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+#!/usr/bin/python
+#
+# This file is part of Ansible
+#
+# Ansible is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# Ansible is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with Ansible.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+DOCUMENTATION = '''
+---
+module: nxos_mtu
+version_added: "2.2"
+short_description: Manages MTU settings on Nexus switch.
+description:
+    - Manages MTU settings on Nexus switch.
+extends_documentation_fragment: nxos
+author:
+    - Jason Edelman (@jedelman8)
+notes:
+    - Either C(sysmtu) param is required or C(interface) AND C(mtu) params are req'd.
+    - C(state=absent) unconfigures a given MTU if that value is currently present.
+options:
+    interface:
+        description:
+            - Full name of interface, i.e. Ethernet1/1.
+        required: false
+        default: null
+    mtu:
+        description:
+            - MTU for a specific interface.
+        required: false
+        default: null
+    sysmtu:
+        description:
+            - System jumbo MTU.
+        required: false
+        default: null
+    state:
+        description:
+            - Specify desired state of the resource.
+        required: false
+        default: present
+        choices: ['present','absent']
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+# Ensure system mtu is 9126
+- nxos_mtu:
+    sysmtu=9216
+    host={{ inventory_hostname }}
+    username={{ un }}
+    password={{ pwd }}
+
+# Config mtu on Eth1/1 (routed interface)
+- nxos_mtu:
+    interface=Ethernet1/1
+    mtu=1600
+    host={{ inventory_hostname }}
+    username={{ un }}
+    password={{ pwd }}
+
+# Config mtu on Eth1/3 (switched interface)
+- nxos_mtu:
+    interface=Ethernet1/3
+    mtu=9216
+    host={{ inventory_hostname }}
+    username={{ un }}
+    password={{ pwd }}
+
+# Unconfigure mtu on a given interface
+- nxos_mtu:
+    interface=Ethernet1/3
+    mtu=9216 host={{ inventory_hostname }}
+    username={{ un }}
+    password={{ pwd }}
+    state=absent
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+proposed:
+    description: k/v pairs of parameters passed into module
+    returned: always
+    type: dict
+    sample: {"mtu": "1700"}
+existing:
+    description:
+        - k/v pairs of existing mtu/sysmtu on the interface/system
+    type: dict
+    sample: {"mtu": "1600", "sysmtu": "9216"}
+end_state:
+    description: k/v pairs of mtu/sysmtu values after module execution
+    returned: always
+    type: dict
+    sample: {"mtu": "1700", sysmtu": "9216"}
+commands:
+    description: command sent to the device
+    returned: always
+    type: list
+    sample: ["interface vlan10", "mtu 1700"]
+changed:
+    description: check to see if a change was made on the device
+    returned: always
+    type: boolean
+    sample: true
+'''
+
+import json
+
+# COMMON CODE FOR MIGRATION
+import re
+
+from ansible.module_utils.basic import get_exception
+from ansible.module_utils.netcfg import NetworkConfig, ConfigLine
+from ansible.module_utils.shell import ShellError
+
+try:
+    from ansible.module_utils.nxos import get_module
+except ImportError:
+    from ansible.module_utils.nxos import NetworkModule
+
+
+def to_list(val):
+     if isinstance(val, (list, tuple)):
+         return list(val)
+     elif val is not None:
+         return [val]
+     else:
+         return list()
+
+
+class CustomNetworkConfig(NetworkConfig):
+
+    def expand_section(self, configobj, S=None):
+        if S is None:
+            S = list()
+        S.append(configobj)
+        for child in configobj.children:
+            if child in S:
+                continue
+            self.expand_section(child, S)
+        return S
+
+    def get_object(self, path):
+        for item in self.items:
+            if item.text == path[-1]:
+                parents = [p.text for p in item.parents]
+                if parents == path[:-1]:
+                    return item
+
+    def to_block(self, section):
+        return '\n'.join([item.raw for item in section])
+
+    def get_section(self, path):
+        try:
+            section = self.get_section_objects(path)
+            return self.to_block(section)
+        except ValueError:
+            return list()
+
+    def get_section_objects(self, path):
+        if not isinstance(path, list):
