6 address in the IPv6 addresses block.
        
       
        This is the From field in the UCS Manager Add IPv6 Blocks menu.
         | 
     |
| ipv6_last_addr | 
        
        The last IPv6 address in the IPv6 addresses block.
        
       
        This is the To field in the UCS Manager Add IPv6 Blocks menu.
         | 
     |
| ipv6_prefix | Default: 
        "64"
         | 
      
        
        The network address prefix associated with the IPv6 addresses in the block.
         | 
     
| ipv6_primary_dns | Default: 
        "::"
         | 
      
        
        The primary DNS server that this block of IPv6 addresses should access.
         | 
     
| ipv6_secondary_dns | Default: 
        "::"
         | 
      
        
        The secondary DNS server that this block of IPv6 addresses should access.
         | 
     
| last_addr | 
        
        The last IPv4 address in the IPv4 addresses block.
        
       
        This is the To field in the UCS Manager Add IPv4 Blocks menu.
         | 
     |
| name  
        required
         | 
      
        
        The name of the IP address pool.
        
       
        This name can be between 1 and 32 alphanumeric characters.
        
       
        You cannot use spaces or any special characters other than - (hyphen), "_" (underscore), : (colon), and . (period).
        
       
        You cannot change this name after the IP address pool is created.
         | 
     |
| order | 
       
  | 
      
        
        The Assignment Order field.
        
       
        This can be one of the following:
        
       
        default - Cisco UCS Manager selects a random identity from the pool.
        
       
        sequential - Cisco UCS Manager selects the lowest available identity from the pool.
         | 
     
| org_dn | Default: 
        "org-root"
         | 
      
        
        Org dn (distinguished name)
         | 
     
| password  
        str
         
        required
         | 
      
        
        Password for Cisco UCS Manager authentication.
         | 
     |
| port  
        int
         | 
      
        
        Port number to be used during connection (by default uses 443 for https and 80 for http connection).
         | 
     |
| primary_dns | Default: 
        "0.0.0.0"
         | 
      
        
        The primary DNS server that this block of IPv4 addresses should access.
         | 
     
| proxy  
        str
         | 
      
        
        If use_proxy is no, specfies proxy to be used for connection. e.g. 'http://proxy.xy.z:8080'
         | 
     |
| secondary_dns | Default: 
        "0.0.0.0"
         | 
      
        
        The secondary DNS server that this block of IPv4 addresses should access.
         | 
     
| state | 
       
  | 
      
        
        If  
       present, will verify IP pool is present and will create if needed.
       
        If  absent, will verify IP pool is absent and will delete if needed.
        | 
     
| subnet_mask | Default: 
        "255.255.255.0"
         | 
      
        
        The subnet mask associated with the IPv4 addresses in the block.
         | 
     
| use_proxy  
        bool
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If  no, will not use the proxy as defined by system environment variable.
        | 
     
| use_ssl  
        bool
         | 
      
       
  | 
      
        
        If  no, an HTTP connection will be used instead of the default HTTPS connection.
        | 
     
| username  
        str
         | 
      Default: 
        "admin"
         | 
      
        
        Username for Cisco UCS Manager authentication.
         | 
     
Examples
- name: Configure IPv4 address pools
  ucs_ip_pool:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    name: ip-A
    order: sequential
    first_addr: 192.168.0.10
    last_addr: 192.168.0.19
    subnet_mask: 255.255.255.0
    default_gw: 192.168.0.1
    primary_dns: 172.16.143.136
- name: Configure IPv6 address pools
  ucs_ip_pool:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    name: ipv6-B
    ipv6_first_addr: fe80::1cae:7992:d7a1:ed07
    ipv6_last_addr: fe80::1cae:7992:d7a1:edfe
    ipv6_default_gw: fe80::1cae:7992:d7a1:ecff
- name: Remove IPv4 address pools
  ucs_ip_pool:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    name: ip-A
    state: absent
- name: Remove IPv6 address pools
  ucs_ip_pool:
    hostname: 172.16.143.150
    username: admin
    password: password
    name: ipv6-B
    state: absent
  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
- David Soper (@dsoper2)
 - CiscoUcs (@CiscoUcs)
 
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