Re: [ovs-discuss] OVN vs Distributed vSwitches

2016-12-15 Thread Shravan S K
I apologise for your frustration, Ben. I had gone through the OVN architecture and a few videos posted on OVS YouTube channel. I just was not able to put it all together. Great effort in the documentation. I shall go through the architecture doc again and come back with specific questions. Shra

Re: [ovs-discuss] OVN vs Distributed vSwitches

2016-12-15 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Thu, Dec 15, 2016 at 02:59:28PM +0530, Shravan S K wrote: > On 14 December 2016 at 00:47, Ben Pfaff wrote: > > > OVN is an SDN controller. > > > > > Most SDN controllers are platforms. OVN is an application. > > Could you clarify this, please? I've written thousands of words about OVN, and

Re: [ovs-discuss] OVN vs Distributed vSwitches

2016-12-15 Thread Scott Lowe
On 12/15/2016 02:29 AM, Shravan S K wrote: On 14 December 2016 at 00:47, Ben Pfaff mailto:b...@ovn.org>> wrote: OVN is an SDN controller. > Most SDN controllers are platforms. OVN is an application. Could you clarify this, please? And, is microsegmentation(for example VMWare NSX, Ci

Re: [ovs-discuss] OVN vs Distributed vSwitches

2016-12-15 Thread Shravan S K
On 14 December 2016 at 00:47, Ben Pfaff wrote: > OVN is an SDN controller. > > > Most SDN controllers are platforms. OVN is an application. > Could you clarify this, please? And, is microsegmentation(for example VMWare NSX, Cisco ACI) possible using OVN? Thanks. __

Re: [ovs-discuss] OVN vs Distributed vSwitches

2016-12-13 Thread Ben Pfaff
OVN is an SDN controller. Here is the architecture of OVN: http://openvswitch.org/support/dist-docs/ovn-architecture.7.pdf On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 10:32:16PM +0530, Shravan S K wrote: > I didn't understand clearly. Could you please elaborate ? > > What is the role of an SDN Controller(where does

Re: [ovs-discuss] OVN vs Distributed vSwitches

2016-12-13 Thread Shravan S K
I didn't understand clearly. Could you please elaborate ? What is the role of an SDN Controller(where does it come into the picture) in an Open Virtual Network (OVN) ? In the OVN architecture, does the CMS specify the kind of functionality(like routing, load balancing, ACLs, QoS) that is needed f

Re: [ovs-discuss] OVN vs Distributed vSwitches

2016-12-13 Thread Ben Pfaff
On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 09:52:38PM +0530, Shravan S K wrote: > And can you please compare the OVN Controller to an SDN controller(say > Floodlight) ? Most SDN controllers are platforms. OVN is an application. ___ discuss mailing list disc...@openvswitch

Re: [ovs-discuss] OVN vs Distributed vSwitches

2016-12-13 Thread Scott Lowe
Please see my responses inline, prefixed by [SL]. > On Dec 13, 2016, at 9:22 AM, Shravan S K wrote: > > The example that you mentioned, isn't it the same as what VXLAN can do ? > > And can you please compare the OVN Controller to an SDN controller(say > Floodlight) ? [SL] VXLAN is simply an

Re: [ovs-discuss] OVN vs Distributed vSwitches

2016-12-13 Thread Shravan S K
The example that you mentioned, isn't it the same as what VXLAN can do ? And can you please compare the OVN Controller to an SDN controller(say Floodlight) ? On 13-Dec-2016 20:59, "Scott Lowe" wrote: Please see my response below. > On Dec 13, 2016, at 4:08 AM, Shravan S K wrote: > > How is O

Re: [ovs-discuss] OVN vs Distributed vSwitches

2016-12-13 Thread Scott Lowe
Please see my response below. > On Dec 13, 2016, at 4:08 AM, Shravan S K wrote: > > How is OVN related to distributed virtual switches like the VMware vNetwork > distributed switch or the Cisco Nexus 1000V ? OVN is intended to add network virtualization functionality to OVS. With network vi

[ovs-discuss] OVN vs Distributed vSwitches

2016-12-13 Thread Shravan S K
How is OVN related to distributed virtual switches like the VMware vNetwork distributed switch or the Cisco Nexus 1000V ? -- Shravan ___ discuss mailing list disc...@openvswitch.org https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-discuss