Neutron uses an overlay model with respect to differentiating against physical switch logic. Big Switch is getting into a more literal interpretation of SDN with the control/slave model but that's an approach that's been so disruptive to implement it hasn't gained significant traction last I heard.
I'd love to see Neutron talking to switches which will likely require an OCP standard such as opendaylight or similar. *Adam Lawson* AQORN, Inc. 427 North Tatnall Street Ste. 58461 Wilmington, Delaware 19801-2230 Toll-free: (844) 4-AQORN-NOW ext. 702 Int'l: +1-302-268-6914 ext. 702 Cell: +1-916-990-1226 On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Salvatore Orlando <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jeff, > > in a nutshell, Neutron has its IPAM logic baked into the main 'db class'. > However, Neutron's IPAM does not manage at all the underlay - it manages > exclusively devices in the 'logical' realm. > > There are been discussions in the past concerning Physical appliance > management in Neutron, not just from an IPAM perspective. > However, so far there is not yet anything targeted or proposed for the > upcoming Juno release. > > Regards, > Salvatore > > > On 23 June 2014 19:39, Jeff dambly <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> >> >> I’m new to OpenStack, and I was wondering what the community is using for >> IPAM solutions. It seems to me that neutron is doing something of these >> things, but how is IPAM being handled for underlay devices such as routers >> and switches? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> *Jeff d’Ambly *Principal Software Engineer, Symantec Corporation >> >> *www.symantec.com* <http://www.symantec.com/> >> *________________________________* >> >> >> >> *Mobile: *(408) 431-6061 >> * Jeffrey_d’[email protected] <[email protected]>* >> *________________________________* >> >> >> >> [image: Symantec] <http://www.symantec.com/> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: >> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : >> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack > >
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