[openstack-dev] [Stable][Nova] VMware NSXv Support

Gary Kotton gkotton at vmware.com
Wed Aug 12 06:26:01 UTC 2015



On 8/12/15, 12:12 AM, "Mike Perez" <thingee at gmail.com> wrote:

>On 15:39 Aug 11, Gary Kotton wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On 8/11/15, 6:09 PM, "Jay Pipes" <jaypipes at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Are you saying that *new functionality* was added to the stable/kilo
>> >branch of *Neutron*, and because new functionality was added to
>> >stable/kilo's Neutron, that stable/kilo *Nova* will no longer work?
>> 
>> Yes. That is exactly what I am saying. The issues is as follows. The
>>NSXv
>> manager requires the virtual machines VNIC index to enable the security
>> groups to work. Without that a VM will not be able to send and receive
>> traffic. In addition to this the NSXv plugin does not have any agents so
>> we need to do the metadata plugin changes to ensure metadata support. So
>> effectively with the patches: https://review.openstack.org/209372 and
>> https://review.openstack.org/209374 the stable/kilo nova code will not
>> work with the stable/kilo neutron NSXv plugin.
>
><snip>
>
>> So what do you suggest?
>
>This was added in Neutron during Kilo [1].
>
>It's the responsibility of the patch owner to revert things if something
>doesn't land in a dependency patch of some other project.
>
>I'm not familiar with the patch, but you can see if Neutron folks will
>accept
>a revert in stable/kilo. There's no reason to get other projects involved
>because this wasn't handled properly.
>
>[1] - https://review.openstack.org/#/c/144278/

So you are suggesting that we revert the neutron plugin? I do not think
that a revert is relevant here.
>
>-- 
>Mike Perez
>
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