Difference between revisions of "Neutron/OFAgent/ComparisonWithOVS"
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| − | | openvswitch plugin or ML2 plugin | + | | openvswitch plugin ([https://blueprints.launchpad.net/neutron/+spec/ml2-deprecated-plugin-migration planned to be deprecated]) or ML2 plugin |
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Revision as of 06:26, 25 April 2014
Two neutron agents, openvswitch and ofagent, implement mostly same functionalities in different ways. The following is a summary of the differences.
| openvswitch | ofagent | |
| Advantages | Can provide better performance using Open vSwitch(OVS) specific advanced features | More portable to switches other than OVS. Easier to handle asynchronous messages because it's a full featured OpenFlow controller. |
| OpenFlow version | OpenFlow 1.0 + Nicira Extensions (NX) | Plain OpenFlow 1.3. No vendor extensions |
| How to program switch? | Invoke ovs-ofctl command | An OpenFlow controller embedded in the agent sends messages to the switch |
| Supported switches | OVS only. Thus can use OVS-specific advanced features like NX and patch ports. | OpenFlow 1.3 switches including OVS (planned) |
| Neutron plugin | openvswitch plugin (planned to be deprecated) or ML2 plugin | ML2 plugin |
| Port monitoring | Periodic poll of ovsdb via ovs-vsctl command | OpenFlow port statistics and notification (planned) |
| "internal" VLAN | 802.1q tagged VLAN | OpenFlow metadata (planned) |
| Local ARP responder | Install NX flows for each IP addresses (planned) | The embedded OpenFlow controller handles packet-ins and sends back ARP responses (planned) |
