Policies are typically mapped to addressable identities so a bit off but not 
totally .. this does raise that litmus question again .. take a policy say ACL 
mapped to addressable identity .. this needs a lookup service over a very large 
flat space the kind you typically use directories and databases for .. so why 
isn't this metric /  benchmark the litmus test rather then the protocol?

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On Apr 9, 2013, at 4:28 PM, "Larry Kreeger (kreeger)" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Lucy,
> 
> So, would you consider the VN-Context to be an address?  Others have also 
> suggested that the oracle may contain policy information as well, which I 
> would not consider an address mapping.
> 
>  - Larry
> 
> From: Lucy yong <[email protected]>
> Date: Tuesday, April 9, 2013 3:24 PM
> To: Larry Kreeger <[email protected]>, Pat Thaler <[email protected]>, Qin 
> Wu <[email protected]>, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [nvo3] NVO3 Terminology changes
> 
>  
>  
> LK2> I would not object to that.  We had used the word "Information" to 
> replace the word "Address" from a different suggestion for the term "Address 
> Mapping Authority" since we felt the oracle would hold more than just address 
> mappings.
> [Lucy] For NVO3, this is for address mapping authority. Although the 
> authority process may require holding other information, the result is the 
> address mapping. IMO: the term of Address Mapping Authority (AMA) is fine 
> although the sound likes IMA.
>  
> Lucy
>  
> >2) VNIC -> Tenant System Interface
>  
> >The term VNIC is actually used in the framework document, but never defined. 
> > In kreeger-nvo3-hypervisor-nve-cp-01 we defined a VNIC as "A Virtual NIC 
> >that connects a Tenant System to a Virtual Network Instance
> > (VNI)."  In NVO3 (myself included) we often use VM when we are talking 
> > about "Tenant Systems" and talk about VMs connecting to a VNI; However, a 
> > VM can actually connect to multiple VNIs through multiple
> >VNICs…but VNICs are very specific to Virtual Machines.  If we are to use the 
> >more correct "Tenant System" instead of VM, we should use a more generic 
> >term for the interface on the tenant system itself than
> >VNIC.  We have suggested using "Tenant System Interface" (TSI) for this, 
> >which we would like to see formally defined in the Framework document and 
> >shown to correspond with VAPs within the NVE.
>  
> >[Qin]: Can Tenant System interface be a physical interface? If not, I 
> >suggest to change Tenant System virtual interface.
>  
> LK> I see no reason why a Tenant System Interface must be virtual (although 
> it is quite likely) - the definition in the framework for a tenant system 
> says "A physical or  virtual system…" .  I don't see that adding the word 
> "virtual" helps.
>  
> [Qin]: In that case, vNIC is not equivalent to Tenant System interface since 
> tenant system interface can be either physical interface or virtual interface.
> The reason I propose such change is vNIC is virtual NIC not physical NIC, 
> therefore if you replace vNIC with Tenant system interface, that means Tenant 
> system interface only corresponds to virtual interfacel.
>  
> [pat] Even if it was always going to be virtual, Tenant System Interface is a 
> clear and distinct name – it’s a name, not a full description. But vNIC was 
> probably inconsistent as we came to an understanding that the interface could 
> be virtual or physical. There is no reason to restrict the tenant interfaces 
> to being virtual.
>  
> >I believe one tenant system can host multiple VMs, each VM may have multiple 
> >vNIC adapters that it uses to communicate with both the virtual and physical 
> >networks.
>  
> LK> A VM is one example of a tenant system…so it would not host VMs.  You may 
> be thinking of "End Device".
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