Hi Yong NSX have two kind of router. Edge and distributed router.
Edge node will work as some VPN services and advanced service nodes. Actually, VPNaaS OSS impl is running in l3-agent. so IMO, we need l3-agent also for basis of some edge services. 2013/12/9 Yongsheng Gong <[email protected]>: > If distributed router is good enough, why do we still need non-distributed > router? > > > On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Ian Wells <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I would imagine that, from the Neutron perspective, you get a single >> router whether or not it's distributed. I think that if a router is >> distributed - regardless of whether it's tenant-tenant or tenant-outside - >> it certainly *could* have some sort of SLA flag, but I don't think a simple >> 'distributed' flag is either here or there; it's not telling the tenant >> anything meaningful. >> >> >> On 10 December 2013 00:48, Mike Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I guess the question that immediately comes to mind is, is there anyone >>> that doesn't want a distributed router? I guess there could be someone out >>> there that hates the idea of traffic flowing in a balanced fashion, but >>> can't they just run a single router then? Does there really need to be some >>> flag to disable/enable this behavior? Maybe I am oversimplifying things... >>> you tell me. >>> >>> -Mike Wilson >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Vasudevan, Swaminathan (PNB Roseville) >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Folks, >>>> >>>> We are in the process of defining the API for the Neutron Distributed >>>> Virtual Router, and we have a question. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Just wanted to get the feedback from the community before we implement >>>> and post for review. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> We are planning to use the “distributed” flag for the routers that are >>>> supposed to be routing traffic locally (both East West and North South). >>>> >>>> This “distributed” flag is already there in the “neutronclient” API, but >>>> currently only utilized by the “Nicira Plugin”. >>>> >>>> We would like to go ahead and use the same “distributed” flag and add an >>>> extension to the router table to accommodate the “distributed flag”. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Please let us know your feedback. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Swaminathan Vasudevan >>>> >>>> Systems Software Engineer (TC) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> HP Networking >>>> >>>> Hewlett-Packard >>>> >>>> 8000 Foothills Blvd >>>> >>>> M/S 5541 >>>> >>>> Roseville, CA - 95747 >>>> >>>> tel: 916.785.0937 >>>> >>>> fax: 916.785.1815 >>>> >>>> email: [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> OpenStack-dev mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> OpenStack-dev mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenStack-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >> > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > _______________________________________________ OpenStack-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
