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cisco.ios.ios_l2_interfaces
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**Resource module to configure L2 interfaces.**


Version added: 1.0.0

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




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                    <b>config</b>
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                        <div>A dictionary of Layer-2 interface options</div>
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                        <div>Switchport mode access command to configure the interface as a layer 2 access.</div>
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                        <div>Configure given VLAN in access port. It&#x27;s used as the access VLAN ID.</div>
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                        <div>Set VLAN when interface is in access mode.</div>
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                        <div>Enabling port for Application Hosting (switchport app-interface)</div>
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                        <div>Disable forwarding of unknown uni/multi cast addresses.</div>
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                        <div>Block unknown multicast addresses</div>
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                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
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                        <div>Block unknown unicast addresses</div>
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                        <div>Configure encapsulation for the interface.</div>
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                    <b>type</b>
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                        <div>Encapsulation type (e.g., dot1q).</div>
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                    <b>vlan_id</b>
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                        <div>VLAN ID for encapsulation.</div>
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                    <b>host</b>
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                                    <li>no</li>
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                        <div>Set port host (switchport host)</div>
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                    <b>mode</b>
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                                    <li>access</li>
                                    <li>trunk</li>
                                    <li>dot1q_tunnel</li>
                                    <li>dynamic</li>
                                    <li>dynamic_auto</li>
                                    <li>dynamic_desirable</li>
                                    <li>private_vlan_host</li>
                                    <li>private_vlan_promiscuous</li>
                                    <li>private_vlan_trunk</li>
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                        <div>Mode in which interface needs to be configured.</div>
                        <div>An interface whose trunk encapsulation is &quot;Auto&quot; can not be configured to &quot;trunk&quot; mode.</div>
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                    <b>name</b>
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                        <div>Full name of the interface excluding any logical unit number, i.e GigabitEthernet0/1.</div>
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                    <b>nonegotiate</b>
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                        <div>Device will not engage in negotiation protocol on this interface (switchport nonegotiate)</div>
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                    <b>private_vlan</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
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                        <div>Set the private VLAN configuration.</div>
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                    <b>add</b>
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                                    <li>no</li>
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                        <div>Add a VLAN to private VLAN list.</div>
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                    <b>association</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
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                                    <li>no</li>
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                        <div>Set the private VLAN association.</div>
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                    <b>host</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
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                                    <li>no</li>
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                        <div>Set the private VLAN host association.</div>
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                    <b>host_association</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
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                                    <li>no</li>
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                        <div>Set the private VLAN host association.</div>
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                    <b>mapping</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
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                                    <li>no</li>
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                        <div>Set the private VLAN promiscuous mapping.</div>
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                    <b>primary_range</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
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                        <div>Primary extended/normal range VLAN ID of the private VLAN promiscuous port mapping.</div>
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                    <b>remove</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
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                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li>no</li>
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                        <div>Remove a VLAN from private VLAN list.</div>
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                    <b>secondary_range</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
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                        <div>Secondary extended/normal range VLAN ID of the private VLAN promiscuous port mapping.</div>
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                    <b>secondary_vlan_id</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
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                        <div>Secondary VLAN IDs of the private VLAN promiscuous port mapping.</div>
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                    <b>protected</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
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                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li>no</li>
                                    <li>yes</li>
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                        <div>Configure an interface to be a protected port (switchport protected)</div>
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                    <b>spanning_tree</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
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                        <div>Spanning tree options</div>
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                    <b>bpdufilter</b>
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                        <div>Don&#x27;t send or receive BPDUs on this interface</div>
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                    <b>disabled</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
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                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li>no</li>
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                        <div>Disable BPDU filtering for this interface</div>
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                    <b>enabled</b>
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                                    <li>no</li>
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                        <div>Enable BPDU filtering for this interface</div>
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                    <b>bpduguard</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
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                        <div>Don&#x27;t accept BPDUs on this interface</div>
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                    <b>disabled</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
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                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li>no</li>
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                        <div>Disable BPDU guard for this interface</div>
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                    <b>enabled</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
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                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li>no</li>
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                        <div>Enable BPDU guard for this interface</div>
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                    <b>cost</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
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                </td>
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                        <div>Change an interface&#x27;s spanning tree port path cost</div>
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                    <b>guard</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
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                        <div>Change an interface&#x27;s spanning tree guard mode</div>
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                    <b>loop</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
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                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li>no</li>
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                        <div>Set guard mode to loop guard on interface</div>
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                    <b>none</b>
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                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
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                <td>
                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li>no</li>
                                    <li>yes</li>
                        </ul>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Set guard mode to none</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>root</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li>no</li>
                                    <li>yes</li>
                        </ul>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Set guard mode to root guard on interface</div>
                </td>
            </tr>

