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saurabh
Asked: 2021-12-14 03:59:46 +0800 CST

Ansible module for Brocade/ICX is misbehaving

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I've to perform some network automation in my infra using ansible.

When i'm trying to use ansible module for icx switches it seems to be misbehaving.

Playbook i used

- name: ICX switch testing
  hosts: test-switch
  gather_facts: no
  vars:
    ansible_user: username
    ansible_password: password
    ansible_connection=ansible.netcommon.network_cli
    ansible_network_os=icx
  tasks:
    - name: show version
      icx_command:
        commands:
          - show version

for this i'm getting below error

FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "skip\r\nInvalid input -> skip\r\nType ? for a list\r\nSSH@ICX7250-24P Switch>"}

when I use enable mode using ansible_become then it gives below error

FAILED! => {"changed": false, "msg": "unable to elevate privilege to enable mode, at prompt [None] with error: timeout value 60 seconds reached while trying to send command: b'enable'"}

i'm not sure why command enable changed to b'enable. Seems some issue with module

ansible version

ansible 2.9.9
  config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
  configured module search path = ['/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
  ansible python module location = /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible
  executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible
  python version = 3.6.8 (default, Sep 26 2019, 11:57:09) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-39)]
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0 Answers

  1. According the given playbook

      vars:
    ansible_user: username
    ansible_password: password
    ansible_connection=ansible.netcommon.network_cli
    ansible_network_os=icx

    and the error message

    Invalid input -> skip\r\nType ? for a list

    there is a typo in vars: section as it should be

      vars:
    ansible_user: username
    ansible_password: password
    ansible_connection: ansible.netcommon.network_cli
    ansible_network_os: icx

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  2. Regarding this specific error:

    Invalid input -> skip\r\nType ? for a list

    You may have to modify the actual icx_config.py module.

    On Macs, for example, it's located here:

    /usr/local/Cellar/ansible/6.4.0/libexec/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ansible_collections/community/network/plugins/modules/network/icx/icx_config.py

    The line you must modify is, potentially, 364:

    run_commands(module, 'skip')

    Comment it out and try again.

    #run_commands(module, 'skip')

    It took me many days to sort this out after googling with no avail, so maybe it helps someone in the future.

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