[Openstack] Openstack neutron with ASR1k

Fawaz Mohammed fawaz.moh.ibraheem at gmail.com
Thu Feb 1 16:54:32 UTC 2018


Yes, you can do that.

On Feb 1, 2018 8:49 PM, "Satish Patel" <satish.txt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is it ok if i create undercloud on VMware because its easier to take
> snapshot and clone etc.
>
> ~S
>
> On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 11:38 AM, Fawaz Mohammed
> <fawaz.moh.ibraheem at gmail.com> wrote:
> > In case your undercloud is dead, there will no be any impact in your
> > overcloud, but you will not be able to perform day 2 operations on your
> > tripleO environment, such as scale-out / scale-in the infrastructure,
> update
> > / upgrade your overcloud.
> > For that, it's recommended to backup the undercloud at least after each
> > operation in it.
> >
> > ---
> > Regards,
> > Fawaz Mohammed
> >
> >
> > On Feb 1, 2018 8:23 PM, "Satish Patel" <satish.txt at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > You have a point there!  Got it,
> >
> > One more question what will happened if deploy my cloud and second day
> > my undercloud (TripleO) node is dead? is it going to impact my
> > overcloud production?  because all recipe cooked inside undercloud and
> > now its no more.
> >
> > Do you think i need to keep backup of undercloud?
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 11:21 AM, Fawaz Mohammed
> > <fawaz.moh.ibraheem at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> 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.
> >>
> >> ---
> >> 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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> >>>
> >>>
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