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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Bryan,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>As mentioned in the link -<a href="http://wiki.openstack.org/FeatureMatrix" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1F497D;text-decoration:none'>http://wiki.openstack.org/FeatureMatrix</span></a>, we support various hypervisors.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>From a demo perspective, either of ESX or XenServer should be fine, but I would sincerely suggest using XenServer as it will continue to get optimized for use with OpenStack.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>~Milind<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> openstack-operators-bounces@lists.openstack.org [mailto:openstack-operators-bounces@lists.openstack.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bryan Berry<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:29 AM<br><b>To:</b> Sateesh Chodapuneedi<br><b>Cc:</b> Openstack-operators@lists.openstack.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Openstack-operators] vmware vsphere 4.1 support in Compute?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks Sateesh, that is very helpful<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Is vCenter integration planned?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Also, is there a preferred hypervisor(s) to use w/ openstack?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>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.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Sateesh Chodapuneedi <<a href="mailto:sateesh.chodapuneedi@citrix.com">sateesh.chodapuneedi@citrix.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hi Bryan,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>OpenStack interfaces directly with ESXi hosts using vSphere API.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Following operations are supported for instances running on ESXi host as compute node.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>1)</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Instance spawn</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>2)</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Instance terminate</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>3)</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Instance suspend</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>4)</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Instance resume</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>5)</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Instance reboot</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Both FLAT as well as VLAN networking models are supported.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Console support for accessing instances is also available.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Hope this helps. Let me know If you are looking for more information on any specific features.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>~Regards,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Sateesh</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-IN> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-IN>I can find vmware support listed in the feature matrix and this blog entry from Citrix</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-IN><a href="http://wiki.openstack.org/FeatureMatrix" target="_blank">http://wiki.openstack.org/FeatureMatrix</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-IN> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-IN>As noted in the feature matrix, openstack interfaces directly with ESXi hosts and not with VCenter. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-IN> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-IN> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-IN>Bryan</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>_______________________________________________<br>Openstack-operators mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Openstack-operators@lists.openstack.org">Openstack-operators@lists.openstack.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-operators" target="_blank">http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-operators</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>