Mockup of what a using a Cisco module for Ansible might look like:

gistfile1.txt

---

- hosts: myciscoswitch
  connection: cisco
  user: adminuser

  tasks:

    - name: raw template (not idempotent)
      cisco: action=raw src=foo.j2

    - name: raw single line (not idempotent)
      cisco: action=raw line="vtp version 2"

    - name: global options that should be present (idempotentish)
      cisco: action=config type=global line={{ item }} state=present
      with_items:
        - clock summer-time EDT recurring 2 Sun Mar 2:00 1 Sun Nov 2:00
        - clock timezone Eastern -5
        - errdisable recovery cause link-flap
        - no logging console
        - ip default-gateway 192.168.1.1

    - name: global options that should not be present (idempotentish)
      cisco: action=config type=global line={{ item }} state=absent
      with_items:
        - errdisable recovery cause bpduguard
        - snmp-server enable traps envmon fan shutdown supply temperature status

    - name: interface settings (with ranges supported)
      cisco: action=config type=interface interface="Gi1/0/3-9" line={{ item }} state=present
      with_items:
        - switchport access vlan 20
        - switchport mode access
        - storm-control broadcast level 10.00
        - storm-control multicast level 60.00
        - storm-control unicast level 80.00
        - spanning-tree portfast

    - name: interface settings with absent
      cisco: action=config type=interface interface="Gi1/0/3-9" line={{ item }} state=absent
      with_items:
        - ip dhcp snooping trust
        - switchport trunk native vlan 1

    - name: vty line settings
      cisco: action=config type=line line="vty 0 4" line={{ item }} state=present
      with_items:
        - session-timeout 900
        - transport input ssh

    - name: write mem and reload
      cisco: action=raw line="write mem"
      cisco: action=reload