# can ansible gather info on network different devices?

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-ansible-gather-info-on-network-different-devices/25503>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Created:** [September 17, 2017, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-ansible-gather-info-on-network-different-devices/25503 "2017-09-17T09:31:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![user53](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f6c823/32.png) [@user53](https://forum.ansible.com/u/user53)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-ansible-gather-info-on-network-different-devices/25503/1 "2017-09-17T09:31:09Z")

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Hi all,  
I’m new with ansible,  
I need a tool for my LAB at work and wondering if ansible is the one.  
can I gather information on all devices in the same network with ansible? the devices are may vary by types OS, and even bare metal devices.  
the info that I need is:  
OS type  
CPU (id number, frequency,cores etc…)  
RAM (type,frequency,how many cards, capacity of each card)  
and more of that kind…

the different devices on the network may by with different kind of OS, or pre installed OS.

thanks,  
Itay.

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**Author:** ![ganeshrn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/ganeshrn/32/1021_2.png) [@ganeshrn](https://forum.ansible.com/u/ganeshrn)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 12:09pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/can-ansible-gather-info-on-network-different-devices/25503/2 "2017-09-19T12:09:31Z")

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Please refer this link [http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/list\_of\_network\_modules.html](http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/list_of_network_modules.html)  
for the list of available network modules.

Use \*\_facts modules based on platform (eg: ios\_facts, junos\_facts) which will fetch device information that you are looking for.

Regards,  
Ganesh