On Wed, 2014-02-12 at 16:11 -0800, Stephen Balukoff wrote: > * This seems less ambiguous from a terminology perspective. The > name 'VIP' in other contexts means 'virtual IP address', which > is the same thing as a floating IP, which in other contexts is > usually considered to be unique to a subset of devices that > share the IP (or pass it between them). It doesn't necessarily > have anything to do with layers 4 and above in the OSI model. > However, if in the context of Neutron LBaaS, "VIP" has a > "protocol-port" attribute, this means it's no longer just a > floating IP: It's a floating IP + TCP port (plus other > attributes that make sense for a TCP service). This feels like > Neutron LBaaS is trying to redefine what a "virtual IP" is, > and is in any case going to be confusing for new comers > expecting it to be one thing when it's actually another.
This is an excellent point, Stephen. -jay _______________________________________________ OpenStack-dev mailing list OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
