[Openstack-operators] vmware nsx 6
Ignazio Cassano
ignaziocassano at gmail.com
Thu Feb 18 07:28:36 UTC 2016
Many thanks, Mark.
We are going to test this solution following your instructions and if we
find problems some problems we will contact you.
Regards
Ignazio
2016-02-17 20:45 GMT+01:00 Mark Voelker <mvoelker at vmware.com>:
> 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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