> -----Original Message----- > From: Chip Childers [mailto:chip.child...@sungard.com] > Sent: 18 December 2012 01:15 > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: [ACS41][DISCUSS] Adding support for VMware dvSwitch (Was: > [ASF41][DISCUSS] Adding support for VMware dvSwitch) > > (note subject line change) > > On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Sateesh Chodapuneedi > <sateesh.chodapune...@citrix.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I am planning to work on enabling support for VMware native dvSwitch > in CloudStack. Filed a jira ticket for it, see [1]. > > > > > > > > Integration of VMware dvSwitch with CloudStack 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. > > > > > > > > I'll share an FS for this in the next few days. > > > > Please do let me know your thoughts/concerns. > > > > +1 on adding this support. Do you intend to keep the implementation > similar to how the Nexus1000v support works (or will after it's fixed)? > I'd prefer that they are at feature parity, given that the 1kv is really > just a replacement for the VMware DVS that gives operators a nice CLI to > work against. > Yes, I am trying to keep the implementation similar to Nexus100v support. The dvSwitch would be an alternative for orchestration of virtual networks (of VMware servers) in CloudStack.
> > > > [1] CLOUDSTACK-657 - "VMware vNetwork Distributed Virtual Switch > support in CloudStack" > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Sateesh > > > > > > > > > >
