.. _cisco.nxos.nxos_bfd_interfaces_module:


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cisco.nxos.nxos_bfd_interfaces
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**BFD interfaces resource module**


Version added: 1.0.0

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Synopsis
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- Manages attributes of Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) on the interface.




Parameters
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                    <b>config</b>
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                        <div>The provided configuration</div>
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                    <b>bfd</b>
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                                    <li>enable</li>
                                    <li>disable</li>
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                        <div>Enable/Disable Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) on the interface.</div>
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                    <b>echo</b>
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                                    <li>enable</li>
                                    <li>disable</li>
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                        <div>Enable/Disable BFD Echo functionality on the interface.</div>
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                    <b>name</b>
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                        <div>The name of the interface.</div>
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                    <b>running_config</b>
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                        <div>This option is used only with state <em>parsed</em>.</div>
                        <div>The value of this option should be the output received from the NX-OS device by executing the command <b>show running-config | section &#x27;^interface|^feature bfd&#x27;</b>.</div>
                        <div>The state <em>parsed</em> reads the configuration from <code>running_config</code> option and transforms it into Ansible structured data as per the resource module&#x27;s argspec and the value is then returned in the <em>parsed</em> key within the result.</div>
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                    <b>state</b>
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                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>merged</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                                    <li>replaced</li>
                                    <li>overridden</li>
                                    <li>deleted</li>
                                    <li>gathered</li>
                                    <li>rendered</li>
                                    <li>parsed</li>
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                        <div>The state of the configuration after module completion</div>
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Notes
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.. note::
   - Tested against NX-OS 7.0(3)I5(1).
   - Unsupported for Cisco MDS
   - Feature bfd should be enabled for this module.



Examples
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.. code-block:: yaml

    # Using deleted

    - name: Configure interfaces
      cisco.nxos.nxos_bfd_interfaces:
        state: deleted


    # Using merged

    - name: Configure interfaces
      cisco.nxos.nxos_bfd_interfaces:
        config:
        - name: Ethernet1/1
          bfd: enable
          echo: enable
        - name: Ethernet1/2
          bfd: disable
          echo: disable
        state: merged


    # Using overridden

    - name: Configure interfaces
      cisco.nxos.nxos_bfd_interfaces:
        config:
        - name: Ethernet1/1
          bfd: enable
          echo: enable
        - name: Ethernet1/2
          bfd: disable
          echo: disable
        state: overridden


    # Using replaced

    - name: Configure interfaces
      cisco.nxos.nxos_bfd_interfaces:
        config:
        - name: Ethernet1/1
          bfd: enable
          echo: enable
        - name: Ethernet1/2
          bfd: disable
          echo: disable
        state: replaced

    # Using rendered

    - name: Use rendered state to convert task input to device specific commands
      cisco.nxos.nxos_bfd_interfaces:
        config:
        - name: Ethernet1/800
          bfd: enable
          echo: enable
        - name: Ethernet1/801
          bfd: disable
          echo: disable
        state: rendered

    # Task Output (redacted)
    # -----------------------

    # rendered:
    #   - "interface Ethernet1/800"
    #   - "bfd"
    #   - "bfd echo"
    #   - "interface Ethernet1/801"
    #   - "no bfd"
    #   - "no bfd echo"

    # Using parsed

    # parsed.cfg
    # ------------

    # feature bfd
    # interface Ethernet1/800
    #   no switchport
    #   no bfd
    #   no bfd echo
    # interface Ethernet1/801
    #   no switchport
    #   no bfd
    # interface Ethernet1/802
    #   no switchport
    #   no bfd echo
    # interface mgmt0
    #   ip address dhcp
    #   vrf member management

    - name: Use parsed state to convert externally supplied config to structured format
      cisco.nxos.nxos_bfd_interfaces:
        running_config: "{{ lookup('file', 'parsed.cfg') }}"
        state: parsed

    # Task output (redacted)
    # -----------------------

    # parsed:
    #   - bfd: disable
    #     echo: disable
    #     name: Ethernet1/800
    #   - bfd: disable
    #     echo: enable
    #     name: Ethernet1/801
    #   - bfd: enable
    #     echo: disable
    #     name: Ethernet1/802
    #   - bfd: enable
    #     echo: enable
    #     name: mgmt0

    # Using gathered

    # Existing device config state
    # -------------------------------

    # feature bfd
    # interface Ethernet1/1
    #   no switchport
    #   no bfd
    # interface Ethernet1/2
    #   no switchport
    #   no bfd echo
    # interface mgmt0
    #   ip address dhcp
    #   vrf member management

    - name: Gather bfd_interfaces facts from the device using nxos_bfd_interfaces
      cisco.nxos.nxos_bfd_interfaces:
        state: gathered

    # Task output (redacted)
    # -----------------------
    # gathered:
    # - name: Ethernet1/1
    #   bfd: disable
    #   echo: enable
    # - name: Ethernet1/3
    #   echo: disable
    #   bfd: enable
    # - name: mgmt0
    #   bfd: enable
    #   echo: enable



Return Values
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Common return values are documented `here <https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/common_return_values.html#common-return-values>`_, the following are the fields unique to this module:

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                            <div>The configuration as structured data after module completion.</div>
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                    <b>before</b>
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                <td>always</td>
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                            <div>The configuration as structured data prior to module invocation.</div>
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                        <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">The configuration returned will always be in the same format
     of the parameters above.</div>
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                <td>always</td>
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                            <div>The set of commands pushed to the remote device.</div>
                    <br/>
                        <div style="font-size: smaller"><b>Sample:</b></div>
                        <div style="font-size: smaller; color: blue; word-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-all;">[&#x27;interface Ethernet1/1&#x27;, &#x27;no bfd&#x27;, &#x27;no bfd echo&#x27;]</div>
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Status
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Authors
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- Chris Van Heuveln (@chrisvanheuveln)
