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NSX makes firewall distributed also. So besides VPN, before neutron
implements FW also in a distributed fashion, it might be another reason
that people need existing router. Discussion about advanced services and
dvr is recorded here:
https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/Distributed-Virtual-Router

Best,
Robin Wang


2013/12/10 Nachi Ueno <nachi at ntti3.com>

> Hi Yong
>
> NSX have two kind of router.
> Edge and distributed router.
>
> Edge node will work as some VPN services and advanced service nodes.
>
> Actually, VPNaaS OSS impl is running in l3-agent.
> so IMO, we need l3-agent also for basis of some edge services.
>
>
>
>
>
> 2013/12/9 Yongsheng Gong <gongysh at unitedstack.com>:
> > If distributed router is good enough, why do we still need
> non-distributed
> > router?
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Ian Wells <ijw.ubuntu at cack.org.uk>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> I would imagine that, from the Neutron perspective, you get a single
> >> router whether or not it's distributed.  I think that if a router is
> >> distributed - regardless of whether it's tenant-tenant or
> tenant-outside -
> >> it certainly *could* have some sort of SLA flag, but I don't think a
> simple
> >> 'distributed' flag is either here or there; it's not telling the tenant
> >> anything meaningful.
> >>
> >>
> >> On 10 December 2013 00:48, Mike Wilson <geekinutah at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I guess the question that immediately comes to mind is, is there anyone
> >>> that doesn't want a distributed router? I guess there could be someone
> out
> >>> there that hates the idea of traffic flowing in a balanced fashion, but
> >>> can't they just run a single router then? Does there really need to be
> some
> >>> flag to disable/enable this behavior? Maybe I am oversimplifying
> things...
> >>> you tell me.
> >>>
> >>> -Mike Wilson
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Vasudevan, Swaminathan (PNB Roseville)
> >>> <swaminathan.vasudevan at hp.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi Folks,
> >>>>
> >>>> We are in the process of defining the API for the Neutron Distributed
> >>>> Virtual Router, and we have a question.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Just wanted to get the feedback from the community before we implement
> >>>> and post for review.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> We are planning to use the “distributed” flag for the routers that are
> >>>> supposed to be routing traffic locally (both East West and North
> South).
> >>>>
> >>>> This “distributed” flag is already there in the “neutronclient” API,
> but
> >>>> currently only utilized by the “Nicira Plugin”.
> >>>>
> >>>> We would like to go ahead and use the same “distributed” flag and add
> an
> >>>> extension to the router table to accommodate the “distributed flag”.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Please let us know your feedback.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Swaminathan Vasudevan
> >>>>
> >>>> Systems Software Engineer (TC)
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> HP Networking
> >>>>
> >>>> Hewlett-Packard
> >>>>
> >>>> 8000 Foothills Blvd
> >>>>
> >>>> M/S 5541
> >>>>
> >>>> Roseville, CA - 95747
> >>>>
> >>>> tel: 916.785.0937
> >>>>
> >>>> fax: 916.785.1815
> >>>>
> >>>> email: swaminathan.vasudevan at hp.com
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
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