> -----Original Message----- > From: ilya musayev (JIRA) [mailto:j...@apache.org] > Sent: 13 February 2013 22:38 > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: [jira] [Commented] (CLOUDSTACK-657) VMware vNetwork Distributed > Virtual Switch support in CloudStack > > > [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK- > 657?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment- > tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13577719#comment-13577719 ] > > ilya musayev commented on CLOUDSTACK-657: > ----------------------------------------- > > Sateesh > > Thank you for the work on dvS support. > > As you may know i'm actively testing dvSwitch portion you wrote - as we have > an immediate need of dVs support to make use of good number of vmware > clusters that all use dvs. > > Please answer the following when possible: > > 1) I see the dvs support was pushed into 4.2 - is there a reason why it cant > be > part of 4.1 - granted we do all of QA in the next week?
The feature was submitted for review by 31st January but it was under review since then. I though it can't be part of 4.1 because only features that were committed by 31st January would be part of 4.1 release. Also I have seen proposal from community member to include this feature into 4.1 release. But it seems the proposal wan't accepted. > 2) you have posted a link to your own github, does it mean the patches posted > on review board maybe outdated? If i was to use your github, can i merge it > with > current master? I'm git beginner, so any pointers are very much appreciated. Patches are up-to-date. The github branch is outdated. Please use the patches in review board for testing. I was using that branch as secure place holder of my source code for this feature while I was working on the feature. Being non-committer I couldn't create a branch in ASF git repo, hence I was working earlier on fork in github. > > I'll be testing the code out today. Thanks for helping with QA of this feature. -Sateesh > > Thanks > ilya > > PS: I tried backporting your code into 4.0 branch, but that did not go to > well - > due to network refactoring on 4.1.. so i'm now back on 4.1 :) > > > VMware vNetwork Distributed Virtual Switch support in CloudStack > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Key: CLOUDSTACK-657 > > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-657 > > Project: CloudStack > > Issue Type: New Feature > > Security Level: Public(Anyone can view this level - this is the > > default.) > > Components: VMware > > Environment: VMware vSphere 4.1/5.0/5.1 > > Reporter: Sateesh Chodapuneedi > > Assignee: Sateesh Chodapuneedi > > Fix For: 4.2.0 > > > > > > Need to integrate the functionality of VMware dvSwitch with CloudStack. This > 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. > > Following features are available with a Distributed Switch over and above > Standard vSwitch of vSphere. > > 1. Shaping of inbound (RX) traffic > > 2. Supports a central unified management interface through vCenter > > Server 3. Supports Private VLANs (PVLANs) 4. Provides potential > > customization of Data and Control Planes 5. Increased visibility of > > inter-virtual machine traffic through Netflow 6. Improved monitoring > > through port mirroring (dvMirror) 7. Support for LLDP (Link Layer > > Discovery Protocol), a vendor-neutral protocol. > > Release Planning: > > Dev list discussions: > > http://markmail.org/message/eehzokoniwssrx5d > > http://markmail.org/message/ow7za62d3qmnjd2h > > Functional Spec: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Integration+of+ > > CloudStack+with+VMware+DVS Feature branch: reviewboard submission > > -- > This message is automatically generated by JIRA. > If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators > For > more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