+            path = [path]
+        obj = self.get_object(path)
+        if not obj:
+            raise ValueError('path does not exist in config')
+        return self.expand_section(obj)
+
+
+    def add(self, lines, parents=None):
+        """Adds one or lines of configuration
+        """
+
+        ancestors = list()
+        offset = 0
+        obj = None
+
+        ## global config command
+        if not parents:
+            for line in to_list(lines):
+                item = ConfigLine(line)
+                item.raw = line
+                if item not in self.items:
+                    self.items.append(item)
+
+        else:
+            for index, p in enumerate(parents):
+                try:
+                    i = index + 1
+                    obj = self.get_section_objects(parents[:i])[0]
+                    ancestors.append(obj)
+
+                except ValueError:
+                    # add parent to config
+                    offset = index * self.indent
+                    obj = ConfigLine(p)
+                    obj.raw = p.rjust(len(p) + offset)
+                    if ancestors:
+                        obj.parents = list(ancestors)
+                        ancestors[-1].children.append(obj)
+                    self.items.append(obj)
+                    ancestors.append(obj)
+
+            # add child objects
+            for line in to_list(lines):
+                # check if child already exists
+                for child in ancestors[-1].children:
+                    if child.text == line:
+                        break
+                else:
+                    offset = len(parents) * self.indent
+                    item = ConfigLine(line)
+                    item.raw = line.rjust(len(line) + offset)
+                    item.parents = ancestors
+                    ancestors[-1].children.append(item)
+                    self.items.append(item)
+
+
+def get_network_module(**kwargs):
+    try:
+        return get_module(**kwargs)
+    except NameError:
+        return NetworkModule(**kwargs)
+
+def get_config(module, include_defaults=False):
+    config = module.params['config']
+    if not config:
+        try:
+            config = module.get_config()
+        except AttributeError:
+            defaults = module.params['include_defaults']
+            config = module.config.get_config(include_defaults=defaults)
+    return CustomNetworkConfig(indent=2, contents=config)
+
+def load_config(module, candidate):
+    config = get_config(module)
+
+    commands = candidate.difference(config)
+    commands = [str(c).strip() for c in commands]
+
+    save_config = module.params['save']
+
+    result = dict(changed=False)
+
+    if commands:
+        if not module.check_mode:
+            try:
+                module.configure(commands)
+            except AttributeError:
+                module.config(commands)
+
+            if save_config:
+                try:
+                    module.config.save_config()
+                except AttributeError:
+                    module.execute(['copy running-config startup-config'])
+
+        result['changed'] = True
+        result['updates'] = commands
+
+    return result
+# END OF COMMON CODE
+
+
+def execute_config_command(commands, module):
+    try:
+        module.configure(commands)
+    except ShellError:
+        clie = get_exception()
+        module.fail_json(msg='Error sending CLI commands',
+                         error=str(clie), commands=commands)
+    except AttributeError:
+        try:
+            commands.insert(0, 'configure')
+            module.cli.add_commands(commands, output='config')
+            module.cli.run_commands()
+        except ShellError:
+            clie = get_exception()
+            module.fail_json(msg='Error sending CLI commands',
+                             error=str(clie), commands=commands)
+
+
+def get_cli_body_ssh(command, response, module):
+    """Get response for when transport=cli.  This is kind of a hack and mainly
+    needed because these modules were originally written for NX-API.  And
+    not every command supports "| json" when using cli/ssh.  As such, we assume
+    if | json returns an XML string, it is a valid command, but that the
+    resource doesn't exist yet. Instead, the output will be a raw string
+    when issuing commands containing 'show run'.