            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>link_type</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Specify a link type for spanning tree protocol use</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>point_to_point</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li>no</li>
                                    <li>yes</li>
                        </ul>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Consider the interface as point-to-point</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>shared</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li>no</li>
                                    <li>yes</li>
                        </ul>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Consider the interface as shared</div>
                </td>
            </tr>

            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>mst</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Multiple spanning tree</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>cost</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>&lt;1-200000000&gt;  Change the interface spanning tree path cost for an instance</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>instance_range</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>MST instance list, example 0,2-4,6,8-12</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>port_priority</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Change the spanning tree port priority for an instance</div>
                </td>
            </tr>

            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>port_priority</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Change an interface&#x27;s spanning tree port priority</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>portfast</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Enable an interface to move directly to forwarding on link up</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>disabled</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li>no</li>
                                    <li>yes</li>
                        </ul>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Disable portfast for this interface</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>trunk</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li>no</li>
                                    <li>yes</li>
                        </ul>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Enable portfast on the interface even in trunk mode</div>
                </td>
            </tr>

            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>rootguard</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li>no</li>
                                    <li>yes</li>
                        </ul>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Enable root guard protection on the interface</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>vlan</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>VLAN Switch Spanning Tree</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>cost</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>&lt;1-200000000&gt;  Change the interface spanning tree path cost for an instance</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>port_priority</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Change the spanning tree port priority for an instance</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>vlan_range</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>MST instance list, example 1,3-5,7,9-11</div>
                </td>
            </tr>


            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="3">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>trunk</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Switchport mode trunk command to configure the interface as a Layer 2 trunk. Note The encapsulation is always set to dot1q.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>allowed_vlans</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=string</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>List of allowed VLANs in a given trunk port. These are the only VLANs that will be configured on the trunk.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>encapsulation</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li>dot1q</li>
                                    <li>isl</li>
                                    <li>negotiate</li>
                        </ul>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Trunking encapsulation when interface is in trunking mode.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>native_vlan</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Native VLAN to be configured in trunk port. It&#x27;s used as the trunk native VLAN ID.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>pruning_vlans</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">list</span>
                         / <span style="color: purple">elements=string</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Pruning VLAN to be configured in trunk port. It&#x27;s used as the trunk pruning VLAN ID.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>

            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="3">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>vepa</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li>no</li>
                                    <li>yes</li>
                        </ul>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Reflective relay configuration (switchport vepa enabled)</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="3">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>voice</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Switchport mode voice command to configure the interface with a voice vlan.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>vlan</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Configure given voice VLAN on access port. It&#x27;s used as the voice VLAN ID.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>vlan_name</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Set VLAN when interface is in access mode.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>vlan_tag</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li>dot1p</li>
                                    <li>none</li>
                                    <li>untagged</li>
                        </ul>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Set VLAN Tag. dot1p (Priority tagged on PVID) none (Don&#x27;t tell telephone about voice vlan) untagged (Untagged on PVID)</div>
                </td>
            </tr>

            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="3">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>xconnect</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Configure xconnect reference for the interface.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
                                <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>address</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Remote peer IP address.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>encapsulation</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li>mpls</li>
                                    <li>l2tpv3</li>
                        </ul>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Encapsulation type for xconnect.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>manual</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">boolean</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li>no</li>
                                    <li>yes</li>
                        </ul>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Manually configure the xconnect.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>pw_class</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Pseudowire class name.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>sequencing</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li>both</li>
                                    <li>receive</li>
                                    <li>transmit</li>
                        </ul>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Sequencing options for the xconnect.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                    <td class="elbow-placeholder"></td>
                <td colspan="2">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>vcid</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">integer</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>Virtual Circuit ID.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>


