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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_gir
+version_added: "2.2"
+short_description: Trigger a graceful removal or insertion (GIR) of the switch.
+description:
+    - Trigger a graceful removal or insertion (GIR) of the switch.
+extends_documentation_fragment: nxos
+author:
+    - Gabriele Gerbino (@GGabriele)
+notes:
+    - C(state) has effect only in combination with
+      C(system_mode_maintenance_timeout) or
+      C(system_mode_maintenance_on_reload_reset_reason).
+    - Using C(system_mode_maintenance) and
+      C(system_mode_maintenance_dont_generate_profile) would make the module
+      fail, but the system mode will be triggered anyway.
+options:
+    system_mode_maintenance:
+        description:
+            - When C(system_mode_maintenance=true) it puts all enabled
+              protocols in maintenance mode (using the isolate command).
+              When C(system_mode_maintenance=false) it puts all enabled
+              protocols in normal mode (using the no isolate command).
+        required: false
+        default: null
+        choices: ['true','false']
+    system_mode_maintenance_dont_generate_profile:
+        description:
+            - When C(system_mode_maintenance_dont_generate_profile=true) it
+              prevents the dynamic searching of enabled protocols and executes
+              commands configured in a maintenance-mode profile.
+              Use this option if you want the system to use a maintenance-mode
+              profile that you have created.
+              When C(system_mode_maintenance_dont_generate_profile=false) it
+              prevents the dynamic searching of enabled protocols and executes
+              commands configured in a normal-mode profile. Use this option if
+              you want the system to use a normal-mode profile that
+              you have created.
+        required: false
+        default: null
+        choices: ['true','false']
+    system_mode_maintenance_timeout:
+        description:
+            - Keeps the switch in maintenance mode for a specified
+              number of minutes. Range is 5-65535.
+        required: false
+        default: null
+    system_mode_maintenance_shutdown:
+        description:
+            - Shuts down all protocols, vPC domains, and interfaces except
+              the management interface (using the shutdown command).
+              This option is disruptive while C(system_mode_maintenance)
+              (which uses the isolate command) is not.
+        required: false
+        default: null
+        choices: ['true','false']
+    system_mode_maintenance_on_reload_reset_reason:
+        description:
+            - Boots the switch into maintenance mode automatically in the
+              event of a specified system crash.
+        required: false
+        default: null
+        choices: ['hw_error','svc_failure','kern_failure','wdog_timeout',
+                  'fatal_error','lc_failure','match_any','manual_reload']
+    state:
+        description:
+            - Specify desired state of the resource.
+        required: true
+        default: present
+        choices: ['present','absent']
+'''
+
+EXAMPLES = '''
+# Trigger system maintenance mode
+- nxos_gir:
+    system_mode_maintenance: true
+    host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
+    username: "{{ un }}"
+    password: "{{ pwd }}"
+# Trigger system normal mode
+- nxos_gir:
+    system_mode_maintenance: false
+    host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
+    username: "{{ un }}"
+    password: "{{ pwd }}"
+# Configure on-reload reset-reason for maintenance mode
+- nxos_gir:
+    system_mode_maintenance_on_reload_reset_reason: manual_reload
+    state: present
+    host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
+    username: "{{ un }}"
+    password: "{{ pwd }}"
+# Add on-reload reset-reason for maintenance mode
+- nxos_gir:
+    system_mode_maintenance_on_reload_reset_reason: hw_error
+    state: present
+    host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
+    username: "{{ un }}"
+    password: "{{ pwd }}"
+# Remove on-reload reset-reason for maintenance mode
+- nxos_gir:
+    system_mode_maintenance_on_reload_reset_reason: manual_reload
+    state: absent
+    host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
+    username: "{{ un }}"
+    password: "{{ pwd }}"
+# Set timeout for maintenance mode
+- nxos_gir:
+    system_mode_maintenance_timeout: 30
+    state: present
+    host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
+    username: "{{ un }}"
+    password: "{{ pwd }}"
+# Remove timeout for maintenance mode
+- nxos_gir:
+    system_mode_maintenance_timeout: 30
+    state: absent
+    host: "{{ inventory_hostname }}"
+    username: "{{ un }}"
+    password: "{{ pwd }}"
+'''
+
+RETURN = '''
+final_system_mode:
+    description: describe the last system mode
+    returned: verbose mode
+    type: string
+    sample: normal
+updates:
+    description: commands sent to the device
+    returned: verbose mode
+    type: list
+    sample: ["terminal dont-ask", "system mode maintenance timeout 10"]
+changed:
+    description: check to see if a change was made on the device
+    returned: always
+    type: boolean
+    sample: true
+'''
+
+# 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_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, output=command_type)
+                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_ascii'):
+    cmds = [command]
+    if module.params['transport'] == 'cli':
+        body = execute_show(cmds, module)
+    elif module.params['transport'] == 'nxapi':
+        body = execute_show(cmds, module, command_type=command_type)
+
+    return body
+
+
