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["Qin, Xiaohong" <Xiaohong.Qin@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Vinay,

I have sent the following email out a while ago,

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In the following quantum command,

quantum net-create --tenant-id $TENANT_ID net1 --provider:network_type vlan --provider:physical_network physnet1 --provider:segmentation_id 1024

provider:segmentation_id is actually a VLAN id which is used in the network for controller and compute nodes. This same VLAN id is also passed to the physical switch that interconnects controller and compute nodes. Try to avoid use VLAN id 1 since some physical switches do not forward VLAN 1 frames by default.
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This is the problem we were running into when setting up multi node deployment. Not sure if it helps or not.

Dennis Qin


From: openstack-bounces+xiaohong.qin=emc.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:openstack-bounces+xiaohong.qin=emc.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vinay Bannai
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 10:05 AM
To: Dan Wendlandt
Cc: Openstack
Subject: Re: [Openstack] [quantum] Relationship between br-int and physical bridge mapping in OVS plugin

Yes, that makes sense. I was not thinking about multiple physical nics in the provider network space.

I am trying to get a better understanding of how the vif plugins in the br-int and the bridge providing external connectivity interact.
The quantum vif plug-in will do the work to configure the br-ext for tunneling (whether it is vlan or gre).

In my two node setup (controller node and compute node), I am able to all my VM's instantiated properly. The controller also has n-cpu running so I get an even distribution of the vm's between the controller node and the compute nodes. The DHCP IP address is allocated fine. However when I try to vnc or ping the VM's, I am only able to get to the VM's on the controller node. I am not able to ping the instances created on the compute node. I am thinking that there is problem in my phsynet connectivity as the instances I am not able to get to are on the compute node.

I have vlan tunneling enabled and here is my snippet of the ovs_quantum_plugin.ini file on the compute and controller node. Any pointers on where to look?

[OVS]
bridge_mappings = physnet1:br-eth2
network_vlan_ranges = physnet1:1:4094
tenant_network_type = vlan


Thanks
Vinay
On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 10:44 PM, Dan Wendlandt <dan@xxxxxxxxxx<mailto:dan@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:


On Sun, Nov 4, 2012 at 9:57 PM, Vinay Bannai <vbannai@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:vbannai@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I have a multi node setup. The CC controller doubles up as the quantum
server and also has the l3 agent and DHCP. I have configured OVS as my
L2 plugin with vlan tunneling. On the compute nodes, I see that in
addition to having the integration bridge (br-int) you will also need
the ovs physical bridge (br-th1) with the physical ether port eth1 as
a member. I am wondering about the relationship between br-int and
br-eth1 bridges. Wouldn't it make sense to add eth1 port to the
integration mode.

you might have quantum networks that use vlans on different on different physical NICs (e.g., eth0 and eth1), so adding each NIC directly to br-int wouldn't make sense.  Similarly, you might have some quantum networks that also use tunneling.  Hence, all vNICs are just plugged into br-int, and the plugin is responsible for doing the right thing with the traffic.

Dan



Why have two bridges on the compute node for VMs to
talk to other VMs in the same tenancy over the physical network?
I am sure I am missing something in my understanding so would
appreciate any comments or explanations.

Thanks
Vinay
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