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Hi Ignazio,

Sure, NSXv 6.2.1 is usable for a VMware region [1].  Source for the driver is here [2]:

http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/vmware-nsx/tree/?h=stable/liberty

The blogs I pointed to earlier should give you a good feel for the basic architecture and services.  Configuration-wise, you’ll want to set “core_plugin" to “vmware_nsx.neutron.plugins.vmware.plugin.NsxVPlugin” and “service_plugins” should include “neutron_lbaas.services.loadbalancer.plugin.LoadBalancerPlugin,vmware_nsx.neutron.services.l2gateway.plugin.NSxL2GatewayPlugin”. in your neutron.conf file and then configure the plugin options.  Most of what you’ll need is found here:

http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/vmware-nsx/tree/etc/nsx.ini?h=stable/liberty 

You’ll want to set “nsx_l2gw_driver" to "vmware_nsx.neutron.services.l2gateway/nsx_v_driver.NsxvL2GatewayDriver" in line 49 since you’re using NSXv.  Then fill in the NSXv plugin configuration options in the [nsxv] section in lines 61-181, and you may optionally want to tinker with the [nsx_sync] section in lines 239-276. You can ignore most of the rest as it mostly pertains to the NSX-mh and DVS plugins.  If it’s useful I can send you some sample configs from one of my lab setups; just let me know!

[1] For a bit more info on the various plugins available for NSX-mh, NSXv, and DVS see https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Neutron/VMware_NSX_plugins

[2] More specifically for you since you’re using NSXv, the NSXv plugin code is in: http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/vmware-nsx/tree/vmware_nsx/plugins/nsx_v?h=stable/liberty 

At Your Service,

Mark T. Voelker



> On Feb 17, 2016, at 10:30 AM, Ignazio Cassano <ignaziocassano at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Mark, many thanks for your help.
> We are not using vmware VIO, but we are using openstack liberty community edition with a Region for vmware nsx.
> If you read the following link:
> 
> http://docs.openstack.org/admin-guide-cloud/networking_config-agents.html
> 
> you can see the following instructions:
> 	• Use the NSX Administrator Guide to add the node as a Hypervisor by using the NSX Manager GUI. Even if your forwarding node has no VMs and is only used for services agents like neutron-dhcp-agent or neutron-lbaas-agent, it should still be added to NSX as a Hypervisor.
> On  nsx 6.2.1 GUI there isn't any section to add the node as a Hypervisor, probably because this document is related to a NSX multi hypervisor version.
> 
> So the question is: must we wait for a new nsx multi hypervisor version or we can use the current nsx version ?
> 
> Best Regards
> 
> Ignazio
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 2016-02-17 14:51 GMT+01:00 Mark Voelker <mvoelker at vmware.com>:
> Hi Ignazio,
> 
> I have. =)  Drop me a note and let me know what you need; we’ll be happy to help.  For a general background, this is a good place to start:
> 
> http://blogs.vmware.com/openstack/openstack-networking-with-vmware-nsx-part-1/
> 
> http://blogs.vmware.com/openstack/openstack-networking-with-vmware-nsx-part-2/
> 
> http://blogs.vmware.com/openstack/openstack-networking-with-vmware-nsx-part-3/
> 
> There’s also useful information in the config guides:
> 
> http://docs.openstack.org/kilo/config-reference/content/networking-plugin-nsx.html
> 
> At Your Service,
> 
> Mark T. Voelker
> 
> 
> 
> > On Feb 17, 2016, at 2:43 AM, Ignazio Cassano <ignaziocassano at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> > I would like to know if someone have configured openstack neutron with vmware
> > nsx 6. I found old documentation about it.
> > Regards
> > Ignazio
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