Hi all,
Taking the next step on configuring my newly-established oVirt cluster, and that would be
to set up a trunk (VLAN tagged) connection to each cluster host (there are 3) for VM
traffic. What I’m looking at is akin to setting up vSwitches on VMware, except I have
never done this on a VMware cluster, just on individual hosts…
Anyhow, I have the following NICs available on my three hosts (conveniently, they are the
exact same hardware platform):
ovirt-node-01 | success | rc=0 >>
3: enp4s0f0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen
1000
4: enp4s0f1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen
1000
5: enp12s0f0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast master
ovirtmgmt state UP mode DEFAULT qlen 1000
6: enp12s0f1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen
1000
ovirt-node-02 | success | rc=0 >>
3: enp4s0f0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen
1000
4: enp4s0f1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen
1000
5: enp12s0f0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast master
ovirtmgmt state UP mode DEFAULT qlen 1000
6: enp12s0f1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen
1000
ovirt-node-03 | success | rc=0 >>
3: enp4s0f0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen
1000
4: enp4s0f1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen
1000
5: enp12s0f0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast master
ovirtmgmt state UP mode DEFAULT qlen 1000
6: enp12s0f1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen
1000
As you may see, I am using the ‘enp12s0f0’ interface on each host for the ‘ovirtmgmt’
bridge. This network carries the admin traffic as well as Gluster distributed filesystem
traffic, but I now want to establish a separate link to each host for VM traffic. The
‘ovirtmgmt’ bridge is NOT trunked/tagged, only a single VLAN is used. For the VM traffic,
I’d like to use the ‘enp4s0f0’ interface on each host, and tie them into a logical network
named “vm-traffic” (or the like) and make that a trunked/tagged interface.
Are there any existing succinct instructions on how to do this? I have been reading thru
the oVirt Admin Manual’s “Logical Networks” section
(
http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_Administration_Guide#Logical_Network_Tasks) but it hasn’t
“clicked” in my mind yet...
Thanks,
Will