[Users] Setting up networks in oVirt

[Andrew Lau]

Install ovirt engine, then go to hosts -> edit networks

it's a drag and drop interface, very easy..

No ipaddress needed for the vm data nic, they will get created as a bridge.

On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 9:44 PM, Andy Michielsen
<andy.michielsen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Andrew,
>
> Let's say I'm going to implement it like you suggest.
>
> The first nic with 2 vlan's for management and storage. The second nic for
> the vm's.
>
> What would I go about defining this in ovirt ?
>
> Can you give me an example for the vlan for the management and the storage ?
> Do I need to assing a ip-adress to the nic for the vm's or is this
> transparent ?
>
> Kind regards.
>
>
> 2014-04-09 12:16 GMT+02:00 Andrew Lau <andrew at andrewklau.com>:
>
>> On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 7:05 PM, Andy Michielsen
>> <andy.michielsen at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > Okay. We do not use vlan's at the moment.
>> >
>> > I have my engine setup on a machine with 6 physical nic's available
>> > which
>> > also functions as my NFS server.
>> > My node only has 2 physical nic's.
>> >
>> > What setup would you propose in my case.
>> >
>>
>> With only 2 nics, and no vlans it's really quite limited.
>>
>> It'll probably be easier just to have like eth0 share management and
>> storage and eth1 for vm data. Using vlans would be more ideal though..
>>
>> ovirt won't let you put multiple non-vlaned networks on the same NIC.
>>
>> > Kind regards.
>> >
>> >
>> > 2014-04-09 10:55 GMT+02:00 Andrew Lau <andrew at andrewklau.com>:
>> >
>> >> On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 6:52 PM, Andy Michielsen
>> >> <andy.michielsen at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > Hello Andrew,
>> >> >
>> >> > Yes that would be a start.
>> >> >
>> >> > What are the ranges of the subnets used.
>> >> > I'm asking because in my setup I connect to the ovirt engine from my
>> >> > subnet
>> >> > 192.168.203.x and I also use that subnet to access my virtual
>> >> > machines.
>> >> > I suppose I can use completely different subnets for the ovirtmgmt
>> >> > and
>> >> > storage network ?
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> You can make up whatever subnetting your network has available. You
>> >> need to use VLANs to separate the network like in that screenshot..
>> >> otherwise use separate interfaces with different subnets to isolate
>> >> your traffic.
>> >>
>> >> > Kind regards.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > 2014-04-09 10:38 GMT+02:00 Andrew Lau <andrew at andrewklau.com>:
>> >> >
>> >> >> On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 6:35 PM, Andy Michielsen
>> >> >> <andy.michielsen at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >> > Hello,
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Can anyone give me some screenshot of what a network setup can
>> >> >> > look
>> >> >> > like
>> >> >> > if
>> >> >> > I wanted to isolate storage and vm traffic from the management
>> >> >> > traffic.
>> >> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Something like attached?
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > Kind regards.
>> >> >> >
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