Details
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New Feature
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Status: Open
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Major
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Resolution: Unresolved
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4.4.0
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Security Level: Public (Anyone can view this level - this is the default.)
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• CloudStack supported KVM Hypervisor, VMWare, XenServer
• Brocade VDX switches running Network Operating System 5.0 or above. The following models are supported:
o VDX 8770, VDX 8770-8, VDX 8770-4, VDX 6740 and VDX 6740T
Description
This plugin is focused on providing L2 services initially with other services coming in later. This feature is about a CloudStack network-guru plugin to automatically orchestrate Brocade’s switches to provide tenant isolation via VLAN. When isolated networks are created from CloudStack and allocated VLAN, a port profile is created on the switch for the network with the VLAN profile for the allocated VLAN which defines the VLAN membership for the overall port profile. When a VM is created and attached to the network, the VMs MAC address is associated with the port profile of the network. The port profile is applied to the switch when the MAC address is learned. When the VM is deleted, the VMs MAC address is disassociated from the port profile of the network. When an isolated Network is deleted, the port-profile for the network is deleted from the switches. The plugin also implements the capability to monitor the availability of the switch when it is configured first time. If there are no isolated Networks using the physical switch, the monitoring capability is disabled for the switch.
The Brocade Network Plugin orchestrates Brocade’s switches using REST APIs. The plugin uses pre-configured properties file to provide the details of Brocade switches (IP Address, UserName, Password). In order to find out which switches are connected to the hypervisor hosts, the plugin uses the properties file to specify the pod to switch mapping.