I am throwing in a vote of for openstack foundation acquiring a unique OUI for users to use if they wish.
-Matt On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 5:43 PM, Shake Chen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Gary Kotton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 10/20/2012 07:23 PM, Tim Bell wrote: >> >> ** ** >> >> If we purchase an OUI, is there a mechanism within Quantum to only >> allocate Mac addresses with that prefix ? >> >> >> At the moment Quantum enables the user to define a base MAC address. That >> is the user can update the configuration file. The user selects a base MAC >> and the MAC's are allocated in that range. I think that this gives us a lot >> of flexibility. >> >> Please see below for the configuration options. >> >> # Base MAC address. The first 3 octets will remain unchanged. If the >> # 4h octet is not 00, it will also used. The others will be >> # randomly generated. >> # 3 octet >> # base_mac = fa:16:3e:00:00:00 >> # 4 octet >> # base_mac = fa:16:3e:4f:00:00 >> > > as my know, the fa:16:3e would on behalf of a company. > >> >> If I recall correctly this is hard coded in nova networking. >> >> Thanks >> Gary >> >> >> **** >> >> ** ** >> >> Tim**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* [email protected] [ >> mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>] >> *On Behalf Of *Salvatore Orlando >> *Sent:* 20 October 2012 10:20 >> *To:* Vinay Bannai >> *Cc:* [email protected] >> *Subject:* Re: [Openstack] Use of MAC addresses in Openstack VMs**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Hi Vinay,**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I understand your concerns about conflicts with already assigned OUIs.*** >> * >> >> It is however my opinion that it is not up to the Openstack Foundation, >> but to entities deploying Openstack, to buy MAC OUIs.**** >> >> As regards Quantum, we should ensure the default MAC range we use is >> locally assigned; unfortunately I do not know enough about nova-network.* >> *** >> >> Also, it is my opinion that a locally-assigned OUI would be sufficient >> for many use cases, without the need for a globally assigned one.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> Regards,**** >> >> Salvatore**** >> >> ** ** >> >> On 20 October 2012 04:05, Vinay Bannai <[email protected]> wrote:**** >> >> I was talking to Nachi and Gary during the Quantum design session about >> the need to have a proper MAC OUI allocation scheme for Openstack >> development folks. They suggested that I send it out for wider discussion >> on the mailing list. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> It turns out that it would be useful for the Openstack foundation to >> apply for a MAC OUI from IEEE that can be used for development purposes and >> testing. This way we don't unwittingly use someone else MAC allocation. >> Here are the details **** >> >> ** ** >> >> http://standards.ieee.org/develop/regauth/oui/index.html**** >> >> ** ** >> >> The cost to get a OUI allocation is around $2000 dollars. Remember if we >> use random MAC OUI, the actual owners can assert their legal claim on the >> MAC address in the event of a conflict now that we have support for more >> sophisticated tunnels that allow connections from public and private >> clouds. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> Comments welcome. **** >> >> ** ** >> >> Vinay**** >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp**** >> >> ** ** >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > > -- > Shake Chen > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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