ip address virtual shows up as a 0.0.0.0/0 IP in eos_facts

[ryanmerolle]

SUMMARY

show ip interface brief command properly shows the applied ip address virtual command for an interface configured as such, but eos_facts does.

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

eos_facts

ANSIBLE VERSION

2.10.5

CONFIGURATION

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OS / ENVIRONMENT

Arista EOS 4.22.6M, 4.23.5M, & 4.24.3M

interface config:

interface Vlan100
   description test
   ip address virtual 10.0.0.1/16

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

- name: eos_facts
  arista.eos.eos_facts:
    gather_subset: all
    gather_network_resources: all

EXPECTED RESULTS

<omitted output before this>
ansible_net_interfaces:
  Vlan100:
    bandwidth: 0
    description: test
    ipv4:
      address: 10.0.0.1
      masklen: 16
    lineprotocol up
    macaddress: aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa
    mtu: 1500
    operstatus: up
    type: routed

ACTUAL RESULTS

<omitted output before this>
ansible_net_interfaces:
  Vlan100:
    bandwidth: 0
    description: test
    ipv4:
      address: 0.0.0.0
      masklen: 0
    lineprotocol up
    macaddress: aa:aa:aa:aa:aa:aa
    mtu: 1500
    operstatus: up
    type: routed

[ryanmerolle]

l3_interfaces also just show the ipv4 address as virtual instead of actually showing the IP.

virtual addresses should likely be handled in manner similar to first hop redundancy protocols given many devices share the same IP.