            <tr>
                <td colspan="4">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>running_config</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <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 IOS device by executing the command <b>show running-config | section ^interface</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>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="4">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-"></div>
                    <b>state</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-" title="Permalink to this option"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                        <span style="color: purple">string</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <ul style="margin: 0; padding: 0"><b>Choices:</b>
                                    <li><div style="color: blue"><b>merged</b>&nbsp;&larr;</div></li>
                                    <li>replaced</li>
                                    <li>overridden</li>
                                    <li>deleted</li>
                                    <li>rendered</li>
                                    <li>gathered</li>
                                    <li>parsed</li>
                        </ul>
                </td>
                <td>
                        <div>The state the configuration should be left in</div>
                        <div>The states <em>rendered</em>, <em>gathered</em> and <em>parsed</em> does not perform any change on the device.</div>
                        <div>The state <em>rendered</em> will transform the configuration in <code>config</code> option to platform specific CLI commands which will be returned in the <em>rendered</em> key within the result. For state <em>rendered</em> active connection to remote host is not required.</div>
                        <div>The state <em>gathered</em> will fetch the running configuration from device and transform it into structured data in the format as per the resource module argspec and the value is returned in the <em>gathered</em> key within the result.</div>
                        <div>The state <em>parsed</em> reads the configuration from <code>running_config</code> option and transforms it into JSON format as per the resource module parameters and the value is returned in the <em>parsed</em> key within the result. The value of <code>running_config</code> option should be the same format as the output of command <em>show running-config | include ip route|ipv6 route</em> executed on device. For state <em>parsed</em> active connection to remote host is not required.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
    </table>
    <br/>


Notes
-----

.. note::
   - Tested against Cisco IOSv Version 15.2 on CML.
   - This module works with connection ``network_cli``. See https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/network/user_guide/platform_ios.html
   - The module examples uses callback plugin (stdout_callback = yaml) to generate task output in yaml format.



Examples
--------

.. code-block:: yaml

    # Using merged

    # Before state:
    # -------------
    #
    # viosl2#show running-config | section ^interface
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/1
    #  description Configured by Ansible
    #  negotiation auto
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/2
    #  description This is test
    #  switchport access vlan 20
    #  media-type rj45
    #  negotiation auto

    - name: Merge provided configuration with device configuration
      cisco.ios.ios_l2_interfaces:
        config:
          - name: GigabitEthernet0/1
            mode: access
            access:
              vlan: 10
            voice:
              vlan: 40
          - name: GigabitEthernet0/2
            mode: trunk
            trunk:
              allowed_vlans: 10-20,40
              native_vlan: 20
              pruning_vlans: 10,20
              encapsulation: dot1q
        state: merged

    # Task Output
    # -----------
    #
    # before:
    # - name: GigabitEthernet0/1
    # - access:
    #     vlan: 20
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/2
    # commands:
    # - interface GigabitEthernet0/1
    # - switchport access vlan 10
    # - switchport voice vlan 40
    # - switchport mode access
    # - interface GigabitEthernet0/2
    # - switchport mode trunk
    # - switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
    # - switchport trunk native vlan 20
    # - switchport trunk allowed vlan 10-20,40
    # - switchport trunk pruning vlan 10,20
    # after:
    # - access:
    #     vlan: 10
    #   mode: access
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/1
    #   voice:
    #     vlan: 40
    # - mode: trunk
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/2
    #   trunk:
    #     allowed_vlans:
    #     - 10-20
    #     - '40'
    #     encapsulation: dot1q
    #     native_vlan: 20
    #     pruning_vlans:
    #     - '10'
    #     - '20'

    # After state:
    # ------------
    #
    # viosl2#show running-config | section ^interface
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/1
    #  description Configured by Ansible
    #  switchport access vlan 10
    #  switchport voice vlan 40
    #  switchport mode access
    #  negotiation auto
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/2
    #  description This is test
    #  switchport trunk allowed vlan 10-20,40
    #  switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
    #  switchport trunk native vlan 20
    #  switchport trunk pruning vlan 10,20
    #  switchport mode trunk
    #  media-type rj45
    #  negotiation auto

