# ios_l2_interface – Manage Layer-2 interface on Cisco IOS devices

New in version 2.5.

- DEPRECATED

- Synopsis

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## DEPRECATED

Removed in Ansible

  version: 2.13

Why

  Newer and updated modules released with more functionality in Ansible 2.9

Alternative

  ios_l2_interfaces

## Synopsis

- This module provides declarative management of Layer-2 interfaces on Cisco IOS devices.

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
access_vlan - |  | Configure given VLAN in access port. If `mode=access`, used as the access VLAN ID.
aggregate - |  | List of Layer-2 interface definitions.

auth_pass
string

Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli` and `become: yes` with `become_pass`.
For more information please see the IOS Platform Options guide.

Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote device. If authorize is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS` will be used instead.

authorize
boolean

Choices:
- no ←
- yes

Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli` and `become: yes`.
For more information please see the IOS Platform Options guide.

Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to execute all commands in non-privileged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE` will be used instead.

mode
-

Choices:
- access ←
- trunk

Mode in which interface needs to be configured.

name - / required |  | Full name of the interface excluding any logical unit number, i.e. GigabitEthernet0/1. aliases: interface
native_vlan - |  | Native VLAN to be configured in trunk port. If `mode=trunk`, used as the trunk native VLAN ID.

provider
dictionary

Deprecated
Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli`.
For more information please see the IOS Platform Options guide.

A dict object containing connection details.

| auth_pass string |  | Specifies the password to use if required to enter privileged mode on the remote device. If authorize is false, then this argument does nothing. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTH_PASS` will be used instead.

authorize
boolean

Choices:
- no ←
- yes

Instructs the module to enter privileged mode on the remote device before sending any commands. If not specified, the device will attempt to execute all commands in non-privileged mode. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_AUTHORIZE` will be used instead.

| host string / required |  | Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote device over the specified transport. The value of host is used as the destination address for the transport.
| password string |  | Specifies the password to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_PASSWORD` will be used instead.
| port integer | Default: 22 | Specifies the port to use when building the connection to the remote device.
| ssh_keyfile path |  | Specifies the SSH key to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is the path to the key used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_SSH_KEYFILE` will be used instead.
| timeout integer | Default: 10 | Specifies the timeout in seconds for communicating with the network device for either connecting or sending commands. If the timeout is exceeded before the operation is completed, the module will error.
| username string |  | Configures the username to use to authenticate the connection to the remote device. This value is used to authenticate the SSH session. If the value is not specified in the task, the value of environment variable `ANSIBLE_NET_USERNAME` will be used instead.

state
-

Choices:
- present ←
- absent
- unconfigured

Manage the state of the Layer-2 Interface configuration.

trunk_allowed_vlans - |  | List of allowed VLANs in a given trunk port. If `mode=trunk`, these are the only VLANs that will be configured on the trunk, i.e. "2-10,15".
trunk_vlans - |  | List of VLANs to be configured in trunk port. If `mode=trunk`, used as the VLAN range to ADD or REMOVE from the trunk.

## Notes

Note

- For more information on using Ansible to manage network devices see the Ansible Network Guide

- For more information on using Ansible to manage Cisco devices see the Cisco integration page.

## Examples

    - name: Ensure GigabitEthernet0/5 is in its default l2 interface state
      ios_l2_interface:
        name: GigabitEthernet0/5
        state: unconfigured
    - name: Ensure GigabitEthernet0/5 is configured for access vlan 20
      ios_l2_interface:
        name: GigabitEthernet0/5
        mode: access
        access_vlan: 20
    - name: Ensure GigabitEthernet0/5 only has vlans 5-10 as trunk vlans
      ios_l2_interface:
        name: GigabitEthernet0/5
        mode: trunk
        native_vlan: 10
        trunk_allowed_vlans: 5-10
    - name: Ensure GigabitEthernet0/5 is a trunk port and ensure 2-50 are being tagged (doesn't mean others aren't also being tagged)
      ios_l2_interface:
        name: GigabitEthernet0/5
        mode: trunk
        native_vlan: 10
        trunk_vlans: 2-50
    - name: Ensure these VLANs are not being tagged on the trunk
      ios_l2_interface:
        name: GigabitEthernet0/5
        mode: trunk
        trunk_vlans: 51-4094
        state: absent

## Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
commands list | always, except for the platforms that use Netconf transport to manage the device. | The list of configuration mode commands to send to the device Sample: ['interface GigabitEthernet0/5', 'switchport access vlan 20']

## Status

- This module will be removed in version 2.13. [deprecated]

- For more information see DEPRECATED.

### Authors

- Nathaniel Case (@Qalthos)

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