[openstack-dev] about the ovs plugin & ovs setup for the tunnel network type

Armando Migliaccio amigliaccio at vmware.com
Thu Jun 20 16:00:14 UTC 2013


Something similar was discussed a while back on this channel:

http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2013-May/008752.html

See if it helps.

Cheers,
Armando

On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Jani, Nrupal <nrupal.jani at intel.com> wrote:

>  Hi there,****
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> I am little new to the openstack networking project, previously known as
> quantumJ****
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> Anyway I have few simple questions regarding the way ovs gets configured
> the way it is in the current form in kvm!!****
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> Here it goes,****
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> **-          **As I understand, OVS setups two datapaths instances br-int
> & br-tun & uses patch port to connect them. Additionally it uses local
> vlans in the br-int for the vm-vm traffic!!****
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> **o   **I understand the reason behind the current setup but I am not
> sure why it needs to be like it?****
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> **§  **can’t the same features can be supported with single instance like
> br-int & fllows are setup correctly to get things right including quantum
> security groups?****
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> I know there must be some technical reasons behind all these but I just
> want get some history & also want to know whether anyone is planning to
> enhance it in future?****
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> Thx,****
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> Nrupal.****
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