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Posted to dev@cloudstack.apache.org by Simon Weller <sw...@ena.com> on 2015/08/20 20:41:29 UTC
SDN solutions in use today with CloudStack
Hi all,
We are currently exploring options for improving our networking setup (read SDN) within CS for our advanced zones.
There are a few plugins currently available for various third party SDN providers (Nicira, Big Switch VNS, MidoNet, Stratosphere SSP, Nuage VSP et al), as well as some pre-SDN functionality using native VXLAN, OVS GRE and of course vlans.
Most of the organizations mentioned above appear to have drunken the OpenStack kool-aid and don't even mention support for CloudStack on their commercial websites.
It seems that some of these plugins are getting rather old now and I'd be interesting to know (if you're willing to share) what is in use in the community today.
- Si
Re: SDN solutions in use today with CloudStack
Posted by Remi Bergsma <RB...@schubergphilis.com>.
We use it with hundreds of XenServers (currently 6.2) and KVM hypervisors on CentOS 7. Open vSwitch does the magic. We did upgrade ovs to a more recent version, though.
Regards, Remi
Sent from my iPhone
> On 21 Aug 2015, at 14:04, Zaeem Arshad <za...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> How does that integrate with a XenServer based environment?
>
> Regards
>
> Zaeem
>
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 1:17 AM, Remi Bergsma <RB...@schubergphilis.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Simon,
>>
>> At Schuberg Philis we use Nicira (which nowadays is called VMware NSX-MH)
>> in production since 2012. It works well for us. The plugin is also still
>> maintained and is getting some tlc as we speak.
>>
>> The Nuage plugin was introduced recently, I think in 4.5. I hear people
>> are using this a lot so it’s definitely something to investigate. The
>> others I have never tried. Really wondering if anyone is using GRE in
>> CloudStack?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Remi
>>
>>
>>> On 20 Aug 2015, at 20:41, Simon Weller <sw...@ena.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> We are currently exploring options for improving our networking setup
>> (read SDN) within CS for our advanced zones.
>>>
>>> There are a few plugins currently available for various third party SDN
>> providers (Nicira, Big Switch VNS, MidoNet, Stratosphere SSP, Nuage VSP et
>> al), as well as some pre-SDN functionality using native VXLAN, OVS GRE and
>> of course vlans.
>>>
>>> Most of the organizations mentioned above appear to have drunken the
>> OpenStack kool-aid and don't even mention support for CloudStack on their
>> commercial websites.
>>>
>>> It seems that some of these plugins are getting rather old now and I'd
>> be interesting to know (if you're willing to share) what is in use in the
>> community today.
>>>
>>> - Si
>>
>>
Re: SDN solutions in use today with CloudStack
Posted by Zaeem Arshad <za...@gmail.com>.
Thanks.
On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 5:19 PM, Simon Weller <sw...@ena.com> wrote:
> Zaeem,
>
> Nicara (VMWare-NSX-MH) and Nuage both work with XenServer. Reading the
> Nuage VSP plugin jira ticket, they only claim support for XenServer right
> now, and none for KVM.
>
> - Si
>
>
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Zaeem Arshad <za...@gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 7:04 AM
> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org
> Subject: Re: SDN solutions in use today with CloudStack
>
> How does that integrate with a XenServer based environment?
>
> Regards
>
> Zaeem
>
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 1:17 AM, Remi Bergsma <RBergsma@schubergphilis.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Simon,
> >
> > At Schuberg Philis we use Nicira (which nowadays is called VMware NSX-MH)
> > in production since 2012. It works well for us. The plugin is also still
> > maintained and is getting some tlc as we speak.
> >
> > The Nuage plugin was introduced recently, I think in 4.5. I hear people
> > are using this a lot so it’s definitely something to investigate. The
> > others I have never tried. Really wondering if anyone is using GRE in
> > CloudStack?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Remi
> >
> >
> > > On 20 Aug 2015, at 20:41, Simon Weller <sw...@ena.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > We are currently exploring options for improving our networking setup
> > (read SDN) within CS for our advanced zones.
> > >
> > > There are a few plugins currently available for various third party SDN
> > providers (Nicira, Big Switch VNS, MidoNet, Stratosphere SSP, Nuage VSP
> et
> > al), as well as some pre-SDN functionality using native VXLAN, OVS GRE
> and
> > of course vlans.
