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# iosxr_interface – Manage Interface on Cisco IOS XR network devices

New in version 2.4.

- DEPRECATED
- Synopsis
- Requirements
- 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: | iosxr_interfaces

## Synopsis

- This module provides declarative management of Interfaces on Cisco IOS XR network devices.

## Requirements

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

- ncclient >= 0.5.3 when using netconf
- lxml >= 4.1.1 when using netconf

## Parameters

Parameter | Choices/Defaults | Comments
--- | --- | ---
active - added in 2.5 | Choices: active ← preconfigure | Whether the interface is `active` or `preconfigured`. Preconfiguration allows you to configure modular services cards before they are inserted into the router. When the cards are inserted, they are instantly configured. Active cards are the ones already inserted.
aggregate - |  | List of Interface definitions. Include multiple interface configurations together, one each on a separate line
delay - | Default: 10 | Time in seconds to wait before checking for the operational state on remote device. This wait is applicable for operational state argument which are state with values `up`/`down`, tx_rate and rx_rate.
description - |  | Description of Interface being configured.
duplex - | Choices: full half | Configures the interface duplex mode. Default is auto-negotiation when not configured.
enabled boolean | Choices: no yes ← | Removes the shutdown configuration, which removes the forced administrative down on the interface, enabling it to move to an up or down state.
mtu - |  | Sets the MTU value for the interface. Range is between 64 and 65535'
name - / required |  | Name of the interface to configure in `type + path` format. e.g. `GigabitEthernet0/0/0/0`
provider dictionary |  | Deprecated Starting with Ansible 2.5 we recommend using `connection: network_cli`. For more information please see the Network Guide. A dict object containing connection details.
| 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.
rx_rate - |  | Receiver rate in bits per second (bps). This is state check parameter only. Supports conditionals, see Conditionals in Networking Modules
speed - | Choices: 10 100 1000 | Configure the speed for an interface. Default is auto-negotiation when not configured.
state - | Choices: present ← absent up down | State of the Interface configuration, `up` means present and operationally up and `down` means present and operationally `down`
tx_rate - |  | Transmit rate in bits per second (bps). This is state check parameter only. Supports conditionals, see Conditionals in Networking Modules

## Notes

Note

- This module works with connection `network_cli` and `netconf`. See the IOS-XR Platform Options.
- Tested against IOS XRv 6.1.3.
- Preconfiguration of physical interfaces is not supported with `netconf` transport.
- 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: configure interface
      iosxr_interface:
          name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
          description: test-interface
          speed: 100
          duplex: half
          mtu: 512

    - name: remove interface
      iosxr_interface:
        name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
        state: absent

    - name: make interface up
      iosxr_interface:
        name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
        enabled: True

    - name: make interface down
      iosxr_interface:
        name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
        enabled: False

    - name: Create interface using aggregate
      iosxr_interface:
        aggregate:
        - name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
        - name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
        speed: 100
        duplex: full
        mtu: 512
        state: present

    - name: Create interface using aggregate along with additional params in aggregate
      iosxr_interface:
        aggregate:
        - { name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3, description: test-interface 3 }
        - { name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2, description: test-interface 2 }
        speed: 100
        duplex: full
        mtu: 512
        state: present

    - name: Delete interface using aggregate
      iosxr_interface:
        aggregate:
        - name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/3
        - name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2
        state: absent

    - name: Check intent arguments
      iosxr_interface:
        name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/5
        state: up
        delay: 20

    - name: Config + intent
      iosxr_interface:
        name: GigabitEthernet0/0/0/5
        enabled: False
        state: down
        delay: 20

## Return Values

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

Key | Returned | Description
--- | --- | ---
commands list | always (empty list when no commands to send) | The list of configuration mode commands sent to device with transport `cli` Sample: ['interface GigabitEthernet0/0/0/2', 'description test-interface', 'duplex half', 'mtu 512']
xml list added in 2.5 | always (empty list when no xml rpc to send) | NetConf rpc xml sent to device with transport `netconf` Sample: ['<config xmlns:xc="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0"> <interface-configurations xmlns="http://cisco.com/ns/yang/Cisco-IOS-XR-ifmgr-cfg"> <interface-configuration xc:operation="merge"> <active>act</active> <interface-name>GigabitEthernet0/0/0/0</interface-name> <description>test-interface-0</description> <mtus><mtu> <owner>GigabitEthernet</owner> <mtu>512</mtu> </mtu></mtus> <ethernet xmlns="http://cisco.com/ns/yang/Cisco-IOS-XR-drivers-media-eth-cfg"> <speed>100</speed> <duplex>half</duplex> </ethernet> </interface-configuration> </interface-configurations></config>']

## Status

- This module will be removed in version 2.13. [deprecated]
- For more information see DEPRECATED.

### Authors

- Ganesh Nalawade (@ganeshrn)
- Kedar Kekan (@kedarX)

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