    # Using replaced

    # Before state:
    # -------------
    #
    # viosl2#show running-config | section ^interface
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/1
    #  description Configured by Ansible
    #  switchport access vlan 20
    #  negotiation auto
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/2
    #  description This is test
    #  switchport access vlan 20
    #  media-type rj45
    #  negotiation auto

    - name: Replaces device configuration with provided configuration
      cisco.ios.ios_l2_interfaces:
        config:
          - name: GigabitEthernet0/2
            trunk:
              allowed_vlans: 20-25,40
              native_vlan: 20
              pruning_vlans: 10
              encapsulation: isl
        state: replaced

    # Task Output
    # -----------
    #
    # before:
    # - name: GigabitEthernet0/1
    # - access:
    #     vlan: 20
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/2
    # commands:
    # - interface GigabitEthernet0/2
    # - no switchport access vlan
    # - switchport trunk encapsulation isl
    # - switchport trunk native vlan 20
    # - switchport trunk allowed vlan 20-25,40
    # - switchport trunk pruning vlan 10
    # after:
    # - access:
    #     vlan: 20
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/1
    # - name: GigabitEthernet0/2
    #   trunk:
    #     allowed_vlans:
    #     - 20-25
    #     - '40'
    #     encapsulation: isl
    #     native_vlan: 20
    #     pruning_vlans:
    #     - '10'

    # After state:
    # -------------
    #
    # viosl2#show running-config | section ^interface
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/1
    #  description Configured by Ansible
    #  switchport access vlan 20
    #  negotiation auto
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/2
    #  description This is test
    #  switchport trunk allowed vlan 20-25,40
    #  switchport trunk encapsulation isl
    #  switchport trunk native vlan 20
    #  switchport trunk pruning vlan 10
    #  media-type rj45
    #  negotiation auto

    # Using overridden

    # Before state:
    # -------------
    #
    # viosl2#show running-config | section ^interface
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/1
    #  description Configured by Ansible
    #  switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
    #  switchport trunk native vlan 20
    #  negotiation auto
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/2
    #  description This is test
    #  switchport access vlan 20
    #  switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
    #  switchport trunk native vlan 20
    #  media-type rj45
    #  negotiation auto

    - name: Override device configuration of all l2 interfaces with provided configuration
      cisco.ios.ios_l2_interfaces:
        config:
          - name: GigabitEthernet0/2
            access:
              vlan: 20
            voice:
              vlan: 40
        state: overridden

    # Task Output
    # -----------
    #
    # before:
    # - name: GigabitEthernet0/1
    #   trunk:
    #     encapsulation: dot1q
    #     native_vlan: 20
    # - access:
    #     vlan: 20
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/2
    #   trunk:
    #     encapsulation: dot1q
    #     native_vlan: 20
    # commands:
    # - interface GigabitEthernet0/1
    # - no switchport trunk encapsulation
    # - no switchport trunk native vlan
    # - interface GigabitEthernet0/2
    # - switchport voice vlan 40
    # - no switchport trunk encapsulation
    # - no switchport trunk native vlan
    # after:
    # - name: GigabitEthernet0/1
    # - access:
    #     vlan: 20
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/2
    #   voice:
    #     vlan: 40

    # After state:
    # -------------
    #
    # viosl2#show running-config | section ^interface
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/1
    #  description Configured by Ansible
    #  negotiation auto
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/2
    #  description This is test
    #  switchport access vlan 20
    #  switchport voice vlan 40
    #  media-type rj45
    #  negotiation auto

    # Using deleted

    # Before state:
    # -------------
    #
    # viosl2#show running-config | section ^interface
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/1
    #  description Configured by Ansible
    #  switchport access vlan 20
    #  negotiation auto
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/2
    #  description This is test
    #  switchport access vlan 20
    #  switchport trunk allowed vlan 20-40,60,80
    #  switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
    #  switchport trunk native vlan 10
    #  switchport trunk pruning vlan 10
    #  media-type rj45
    #  negotiation auto

