diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2f0ae74ea11..773a22fe008 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ Ansible Changes By Release
   * dellos6_command
   * dellos6_config
   * dellos6_facts
+  * dellos6_template
 - dellos9
   * dellos9_command
   * dellos9_config
diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/dellos6.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/dellos6.py
index 1351feddfc0..420855e022a 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/dellos6.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/dellos6.py
@@ -33,15 +33,101 @@ import re
 
 from ansible.module_utils.shell import CliBase
 from ansible.module_utils.network import Command, register_transport, to_list
-from ansible.module_utils.netcfg import NetworkConfig
+from ansible.module_utils.netcfg import NetworkConfig, ConfigLine, ignore_line, DEFAULT_COMMENT_TOKENS
+
 
 def get_config(module):
-    contents = module.params['running_config']
-    if not contents:
-        contents = module.cli('show running-config all')[0]
-        module.params['running_config'] = contents
+    contents = module.params['config']
 
-    return NetworkConfig(indent=1, contents=contents)
+    if not contents:
+        contents = module.config.get_config()
+        module.params['config'] = contents
+
+    return Dellos6NetworkConfig(indent=0, contents=contents[0])
+
+
+def get_sublevel_config(running_config, module):
+    contents = list()
+    current_config_contents = list()
+    sublevel_config = Dellos6NetworkConfig(indent=0)
+
+    obj = running_config.get_object(module.params['parents'])
+    if obj:
+        contents = obj.children
+
+    for c in contents:
+        if isinstance(c, ConfigLine):
+            current_config_contents.append(c.raw)
+    sublevel_config.add(current_config_contents, module.params['parents'])
+
+    return sublevel_config
+
+
+def os6_parse(lines, indent=None, comment_tokens=None):
+    sublevel_cmds = [
+        re.compile(r'^vlan.*$'),
+        re.compile(r'^stack.*$'),
+        re.compile(r'^interface.*$'),
+        re.compile(r'line [(console)|(telnet)|(ssh)].*$'),
+        re.compile(r'ip ssh !(server).*$'),
+        re.compile(r'ip address .*$'),
+        re.compile(r'ip access-list .*$'),
+        re.compile(r'banner motd.*$'),
+        re.compile(r'radius-server host auth.*$')]
+
+    childline = re.compile(r'^exit$')
+
+    config = list()
+    inSubLevel = False
+    parent = None
+    children = list()
+    subcommandcount = 0
+
+    for line in str(lines).split('\n'):
+        text = str(re.sub(r'([{};])', '', line)).strip()
+
+        cfg = ConfigLine(text)
+        cfg.raw = line
+
+        if not text or ignore_line(text, comment_tokens):
+            parent = None
+            children = list()
+            inSubLevel = False
+            continue
+
+        if inSubLevel is False:
+            for pr in sublevel_cmds:
+                if pr.match(line):
+                    parent = cfg
+                    config.append(parent)
+                    inSubLevel = True
+                    continue
+            if parent is None:
+                config.append(cfg)
+
+        # handle sub level commands
+        elif inSubLevel and childline.match(line):
+            parent.children = children
+            inSubLevel = False
+            children = list()
+            parent = None
+
+        # handle top level commands
+        elif inSubLevel:
+            children.append(cfg)
+            cfg.parents = [parent]
+            config.append(cfg)
+
+        else:  # global level
+            config.append(cfg)
+
+    return config
+
+
+class Dellos6NetworkConfig(NetworkConfig):
+
+    def load(self, contents):
+        self._config = os6_parse(contents, self.indent, DEFAULT_COMMENT_TOKENS)
 
 
 class Cli(CliBase):
@@ -60,8 +146,7 @@ class Cli(CliBase):
         re.compile(r"(?:incomplete|ambiguous) command", re.I),
         re.compile(r"connection timed out", re.I),
         re.compile(r"[^\r\n]+ not found", re.I),
-        re.compile(r"'[^']' +returned error code: ?\d+"),
-    ]
+        re.compile(r"'[^']' +returned error code: ?\d+")]
 
 
     def connect(self, params, **kwargs):
diff --git a/lib/ansible/plugins/action/dellos6_template.py b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/dellos6_template.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5334b644d32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ansible/plugins/action/dellos6_template.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#
+# Copyright 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/>.
+#
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+from ansible.plugins.action import ActionBase
+from ansible.plugins.action.net_template import ActionModule as NetActionModule
+
+class ActionModule(NetActionModule, ActionBase):
+    pass
+
+