Resending as I didn't see the mail on dev list. > -----Original Message----- > From: Koushik Das > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 6:37 PM > To: Chiradeep Vittal; cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > Cc: Manan Shah > Subject: RE: [DISCUSS] Integrate Cisco ASA 1000v into CloudStack > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chiradeep Vittal > > Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 5:56 AM > > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org; Koushik Das > > Cc: Manan Shah > > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Integrate Cisco ASA 1000v into CloudStack > > > > - It might be better to support VPC instead of "isolated". Even if it > > means that some features are not supported initially. I feel that > > "isolated is a special case of "VPC", except for the firewall function.
I feel both can exist and once VPC stuff is completed then it can be documented appropriately > > - What about support for systemvm / NS as an LB appliance? I am trying to think what would side-by-side mean in this case. For inline mode support is anything available in the CS framework? > > - Although the ASA DHCP server cannot be programmed, it might be > > desirable in enterprise use cases (where they may not care about > > userdata/metadata) to support the ASA DHCP server as a DHCP provider. > > In this case we have to figure out how to update the NIC information > > in CloudStack DB after the VM has acquired its IP. This is a good to have use case. Will revisit after isolated and VPC scenarios are done. > > > > > > On 3/11/13 6:11 AM, "Koushik Das" <koushik....@citrix.com> wrote: > > > > >Updated the FS with following changes: > > > > > >- Use case section updated, classified use cases that will be > > >supported for 4.2 and beyond. Also removed items like VSG and VXLAN > > >support to "Open items" section as not planning to do them as part of > > >"ASA integration". > > >- Updated the deployment model section and added HV limitation > > >(Vmware only feature) > > >- Also updated the API section with parameter details. > > > > > >Comments/feedback? > > > > > >Thanks, > > >Koushik > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: Koushik Das [mailto:koushik....@citrix.com] > > >> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 7:08 PM > > >> To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > > >> Subject: RE: [DISCUSS] Integrate Cisco ASA 1000v into CloudStack > > >> > > >> Updated the FS with API, Db changes and current deployment > limitations. > > >> Also updated the UI section as to what all needs to be added. > > >> > > >> Chiradeep, > > >> I looked at the option of spinning up templates from ovf template > > >>but didn't find a way (was looking for some samples) to pass custom > > >>parameters like vnmc ip, password etc. while creating VM instance. > > >>So for now the ASA instance creation is a manual step similar to > > >>VNMC appliance. In case there is a way out, the auto-creation can > > >>be done as a future enhancement. > > >> > > >> Thanks, > > >> Koushik > > >> > > >> > -----Original Message----- > > >> > From: Chiradeep Vittal [mailto:chiradeep.vit...@citrix.com] > > >> > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 1:39 AM > > >> > To: CloudStack DeveloperList > > >> > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Integrate Cisco ASA 1000v into CloudStack > > >> > > > >> > Thanks for the FS updates. > > >> > Good progress. > > >> > I had forgotten about registering the ASA 1000v with VNMC < that > > >> > makes it harder to spin these appliances up/down. However we can > > >> > plan to login via the CLI just for this step. > > >> > > > >> > I believe it is better to use a pre-setup pool of ASA appliances. > > >> > Let's say we start with N appliances (created via an admin API > > >> > call to > > >> CloudStack). > > >> > createASA1000vPool(ovf template id, zone, vnmc ip, N, increment, > > >> > threshold) Then as the capacity reaches threshold%, the pool > > >> > capacity is incremented by increment% asynchronously. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > On 1/21/13 12:46 AM, "Koushik Das" <koushik....@citrix.com> wrote: > > >> > > > >> > >Thanks Chiradeep for explaining the vnmc/asa integration stuff > > >> > >that you are working on and listing down all the use cases. > > >> > > > > >> > >Manan, > > >> > >CLOUDSTACK-742 is covered as part of Chiradeep's work (refer use > > >> > >cases > > >> > >#1 and #2 from the doc). > > >> > > > > >> > >-Koushik > > >> > > > > >> > >-----Original Message----- > > >> > >From: Chiradeep Vittal [mailto:chiradeep.vit...