On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Kevin Kluge <kevin.kl...@citrix.com> wrote: > 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
I appreciate the input, though these feature might be nice, we dont see the need for GRE tunnels and the overhead, its a pretty simple network layout and well... Nicira NVP... commercial...... and probably another box in the mix > >> -----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
