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Hi Paul,

We are using ESXi in production setup with Neutron networking. ESXi is 
compatible with OpenStack and specifically
with neutron networking. You need to add some rules in ovs and for the 
same you can refer below link.

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/openstack/dev/31141


On 3/14/2014 5:46 PM, CARVER, PAUL wrote:
>
> Is anyone using ESXi in production with Neutron networking?
>
> We currently run a production OpenStack cloud with KVM only using 
> OvS+GRE networking. We're in the process of evaluating a number of 
> commercial SDN vendors but we're being asked to support ESXi in the 
> really near timeframe before we've had sufficient time to complete an 
> objective evaluation of all the available vendors who would like to 
> sell us an SDN solution.
>
> If anyone is running an OpenStack cloud that includes ESXi hypervisors 
> but does not rely on a commercial SDN vendor to make it work I'd love 
> to hear about it. I'm not eager to bypass the vendor evaluation 
> process and randomly pick a vendor without an objective and fair 
> evaluation, but I'm finding it hard to locate any documentation that 
> indicates that ESXi is compatible with OpenStack (and specifically 
> Neutron networking) unless you also select one of the commercial SDN 
> vendors to bridge the gaps.
>
> If we could add ESXi nodes to our current OpenStack zones, even if 
> there were some known functional shortcomings, it would give us some 
> breathing room on evaluating SDN vendors in a diligent manner.
>
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Rajshree

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