On Nov 3, 2015 11:57 AM, "Ben Pfaff" <b...@nicira.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 27, 2015 at 01:14:42AM -0500, v_d...@dell.com wrote: > > I am currently exploring Service Function Chaining (SFC) > > implementation using OVN and would like to hear thoughts from the > > community. > > > > Has anyone implemented Service Function Chaining using OVN project and > > would be willing to share his/her experiences? There are proposals for > > adding NSH header as well as leveraging MPLS headers (interim solution > > for lack of NSH support) for SFC but can someone more experienced in > > this topic share if those modifications are really necessary for real > > world SFC use cases? > > > > With the native support for L2 overlays and ACLs inherently built into > > OVN, I am wondering if we are better off creating point to point > > overlay networks between the VNFs and using ACLs for traffic > > classification. Or is there more to it than that? > > Justin, Russell, Thomas, and I brainstormed together about SFC a bit in > Tokyo. There was a brief discussion related to the topic on the > openstack-dev list last week as well (see the thread > "[neutron][networking-sfc] API clarification questions"). Thomas built > a strawman prototype, I believe, though as I understand it the > conversation on openstack-dev meant that it implemented an inadequate > model. > > I don't know what the immediate plans are, but I expect that there'll be > a place for SFC in OVN.
Correction: Russell wrote the prototype.
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