# iosxr_l2_interfaces – Manage Layer-2 interface on Cisco IOS-XR devices

New in version 2.9.

- Synopsis

- Parameters

- Notes

- Examples

- Return Values

- Status

## Synopsis

- This module manages the Layer-2 interface attributes on Cisco IOS-XR devices.

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
config list / elements=dictionary |  | A dictionary of Layer-2 interface options
| l2protocol list |  | Configures Layer 2 protocol tunneling and protocol data unit (PDU) filtering on an interface.

cdp
string

Choices:
- drop
- forward
- tunnel

Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) tunneling and data unit parameters.

pvst
string

Choices:
- drop
- forward
- tunnel

Configures the per-VLAN Spanning Tree Protocol (PVST) tunneling and data unit parameters.

stp
string

Choices:
- drop
- forward
- tunnel

Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) tunneling and data unit parameters.

vtp
string

Choices:
- drop
- forward
- tunnel

VLAN Trunk Protocol (VTP) tunneling and data unit parameters.

l2transport
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes

Switchport mode access command to configure the interface as a layer 2 access

| name string / required |  | Full name of the interface/sub-interface excluding any logical unit number, e.g. GigabitEthernet0/0/0/1 or GigabitEthernet0/0/0/1.100.
| native_vlan integer |  | Configure a native VLAN ID for the trunk

propagate
boolean

Choices:
- no
- yes

Propagate Layer 2 transport events. Note that it will work only when the l2tranport option is set to TRUE

| q_vlan list |  | 802.1Q VLAN configuration. Note that it can accept either 2 VLAN IDs when configuring Q-in-Q VLAN, or it will accept 1 VLAN ID and 'any' as input list when configuring Q-in-any vlan as input. Note, that this option is valid only with respect to Sub-Interface and is not valid when configuring for Interface.

state
string

Choices:
- merged ←
- replaced
- overridden
- deleted

The state of the configuration after module completion

## Notes

Note

- Tested against Cisco IOS-XRv Version 6.1.3 on VIRL.

- This module works with connection `network_cli`. See the IOS-XR Platform Options.

## Examples

    ---
    # Using merged
    #
    # Before state:
    # -------------
    #
    # viosxr#show running-config interface
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
    #  description Ansible Network
    #  vrf custB
    #  ipv4 address 10.10.0.2 255.255.255.0
    #  duplex half
    #  shutdown
    # !
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/4
    #  description Test description
    # !

    - name: Merge provided configuration with device configuration
      iosxr_l2_interfaces:
        config:
          - name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
            native_vlan: 20
          - name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/4
            native_vlan: 40
            l2transport: True
            l2protocol:
            - stp: tunnel
          - name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3.900
            l2transport: True
            q_vlan:
            - 20
            - 40
        state: merged

    # After state:
    # ------------
    #
    # viosxr#show running-config interface
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
    #  description Ansible Network
    #  vrf custB
    #  ipv4 address 10.10.0.2 255.255.255.0
    #  duplex half
    #  shutdown
    #  dot1q native vlan 20
    # !
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/4
    # description Test description
    #  dot1q native vlan 10
    #  l2transport
    #   l2protocol stp tunnel
    #  !
    # !
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3.900 l2transport
    #  dot1q vlan 20 40
    # !

    # Using replaced
    #
    # Before state:
    # -------------
    #
    # viosxr#show running-config interface
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
    #  description Ansible Network
    #  vrf custB
    #  ipv4 address 10.10.0.2 255.255.255.0
    #  duplex half
    #  shutdown
    #  dot1q native vlan 20
    # !
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/4
    # description Test description
    #  dot1q native vlan 10
    #  l2transport
    #   l2protocol stp tunnel
    #  !
    # !
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3.900 l2transport
    #  dot1q vlan 20 40
    # !

    - name: Replaces device configuration of listed interfaces with provided configuration
      iosxr_l2_interfaces:
        config:
          - name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/4
            native_vlan: 40
            l2transport: True
            l2protocol:
            - stp: forward
          - name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3.900
            q_vlan:
            - 20
            - any
        state: replaced

    # After state:
    # -------------
    #
    # viosxr#show running-config interface
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
    #  description Ansible Network
    #  vrf custB
    #  ipv4 address 10.10.0.2 255.255.255.0
    #  duplex half
    #  shutdown
    #  dot1q native vlan 20
    # !
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/4
    # description Test description
    #  dot1q native vlan 40
    #  l2transport
    #   l2protocol stp forward
    #  !
    # !
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3.900 l2transport
    #  dot1q vlan 20 any
    # !