    - name: Delete IOS L2 interfaces as in given arguments
      cisco.ios.ios_l2_interfaces:
        config:
          - name: GigabitEthernet0/1
        state: deleted

    # Task Output
    # -----------
    #
    # before:
    # - access:
    #     vlan: 20
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/1
    # - access:
    #     vlan: 20
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/2
    #   trunk:
    #     allowed_vlans:
    #     - 20-40
    #     - '60'
    #     - '80'
    #     encapsulation: dot1q
    #     native_vlan: 10
    #     pruning_vlans:
    #     - '10'
    # commands:
    # - interface GigabitEthernet0/1
    # - no switchport access vlan
    # after:
    # - name: GigabitEthernet0/1
    # - access:
    #     vlan: 20
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/2
    #   trunk:
    #     allowed_vlans:
    #     - 20-40
    #     - '60'
    #     - '80'
    #     encapsulation: dot1q
    #     native_vlan: 10
    #     pruning_vlans:
    #     - '10'

    # After state:
    # -------------
    #
    # viosl2#show running-config | section ^interface
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/1
    #  description Configured by Ansible
    #  negotiation auto
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/2
    #  description This is test
    #  switchport access vlan 20
    #  switchport trunk allowed vlan 20-40,60,80
    #  switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
    #  switchport trunk native vlan 10
    #  switchport trunk pruning vlan 10
    #  media-type rj45
    #  negotiation auto

    # Using deleted without config - delete all configuration

    # Before state:
    # -------------
    #
    # viosl2#show running-config | section ^interface
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/1
    #  description Configured by Ansible
    #  switchport access vlan 20
    #  negotiation auto
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/2
    #  description This is test
    #  switchport access vlan 20
    #  switchport trunk allowed vlan 20-40,60,80
    #  switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
    #  switchport trunk native vlan 10
    #  switchport trunk pruning vlan 10
    #  media-type rj45
    #  negotiation auto

    - name: Delete IOS L2 interfaces as in given arguments
      cisco.ios.ios_l2_interfaces:
        state: deleted

    # Task Output
    # -----------
    #
    # before:
    # - access:
    #     vlan: 20
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/1
    # - access:
    #     vlan: 20
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/2
    #   trunk:
    #     allowed_vlans:
    #     - 20-40
    #     - '60'
    #     - '80'
    #     encapsulation: dot1q
    #     native_vlan: 10
    #     pruning_vlans:
    #     - '10'
    # commands:
    # - interface GigabitEthernet0/1
    # - no switchport access vlan
    # - interface GigabitEthernet0/2
    # - no switchport access vlan
    # - no switchport trunk encapsulation
    # - no switchport trunk native vlan
    # - no switchport trunk allowed vlan
    # - no switchport trunk pruning vlan
    # after:
    # - name: GigabitEthernet0/1
    # - name: GigabitEthernet0/2

    # After state:
    # -------------
    #
    # viosl2#show running-config | section ^interface
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/1
    #  description Configured by Ansible
    #  negotiation auto
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/2
    #  description This is test
    #  media-type rj45
    #  negotiation auto

    # Using gathered

    # Before state:
    # -------------
    #
    # vios#sh running-config | section ^interface
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/1
    #  description Configured by Ansible
    #  switchport access vlan 20
    #  negotiation auto
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/2
    #  description This is test
    #  switchport access vlan 20
    #  switchport trunk allowed vlan 20-40,60,80
    #  switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
    #  switchport trunk native vlan 10
    #  switchport trunk pruning vlan 10
    #  media-type rj45
    #  negotiation auto

    - name: Gather facts for l2 interfaces
      cisco.ios.ios_l2_interfaces:
        config:
        state: gathered

    # Task Output
    # -----------
    #
    # gathered:
    # - access:
    #     vlan: 20
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/1
    # - access:
    #     vlan: 20
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/2
    #   trunk:
    #     allowed_vlans:
    #     - 20-40
    #     - '60'
    #     - '80'
    #     encapsulation: dot1q
    #     native_vlan: 10
    #     pruning_vlans:
    #     - '10'

