Xenserver VLAN setup for cloudstack

[Warren Nicholson <wa...@nfinausa.com>]

When preparing Xenserver for use with Cloudstack:

 

After you set up the IP addresses for the nics, and 

enter the param-set name labels to match cloudstack, 

should you also create the VLAN's by using the xe vlan-create  

command and thus tie to the VLAN's to a specific network/pif uuids?

 

warren 

RE: Xenserver VLAN setup for cloudstack

[Clayton Weise <cw...@iswest.net>]

What Geoff says is correct however if you specify the name-label _and_ the VLAN and that named network already exists then it'll barf with an error saying that you can't do Q-in-Q tagging.  I ran into this once before when we created a tagged network ahead of time; the alternative is to omit the tag from CloudStack during the wizard and it will assume whatever VLAN tag is assigned to the named network.  This is only useful/relevant if you had already built and defined networks before attaching CloudStack to them; if it's fresh what Geoff suggests is best.

-----Original Message-----
From: Geoff Higginbottom [mailto:geoff.higginbottom@shapeblue.com] 
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 1:18 PM
To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
Subject: RE: Xenserver VLAN setup for cloudstack

Hi Warren,

You do not  (and should not) create any VLANs, CloudStack will create all the VLANs for you.

Remember you cannot use Tagged VLANs for the Management Network with XenServer, so you should set the appropriate Management VLAN at the Switch Port.

Regards

Geoff Higginbottom

D: +44 20 3603 0542 | S: +44 20 3603 0540 | M: +447968161581

geoff.higginbottom@shapeblue.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Warren Nicholson [mailto:warren.nicholson@nfinausa.com]
Sent: 29 April 2013 21:13
To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
Subject: Xenserver VLAN setup for cloudstack

When preparing Xenserver for use with Cloudstack:



After you set up the IP addresses for the nics, and

enter the param-set name labels to match cloudstack,

should you also create the VLAN's by using the xe vlan-create

command and thus tie to the VLAN's to a specific network/pif uuids?



warren

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RE: Xenserver VLAN setup for cloudstack

[Geoff Higginbottom <ge...@shapeblue.com>]

Hi Warren,

You do not  (and should not) create any VLANs, CloudStack will create all the VLANs for you.

Remember you cannot use Tagged VLANs for the Management Network with XenServer, so you should set the appropriate Management VLAN at the Switch Port.

Regards

Geoff Higginbottom

D: +44 20 3603 0542 | S: +44 20 3603 0540 | M: +447968161581

geoff.higginbottom@shapeblue.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Warren Nicholson [mailto:warren.nicholson@nfinausa.com]
Sent: 29 April 2013 21:13
To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
Subject: Xenserver VLAN setup for cloudstack

When preparing Xenserver for use with Cloudstack:



After you set up the IP addresses for the nics, and

enter the param-set name labels to match cloudstack,

should you also create the VLAN's by using the xe vlan-create

command and thus tie to the VLAN's to a specific network/pif uuids?



warren

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