[openstack-dev] [neutron][nova] New specs on routed networking

A, Keshava keshava.a at hp.com
Tue Oct 28 07:44:48 UTC 2014


Hi,
Current Open-stack was built as flat network.
With the introduction of the L3 lookup (by inserting the routing table in forwarding path) and separate 'VIF Route Type' interface:

At what point of time in the packet processing  decision will be made to lookup FIB  during ? For each packet there will additional  FIB lookup ?
How about the  impact on  'inter compute traffic', processed by  DVR  ?

Here thinking  OpenStack cloud as hierarchical network instead of Flat network ?

Thanks & regards,
Keshava

From: Rohit Agarwalla (roagarwa) [mailto:roagarwa at cisco.com]
Sent: Monday, October 27, 2014 12:36 AM
To: OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions)
Subject: Re: [openstack-dev] [neutron][nova] New specs on routed networking

Hi

I'm interested as well in this model. Curious to understand the routing filters and their implementation that will enable isolation between tenant networks.
Also, having a BoF session on "Virtual Networking using L3" may be useful to get all interested folks together at the Summit.


Thanks
Rohit

From: Kevin Benton <blak111 at gmail.com<mailto:blak111 at gmail.com>>
Reply-To: "OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions)" <openstack-dev at lists.openstack.org<mailto:openstack-dev at lists.openstack.org>>
Date: Friday, October 24, 2014 12:51 PM
To: "OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions)" <openstack-dev at lists.openstack.org<mailto:openstack-dev at lists.openstack.org>>
Subject: Re: [openstack-dev] [neutron][nova] New specs on routed networking

Hi,

Thanks for posting this. I am interested in this use case as well.

I didn't find a link to a review for the ML2 driver. Do you have any more details for that available?
It seems like not providing L2 connectivity between members of the same Neutron network conflicts with assumptions ML2 will make about segmentation IDs, etc. So I am interested in seeing how exactly the ML2 driver will bind ports, segments, etc.


Cheers,
Kevin Benton

On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 6:38 AM, Cory Benfield <Cory.Benfield at metaswitch.com<mailto:Cory.Benfield at metaswitch.com>> wrote:
All,

Project Calico [1] is an open source approach to virtual networking based on L3 routing as opposed to L2 bridging.  In order to accommodate this approach within OpenStack, we've just submitted 3 blueprints that cover

-  minor changes to nova to add a new VIF type [2]
-  some changes to neutron to add DHCP support for routed interfaces [3]
-  an ML2 mechanism driver that adds support for Project Calico [4].

We feel that allowing for routed network interfaces is of general use within OpenStack, which was our motivation for submitting [2] and [3].  We also recognise that there is an open question over the future of 3rd party ML2 drivers in OpenStack, but until that is finally resolved in Paris, we felt submitting our driver spec [4] was appropriate (not least to provide more context on the changes proposed in [2] and [3]).

We're extremely keen to hear any and all feedback on these proposals from the community.  We'll be around at the Paris summit in a couple of weeks and would love to discuss with anyone else who is interested in this direction.

Regards,

Cory Benfield (on behalf of the entire Project Calico team)

[1] http://www.projectcalico.org
[2] https://blueprints.launchpad.net/nova/+spec/vif-type-routed
[3] https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/dhcp-for-routed-ifs
[4] https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/calico-mechanism-driver

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