[Openstack] Openstack neutron with ASR1k

Satish Patel satish.txt at gmail.com
Thu Feb 1 17:08:05 UTC 2018


Thanks!

any specific version of TripleO i should use or openstack version for
production?

On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 11:54 AM, Fawaz Mohammed
<fawaz.moh.ibraheem at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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