Re: [ovs-discuss] OpenStack Quantum plugins

2012-04-26 Thread Salman Malik 

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? 
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Re: [ovs-discuss] OpenStack Quantum plugins

2012-04-26 Thread Justin Pettit 
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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