Thanks Sumit, I will turn this around quickly, then send an email out to the main openstack list. Two quick comments/follow-ups below.
On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Sumit Naiksatam (snaiksat) < snaik...@cisco.com> wrote: > Hi Dan,**** > > ** ** > > We have been running the RHEL 6.1 Beta, but since it’s Beta, I was not sure > that we want to mention that version number. > Ok, I will say RHEL 6.x > **** > > ** ** > > On the FlatManager configuration, the following can be added as a not in > either in 4.1 or 4.5:**** > > ** ** > > “**** > > In cases where one wants to configure the network by making API calls > explicitly to Quantum before bringing up the VM, it is also possible to use > Nova's FlatManager instead of QuantumManager. The following configuration > would need to be specified in the nova.conf file:**** > > ** ** > > --network_manager=nova.network.manager.FlatManager**** > > --flat_network_bridge=br100**** > > --fixed_range=192.168.0.0/16**** > > ** ** > > You will need to provide the bridge name since the FlatManager > configuration requires it, however you do not need to create that bridge and > it will not be used. As mentioned in the OpenStack documentation, in the > Flat Mode, the IP addresses for VM instances are grabbed from the subnet, > and then injected into the image on launch. Each instance receives a fixed > IP address from the pool of available addresses. The configuration injection > currently only works on Linux-style systems that keep networking > configuration in /etc/network/interfaces.**** > > “ > Great. And just to confirm: you also must specify the appropriate vif-plugging flags for your plugin, as described in section 4.2 Dan > **** > > ** ** > > Thanks,**** > > ~Sumit.**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Dan Wendlandt [mailto:d...@nicira.com] > *Sent:* Monday, September 26, 2011 9:06 AM > *To:* Sumit Naiksatam (snaiksat) > *Cc:* netstack@lists.launchpad.net > > *Subject:* Re: [Netstack] Quantum 2011.3 Diablo is out!**** > > ** ** > > Thanks Sumit, great feedback. Most comments I just applied, but I had a > couple questions/comments below. > > Dan**** > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 12:12 AM, Sumit Naiksatam (snaiksat) < > snaik...@cisco.com> wrote:**** > > **** > > Page 4, 3.1 - "we recommend that you use a recent version of Ubuntu, as > this is a well tested platform" - you can probably qualify this in > parentheses by saying that it has been known to work on RHEL.**** > > > I added a mention of RHEL as well. Are there any specific versions I > should call out? > **** > > **** > > A thought on the QuantumManager - I do agree that going forward, the > recommended way of getting Nova to work with Quantum should be by > configuring the QuantumManager as the network-manager. However, until there > are still some pending items left in the QuantumManager, would it make sense > to suggest that an option to using the QuantumManager would be to use the > FlatManager configuration, and create Quantum network and ports separately? > **** > > > Yeah, that's a good idea. Could you do a quick write-up describing the > configuration steps required, since I haven't run things in this mode in > quite a while? I think I remember seeing somewhere that they now require > the flat_network_bridge flag to be set? Do you run this in a mode where IPs > are allocated from a single giant subnet, and thus, any VM can be plugged > into any network? It would be good if you could quickly call out the main > benefits of this mode compared to QuantumManager so we can help the reader > of the docs understand when they would use one mode or the other (it will > also be a good guide to what we need to improve with the Quantum manager). > Thanks! > **** > > **** > > Thanks,**** > > ~Sumit.**** > > **** > > *From:* netstack-bounces+snaiksat=cisco....@lists.launchpad.net [mailto: > netstack-bounces+snaiksat=cisco....@lists.launchpad.net] *On Behalf Of *Dan > Wendlandt**** > > > *Sent:* Sunday, September 25, 2011 10:12 PM**** > > *To:* netstack@lists.launchpad.net**** > > *Subject:* Re: [Netstack] Quantum 2011.3 Diablo is out!**** > > **** > > Hi folks, > > I finished a first cut at an "Administrator Guide" for Quantum (attached), > aimed at administrators who will be installing and running Quantum. Its > pretty simple right now, but is hopefully enough to get folks started > playing with Quantum + Nova. > > It would be great if someone could take a quick look through the document > (attached) and see if anything jumps out as obviously wrong or missing. > Hopefully we can get at least one other pair of eyes on it tomorrow morning, > then we can send an email out to the OpenStack list still on Monday. > > Right now, the doc does not include any plugin-specific documentation, it > just tells the user to look at the plugin documentation (e.g., a README > file). To match the docs, the suggested set of topics to cover in plugin > documentation are: > - any dependencies required by the plugin. > - editing required plugin config files, performing other plugin setup. > (e.g., installing agents) > - validating that the plugin is properly setup > - setting the appropriate vif-plugging flags for nova-compute > > Thanks, > > Dan > > p.s. I'll be working with Anne to get her thoughts on where we should host > the Quantum docs given the recent changes in where other OpenStack projects > are hosting their docs. > > **** > > ------------------------------ > > *From: *Dan Wendlandt <d...@nicira.com <http://d...@nicira.com> >**** > > > *Date: *Fri, 23 Sep 2011 18:07:32 -0700**** > > *To: *<netstack@lists.launchpad.net <http://netstack@lists.launchpad.net> > >**** > > > *Subject: *[Netstack] Quantum 2011.3 Diablo is out! > > Hi netstack, > > Its official, the first official Quantum release is available for download: > https://launchpad.net/quantum/+milestone/2011.3 > > Thanks to everyone for final push to get the release tested and out... > definitely a team effort. > > We've come a very long way since the Diablo summit only six short months > ago and have a great foundation to build on in order to reach production > quality in the Essex timeframe. > > My plan is to hold off announcing the release to the main OpenStack list > until monday, so I can hopefully get a first cut of the Administrator docs > over the weekend so users have something to guide them through their first > experience with Quantum. > > Enjoy the weekend and hopefully we'll be able to dive into some doc reviews > next week, along with planning for the Essex summit :) > > Dan > > > **** > ------------------------------ > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~netstack < > https://launchpad.net/%7Enetstack> > Post to : netstack@lists.launchpad.net < > http://netstack@lists.launchpad.net> > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~netstack < > https://launchpad.net/%7Enetstack> **** > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp**** > > > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Dan Wendlandt > Nicira Networks, Inc. **** > > www.nicira.com <http://www.nicira.com> | www.openvswitch.org < > http://www.openvswitch.org> > Sr. Product Manager > cell: 650-906-2650 <tel:650-906-2650> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~**** > > **** > > > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Dan Wendlandt > Nicira Networks, Inc. > www.nicira.com | www.openvswitch.org > Sr. Product Manager > cell: 650-906-2650 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~**** > > > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Dan Wendlandt > Nicira Networks, Inc. > www.nicira.com | www.openvswitch.org > Sr. Product Manager > cell: 650-906-2650 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~**** > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dan Wendlandt Nicira Networks, Inc. www.nicira.com | www.openvswitch.org Sr. Product Manager cell: 650-906-2650 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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