+    """
+    if 'xml' in response[0] or response[0] == '\n':
+        body = []
+    elif 'show run' in command:
+        body = response
+    else:
+        try:
+            if isinstance(response[0], str):
+                body = [json.loads(response[0])]
+            else:
+                body = response
+        except ValueError:
+            module.fail_json(msg='Command does not support JSON output',
+                             command=command)
+    return body
+
+
+def execute_show(cmds, module, command_type=None):
+    command_type_map = {
+        'cli_show': 'json',
+        'cli_show_ascii': 'text'
+    }
+
+    try:
+        if command_type:
+            response = module.execute(cmds, command_type=command_type)
+        else:
+            response = module.execute(cmds)
+    except ShellError:
+        clie = get_exception()
+        module.fail_json(msg='Error sending {0}'.format(cmds),
+                         error=str(clie))
+    except AttributeError:
+        try:
+            if command_type:
+                command_type = command_type_map.get(command_type)
+                module.cli.add_commands(cmds, output=command_type)
+                response = module.cli.run_commands()
+            else:
+                module.cli.add_commands(cmds)
+                response = module.cli.run_commands()
+        except ShellError:
+            clie = get_exception()
+            module.fail_json(msg='Error sending {0}'.format(cmds),
+                             error=str(clie))
+    return response
+
+
+def execute_show_command(command, module, command_type='cli_show'):
+    if module.params['transport'] == 'cli':
+        if 'show run' not in command:
+            command += ' | json'
+        cmds = [command]
+        response = execute_show(cmds, module)
+        body = get_cli_body_ssh(command, response, module)
+    elif module.params['transport'] == 'nxapi':
+        cmds = [command]
+        body = execute_show(cmds, module, command_type=command_type)
+
+    return body
+
+
+def flatten_list(command_lists):
+    flat_command_list = []
+    for command in command_lists:
+        if isinstance(command, list):
+            flat_command_list.extend(command)
+        else:
+            flat_command_list.append(command)
+    return flat_command_list
+
+
+def get_mtu(interface, module):
+    command = 'show interface {0}'.format(interface)
+    mtu = {}
+
+    body = execute_show_command(command, module)
+
+    try:
+        mtu_table = body[0]['TABLE_interface']['ROW_interface']
+        mtu['mtu'] = str(
+            mtu_table.get('eth_mtu',
+                          mtu_table.get('svi_mtu', 'unreadable_via_api')))
+        mtu['sysmtu'] = get_system_mtu(module)['sysmtu']
+    except KeyError:
+        mtu = {}
+
+    return mtu
+
+
+def get_system_mtu(module):
+    command = 'show run all | inc jumbomtu'
+    sysmtu = ''
+
+    body = execute_show_command(command, module, command_type='cli_show_ascii')
+
+    if body:
+        sysmtu = str(body[0].split(' ')[-1])
+        try:
+            sysmtu = int(sysmtu)
+        except:
+            sysmtu = ""
+
+    return dict(sysmtu=str(sysmtu))
+
+
+def get_commands_config_mtu(delta, interface):
+    CONFIG_ARGS = {
+        'mtu': 'mtu {mtu}',
+        'sysmtu': 'system jumbomtu {sysmtu}',
+    }
+
+    commands = []
+    for param, value in delta.iteritems():
+        command = CONFIG_ARGS.get(param, 'DNE').format(**delta)
+        if command and command != 'DNE':
+            commands.append(command)
+        command = None
+    mtu_check = delta.get('mtu', None)
+    if mtu_check:
+        commands.insert(0, 'interface {0}'.format(interface))
+    return commands
+
+
+def get_commands_remove_mtu(delta, interface):
+    CONFIG_ARGS = {
+        'mtu': 'no mtu {mtu}',
+        'sysmtu': 'no system jumbomtu {sysmtu}',
+    }
+    commands = []
+    for param, value in delta.iteritems():
+        command = CONFIG_ARGS.get(param, 'DNE').format(**delta)
+        if command and command != 'DNE':
+            commands.append(command)
+        command = None
+    mtu_check = delta.get('mtu', None)
+    if mtu_check:
+        commands.insert(0, 'interface {0}'.format(interface))
+    return commands
+
+
+def get_interface_type(interface):
+    if interface.upper().startswith('ET'):
+        return 'ethernet'
+    elif interface.upper().startswith('VL'):
+        return 'svi'
+    elif interface.upper().startswith('LO'):
+        return 'loopback'
+    elif interface.upper().startswith('MG'):
+        return 'management'
+    elif interface.upper().startswith('MA'):
+        return 'management'
+    elif interface.upper().startswith('PO'):
+        return 'portchannel'
+    else:
+        return 'unknown'
+
+
+def is_default(interface, module):
+    command = 'show run interface {0}'.format(interface)
+
+    try:
+        body = execute_show_command(
