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Re: Quantum + OpenVSwitch + GRE Tunneling with RHEL 6.3

 

Thanks for raising this questions.

I was not aware of it.

Thanks,
Hitesh

On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 7:35 AM, Jian Hua Geng <gengjh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Shake/Dan,
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> Very thanks for your information, it is very useful for us.
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> Best regard,
> David Geng
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>    Re: [Openstack] Quantum + OpenVSwitch + GRE Tunneling with RHEL 6.3
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> check Redhat annonuce. Now the quantum only support bridge plugin.
> *
> **https://www.redhat.com/archives/rhos-list/2012-November/msg00011.html*<https://www.redhat.com/archives/rhos-list/2012-November/msg00011.html>
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> Quantum support for openvswitch is not yet included, but we will update
> the Preview with
> support for openvswitch when the OVS kernel functionality is included in
> RHEL.
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> On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 12:29 AM, Dan Wendlandt <*dan@xxxxxxxxxx*<dan@xxxxxxxxxx>>
> wrote:
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>    Hi David,
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>    Support for GRE tunneling is not part of the main-line kernel yet.
>     Ubuntu support it by using the OVS kernel module that can be built from
>    OVS source.  Red Hat based platforms do not support this to my knowledge,
>    though you could always download the OVS source and build it yourself, as
>    Centos is a target platform for OVS.  Google will show you a few examples
>    of people explaining how they did it: *
>    http://networkstatic.net/installing-openvswitch-and-kvm-on-centos-6-2-part-1/
>    *<http://networkstatic.net/installing-openvswitch-and-kvm-on-centos-6-2-part-1/>
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>    Dan
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>    On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Jian Hua Geng <*gengjh@xxxxxxxxxx*<gengjh@xxxxxxxxxx>>
>    wrote:
>       Can anyone help to confirm that the GRE Tunneling can be used with
>       Quantum on my RHEL6.3?
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>       My Redhat kernel version is 2.6.32-279.el6.x86_64, and the
>       OpenVSwitch version is 1.4.2. From the wiki page(*
>       http://wiki.openstack.org/ConfigureOpenvswitch*<http://wiki.openstack.org/ConfigureOpenvswitch>
>       ) , I find some modules are still not available in RHEL.
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>       If I want to use the GRE Tunneling, need I upgrade my linux kernel
>       or OpenVSwitch?
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>       Thanks!
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>       Best regard,
>       David Geng
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