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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Thanks Salvatore. I think i should use Neutron to do all the stuffs first, because Neutron is the primary network component of openstack. If it doesn't support some functions, i just direct control the openvswitch, I hope i won't break the neutron.<div><br>Thanks<div>from Peter</div><br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 15:06:25 +0100<br>Subject: Re: [Openstack] OVS and quantum<br>From: sorlando@nicira.com<br>To: mcheung63@hotmail.com<br>CC: kmestery@cisco.com; openstack@lists.launchpad.net<br><br><div dir="ltr">A few comments inline from my side.<br><div class="ecxgmail_extra"><br><div class="ecxgmail_quote">On 24 June 2013 14:53, Peter Cheung <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mcheung63@hotmail.com" target="_blank">mcheung63@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><div dir="ltr">Hi Kyle<div> Is Neutron support this</div><div>1) create vlan, adding a port(tap) for a vm?</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I think this is one of Neutron's basic use cases, unless I'm missing something.</div>
<div> </div><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>2) create vlan tag and assign to tap <a href="http://openvswitch.org/support/config-cookbooks/vlan-configuration-cookbook/" style="font-size:12pt;" target="_blank">http://openvswitch.org/support/config-cookbooks/vlan-configuration-cookbook/</a> ?</div>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I'm not sure I see the difference with the previous case.</div><div>Are you referring to the ability of tagging a port which was not tagged before?</div><div> </div>
<blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>3) control the netflow of openvswitch</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>
Nope, this is not supported by Neutron at the moment.</div><div>However, you can add an extension for it, if you wish.</div><div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div dir="ltr"><div>4) control the QOS of openvswitch</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>This feature is not supported by the 'reference' open source plugin (Open vSwitch, Linux Bridge).</div>
<div>From what I gather now even the new ML2 plugin will have this capability.</div><div><br></div><div>Approaches for QoS in open source Quantum plugin have been recently debated, but this feature is not on the roadmap for Havana.</div>
<div><br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>5) does it provide an API to do the avobe things instead of command line?</div>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Neutron does *everything* through an API.</div><div> </div><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div>
<div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>I think commercial user need to above things, so we want to support those actions in pandora.</div><div><br>Thanks<div>from Peter</div><br><br><div>> From: <a href="mailto:kmestery@cisco.com" target="_blank">kmestery@cisco.com</a><br>
> To: <a href="mailto:mcheung63@hotmail.com" target="_blank">mcheung63@hotmail.com</a><br>> CC: <a href="mailto:openstack@lists.launchpad.net" target="_blank">openstack@lists.launchpad.net</a><br>> Subject: Re: [Openstack] OVS and quantum<br>
> Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 13:42:43 +0000<div class="ecxim"><br>> <br>> On Jun 24, 2013, at 12:01 AM, Peter Cheung <<a href="mailto:mcheung63@hotmail.com" target="_blank">mcheung63@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > <br>
> > Dear All<br>> > I want to use OVS for my VMs. So which one i should do<br>> > 1) i use alway use quantum to control OVS. I believe quantum cannot 100% control the OVS, so i can use ovs command line to control the additional features.<br>
> <br>> Which features of OVS are you interested in which are currently not exposed through Neutron (formerly Quantum)?<br>> <br>> > 2) i shouldn't use quantum, i should leave quantum and use OVS directly. But which parameter of "nova boot" can specific the OVS tap to a VM?<br>
> > <br>> nova-networking is planned to be deprecated in the near future, FYI. It may be better to address your concerns in Neutron. Can you let us know what you're looking for in particular in OVS which is not exposed in Neutron yet?<br>
> <br>> Thanks,<br>> Kyle<br>> <br>> > Thanks<br>> > from Peter<br>> > _______________________________________________<br>> > Mailing list: <a href="https://launchpad.net/~openstack" target="_blank">https://launchpad.net/~openstack</a><br>
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