[openstack-dev] [Ironic][Nova][Neutron] Multi-tenancy support

Vasyl Saienko vsaienko at mirantis.com
Mon Nov 16 17:47:13 UTC 2015


Hello Community,

There is 'raw' version of Generic ML2 Driver [0]. It uses 'Netmiko' [1]
library. At the moment it supports Cisco Catalyst switches but it can be
easily extended with ANY ssh enabled switch.

[0] https://github.com/jumpojoy/neutron
[1] https://github.com/ktbyers/netmiko

On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 3:15 PM, Sukhdev Kapur <sukhdevkapur at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Vasyl,
>
> I have not cross checked every patch in your list, but, the list looks
> about right.
> From the Ironic, Nova, and Neutron point of the code is pretty much in
> place with these patches.
>
> In this week's meeting we discussed the plan for merging these patches.
> Couple of things are holding us - namely the CI and documentation. We are
> working on getting the CI addressed so that automated testing can be kicked
> off, which will enable us to merge these patches (hopefully in M1).
> Documentation is also underway.
>
> As to ML2 driver (which you are looking for), in order make the CI work,
> we are considering couple of options - either write a canned ML2 driver to
> test this or enhance OVS driver to allow/accept/deal with new interface. We
> did not have full quorum in this week's meeting. Hopefully, we will have
> some concrete plans by the next week. But, this ML2 driver is being
> considered to deal with devstack/CI related testing only.
>
> In order to test the real world scenarios, you will need real HW and
> vendor ML2 driver. The only two vendors that I am aware of who has this
> working are HP and Arista. I do not know if HP is in a position to release
> it yet. Arista will take some time to release it, as we follow very strict
> quality control guidelines before releasing any software. I am only techie
> and do not control the release of software, but, my guess is, its release
> will be aligned with release of Mitaka.
>
> If you believe you can be good with canned ML2 driver for devstack
> initially, that may become available much earlier.
> We meet every Monday at 1700 UTC (8am Pacific time) on
> #openstack-meeting-4. Feel free to drop by or join us - as this is one of
> the things we plan on discussing next Monday's meeting. This will give you
> a better feel.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> -Sukhdev
> P.S. feel free to ping me on IRC (IRC handle: Sukhdev) on neutron or
> Ironic channels
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 3:05 AM, Vasyl Saienko <vsaienko at mirantis.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello community,
>>
>> I would like to start preliminary testing of Ironic multi-tenant network
>> setup which is supported by Neutron in Liberty according to [1]. I found
>> the following patches that are on review. Also neutron ML2 plugin is
>> needed. I can't find any plugin that supports multi-tenancy and Cisco
>> (Catalyst)/Arista switches. I would be grateful for any information on
>> the matter.
>>
>> *Ironic:*
>>
>> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/206232/
>>
>> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/206238/
>>
>> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/206243/
>>
>> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/206244/
>>
>> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/206245/
>>
>> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/139687/
>>
>> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/213262/
>> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/228496/
>>
>> *Nova:*
>>
>> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/186855/
>> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/194413/
>>
>> *python-ironicclient*:
>> https://review.openstack.org/#/c/206144
>>
>>
>> [1]
>> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/neutron-ironic-integration
>>
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