diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/nxos.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/nxos.py
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+#
+# (c) 2015 Peter Sprygada, <psprygada@ansible.com>
+#
+# 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/>.
+#
+NET_PASSWD_RE = re.compile(r"[\r\n]?password: $", re.I)
+
+NET_COMMON_ARGS = dict(
+    host=dict(required=True),
+    port=dict(type='int'),
+    username=dict(required=True),
+    password=dict(no_log=True),
+    transport=dict(choices=['cli', 'nxapi']),
+    use_ssl=dict(default=False, type='bool')
+)
+
+NXAPI_COMMAND_TYPES = ['cli_show', 'cli_show_ascii', 'cli_conf', 'bash']
+NXAPI_ENCODINGS = ['json', 'xml']
+
+def to_list(val):
+    if isinstance(val, (list, tuple)):
+        return list(val)
+    elif val is not None:
+        return [val]
+    else:
+        return list()
+
+class Nxapi(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, module):
+        self.module = module
+
+        # sets the module_utils/urls.py req parameters
+        self.module.params['url_username'] = module.params['username']
+        self.module.params['url_password'] = module.params['password']
+
+        self.url = None
+        self.enable = None
+
+    def _get_body(self, commands, command_type, encoding, version='1.2', chunk='0', sid=None):
+        """Encodes a NXAPI JSON request message
+        """
+        if isinstance(commands, (list, set, tuple)):
+            commands = ' ;'.join(commands)
+
+        if encoding not in NXAPI_ENCODINGS:
+            self.module.fail_json("Invalid encoding. Received %s. Expected one of %s" %
+                (encoding, ','.join(NXAPI_ENCODINGS)))
+
+        msg = {
+            'version': version,
+            'type': command_type,
+            'chunk': chunk,
+            'sid': sid,
+            'input': commands,
+            'output_format': encoding
+        }
+        return dict(ins_api=msg)
+
+    def connect(self):
+        host = self.module.params['host']
+        port = self.module.params['port']
+
+        if self.module.params['use_ssl']:
+            proto = 'https'
+            if not port:
+                port = 443
+        else:
+            proto = 'http'
+            if not port:
+                port = 80
+
+        self.url = '%s://%s:%s/ins' % (proto, host, port)
+
+    def send(self, commands, command_type='cli_show_ascii', encoding='json'):
+        """Send commands to the device.
+        """
+        clist = to_list(commands)
+
+        if command_type not in NXAPI_COMMAND_TYPES:
+            self.module.fail_json(msg="Invalid command_type. Received %s. Expected one of %s." %
+                (command_type, ','.join(NXAPI_COMMAND_TYPES)))
+
+        data = self._get_body(clist, command_type, encoding)
+        data = self.module.jsonify(data)
+
+        headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
+
+        response, headers = fetch_url(self.module, self.url, data=data, headers=headers,
+                                      method='POST')
+
+        if headers['status'] != 200:
+            self.module.fail_json(**headers)
+
+        response = self.module.from_json(response.read())
+        if 'error' in response:
+            err = response['error']
+            self.module.fail_json(msg='json-rpc error % ' % str(err))
+
+        return response
+
+class Cli(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, module):
+        self.module = module
+        self.shell = None
+
+    def connect(self, **kwargs):
+        host = self.module.params['host']
+        port = self.module.params['port'] or 22
+
+        username = self.module.params['username']
+        password = self.module.params['password']
+
+        self.shell = Shell()
+        self.shell.open(host, port=port, username=username, password=password)
+
+    def send(self, commands, encoding='text'):
+        return self.shell.send(commands)
+
+class NxosModule(AnsibleModule):
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(NxosModule, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.connection = None
+        self._config = None
+
+    @property
+    def config(self):
+        if not self._config:
+            self._config = self.get_config()
+        return self._config
+
+    def connect(self):
+        if self.params['transport'] == 'nxapi':
+            self.connection = Nxapi(self)
+        else:
+            self.connection = Cli(self)
+
+        try:
