You can use SDN (Software Defined Networking). Salvatore sent some mails about the work he had done which got to a beta state. It sets up zone-wide L2 overlay networks using GRE tunnels. Salvatore's work was XenServer specific and used a controller native to CloudStack. Hugo has done some commits on Nicira NVP integration as well. SDN is bleeding edge for CloudStack now but is an interesting future direction. Would be great to get some feedback on these features.
-kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: Outback Dingo [mailto:outbackdi...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 4:29 PM > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: VLANS in Advance Networking NOT NEEDED. > > Just a curiosity, wonder if there way any way to allow advanced networking > without using VLANS I get the security concept, though i question their use in > certain configurations and that not everyone can afford the high end > switches required to maintain a VLAN network. > Simply put, we should be > given a choice. I can configure XCP / XEN hosts to do exactly what i want > without cloudstack, by giving all VMs dual interfaces one for public and one > for private without issues. As soon as I put CS in the mix I am forced to use > vlans in my configuration which my current network topology doesnt > support. and yes, I have two separate physical network segments, so i > question why i need vlans in the first place as im not running public address > space and private address space over the same physical network, so why > does CS limit various hypervisors usage by forcing vlan topologies
