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[Dan Wendlandt <dan@xxxxxxxxxx>]

One other comment:  sometimes people use the term "provider network"
to mean two things:
1) a quantum network that maps directly to an existing physical or
vlan network in the provider's infrastructure.
2) a "shared" network that all tenants have access to (e.g., to reach
the Internet).

In Quantum, we use the term "provider" to refer to #1.  We use the
term "shared" to refer to #2.  Not sure which one you were asking
about.  Salvatore's responses covers #1.  For #2, just create a
network with --shared=True.  Note, with the default policy, you need
to be an admin user to create a shared network.

dan

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 10:22 AM, Salvatore Orlando <sorlando@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Naveen,
>
> That is almost correct. You can associate a provider network (either a
> physical network or a vlan) with a Quantum network. The association is at
> the network level, not the subnet level.
>
> As the 'provider networks' is an extension in quantum, there is no direct
> CLI option available. However the quantum CLI allows for configuring
> extensions using the following syntax:
>
> quantum <command> <core_parameters> -- <extended_parameters>
>
> for instance the following syntax should create a network associate with a
> specific vlan id, on the default physical interface:
>
> quantum net-create <network_name> -- --provider:vlan_id 999
>
> Please keep in mind that the provider networks extension will be feature
> complete with folsom-rc1. In the Folsom-3 milestone, provider networks are
> not yet supported with Open vSwitch. The related patch is currently under
> review: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/11388/
>
> Regards,
> Salvatore
>
> On 29 August 2012 02:31, Naveen Joy (najoy) <najoy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>>
>>
>> In the latest quantum code,  I believe it is possible to associate a
>> provider vlan and an IP allocation pool with a subnet. Can someone provide
>> the quantum client cli or the API to accomplish this.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks much,
>>
>> Naveen
>>
>>
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