Changed category from [ASF41] to [ACS41] in subject line > -----Original Message----- > From: Musayev, Ilya [mailto:imusa...@webmd.net] > Sent: 18 December 2012 01:33 > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: RE: [ASF41][DISCUSS] Adding support for VMware dvSwitch > > Sateesh > > As mentioned before I have a good number of vSphere environments using > dvSwitches that I can't roll into CS just yet. > > Whenever you are ready to test something or have a proof of concept code > to try - I can assist. > That would be great! Sure, I will get in touch as soon as the branch is ready. Thanks.
> I've been meaning to ask - are you planning to build any controls that > are available via VCenter for dvSwitches - or is it strictly support > and enablement? CloudStack will provide the option to choose dvSwitch in VMware environment and uses vSphere API (talk to vCenter) when a virtual network needs orchestration (create, modify, destroy cycle). > > Thank you > -ilya > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sateesh Chodapuneedi [mailto:sateesh.chodapune...@citrix.com] > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 2:41 PM > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: [ASF41][DISCUSS] Adding support for VMware dvSwitch > > Hi, > > > > I am planning to work on enabling support for VMware native dvSwitch in > CloudStack. Filed a jira ticket for it, see [1]. > > > > Integration of VMware dvSwitch with CloudStack enables orchestration of > virtual networks in VMware environment over distributed virtual switch > inside vCenter. > > > > Background > > ----------- > > VMware Distributed Switch is an aggregation of per-host virtual switches > presented and controlled as a single distributed switch through vCenter > Server at the Datacenter level. vDS abstracts configuration of > individual virtual switches and enables centralized provisioning, > administration, and monitoring. > > vDS is integral component of vCenter. Hence the native vDS support makes > sense for wider and larger deployments of Cloudstack over vSphere. > > > > Each Standard vSwitch represents an independent point of configuration > that needs to be managed and monitored. The management of virtual > networks required by instances in the cloud is tedious when virtual > networks have to span across large number of hosts. Using distributed > vSwitch (vDS) simplifies the configuration and monitoring. > > > > Being standalone implementations, standard vSwitches do not provide any > support for virtual machine mobility. So there needed a component to > ensure that the network configurations on the source and the destination > virtual switch are consistent and will allow the VM to operate without > breaking connectivity or network policies. Particularly during migration > of VM across hosts, the sync up among peers need to be taken care. > However in case of distributed vSwitch during VMotion, the vCenter > server, would update the vSwitch modules on the hosts in cluster > accordingly. > > > > I'll share an FS for this in the next few days. > > Please do let me know your thoughts/concerns. > > > > [1] CLOUDSTACK-657 - "VMware vNetwork Distributed Virtual Switch support > in CloudStack" > > > > Regards, > > Sateesh > > > > >
