No problem Matt, Just reach out to the community whenever you get any issues and we will try to help you where we can.
Regards Geoff Higginbottom D: +44 20 3603 0542 | S: +44 20 3603 0540 | M: +447968161581 geoff.higginbot...@shapeblue.com -----Original Message----- From: Matt Hohman [mailto:mhoh...@newheights.org] Sent: 21 January 2013 15:54 To: cloudstack-users@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Help with advanced zone kvm networking setup. Geoff, Thanks for the clarity. I wish I would have asked this question a couple weeks ago. Thanks, Matt Hohman Technical Ministries New Heights Church On Jan 21, 2013, at 1:43 AM, Geoff Higginbottom <geoff.higginbot...@shapeblue.com> wrote: > Hi Nate, > > The main problem I see with your design is with relation to the Storage > Network using a VLAN. > > There is a lot of confusion within CloudStack relating to the 'Storage > Network' as it relates to Secondary and NOT Primary Storage. > > If you choose to use the Storage Network, it is only worthwhile doing so if > you have NIC(s) you can dedicate to it, once configured it is used by the > SSVM to transfer Snapshots, Templates etc to and from Secondary Storage. If > you place it on a unique VLAN and IP Range, the SSVM AND the CloudStack > management Server must be able to communicate with it. > > With regard to VLANs, just make sure the switch ports are configured > for the VLAN IDs you want to use, CloucStack will configure the VLANs > on the Hypervisors for you > > I suggest you take a look at the following > > Paul Angus' Blog on understanding the physical network > http://www.shapeblue.com/2013/01/07/understanding-cloudstacks-physical > -networking-architecture/ > > You may also find My blog on CloudStack Networking usefull, a little > old now but still pertinent > http://www.shapeblue.com/2012/05/01/cloudstack-networking-consideratio > ns/ > > There is also a recording of the 'Introduction to Networking' talk I > gave at the CloudStack Collaboration Conference in Las Vegas recently > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIV9D2jYid0 > > > Regards > > Geoff Higginbottom > > D: +44 20 3603 0542 | S: +44 20 3603 0540 | M: +447968161581 > > geoff.higginbot...@shapeblue.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Hohman [mailto:mhoh...@newheights.org] > Sent: 21 January 2013 03:45 > To: cloudstack-users@incubator.apache.org > Cc: Nate Vick > Subject: Help with advanced zone kvm networking setup. > > Hey All, > > I'm looking for some advice on setting up our advanced zone for our small > private cloud. Here is a rundown of how we are trying to get this going. > > 5 KVM Ubuntu 12.03 Hypervisors with 2 nics each > > on eth0 > > management network is untagged 10.0.220.0/24 vlan 3001 tagged storage > 10.0.221.0/24 > > on eth1 > vlan 101 tagged Public 107.xxx.xxx.0/24 vlan 3100 - 3199 tagged Guest > 10.0.223.0/24 > > KVM Hots are on: > 10.0.220.101 mngt 10.0.221.101 storage > 10.0.220.102 mngt 10.0.221.102 storage > 10.0.220.103 mngt 10.0.221.103 storage > 10.0.220.104 mngt 10.0.221.104 storage > 10.0.220.105 mngt 10.0.221.105 storage > > Cloudstack 4.0 is installed on Ubuntu 12.04 on ip 10.0.220.2 NFS is > 10.0.221.200 > > Does this network scheme work well for cloudstack? Is there something that > should be changed? > > I'm a little confused on how to set this setup properly in > /etc/network/interfaces. Do I need to manually define all 100 guest vlans? > How do I setup the guest bridge? > > When I'm adding the zone to cloudstack what should my network labels be and > do I assign these in the /etc/network/interfaces file? > > Here is my attempt at /etc/network/interfaces for host1 > > ### /etc/network/interfaces > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > # Hypervisor Management > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet static > address 10.0.220.101 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > gateway 10.0.220.1 > dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4 > > #cloud-store storage network > auto eth0.3001 > iface eth0.3001 inet static > address 10.0.221.101 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > > > # Public network > auto cloudbr0 > iface cloudbr0 inet manual > bridge_ports eth1.101 > bridge_fd 5 > bridge_stp off > bridge_maxwait 1 > ### EOF > > Any help would be greatly appreciated! > > Thanks, > Matt Hohman > Technical Ministries > New Heights Church > ShapeBlue provides a range of strategic and technical consulting and > implementation services to help IT Service Providers and Enterprises to build > a true IaaS compute cloud. 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