Re: [Users] openvswitch intergration status
On 03/15/2013 03:16 PM, Antoni Segura Puimedon wrote: I'm on it. The status is that I'm now refactoring the networking part of vdsm to enable us to use different configuration tools for setting interfaces. This will allow to have a open vSwitch back end for configuring the bridges. For 3.3 we will have the refactoring done. http://www.ovirt.org/Feature/NetworkReloaded I don't think we'll have open vSwitch hitting at the same point, as I'm targeting first to have ifcfg and iproute2 based configuration, but once the API of the refactoring is more stable, maybe somebody can try to do it on parallel. Frankly though, I think it will have to be for the following point release. there is also the qunatum work which should allow using openvswitch (and other) network technologies. Best, Toni - Original Message - From: Jiri Belka jbe...@redhat.com To: users@ovirt.org Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 2:12:14 PM Subject: [Users] openvswitch intergration status Hi, is there a plan to integrate openvswitch, if so what's status? Basic bridging sucks, and now everything is virtual, no? :) Maybe some benefits: * decreases cost for special (legacy) enterprise switches * virtualization buzzword included * one can simulate switch in ovirt (that was my start to investigate, i wanted to have a trunk port pointing to virtualized FW and couple of vlans with guests, not possible right now in ovirt, each vlan = one iface) * there's backward compatibility - see http://packages.debian.org/sid/openvswitch-brcompat Let's be hype :D jbelka ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
[Users] openvswitch intergration status
Hi, is there a plan to integrate openvswitch, if so what's status? Basic bridging sucks, and now everything is virtual, no? :) Maybe some benefits: * decreases cost for special (legacy) enterprise switches * virtualization buzzword included * one can simulate switch in ovirt (that was my start to investigate, i wanted to have a trunk port pointing to virtualized FW and couple of vlans with guests, not possible right now in ovirt, each vlan = one iface) * there's backward compatibility - see http://packages.debian.org/sid/openvswitch-brcompat Let's be hype :D jbelka ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [Users] openvswitch intergration status
I'm on it. The status is that I'm now refactoring the networking part of vdsm to enable us to use different configuration tools for setting interfaces. This will allow to have a open vSwitch back end for configuring the bridges. For 3.3 we will have the refactoring done. http://www.ovirt.org/Feature/NetworkReloaded I don't think we'll have open vSwitch hitting at the same point, as I'm targeting first to have ifcfg and iproute2 based configuration, but once the API of the refactoring is more stable, maybe somebody can try to do it on parallel. Frankly though, I think it will have to be for the following point release. Best, Toni - Original Message - From: Jiri Belka jbe...@redhat.com To: users@ovirt.org Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 2:12:14 PM Subject: [Users] openvswitch intergration status Hi, is there a plan to integrate openvswitch, if so what's status? Basic bridging sucks, and now everything is virtual, no? :) Maybe some benefits: * decreases cost for special (legacy) enterprise switches * virtualization buzzword included * one can simulate switch in ovirt (that was my start to investigate, i wanted to have a trunk port pointing to virtualized FW and couple of vlans with guests, not possible right now in ovirt, each vlan = one iface) * there's backward compatibility - see http://packages.debian.org/sid/openvswitch-brcompat Let's be hype :D jbelka ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
