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Revision as of 01:29, 19 November 2014
Brocade ML2 Mechanism driver for ML2 plugin
- N.B.: Please see Prerequisites section regarding ncclient (netconf client library)
- Supports VCS (Virtual Cluster of Switches)
- Issues/Questions/Bugs: sharis@brocade.com
1. VDX 67xx series of switches 2. VDX 87xx series of switches
ML2 plugin requires mechanism driver to support configuring of hardware switches. Brocade Mechanism for ML2 uses NETCONF at the backend to configure the Brocade switch. Currently the mechanism drivers support VLANs only.
+------------+ +------------+ +-------------+ | | | | | | Neutron | | | | | Brocade | v2.0 | Openstack | | Brocade | NETCONF | VCS Switch | ----+ Neutron +--------+ Mechanism +----------+ | | ML2 | | Driver | | VDX 67xx | | Plugin | | | | VDX 87xx | | | | | | | | | | | | | +------------+ +------------+ +-------------+
Configuration
In order to use this mechnism the brocade configuration file needs to be edited with the appropriate configuration information:
% cat /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf_brocade.ini [switch] username = admin password = password address = <switch mgmt ip address> ostype = NOS
Additionally the brocade mechanism driver needs to be enabled from the ml2 config file:
% cat /etc/neutron/plugins/ml2/ml2_conf.ini
[ml2] tenant_network_types = vlan type_drivers = local,flat,vlan,gre,vxlan mechanism_drivers = brocade ... ... ...