SDN with Red Hat OpenStack Platform: OpenDaylight Integration
OpenDaylight is an open source project under the auspices of the Linux Foundation, aimed at promoting the introduction and development of software-defined networks (SDN) by creating a common industry platform. Red Hat is the platinum founding member of the OpenDaylight community, in which both individual professionals and large network companies participate. OpenDaylight stimulates innovation and the development of a wide variety of use cases.
Starting with the Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8, Red Hat includes a specialized OpenDaylight assembly, developed in conjunction with the Red Hat OpenStack and offered as an evaluation version . It contains carefully selected components that should help you deploy the optimal and stable OpenDaylight solution as a network server for your Red Hat OpenStack Platform environment. The key OpenDaylight project used in the Red Hat solution is NetVirt . NetVirt is an OpenDaylight-based network virtualization application consisting of modular sub-services such as L2, L3, ACL, NAT, DHCP, IPv6 Control, etc. Currently, this application supports the OpenStack Neutron API and manages Open vSwitch instances (OVS) using OpenFlow and OVSDB.
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It must be emphasized that neither OpenDaylight nor NetVirt replaces OpenStack Neutron. Neutron is the main network API of OpenStack, that is, the place where network abstractions are defined. OpenDaylight uses the Neutron API, and does not replace or change it. Moreover, all communication between OpenDaylight and OpenStack is carried out only using publicly available and well-known REST API.
We are also pleased to announce that with the release of the Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 version, our OpenDaylight offer has been updated. This is still a trial version, however the solution includes significant improvements that should make it easier to set up and test. The solution is based on carefully designed and tested packages. Key features of this release:
NetVirt is the only OpenDaylight application that Red Hat currently offers, but we are actively working on expanding the platform, introducing new applications and more and more use cases based on feedback from our customers, partners and field specialists.
Starting with the Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8, Red Hat includes a specialized OpenDaylight assembly, developed in conjunction with the Red Hat OpenStack and offered as an evaluation version . It contains carefully selected components that should help you deploy the optimal and stable OpenDaylight solution as a network server for your Red Hat OpenStack Platform environment. The key OpenDaylight project used in the Red Hat solution is NetVirt . NetVirt is an OpenDaylight-based network virtualization application consisting of modular sub-services such as L2, L3, ACL, NAT, DHCP, IPv6 Control, etc. Currently, this application supports the OpenStack Neutron API and manages Open vSwitch instances (OVS) using OpenFlow and OVSDB.
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It must be emphasized that neither OpenDaylight nor NetVirt replaces OpenStack Neutron. Neutron is the main network API of OpenStack, that is, the place where network abstractions are defined. OpenDaylight uses the Neutron API, and does not replace or change it. Moreover, all communication between OpenDaylight and OpenStack is carried out only using publicly available and well-known REST API.
We are also pleased to announce that with the release of the Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 version, our OpenDaylight offer has been updated. This is still a trial version, however the solution includes significant improvements that should make it easier to set up and test. The solution is based on carefully designed and tested packages. Key features of this release:
- An updated OpenDaylight Neutron plug-in for the OpenStack (networking-odl), based on the new release of Newton.
- An updated OpenDaylight package based on the new release of Boron SR2 and the new NetVirt service (odl-netvirt-openstack). This package has a pronounced modular architecture and an extended set of features.
- Tighter integration with the Red Hat OpenStack Platform Director tool to orchestrate installation and management. OpenDaylight can work in conjunction with the OpenStack Overcloud controller role or as a separate custom role on another node.
- Updated supporting documentation to help you get started. We have prepared the Product Guide (English) and the Installation and Configuration Guide (English), these materials are included in the documentation package for the Red Hat OpenStack Platform.
NetVirt is the only OpenDaylight application that Red Hat currently offers, but we are actively working on expanding the platform, introducing new applications and more and more use cases based on feedback from our customers, partners and field specialists.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/333526/
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