README.md

@@ -78,16 +78,17 @@ Associate one or more IPv4 and IPv6 prefixes to each VLAN. Assign the role `dhcp
 
 ### Devices
 
-For most devices a management interface must be defined to run Ansible scripts, with the IP address set:
+For most devices a management interface must be defined to run Ansible scripts, with at least the IP address and default gateway set:
 
     {
         "name": "eth0", "type": { "value": "1000base-t" },
         "mgmt_only": true,
         "mac_address": "98:03:9B:9C:2D:10",
-        "ip_addresses": [ { "address": "10.20.30.40/24" } ]
+        "ip_addresses": [ { "address": "10.20.30.40/24" } ],
+        "custom_fields": { "gateway": { "address": "10.20.30.1/24" } }
     }
 
-This IP address must be set as the primary address for the device. The MAC address is only used in some playbooks to set the interface name.
+The MAC address is only used in some playbooks to set the interface name.
 
 #### L1 setup
 

roles/access/tasks/main.yml

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   ansible.netcommon.cli_config:
     config: '{{ lookup("template", "config-"~manufacturer~"-"~device_type~".j2") }}'
   vars:
-    ansible_command_timeout: 600
+    ansible_command_timeout: 240
     ansible_terminal_stderr_re: [] # some errors are not actually errors
   register: result
   # These lines are not displayed by 'sho ru' and always reported as different, so ignore them.