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System role

This role facilitates the configuration of global system attributes. It specifically enables configuration of hostname and enable password for OS6. This role is abstracted for Dell EMC PowerSwitch platforms running Dell EMC OS6.

The System role requires an SSH connection for connectivity to a Dell EMC OS6 device. You can use any of the built-in OS connection variables.

Role variables

  • Role is abstracted using the ansible_network_os variable that can take dellemc.os6.os6 as a value
  • If os6_cfg_generate is set to true, the variable generates the role configuration commands in a file
  • Any role variable with a corresponding state variable set to absent negates the configuration of that variable
  • Setting an empty value for any variable negates the corresponding configuration
  • Variables and values are case-sensitive

os6_system keys

Key Type Description Support
hostname string Configures a hostname to the device (no negate command) os6
enable_password string Configures the enable password, field needs to be left blank to remove the enable password from the system os6
mtu integer Configures the maximum transmission unit (MTU) for all interfaces, field needs to be left blank to remove the MTU configurations from the system os6

NOTE: Asterisk (*) denotes the default value if none is specified.

Connection variables

Ansible Dell EMC Networking roles require connection information to establish communication with the nodes in your inventory. This information can exist in the Ansible group_vars or host_vars directories, or inventory or in the playbook itself.

Key Required Choices Description
ansible_host yes Specifies the hostname or address for connecting to the remote device over the specified transport
ansible_port no Specifies the port used to build the connection to the remote device; if value is unspecified, the ANSIBLE_REMOTE_PORT option is used; it defaults to 22
ansible_ssh_user no Specifies the username that authenticates the CLI login for the connection to the remote device; if value is unspecified, the ANSIBLE_REMOTE_USER environment variable value is used
ansible_ssh_pass no Specifies the password that authenticates the connection to the remote device.
ansible_become no yes, no* Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending any commands; if value is unspecified, the ANSIBLE_BECOME environment variable value is used, and the device attempts to execute all commands in non-privileged mode
ansible_become_method no enable, sudo* Instructs the module to allow the become method to be specified for handling privilege escalation; if value is unspecified, the ANSIBLE_BECOME_METHOD environment variable value is used
ansible_become_pass no Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote device; if ansible_become is set to no this key is not applicable
ansible_network_os yes os6, null* Loads the correct terminal and cliconf plugins to communicate with the remote device

NOTE: Asterisk (*) denotes the default value if none is specified.

Example playbook

This example uses the os6_system role to completely set the NTP server, hostname, enable password, management route, hash alogrithm, clock, line terminal, banner and reload type. It creates a hosts file with the switch details and corresponding variables. The hosts file should define the ansible_network_os variable with corresponding Dell EMC OS6 name.

When os6_cfg_generate is set to true, the variable generates the configuration commands as a .part file in build_dir path. By default, the variable is set to false. The system role writes a simple playbook that only references the os6_system role. By including the role, you automatically get access to all of the tasks to configure system features.

Sample hosts file

switch1 ansible_host= <ip_address>

Sample host_vars/switch1

hostname: switch1
ansible_become: yes
ansible_become_method: enable
ansible_become_pass: xxxxx
ansible_ssh_user: xxxxx
ansible_ssh_pass: xxxxx
ansible_network_os: dellemc.os6.os6
build_dir: ../temp/temp_os6
  
os6_system:
  hostname: host1
  enable_password: dell
  mtu: 2000

Simple playbook to setup system — switch1.yaml

- hosts: switch1
  roles:
     - dellemc.os6.os6_system

Run

ansible-playbook -i hosts switch1.yaml

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