+                command, module, command_type='cli_show_ascii')[0]
+        if body == 'DNE':
+            return 'DNE'
+        else:
+            raw_list = body.split('\n')
+            if raw_list[-1].startswith('interface'):
+                return True
+            else:
+                return False
+    except (KeyError):
+        return 'DNE'
+
+
+def get_interface_mode(interface, intf_type, module):
+    command = 'show interface {0}'.format(interface)
+    mode = 'unknown'
+    interface_table = {}
+    body = execute_show_command(command, module)
+
+    try:
+        interface_table = body[0]['TABLE_interface']['ROW_interface']
+    except (KeyError, AttributeError, IndexError):
+        return mode
+
+    if intf_type in ['ethernet', 'portchannel']:
+        mode = str(interface_table.get('eth_mode', 'layer3'))
+        if mode in ['access', 'trunk']:
+            mode = 'layer2'
+        elif mode == 'routed':
+            mode = 'layer3'
+    elif intf_type in ['loopback', 'svi']:
+        mode = 'layer3'
+    return mode
+
+
+def main():
+    argument_spec = dict(
+            mtu=dict(type='str'),
+            interface=dict(type='str'),
+            sysmtu=dict(type='str'),
+            state=dict(choices=['absent', 'present'], default='present'),
+    )
+    module = get_network_module(argument_spec=argument_spec,
+                                required_together=[['mtu', 'interface']],
+                                supports_check_mode=True)
+
+    interface = module.params['interface']
+    mtu = module.params['mtu']
+    sysmtu = module.params['sysmtu']
+    state = module.params['state']
+
+    if sysmtu and (interface or mtu):
+        module.fail_json(msg='Proper usage-- either just use the sysmtu param '
+                             'or use interface AND mtu params')
+
+    if interface:
+        intf_type = get_interface_type(interface)
+        if intf_type != 'ethernet':
+            if is_default(interface, module) == 'DNE':
+                module.fail_json(msg='Invalid interface.  It does not exist '
+                                     'on the switch.')
+
+        existing = get_mtu(interface, module)
+    else:
+        existing = get_system_mtu(module)
+
+    if interface and mtu:
+        if intf_type == 'loopback':
+            module.fail_json(msg='Cannot set MTU for loopback interface.')
+        mode = get_interface_mode(interface, intf_type, module)
+        if mode == 'layer2':
+            if intf_type in ['ethernet', 'portchannel']:
+                if mtu not in [existing['sysmtu'], '1500']:
+                    module.fail_json(msg='MTU on L2 interfaces can only be set'
+                                         ' to the system default (1500) or '
+                                         'existing sysmtu value which is '
+                                         ' {0}'.format(existing['sysmtu']))
+        elif mode == 'layer3':
+            if intf_type in ['ethernet', 'portchannel', 'svi']:
+                if ((int(mtu) < 576 or int(mtu) > 9216) or
+                        ((int(mtu) % 2) != 0)):
+                    module.fail_json(msg='Invalid MTU for Layer 3 interface'
+                                         'needs to be an even number between'
+                                         '576 and 9216')
+    if sysmtu:
+        if ((int(sysmtu) < 576 or int(sysmtu) > 9216 or
+                ((int(sysmtu) % 2) != 0))):
+                    module.fail_json(msg='Invalid MTU- needs to be an even '
+                                         'number between 576 and 9216')
+
+    args = dict(mtu=mtu, sysmtu=sysmtu)
+    proposed = dict((k, v) for k, v in args.iteritems() if v is not None)
+    delta = dict(set(proposed.iteritems()).difference(existing.iteritems()))
+
+    changed = False
+    end_state = existing
+    commands = []
+
+    if state == 'present':
+        if delta:
+            command = get_commands_config_mtu(delta, interface)
+            commands.append(command)
+
+    elif state == 'absent':
+        common = set(proposed.iteritems()).intersection(existing.iteritems())
+        if common:
+            command = get_commands_remove_mtu(dict(common), interface)
+            commands.append(command)
+
+    cmds = flatten_list(commands)
+    if cmds:
+        if module.check_mode:
+            module.exit_json(changed=True, commands=cmds)
+        else:
+            changed = True
+            execute_config_command(cmds, module)
+            if interface:
+                end_state = get_mtu(interface, module)
+            else:
+                end_state = get_system_mtu(module)
+
+    results = {}
+    results['proposed'] = proposed
+    results['existing'] = existing
+    results['end_state'] = end_state
+    results['updates'] = cmds
+    results['changed'] = changed
+
+    module.exit_json(**results)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
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