Thanks Justin. I have posted the questions there as well, but since most of the questions are related to OVS I thought people here can also help me understand its functionality.
Thanks, Salman > Subject: Re: [ovs-discuss] OpenStack Quantum plugins > From: jpet...@nicira.com > Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:24:46 -0700 > CC: discuss@openvswitch.org > To: salma...@live.com > > Hi, Salman. There are a few OpenStack/Quantum people on this list, but I > suspect you'll have better luck on the main OpenStack list: > > openst...@lists.launchpad.net > > --Justin > > > On Apr 26, 2012, at 2:07 PM, Salman Malik wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > > > I am trying to learn the functionality of Quantum plugins used in > > OpenStack. I have read through the Quantum Admin Guide and had few > > basic/quick question about quantum and OVS interaction with it : > > > > > > 1) OVS can have ports in which vNICS can be plugged, so why does it need to > > use an integration bridge for connecting all VMs on the same node to a > > network? > > > > 2) The OVS quantum plugin seems to implement the core API functions and > > (viewing the code) I concluded that it just makes maintains the logical > > mappings e.g. b/w net IDs and VLAN IDs in a database. So how is this > > mapping implemented on the actual ports of OVS? Is it the OVS quantum agent > > responsible for directing the packets to correct input/output ports based > > on the updates that it gets from the database? > > > > 3) The quantum admin guide says that the nova client will be the main user > > of quantum and will interact with it via REST API, so it would be nice if > > someone can point me to the code (file path name etc.) where this happens. > > > > Thanks, > > Salman > > > > PS: What is the purpose of Quantum Manager in this architecture and where > > should I look for its code? > > _______________________________________________ > > discuss mailing list > > discuss@openvswitch.org > > http://openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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