    # Using rendered

    - name: Render the commands for provided  configuration
      cisco.ios.ios_l2_interfaces:
        config:
          - name: GigabitEthernet0/1
            access:
              vlan: 30
          - name: GigabitEthernet0/2
            trunk:
              allowed_vlans: 10-20,40
              native_vlan: 20
              pruning_vlans: 10,20
              encapsulation: dot1q
        state: rendered

    # Task Output
    # -----------
    #
    # rendered:
    # - interface GigabitEthernet0/1
    # - switchport access vlan 30
    # - interface GigabitEthernet0/2
    # - switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
    # - switchport trunk native vlan 20
    # - switchport trunk allowed vlan 10-20,40
    # - switchport trunk pruning vlan 10,20

    # Using Parsed

    # File: parsed.cfg
    # ----------------
    #
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/1
    #  description Configured by Ansible
    #  switchport access vlan 20
    #  negotiation auto
    # interface GigabitEthernet0/2
    #  description This is test
    #  switchport access vlan 20
    #  switchport trunk allowed vlan 20-40,60,80
    #  switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
    #  switchport trunk native vlan 10
    #  switchport trunk pruning vlan 10
    #  media-type rj45
    #  negotiation auto

    - name: Parse the commands for provided configuration
      cisco.ios.ios_l2_interfaces:
        running_config: "{{ lookup('file', 'parsed.cfg') }}"
        state: parsed

    # Task Output
    # -----------
    #
    # parsed:
    # - access:
    #     vlan: 20
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/1
    # - access:
    #     vlan: 20
    #   name: GigabitEthernet0/2
    #   trunk:
    #     allowed_vlans:
    #     - 20-40
    #     - '60'
    #     - '80'
    #     encapsulation: dot1q
    #     native_vlan: 10
    #     pruning_vlans:
    #     - '10'



Return Values
-------------
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:

.. raw:: html

    <table border=0 cellpadding=0 class="documentation-table">
        <tr>
            <th colspan="1">Key</th>
            <th>Returned</th>
            <th width="100%">Description</th>
        </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>after</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>when changed</td>
                <td>
                            <div>The resulting configuration after module execution.</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;">This output will always be in the same format as the module argspec.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>before</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">dictionary</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>when <em>state</em> is <code>merged</code>, <code>replaced</code>, <code>overridden</code>, <code>deleted</code> or <code>purged</code></td>
                <td>
                            <div>The configuration prior to the module execution.</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;">This output will always be in the same format as the module argspec.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>commands</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">list</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>when <em>state</em> is <code>merged</code>, <code>replaced</code>, <code>overridden</code>, <code>deleted</code> or <code>purged</code></td>
                <td>
                            <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 GigabitEthernet0/2&#x27;, &#x27;switchport trunk allowed vlan 15-20,40&#x27;, &#x27;switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q&#x27;]</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>gathered</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">list</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>when <em>state</em> is <code>gathered</code></td>
                <td>
                            <div>Facts about the network resource gathered from the remote device as structured data.</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;">This output will always be in the same format as the module argspec.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>parsed</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">list</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>when <em>state</em> is <code>parsed</code></td>
                <td>
                            <div>The device native config provided in <em>running_config</em> option parsed into structured data as per module argspec.</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;">This output will always be in the same format as the module argspec.</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td colspan="1">
                    <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="return-"></div>
                    <b>rendered</b>
                    <a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#return-" title="Permalink to this return value"></a>
                    <div style="font-size: small">
                      <span style="color: purple">list</span>
                    </div>
                </td>
                <td>when <em>state</em> is <code>rendered</code></td>
                <td>
                            <div>The provided configuration in the task rendered in device-native format (offline).</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 GigabitEthernet0/1&#x27;, &#x27;switchport access vlan 30&#x27;, &#x27;switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q&#x27;]</div>
                </td>
            </tr>
    </table>
    <br/><br/>


Status
------


Authors
~~~~~~~

- Sagar Paul (@KB-petByte)
- Sumit Jaiswal (@justjais)
- Nikhil Bhasin (@nickbhasin)
