[Users] openvswitch intergration status

[Itamar Heim]

On 03/15/2013 03:16 PM, Antoni Segura Puimedon wrote:
> I'm on it.
>
> The status is that I'm now refactoring the networking part of vdsm to
> enable us to use different configuration tools for setting interfaces.
> This will allow to have a open vSwitch back end for configuring the
> bridges.
>
> For 3.3 we will have the refactoring done.
> http://www.ovirt.org/Feature/NetworkReloaded
>
> I don't think we'll have open vSwitch hitting at the same point,
> as I'm targeting first to have ifcfg and iproute2 based configuration,
> but once the API of the refactoring is more stable, maybe somebody
> can try to do it on parallel. Frankly though, I think it will have to
> be for the following point release.

there is also the qunatum work which should allow using openvswitch (and 
other) network technologies.

>
> Best,
>
> Toni
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jiri Belka" <jbelka at redhat.com>
>> To: users at ovirt.org
>> Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 2:12:14 PM
>> Subject: [Users] openvswitch intergration status
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> is there a plan to integrate openvswitch, if so what's status?
>>
>> Basic bridging sucks, and now everything is virtual, no? :)
>>
>> Maybe some benefits:
>>
>> * decreases cost for special (legacy) enterprise switches
>> * virtualization buzzword included
>> * one can simulate switch in ovirt
>>    (that was my start to investigate, i wanted to have a trunk port
>>    pointing to virtualized FW and couple of vlans with guests, not
>>    possible right now in ovirt, each vlan = one iface)
>> * there's backward compatibility
>>    - see http://packages.debian.org/sid/openvswitch-brcompat
>>
>> Let's be hype :D
>>
>> jbelka
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