fortiswitch_switch_lldp_settings – Global LLDP configuration in Fortinet’s FortiSwitch

New in version 1.0.0.

Synopsis

  • This module is able to configure a FortiSwitch device by allowing the user to set and modify switch_lldp feature and settings category. Examples include all parameters and values need to be adjusted to datasources before usage. Tested with FOS v7.0.0

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

  • ansible>=2.14

FortiSW Version Compatibility


Supported Version Ranges
fortiswitch_switch_lldp_settings v7.0.0 -> latest

Parameters

  • enable_log - Enable/Disable logging for task. type: bool required: false default: False
  • member_path - Member attribute path to operate on. type: str
  • member_state - Add or delete a member under specified attribute path. type: str choices: present, absent
  • switch_lldp_settings - Global LLDP configuration. type: dict
    • device_detection - Enable/disable dynamic updates of LLDP neighbor devices to fortilink. type: str choices: disable, enable
    • fast_start_interval - Frequency of LLDP PDU transmit for the first 4 packets on link up(seconds). type: int
    • management_address - Advertise IPv4 and/or IPv6 address. type: str choices: ipv4, ipv6, none
    • management_interface - Primary management interface to be advertised. type: str
    • status - Enable/disable LLDP. type: str choices: disable, enable
    • tx_hold - Number of TX intervals before local LLDP data expires(tx-hold x tx-interval = packet TTL). type: int
    • tx_interval - Frequency of LLDP PDU transmit (seconds). type: int

Examples

- name: Global LLDP configuration.
  fortinet.fortiswitch.fortiswitch_switch_lldp_settings:
      switch_lldp_settings:
          device_detection: "disable"
          fast_start_interval: "4"
          management_address: "ipv4"
          management_interface: "<your_own_value> (source system.interface.name)"
          status: "disable"
          tx_hold: "8"
          tx_interval: "9"

Return Values

Common return values are documented: https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/common_return_values.html#common-return-values, the following are the fields unique to this module:

  • build - Build number of the fortiSwitch image returned: always type: str sample: 1547
  • http_method - Last method used to provision the content into FortiSwitch returned: always type: str sample: PUT
  • http_status - Last result given by FortiSwitch on last operation applied returned: always type: str sample: 200
  • mkey - Master key (id) used in the last call to FortiSwitch returned: success type: str sample: id
  • name - Name of the table used to fulfill the request returned: always type: str sample: urlfilter
  • path - Path of the table used to fulfill the request returned: always type: str sample: webfilter
  • serial - Serial number of the unit returned: always type: str sample: FS1D243Z13000122
  • status - Indication of the operation's result returned: always type: str sample: success
  • version - Version of the FortiSwitch returned: always type: str sample: v7.0.0

Status

  • This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface.

Authors

  • Link Zheng (@chillancezen)

  • Jie Xue (@JieX19)

  • Hongbin Lu (@fgtdev-hblu)

  • Frank Shen (@frankshen01)

  • Miguel Angel Munoz (@mamunozgonzalez)

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