Hi Murali, Great point. Yes, the plugin will work with both BVS and Floodlight controller.
Thanks, Kanzhe On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 10:43 PM, Murali Reddy <murali.re...@citrix.com>wrote: > Great to see this proposal. Do you intend to keep plug-in compatible only > with BVS application or will it work with FloodLight controller as well? > > On 03/01/13 11:50 AM, "Kanzhe Jiang" <kanzhe.ji...@bigswitch.com> wrote: > > >Hi All, > > > >Happy New Year to Everyone! > >First of all, I am new to the community and very excited to have the > >opportunity to work on the project. > > > >I would like to propose a networking plugin that will support > >openflow-based cloud networking solutions through BigSwitch's BVS (Big > >Virtual Switch) application. > > > >BVS is one of the SDN applications available for the BigSwitch network > >controller. BVS application provides network virtualization, manages > >isolated and virtual networks on top of the underlying physical and > >virtual > >switch infrastructure. These virtual networks correspond directly to the > >groups of VMs, servers, and other devices that need their own secure > >connectivity. The virtual networks are programmed into the physical and/or > >virtual switches without having to separately configure individual network > >devices. > > > >The proposed CloudStack networking plugin will bring the OpenFlow-based > >standard network virtualization technology to CloudStack. > > > >There won't be any change to the existing CloudStack workflow. In a > >typical > >deployment, all OpenFlow-enabled physical and virtual switches and other > >network resources are configured to be managed by the BigSwitch > >controller(s). When a guest network is created, the plugin will create a > >corresponding virtual network in the BVS When a guest VM is launched, the > >VM is automatically assigned to its configured guest network(s). > >The BVS application will provide network isolation and connectivities > >among > >VMs. > > > >More detailed product description is available on the > >website<http://bigswitch.com/products/big-virtual-switch> > >. > > > >Please let me know if you need more information. > > > >Sincerely, > > > >-- > >Kanzhe Jiang > >MTS at BigSwitch > > > > > -- Kanzhe Jiang MTS at BigSwitch