    # Using overridden
    #
    # Before state:
    # -------------
    #
    # viosxr#show running-config interface
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
    #  description Ansible Network
    #  vrf custB
    #  ipv4 address 10.10.0.2 255.255.255.0
    #  duplex half
    #  shutdown
    #  dot1q native vlan 20
    # !
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/4
    # description Test description
    #  dot1q native vlan 10
    #  l2transport
    #   l2protocol stp tunnel
    #  !
    # !
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3.900 l2transport
    #  dot1q vlan 20 40
    # !

    - name: Override device configuration of all interfaces with provided configuration
      iosxr_l2_interfaces:
        config:
          - name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/4
            native_vlan: 40
            l2transport: True
            l2protocol:
            - stp: forward
          - name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3.900
            q_vlan:
            - 20
            - any
        state: overridden

    # After state:
    # -------------
    #
    # viosxr#show running-config interface
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
    #  description Ansible Network
    #  vrf custB
    #  ipv4 address 10.10.0.2 255.255.255.0
    #  duplex half
    #  shutdown
    # !
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/4
    # description Test description
    #  dot1q native vlan 40
    #  l2transport
    #   l2protocol stp forward
    #  !
    # !
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3.900
    #  dot1q vlan 20 any
    # !

    # Using deleted
    #
    # Before state:
    # -------------
    #
    # viosxr#show running-config interface
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
    #  description Ansible Network
    #  vrf custB
    #  ipv4 address 10.10.0.2 255.255.255.0
    #  duplex half
    #  shutdown
    #  dot1q native vlan 20
    # !
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/4
    #  description Test description
    #  dot1q native vlan 10
    #  l2transport
    #   l2protocol stp tunnel
    #  !
    # !
    #

    - name: "Delete L2 attributes of given interfaces (Note: This won't delete the interface itself)"
      iosxr_l2_interfaces:
        config:
          - name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/4
        state: deleted

    # After state:
    # ------------
    #
    # viosxr#show running-config interface
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
    #  description Ansible Network
    #  vrf custB
    #  ipv4 address 10.10.0.2 255.255.255.0
    #  duplex half
    #  shutdown
    #  dot1q native vlan 20
    # !
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/4
    #  description Test description
    # !

    # Using Deleted without any config passed
    # "(NOTE: This will delete all of configured resource module attributes from each configured interface)"
    #
    # Before state:
    # -------------
    #
    # viosxr#show running-config interface
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
    #  description Ansible Network
    #  vrf custB
    #  ipv4 address 10.10.0.2 255.255.255.0
    #  duplex half
    #  shutdown
    #  dot1q native vlan 20
    # !
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/4
    #  description Test description
    #  dot1q native vlan 10
    #  l2transport
    #   l2protocol stp tunnel
    #  !
    # !

    - name: "Delete L2 attributes of all interfaces (Note: This won't delete the interface itself)"
      iosxr_l2_interfaces:
        state: deleted

    # After state:
    # ------------
    #
    # viosxr#show running-config interface
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
    #  description Ansible Network
    #  vrf custB
    #  ipv4 address 10.10.0.2 255.255.255.0
    #  duplex half
    #  shutdown
    # !
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/4
    #  description Test description
    # !

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
after list | when changed | The configuration as structured data after module completion. Sample: The configuration returned will always be in the same format of the parameters above.
before list | always | The configuration as structured data prior to module invocation. Sample: The configuration returned will always be in the same format of the parameters above.
commands list | always | The set of commands pushed to the remote device Sample: ['interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2', 'command 2', 'command 3']

## Status

- This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]

- This module is maintained by the Ansible Network Team. [network]

### Red Hat Support

More information about Red Hat’s support of this module is available from this Red Hat Knowledge Base article.

### Authors

- Sumit Jaiswal (@justjais)

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