Re: [openstack-dev] [neutron][nova] New specs on routed networking

2014-10-29 Thread Fred Baker (fred)
Some of us are looking at a different model. I’d be interested in your thoughts. The premise in this is that a great deal of the complexity in OpenStack is basically working around the deficiencies of IPv4, especially its address space and issues in multicast deployment. IPv6 actually addresses

Re: [openstack-dev] [neutron][nova] New specs on routed networking

2014-10-29 Thread Fred Baker (fred)
On Oct 28, 2014, at 12:44 AM, A, Keshava keshav...@hp.com wrote: Here thinking OpenStack cloud as hierarchical network instead of Flat network ? A routed network has one lookup just like a bridged network. The difference is that the router operates as a host in the L2 domain - it only

Re: [openstack-dev] [neutron][nova] New specs on routed networking

2014-10-29 Thread Fred Baker (fred)
Certainly, let’s talk next week in Paris. On Oct 29, 2014, at 12:11 PM, Cory Benfield cory.benfi...@metaswitch.com wrote: Some of us are looking at a different model. I’d be interested in your thoughts. Fred, Thanks for the link to the drafts. They look extremely similar to the

Re: [openstack-dev] [neutron][nova] New specs on routed networking

2014-10-28 Thread Fred Baker (fred)
On Oct 28, 2014, at 4:59 PM, Angus Lees g...@inodes.org wrote: On Tue, 28 Oct 2014 09:07:03 PM Rohit Agarwalla wrote: Agreed. The way I'm thinking about this is that tenants shouldn't care what the underlying implementation is - L2 or L3. As long as the connectivity requirements are met