> > >
> > > Most of the organizations mentioned above appear to have drunken the
> > OpenStack kool-aid and don't even mention support for CloudStack on their
> > commercial websites.
> > >
> > > It seems that some of these plugins are getting rather old now and I'd
> > be interesting to know (if you're willing to share) what is in use in the
> > community today.
> > >
> > > - Si
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
Re: SDN solutions in use today with CloudStack
Posted by Simon Weller <sw...@ena.com>.
Zaeem,
Nicara (VMWare-NSX-MH) and Nuage both work with XenServer. Reading the Nuage VSP plugin jira ticket, they only claim support for XenServer right now, and none for KVM.
- Si
________________________________________
From: Zaeem Arshad <za...@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2015 7:04 AM
To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org
Subject: Re: SDN solutions in use today with CloudStack
How does that integrate with a XenServer based environment?
Regards
Zaeem
On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 1:17 AM, Remi Bergsma <RB...@schubergphilis.com>
wrote:
> Hi Simon,
>
> At Schuberg Philis we use Nicira (which nowadays is called VMware NSX-MH)
> in production since 2012. It works well for us. The plugin is also still
> maintained and is getting some tlc as we speak.
>
> The Nuage plugin was introduced recently, I think in 4.5. I hear people
> are using this a lot so it’s definitely something to investigate. The
> others I have never tried. Really wondering if anyone is using GRE in
> CloudStack?
>
> Regards,
> Remi
>
>
> > On 20 Aug 2015, at 20:41, Simon Weller <sw...@ena.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > We are currently exploring options for improving our networking setup
> (read SDN) within CS for our advanced zones.
> >
> > There are a few plugins currently available for various third party SDN
> providers (Nicira, Big Switch VNS, MidoNet, Stratosphere SSP, Nuage VSP et
> al), as well as some pre-SDN functionality using native VXLAN, OVS GRE and
> of course vlans.
> >
> > Most of the organizations mentioned above appear to have drunken the
> OpenStack kool-aid and don't even mention support for CloudStack on their
> commercial websites.
> >
> > It seems that some of these plugins are getting rather old now and I'd
> be interesting to know (if you're willing to share) what is in use in the
> community today.
> >
> > - Si
> >
> >
> >
>
>
Re: SDN solutions in use today with CloudStack
Posted by Zaeem Arshad <za...@gmail.com>.
How does that integrate with a XenServer based environment?
Regards
Zaeem
On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 1:17 AM, Remi Bergsma <RB...@schubergphilis.com>
wrote:
> Hi Simon,
>
> At Schuberg Philis we use Nicira (which nowadays is called VMware NSX-MH)
> in production since 2012. It works well for us. The plugin is also still
> maintained and is getting some tlc as we speak.
>
> The Nuage plugin was introduced recently, I think in 4.5. I hear people
> are using this a lot so it’s definitely something to investigate. The
> others I have never tried. Really wondering if anyone is using GRE in
> CloudStack?
>
> Regards,
> Remi
>
>
> > On 20 Aug 2015, at 20:41, Simon Weller <sw...@ena.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > We are currently exploring options for improving our networking setup
> (read SDN) within CS for our advanced zones.
> >
> > There are a few plugins currently available for various third party SDN
> providers (Nicira, Big Switch VNS, MidoNet, Stratosphere SSP, Nuage VSP et
> al), as well as some pre-SDN functionality using native VXLAN, OVS GRE and
> of course vlans.
> >
> > Most of the organizations mentioned above appear to have drunken the
> OpenStack kool-aid and don't even mention support for CloudStack on their
> commercial websites.
> >
> > It seems that some of these plugins are getting rather old now and I'd
> be interesting to know (if you're willing to share) what is in use in the
> community today.
> >
> > - Si
> >
> >
> >
>
>
Re: SDN solutions in use today with CloudStack
Posted by Simon Weller <sw...@ena.com>.
Thanks guys.
We've seen a lot of reports of MidoNet as well, but I haven't seen them discussed much on the list.
I haven't heard of anyone using GRE. We have experimented in our lab with VXLAN on KVM and it seems to work.
- Si
________________________________________
From: Remi Bergsma <RB...@schubergphilis.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2015 3:17 PM
To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org
Subject: Re: SDN solutions in use today with CloudStack
Hi Simon,
At Schuberg Philis we use Nicira (which nowadays is called VMware NSX-MH) in production since 2012. It works well for us. The plugin is also still maintained and is getting some tlc as we speak.
