---
# Assuming physical servers are Debian
- name: Installing physical server applications
  apt:
    update_cache: yes
    state: present
    name:
      - ifenslave         # NIC bonding and LACP
      - bridge-utils      # NIC bridging
      - vlan              # NIC VLAN tagging
      - ethtool           # LAN speed and blinking
      - firmware-linux    # Install all firmware including nonfree and misc
      - kpartx            # To examine subpartitions of VM images
      - ntfs-3g           # To examine NTFS VM images
      - smartmontools     # S.M.A.R.T hard drive tools