NSX makes firewall distributed also. So besides VPN, before neutron implements FW also in a distributed fashion, it might be another reason that people need existing router. Discussion about advanced services and dvr is recorded here: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/Distributed-Virtual-Router
Best, Robin Wang 2013/12/10 Nachi Ueno <na...@ntti3.com> > Hi Yong > > NSX have two kind of router. > Edge and distributed router. > > Edge node will work as some VPN services and advanced service nodes. > > Actually, VPNaaS OSS impl is running in l3-agent. > so IMO, we need l3-agent also for basis of some edge services. > > > > > > 2013/12/9 Yongsheng Gong <gong...@unitedstack.com>: > > If distributed router is good enough, why do we still need > non-distributed > > router? > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Ian Wells <ijw.ubu...@cack.org.uk> > wrote: > >> > >> I would imagine that, from the Neutron perspective, you get a single > >> router whether or not it's distributed. I think that if a router is > >> distributed - regardless of whether it's tenant-tenant or > tenant-outside - > >> it certainly *could* have some sort of SLA flag, but I don't think a > simple > >> 'distributed' flag is either here or there; it's not telling the tenant > >> anything meaningful. > >> > >> > >> On 10 December 2013 00:48, Mike Wilson <geekinu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> I guess the question that immediately comes to mind is, is there anyone > >>> that doesn't want a distributed router? I guess there could be someone > out > >>> there that hates the idea of traffic flowing in a balanced fashion, but > >>> can't they just run a single router then? Does there really need to be > some > >>> flag to disable/enable this behavior? Maybe I am oversimplifying > things... > >>> you tell me. > >>> > >>> -Mike Wilson > >>> > >>> > >>> On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Vasudevan, Swaminathan (PNB Roseville) > >>> <swaminathan.vasude...@hp.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hi Folks, > >>>> > >>>> We are in the process of defining the API for the Neutron Distributed > >>>> Virtual Router, and we have a question. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Just wanted to get the feedback from the community before we implement > >>>> and post for review. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> We are planning to use the “distributed” flag for the routers that are > >>>> supposed to be routing traffic locally (both East West and North > South). > >>>> > >>>> This “distributed” flag is already there in the “neutronclient” API, > but > >>>> currently only utilized by the “Nicira Plugin”. > >>>> > >>>> We would like to go ahead and use the same “distributed” flag and add > an > >>>> extension to the router table to accommodate the “distributed flag”. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Please let us know your feedback. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Thanks. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Swaminathan Vasudevan > >>>> > >>>> Systems Software Engineer (TC) > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> HP Networking > >>>> > >>>> Hewlett-Packard > >>>> > >>>> 8000 Foothills Blvd > >>>> > >>>> M/S 5541 > >>>> > >>>> Roseville, CA - 95747 > >>>> > >>>> tel: 916.785.0937 > >>>> > >>>> fax: 916.785.1815 > >>>> > >>>> email: swaminathan.vasude...@hp.com > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> OpenStack-dev mailing list > >>>> OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org > >>>> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> OpenStack-dev mailing list > >>> OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org > >>> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> OpenStack-dev mailing list > >> OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org > >> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > OpenStack-dev mailing list > > OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org > > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenStack-dev mailing list > OpenStack-dev@lists.openstack.org > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev >
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