Re: [Xen-API] XAPI on Debian - Networking

[Sébastien Riccio <sr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi everyone,

Anyone knows where I should start looking to go forward with this ?

Thanks :)

Cheers,
Sébastien

On 23.08.2011 10:47, Sébastien Riccio wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Still doing my tests on project kronos and I've reached the point 
> where I need to
> have the network working for the vm's to do further tests.
>
> At the moment the networking on my box is not managed by xapi.
>
> First question, does it makes sense to still use linux bridge tools if 
> openvswtich
> can handle everything linux bridge does (and more) ?
>
> Second question:
> My network hardware is the following:
>
> eth0 - gigabit link to a switch trunk port
> eth1 - gigabit link to a switch trunk port
> eth2 - not used
> eth3 - not used
> eth4 - 10ge link to storage switch
> eth5 - 10ge link to storage switch
>
> Currently, I have openvswitch 1.2.0 running with the following 
> configuration:
> b5170ea6-a624-46d9-b72d-e7afcd46454b
>     Bridge "store1"
>         Port "eth5"
>             Interface "eth5"
>         Port "store1"
>             Interface "store1"
>                 type: internal
>     Bridge "store0"
>         Port "store0"
>             Interface "store0"
>                 type: internal
>         Port "eth4"
>             Interface "eth4"
>     Bridge "trunk0"
>         Port "mgmt0"
>             tag: 85
>             Interface "mgmt0"
>                 type: internal
>         Port "mgmt1"
>             tag: 10
>             Interface "mgmt1"
>                 type: internal
>         Port "trunk0"
>             Interface "trunk0"
>                 type: internal
>         Port "bond0"
>             Interface "eth1"
>             Interface "eth0"
>     ovs_version: "1.2.0+build0"
>
> trunk0 is the main bridge where bond0 is attached (active-active bonding)
> it has port mgmt0 and mgmt1 in it which are vlan tagged ports for 
> management
> interfaces.
>
> store0 and store1 are bridges in to which i attached the interfaces 
> for doing multipath iscsi.
> Everything is working as expected.
>
> Now how could I convert this setup to a setup that is closely the same 
> but where
> I can attach vm vif to it ? (the idea is to attach the vif to 
> different vlans availables
> on bridge trunk0)
>
> In other words, what does it take to have xapi uses openvswitch :)
>
> Cheers,
> Sébastien
>
>
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