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Am 27.04.2015 um 16:36 schrieb Mike Spreitzer:
> Uwe Sauter <uwe.sauter.de at gmail.com> wrote on 04/25/2015 04:17:35 PM:
> 
>> Or instead of using Linux bridges you could use a manually created
>> OpenVSwitch bridge. This allows you to add "internal"
>> ports that could be used by Neutron like any other interface.
>>
>> - Create OVS bridge
>> - Add your external interface to OVS bridge
>>   * If your external connection supports/needs VLANs, configure
>> external interface as trunk
>> - Add any number of internal interfaces to OVS bridge
>>   * Tag each interface with its VLAN ID, if needed
>> - Configure Neutron to use one internal interface for each subnet
>> you'd like to use (no VLAN configuration required as
>> this happenes outside of Neutron)
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>>    Uwe
>>
>> Am 25.04.2015 um 21:41 schrieb George Shuklin:
>> > Can you put them to different vlans? After that it would be very easy task.
>> >
>> > If not, AFAIK, neutron does not allow this.
>> >
>> > Or you can trick it thinking it is (are) separate networks.
>> >
>> > Create brige (br-join), plug eth to it.
>> > Create to fake external bridges (br-ex1, br-ex2). Join them
>> together to br-join by patch links
>> > (http://blog.scottlowe.org/2012/11/27/connecting-ovs-bridges-with-
>> patch-ports/)
>> >
>> > Instruct neutron like there is two external networks: one on br-
>> ex1, second on br-ex2.
>> >
>> > But be alert that this not very stable configuration, you need to
>> maintain it by yourself.
>> >
>> > On 04/25/2015 10:13 PM, Mike Spreitzer wrote:
>> >> Is there a way to create multiple external networks from
>> Neutron's point of view, where both of those networks are
>> >> accessed through the same host NIC?  Obviously those networks
>> would be using different subnets.  I need this sort of
>> >> thing because the two subnets are treated differently by the
>> stuff outside of OpenStack, so I need a way that a tenant
>> >> can get a floating IP of the sort he wants.  Since Neutron
>> equates floating IP allocation pools with external
>> >> networks, I need two external networks.
>> >>
>> >> I found, for example, http://www.marcoberube.com/archives/248---
>> which describes how to have multiple external
>> >> networks but uses a distinct host network interface for each one.
> 
> Now that I have found my bridge_mappings configuration statement, I can return to thinking about what you said.  It sounds very
> similar to what George said --- it is just that you suggest an OVS switch in place of George's br-join (which I had assumed was
> also an OVS switch, since it is named like the others).  Do I have this right?
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike
> 

Mike,


if I understood Georges answer correctly he suggested one bridge (br-join, either OVS or linux bridge) to connect other bridges
via patch links, one for each external network you'd like to create. These second level bridges are then used for the Neutron
configuration:

                br-ext1 -> Neutron
               /
            patch-link
             /
ethX –br-join
             \
            patch-link
               \
                br-ext2 -> Neutron



I suggested to use an OVS bridge because there it'd be possible to stay away from the performance-wise worse patch-links and Linux
bridges and use "internal" interfaces to connect to Neutron directly – which on second thought won't work if Neutron expects a
bridge in that place.

What I suggested later on is that you probably don't need any second level bridge at all. Just create a second/third external
network with appropriate CIDR. As long as those networks are externally connected to your interface (and thus the bridge) you
should be good to go.

Regards,

	Uwe