+            self.connection.connect()
+            self.execute('terminal length 0')
+        except Exception, exc:
+            self.fail_json(msg=exc.message)
+
+    def configure(self, commands):
+        commands = to_list(commands)
+        if self.params['transport'] == 'cli':
+            commands.insert(0, 'configure terminal')
+            responses = self.execute(commands)
+            responses.pop(0)
+        else:
+            responses = self.execute(commands, command_type='cli_conf')
+        return responses
+
+    def execute(self, commands, **kwargs):
+        try:
+            return self.connection.send(commands, **kwargs)
+        except Exception, exc:
+            self.fail_json(msg=exc.message)
+
+    def disconnect(self):
+        self.connection.close()
+
+    def parse_config(self, cfg):
+        return parse(cfg, indent=2)
+
+    def get_config(self):
+        cmd = 'show running-config'
+        if self.params['include_defaults']:
+            cmd += ' all'
+        if self.params['transport'] == 'cli':
+            return self.execute(cmd)[0]
+        else:
+            resp = self.execute(cmd)
+            if not resp.get('ins_api').get('outputs').get('output').get('body'):
+                self.fail_json(msg="Unrecognized response: %s" % str(resp))
+            return resp['ins_api']['outputs']['output']['body']
+
+def get_module(**kwargs):
+    """Return instance of EosModule
+    """
+
+    argument_spec = NET_COMMON_ARGS.copy()
+    if kwargs.get('argument_spec'):
+        argument_spec.update(kwargs['argument_spec'])
+    kwargs['argument_spec'] = argument_spec
+    kwargs['check_invalid_arguments'] = False
+
+    module = NxosModule(**kwargs)
+
+    # HAS_PARAMIKO is set by module_utils/shell.py
+    if module.params['transport'] == 'cli' and not HAS_PARAMIKO:
+        module.fail_json(msg='paramiko is required but does not appear to be installed')
+
+    # copy in values from local action.
+    params = json_dict_unicode_to_bytes(json.loads(MODULE_COMPLEX_ARGS))
+    for key, value in params.iteritems():
+        module.params[key] = value
+
+    module.connect()
+
+    return module
diff --git a/lib/ansible/utils/module_docs_fragments/nxos.py b/lib/ansible/utils/module_docs_fragments/nxos.py
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index 00000000000..37d287ea722
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+++ b/lib/ansible/utils/module_docs_fragments/nxos.py
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+#
+# (c) 2015, Peter Sprygada <psprygada@ansible.com>
+#
+# 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/>.
+
+
+class ModuleDocFragment(object):
+
+    # Standard files documentation fragment
+    DOCUMENTATION = """
+options:
+  host:
+    description:
+      - Specifies the DNS host name or address for connecting to the remote
+        device over the specified transport.  The value of host is used as
+        the destination address for the transport.
+    required: true
+  port:
+    description:
+      - Specifies the port to use when buiding the connection to the remote
+        device.  This value applies to either I(cli) or I(nxapi).  The port
+        value will default to the approriate transport common port if
+        none is provided in the task.  (cli=22, http=80, https=443).
+    required: false
+    default: 0 (use common port)
+  username:
+    description:
+      - Configures the usename to use to authenticate the connection to
+        the remote device.  The value of I(username) is used to authenticate
+        either the CLI login or the nxapi authentication depending on which
+        transport is used.
+    required: true
+  password:
+    description:
+      - Specifies the password to use when authentication the connection to
+        the remote device.  This is a common argument used for either I(cli)
+        or I(nxapi) transports.
+    required: false
+    default: null
+  transport:
+    description:
+      - Configures the transport connection to use when connecting to the
+        remote device.  The transport argument supports connectivity to the
+        device over cli (ssh) or nxapi.
+    required: true
+    default: cli
+  use_ssl:
+    description:
+      - Configures the I(transport) to use SSL if set to true only when the
+        I(transport) argument is configured as nxapi.  If the transport
+        argument is not nxapi, this value is ignored
+    required: false
+    default: false
+    choices: BOOLEANS
+
+"""