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 Intended Audience

This guide assists OpenStack administrators in leveraging different networking technologies to power their cloud networking. This document covers how to install, configure, and run Quantum.

The user should also have access to a plugin providing the implementation of the Quantum service. Several plugins are included in the Quantum distribution:

  • Openvswitch. Implements Quantum with Open vSwitch for the KVM and XenServer compute platforms.

  • Cisco. Implements Quantum for deployments by using Cisco UCS blades and Nexus switches for KVM compute platforms.

  • Linux Bridge Implements Quantum with the Linux Bridge for the KVM compute platforms.

  • Nicira NVP. Implements Quantum by using the Nicira Network Virtualization Platform (NVP) for KVM and XenServer compute platforms.

  • Ryu. Implements Quantum by using the Ryu OpenFlow Controller for KVM compute platforms.

  • NEC OpenFlow. Implements Quantum by using Trema Sliceable Switch OpenFlow Controller or NEC ProgrammableFlow Controller for KVM compute platforms.

Plugins can also be distributed separately from Quantum.

You should also be familiar with running the OpenStack Nova compute service as described in the Nova documentation.



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