Thanks Sateesh, that is very helpful<div><br></div><div>Is vCenter integration planned?</div><div><br></div><div>Also, is there a preferred hypervisor(s) to use w/ openstack?</div><div><br></div><div>I ask as my manager may want a demo in the next couple weeks and i may choose the path of least resistance for the demo.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Sateesh Chodapuneedi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sateesh.chodapuneedi@citrix.com">sateesh.chodapuneedi@citrix.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Hi Bryan,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt">OpenStack interfaces directly with ESXi hosts using vSphere API.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Following operations are supported for instances running on ESXi host as compute node.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span>1)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Instance spawn<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span>2)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Instance terminate<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span>3)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Instance suspend<u></u><u></u></span></p><p><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span>4)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Instance resume<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><span>5)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Instance reboot<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Both FLAT as well as VLAN networking models are supported.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Console support for accessing instances is also available.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Hope this helps. Let me know If you are looking for more information on any specific features.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">~Regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Sateesh<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> <a href="mailto:openstack-operators-bounces@lists.openstack.org" target="_blank">openstack-operators-bounces@lists.openstack.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:openstack-operators-bounces@lists.openstack.org" target="_blank">openstack-operators-bounces@lists.openstack.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bryan Berry<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:56 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:Openstack-operators@lists.openstack.org" target="_blank">Openstack-operators@lists.openstack.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Openstack-operators] vmware vsphere 4.1 support in Compute?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IN">I can find vmware support listed in the feature matrix and this blog entry from Citrix<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IN"><a href="http://wiki.openstack.org/FeatureMatrix" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstack.org/FeatureMatrix</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IN"><a href="http://blogs.citrix.com/2011/03/25/vmware-customers-heres-a-real-cloud-for-you/" target="_blank">http://blogs.citrix.com/2011/03/25/vmware-customers-heres-a-real-cloud-for-you/</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IN"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IN">As noted in the feature matrix, openstack interfaces directly with ESXi hosts and not with VCenter. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IN"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IN">Can anyone comment on how well openstack supports VM instances on ESXi hosts? I would very much appreciate your feedback as it will help me decide which hypervisor to use together with openstack.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IN"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IN">Bryan<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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