@citrix.com] > > >> > >Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2013 1:30 AM > > >> > >To: CloudStack DeveloperList > > >> > >Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Integrate Cisco ASA 1000v into CloudStack > > >> > > > > >> > >Take a look here: > > >> > > > >> > > > >https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Cisco+VNMC+i > > >> > nteg > > >> > >rat > > >> > >i > > >> > >on > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > >This is something I had been prototyping without any real > enthusiasm. > > >> > > > > >> > >There's 3 ways to control the ASA1000v: > > >> > >1. By logging in via the CLI. Strongly against this. > > >> > >2. By using VNMC > > >> > >3. Via Cisco's Network Services Manager (NSM)[1] > > >> > > > > >> > >The NSM is comprehensive, covers a large range of physical and > > >> > >virtual devices and has an easy northbound API. This would be my > > >> > >preferred solution. > > >> > > > > >> > >However as of now (NSM v5.0.2), the ASA1000v is not supported. > > >> > >It may also be the case that using VNMC may be a cheaper (albeit > > >> > >less > > >> > >supported) option > > >> > > > > >> > >[1] http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11636/index.html > > >> > > > > >> > >On 1/17/13 9:26 PM, "Koushik Das" <koushik....@citrix.com> wrote: > > >> > > > > >> > >>Manan, > > >> > >>Can you answer the questions that Chiradeep has raised? > > >> > >> > > >> > >>Chiradeep, > > >> > >>I saw that you have started working on asa/vnmc here > > >> > >>(https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-cloudstack/r > > >> > >>ep > > >> > >>o?p > > >> > >>=i > > >> > >>n > > >> > >>cub > > >> > >>ator-cloudstack.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/cisco-vnmc-api- > > >> integration). > > >> > >>I would like to understand the functionalities that you are > > >> > >>planning to cover and what is the overlap between your work and > > >> > >>the feature that Manan has proposed (supporting asa1000v as an > > >> > >>external > > >>firewall). > > >> > >> > > >> > >>Thanks, > > >> > >>Koushik > > >> > >> > > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > > >> > >>> From: Alex Huang [mailto:alex.hu...@citrix.com] > > >> > >>> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2013 2:18 AM > > >> > >>> To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > > >> > >>> Subject: RE: [DISCUSS] Integrate Cisco ASA 1000v into > > >> > >>> CloudStack > > >> > >>> > > >> > >>> Manan, > > >> > >>> > > >> > >>> Can you address the issues that Chiradeep has brought up? I > > >> > >>>think for a requirements discussion it is just as important > > >> > >>>to indicate what we will not do or what is considered a > > >> > >>>feature of a later release. > > >> > >>> > > >> > >>> --Alex > > >> > >>> > > >> > >>> > -----Original Message----- > > >> > >>> > From: Chiradeep Vittal [mailto:chiradeep.vit...@citrix.com] > > >> > >>> > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 6:16 PM > > >> > >>> > To: CloudStack DeveloperList > > >> > >>> > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Integrate Cisco ASA 1000v into > > >> > >>> > CloudStack > > >> > >>> > > > >> > >>> > There cannot be feature parity since the ASA1000v is only > > >> > >>> > supported on VMWare. > > >> > >>> > > > >> > >>> > Should the ASA1000v be created on demand, or do we expect > > >> > >>> > the admin to provision a pool of virtual ASAs? > > >> > >>> > > > >> > >>> > Should we support VXLAN as the isolation technology or VLANs? > > >> > >>> > > > >> > >>> > > > >> > >>> > On 1/3/13 5:08 PM, "Manan Shah" <manan.s...@citrix.com> > > wrote: > > >> > >>> > > > >> > >>> > >Hi, > > >> > >>> > > > > >> > >>> > >I would like to propose a new feature for integrating > > >> > >>> > >Cisco ASA 1000v in CS 4.1. I have created a JIRA ticket > > >> > >>> > >and provided the requirements at the following location. > > >> > >>> > >Please provide feedback on the > > >> > >>>requirements. > > >> > >>> > > > > >> > >>> > >JIRA Ticket: > > >> > >>> > >https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-742 > > >> > >>> > >Requirements: > > >> > >>> > > > >> > >>> > > >> > > > >https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Integrate+C > > >> > >i > > >> > >>> >s > > >> > >>> >c > > >> > >>> > >o > > >> > >>> > +ASA > > >> > >>> > >+ > > >> > >>> > >1000v+as+a+FW+for+CloudStack > > >> > >>> > > > > >> > >>> > >Additional details would be provided in the FS. > > >> > >>> > > > > >> > >>> > >Regards, > > >> > >>> > >Manan Shah > > >> > >>> > > > > >> > >> > > >> > > > > >
