NFV (Network Function Virtualization) represents a strong use case for OpenStack in the telco space. Up to this point, however, the NFV MANO (management and orchestration) working group has penciled in OpenStack as only a single component: the VIM (virtual infrastructure manager). In this talk, we will discuss OpenStack Tacker, a network service lifecycle management… Continue reading Tacker: Virtual Network Function Life-cycle Management for OpenStack
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OpenStack Network Protocol Technical Contrast
OpenStack Network Protocols Technical Contrast The session will provide a comprehensive understanding of the various types of networking protocols available in OpenStack today. Each protocol will be discussed in detail related to its technical composition, use, potential impact to performance and scale as well as other benefits and limitations inherent within the protocol. There will… Continue reading OpenStack Network Protocol Technical Contrast
One Convergence: Policy Based Network Services for OpenStack Cloud
One Convergence’s policy based networking solution simplifies OpenStack cloud deployments by leveraging higher-level, reusable abstractions capturing user intent. This simplification goes beyond basic networking by reducing the onerous deployment of Layer 4-Layer 7 network services such as load balancers, firewalls and VPN gateways. This talk will highlight the benefits of One Convergence’s policy based solution&n…Full… Continue reading One Convergence: Policy Based Network Services for OpenStack Cloud
OpenStack Networking: It’s time to talk Performance
Now that Neutron has been established as the OpenStack Networking component and with the ongoing efforts in the Neutron community to make it a more stable, more efficient, and more scalable component, it is time to provide a broad analysis of the performance and scalability of Neutron. In this talk we discuss a methodology for… Continue reading OpenStack Networking: It’s time to talk Performance
[Panel] All Together Now: OSS Cross-Collaboration For a Network-Enabled Cloud
Several key open source projects have emerged in the virtualization space in the past few years — OpenDaylight, OpenStack, Open vSwitch, OPNFV — and the communities have been working together to integrate their respective pieces. Panelists represent each of these projects and discuss how they collaborate to enable a network-based cloud. Colin Dixon, OpenDaylight; David… Continue reading [Panel] All Together Now: OSS Cross-Collaboration For a Network-Enabled Cloud
Ahead of the NFV Curve through truly scale-out Network Function Cloudification
Promising to increase service agility and scalability, NFV is developing at an unprecedented pace. Virtualized network function vendors are scrambling to move their software from running on special purpose appliances to running on virtual machines. But by simply porting the code, the VNFs still can’t take full advantages of the cloud infrastructure to achieve scale-out… Continue reading Ahead of the NFV Curve through truly scale-out Network Function Cloudification
IPv6 impact on Neutron L3 High Availability
In OpenStack Juno release, L3 high availability in Neutron is implemented using Keepalived, which internally uses the VRRP protocol. It is an active/passive solution where a Keepalived instance is spawned in every router namespace and the instances communicate via a dedicated high-availability network, creating one per tenant. The IP addresses that are used in the… Continue reading IPv6 impact on Neutron L3 High Availability
How to go from a pile of servers and switches to OpenStack deployment?
Join Cumulus Networks to learn how to go from a pile of servers and switches to a working OpenStack deployment in 20 minutes with zero manual intervention. We’ll show automatic installation of switches using ONIE, automatic configuration of switches using ZTP (Zero Touch Provisioning), and PXE installing the servers, then use Puppet to install and… Continue reading How to go from a pile of servers and switches to OpenStack deployment?