[openstack-dev] [ptg][nova][neutron] modelling network capabilities and capacity in placement and nova neutron port binding negociation.

Jay Pipes jaypipes at gmail.com
Mon Sep 11 17:12:58 UTC 2017


I'm interested in this. I get in to Denver this evening so if we can do 
this session tomorrow or later, that would be super.

Best,
-jay

On 09/11/2017 01:11 PM, Mooney, Sean K wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I’m interested in set up a white boarding session at the ptg to discuss
> 
> How to model network backend in placement and use that info as part of 
> scheduling
> 
> This work would also intersect on the nova neutron port binding  negotiation
> 
> Work that is also in flight so I think there is merit in combining both 
> topic into one
> 
> Session.
> 
> For several release we have been discussing a negotiation protocol that 
> would
> 
> Allow nova/compute services to tell neutron what virtual and physical 
> interfaces
> 
> a hypervisor can support and then allow neutron to select from that set 
> the most appriote
> 
> vif type based on the capabilities of the network backend deployed by 
> the host.
> 
> Extending that concept with the capabilities provided by placement and trait
> 
> Will enable us to model the network capablites of a specific network backend
> 
> In an scheduler friendly way without nova needing to understand networking.
> 
> To that end  if people are interested in  having a while boarding 
> session to dig
> 
> Into this let me know.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Seán
> 
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