Hi, I read that Joyent is working on extending SmartOS/SDC with network virtualization based on VXLAN. I assume that in addition to a kernel module for VXLAN interfaces there will be some control plane / orchestration layer that works together with SDC.
Is there some architecture documentation available that would explain the big picture? How is the overlay network supposed to work? Just plain basic MAC learning, or something more advanced with an actual control plane (BGP?) like in Juniper Contrail or Alcatel Nuage? Will use cases like service chaining be supported? Is a current (2015, with lxbrand) binary build available for testing? The latest bits I could find are almost 5 month old. http://dtrace.org/blogs/rm/2014/09/23/illumos-overlay-networks-development-preview-02/ <http://dtrace.org/blogs/rm/2014/09/23/illumos-overlay-networks-development-preview-02/> The userland lookup as explained in that blog post sounds promising, I am hoping for a BGP based control plane in userland in the future… Does anyone care to share plans and status updates? Thanks for any clarification. /Dirk ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