+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_system_mode(module):
+    command = 'show system mode'
+    body = execute_show_command(command, module)[0]
+    if 'normal' in body.lower():
+        mode = 'normal'
+    else:
+        mode = 'maintenance'
+    return mode
+
+
+def get_maintenance_timeout(module):
+    command = 'show maintenance timeout'
+    body = execute_show_command(command, module)[0]
+    timeout = body.split()[4]
+    return timeout
+
+
+def get_reset_reasons(module):
+    command = 'show maintenance on-reload reset-reasons'
+    body = execute_show_command(command, module)[0]
+    return body
+
+
+def get_commands(module, state, mode):
+    commands = list()
+    system_mode = ''
+    if module.params['system_mode_maintenance'] is True and mode == 'normal':
+        commands.append('system mode maintenance')
+    elif (module.params['system_mode_maintenance'] is False and
+          mode == 'maintenance'):
+        commands.append('no system mode maintenance')
+
+    elif (module.params[
+         'system_mode_maintenance_dont_generate_profile'] is True and
+            mode == 'normal'):
+        commands.append('system mode maintenance dont-generate-profile')
+    elif (module.params[
+          'system_mode_maintenance_dont_generate_profile'] is False and
+          mode == 'maintenance'):
+        commands.append('no system mode maintenance dont-generate-profile')
+
+    elif module.params['system_mode_maintenance_timeout']:
+        timeout = get_maintenance_timeout(module)
+        if (state == 'present' and
+            timeout != module.params['system_mode_maintenance_timeout']):
+            commands.append('system mode maintenance timeout {0}'.format(
+                            module.params['system_mode_maintenance_timeout']))
+        elif (state == 'absent' and
+              timeout == module.params['system_mode_maintenance_timeout']):
+            commands.append('no system mode maintenance timeout {0}'.format(
+                            module.params['system_mode_maintenance_timeout']))
+
+    elif module.params['system_mode_maintenance_shutdown'] is True:
+        commands.append('system mode maintenance shutdown')
+
+    elif module.params['system_mode_maintenance_on_reload_reset_reason']:
+        reset_reasons = get_reset_reasons(module)
+        if (state == 'present' and
+            module.params[
+            'system_mode_maintenance_on_reload_reset_reason'].lower() not
+            in reset_reasons.lower()):
+            commands.append('system mode maintenance on-reload '
+                            'reset-reason {0}'.format(
+                module.params[
+                    'system_mode_maintenance_on_reload_reset_reason']))
+        elif (state == 'absent' and
+              module.params[
+              'system_mode_maintenance_on_reload_reset_reason'].lower() in
+              reset_reasons.lower()):
+            commands.append('no system mode maintenance on-reload '
+                            'reset-reason {0}'.format(
+                module.params[
+                    'system_mode_maintenance_on_reload_reset_reason']))
+
+    if commands:
+        commands.insert(0, 'terminal dont-ask')
+    return commands
+
+
+def main():
+    argument_spec = dict(
+            system_mode_maintenance=dict(required=False, type='bool'),
+            system_mode_maintenance_dont_generate_profile=dict(required=False,
+                                                               type='bool'),
+            system_mode_maintenance_timeout=dict(required=False, type='str'),
+            system_mode_maintenance_shutdown=dict(required=False, type='bool'),
+            system_mode_maintenance_on_reload_reset_reason=dict(required=False,
+                choices=['hw_error','svc_failure','kern_failure',
+                         'wdog_timeout','fatal_error','lc_failure',
+                         'match_any','manual_reload']),
+            state=dict(choices=['absent', 'present', 'default'],
+                       default='present', required=False)
+    )
+    module = get_network_module(argument_spec=argument_spec,
+                                mutually_exclusive=[[
+                                'system_mode_maintenance',
+                                'system_mode_maintenance_dont_generate_profile',
+                                'system_mode_maintenance_timeout',
+                                'system_mode_maintenance_shutdown',
+                                'system_mode_maintenance_on_reload_reset_reason'
+                                ]],
+                                required_one_of=[[
+                                'system_mode_maintenance',
+                                'system_mode_maintenance_dont_generate_profile',
+                                'system_mode_maintenance_timeout',
+                                'system_mode_maintenance_shutdown',
+                                'system_mode_maintenance_on_reload_reset_reason'
+                                ]],
+                                supports_check_mode=True)
+
+    state = module.params['state']
+    mode = get_system_mode(module)
+    commands = get_commands(module, state, mode)
+    changed = False
+    if commands:
+        if module.check_mode:
+            module.exit_json(changed=True, commands=commands)
+        else:
+            execute_config_command(commands, module)
+            changed = True
+
+    result = {}
+    result['connected'] = module.connected
+    result['changed'] = changed
+    if module._verbosity > 0:
+        final_system_mode = get_system_mode(module)
+        result['final_system_mode'] = final_system_mode
+        result['updates'] = commands
+
+    module.exit_json(**result)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
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