[Openstack] Openstack neutron with ASR1k

Fawaz Mohammed fawaz.moh.ibraheem at gmail.com
Thu Feb 1 16:21:09 UTC 2018


On TripleO deployment, it's a challenge to use VMs for any overclode role
(controller, compute or storage). As undercloud uses BMC / IPMI to control
the power if bare metal during the deployment.

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Regards,
Fawaz Mohammed

On Feb 1, 2018 8:07 PM, "Satish Patel" <satish.txt at gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for info i will keep in mind, Can we use VM for controller
node?  or 1 physical and 2 VM controller node, just a thought

On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Fawaz Mohammed
<fawaz.moh.ibraheem at gmail.com> wrote:
> For TripleO deployment, you'll need:
> A separate node or VM as UnderCloud.
> 3 control nodes for HA, 2 controllers can't form HA by default, this is to
> avoid split-brain scenarios.
> For compute nodes, I recommend to have 2 x 10G ports, one for O&M and the
> other one for tenants. And a separate 1G for BMC / IPMI.
>
> ---
> Regards,
> Fawaz Mohammed
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 7:32 PM, Satish Patel <satish.txt at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> We are CentOS7 shop that is why i have started playing with TripleO on
>> my VMware environment to get familiar. what do you suggest for 20 node
>> cluster? we don't have any storage requirement all we need CPU and
>> Memory to run our application, currently all application running on
>> VMware and i want to migrate them over Openstack and do some rapid
>> deployment.
>>
>> This is what i am planning (let me if i am wrong)
>>
>> 2 controller node (in HA)
>> 2 Cisco ASR1k (L3 function in HA)
>> 20 compute node with 10G nic and lots of memory and many cpu cores.
>>
>> Anything else which i am missing?
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 10:15 AM, Fawaz Mohammed
>> <fawaz.moh.ibraheem at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi Satish,
>> >
>> > TripleO (Supported on CentOS and RHEL) and Juju (Supported on Ubuntu)
>> > [1]
>> > are the most used OpenStack deployment tools.
>> >
>> > From the deployment perspectives, you need to know your cloud setup and
>> > the
>> > required plugins to decide which deployment you will choose. As each
>> > tool
>> > has a pre-integrated plugging out of the box.
>> >
>> >
>> > [1]
>> >
>> > https://docs.openstack.org/charm-deployment-guide/latest/
install-juju.html
>> > ---
>> > Regards,
>> > Fawaz Mohammed
>> >
>> > On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 5:04 PM, Satish Patel <satish.txt at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hi Fawaz,
>> >>
>> >> Great so you think I'm doing right thing to use ASR1k for my L3
>> >> function?
>> >>
>> >> I'm using DVR on my lab with 3 node cluster and it's kinda complicated
>> >> to
>> >> troubleshoot sometime.
>> >>
>> >> We are planning to build 20 node cluster for start and started playing
>> >> with tripleo to deploy and having lots of issue with tripleo too :(  I
>> >> was
>> >> also thinking to use mirantis but they stopped development.
>> >>
>> >> Based on your experience what most of folks use to deploy middle size
>> >> cloud? What about you?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Sent from my iPhone
>> >>
>> >> On Jan 31, 2018, at 11:48 PM, Fawaz Mohammed
>> >> <fawaz.moh.ibraheem at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> http://www.jimmdenton.com/networking-cisco-asr-install/ can beet your
>> >> requirements. I have another plugin in production from different
vendor
>> >> for
>> >> the same purpose. and it works perfect.
>> >>
>> >> Regarding your question about the license, usually, there is no
license
>> >> for such plugins.
>> >>
>> >> I've no production experience with DVR, and I don't recommend it in
>> >> medium
>> >> to large environment.
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 2:58 AM, Satish Patel <satish.txt at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> What about this?
>> >>> http://www.jimmdenton.com/networking-cisco-asr-part-two/
>> >>>
>> >>> ML2 does use ASR too,
>> >>>
>> >>> Just curious what people mostly use in production? are they use DVR
or
>> >>> some kind of hardware for L3?
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Wed, Jan 31, 2018 at 4:02 PM, Fawaz Mohammed
>> >>> <fawaz.moh.ibraheem at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> > Hi Santish,
>> >>> >
>> >>> > In my knowlege, Cisco has ml2 driver for Nexus only.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > So, if you have requirements for dynamic L3 provisioning /
>> >>> > configuration,
>> >>> > it's better to go with SDN solution.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > On Jan 31, 2018 11:39 PM, "Satish Patel" <satish.txt at gmail.com>
>> >>> > wrote:
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> So no one using ASR 1001 for Openstack?
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 11:21 PM, Satish Patel
>> >>> >> <satish.txt at gmail.com>
>> >>> >> wrote:
>> >>> >> > Folks,
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> > We are planning to deploy production style private cloud and
>> >>> >> > gathering
>> >>> >> > information about what we should use and why and i came across
>> >>> >> > with
>> >>> >> > couple of document related network node criticality and
>> >>> >> > performance
>> >>> >> > issue and many folks suggesting following
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> > 1. DVR (it seem complicated after reading, also need lots of
>> >>> >> > public
>> >>> >> > IP)
>> >>> >> > 2. Use ASR1k centralized router to use for L3 function  (any
idea
>> >>> >> > what
>> >>> >> > model should be good? or do we need any licensing to integrate
>> >>> >> > with
>> >>> >> > openstack?)
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> > Would like to get some input from folks who already using
>> >>> >> > openstack
>> >>> >> > in
>> >>> >> > production and would like to know what kind of deployment they
>> >>> >> > pick
>> >>> >> > for network/neutron performance?
>> >>> >>
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