The Nuage plugin was introduced recently, I think in 4.5. I hear people are using this a lot so it’s definitely something to investigate. The others I have never tried. Really wondering if anyone is using GRE in CloudStack?
Regards,
Remi
> On 20 Aug 2015, at 20:41, Simon Weller <sw...@ena.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> We are currently exploring options for improving our networking setup (read SDN) within CS for our advanced zones.
>
> There are a few plugins currently available for various third party SDN providers (Nicira, Big Switch VNS, MidoNet, Stratosphere SSP, Nuage VSP et al), as well as some pre-SDN functionality using native VXLAN, OVS GRE and of course vlans.
>
> Most of the organizations mentioned above appear to have drunken the OpenStack kool-aid and don't even mention support for CloudStack on their commercial websites.
>
> It seems that some of these plugins are getting rather old now and I'd be interesting to know (if you're willing to share) what is in use in the community today.
>
> - Si
>
>
>
Re: SDN solutions in use today with CloudStack
Posted by Simon Weller <sw...@ena.com>.
<snip>
>The others I have never tried. Really wondering if anyone is using GRE in CloudStack?
Just FYI. There was a post today on the user lists where someone was attempting to setup GRE, so it appears it is probably out there.
- Si
> On 20 Aug 2015, at 20:41, Simon Weller <sw...@ena.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> We are currently exploring options for improving our networking setup (read SDN) within CS for our advanced zones.
>
> There are a few plugins currently available for various third party SDN providers (Nicira, Big Switch VNS, MidoNet, Stratosphere SSP, Nuage VSP et al), as well as some pre-SDN functionality using native VXLAN, OVS GRE and of course vlans.
>
> Most of the organizations mentioned above appear to have drunken the OpenStack kool-aid and don't even mention support for CloudStack on their commercial websites.
>
> It seems that some of these plugins are getting rather old now and I'd be interesting to know (if you're willing to share) what is in use in the community today.
>
> - Si
>
>
>
Re: SDN solutions in use today with CloudStack
Posted by Remi Bergsma <RB...@schubergphilis.com>.
Hi Simon,
At Schuberg Philis we use Nicira (which nowadays is called VMware NSX-MH) in production since 2012. It works well for us. The plugin is also still maintained and is getting some tlc as we speak.
The Nuage plugin was introduced recently, I think in 4.5. I hear people are using this a lot so it’s definitely something to investigate. The others I have never tried. Really wondering if anyone is using GRE in CloudStack?
Regards,
Remi
> On 20 Aug 2015, at 20:41, Simon Weller <sw...@ena.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> We are currently exploring options for improving our networking setup (read SDN) within CS for our advanced zones.
>
> There are a few plugins currently available for various third party SDN providers (Nicira, Big Switch VNS, MidoNet, Stratosphere SSP, Nuage VSP et al), as well as some pre-SDN functionality using native VXLAN, OVS GRE and of course vlans.
>
> Most of the organizations mentioned above appear to have drunken the OpenStack kool-aid and don't even mention support for CloudStack on their commercial websites.
>
> It seems that some of these plugins are getting rather old now and I'd be interesting to know (if you're willing to share) what is in use in the community today.
>
> - Si
>
>
>
Re: SDN solutions in use today with CloudStack
Posted by Chiradeep Vittal <Ch...@citrix.com>.
Nuage seems to be in production in quite a few CloudStack clouds
From: Simon Weller <sw...@ena.com>>
Reply-To: "dev@cloudstack.apache.org<ma...@cloudstack.apache.org>" <de...@cloudstack.apache.org>>
Date: Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 11:41 AM
To: "dev@cloudstack.apache.org<ma...@cloudstack.apache.org>" <de...@cloudstack.apache.org>>
Subject: SDN solutions in use today with CloudStack
Hi all,
We are currently exploring options for improving our networking setup (read SDN) within CS for our advanced zones.
There are a few plugins currently available for various third party SDN providers (Nicira, Big Switch VNS, MidoNet, Stratosphere SSP, Nuage VSP et al), as well as some pre-SDN functionality using native VXLAN, OVS GRE and of course vlans.
Most of the organizations mentioned above appear to have drunken the OpenStack kool-aid and don't even mention support for CloudStack on their commercial websites.
It seems that some of these plugins are getting rather old now and I'd be interesting to know (if you're willing to share) what is in use in the community today.
- Si