With Extreme Networks OpenStack For Cloud SDN Quantum is the OpenStack project that enables Networking-as-a-Service within an OpenStack provisioned environment as well as enabling connectivity to external systems. Starting with the Havana release the Quantum project is renamed to Neutron OpenStack Networking is a virtual network service that provides a powerful API to define the network connectivity and addressing used by devices from other services. The OpenStack Compute API has a virtual server abstraction to describe compute resources. Similarly, the OpenStack Networking API has virtual network, subnet, and port abstractions to describe network resources. Network — an isolated Layer-2 segment, analogous to VLAN in the physical networking world. Subnet — a block of IPv4 addresses and associated configuration state. Port — a connection point for attaching a single device, such as the NIC of a virtual server, to a virtual network.

The Extreme Networks OpenStack 2.0 plugin is based on the OpenStack Grizzly Release and runs on Extreme XOS 15.3 and later releases. This plug-in is supported on all EXOS based platforms and includes the latest OpenStack API capabilities (OpenStack API version 2.0). The Extreme Networks OpenStack 2.0 plugin enables Networking-as-a-Service for both Physical and Virtual environments and has unique capabilities, including; the Extreme Networks OpenStack 2.0 Plugin can provision VLANs for tenant isolation and segmentation. VLANs are automatically assigned using the next available VLAN number in sequential order. Virtual Routers (VR) can be configured to provide hardware-based Layer-3 forwarding and isolated Virtual Router Forwarding (VRF) tables. The VR instances provide external Layer-3 Gateway services and tenant isolation capabilities. A Virtual Machine (VM) proximity algorithm enables selective placement of VMs in Compute hosts.

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Extreme Networks OpenStack For Cloud

The Extreme Networks OpenStack For Cloud plugin is based on the OpenStack Grizzly release and runs on Extreme XOS 15.3 and later releases. This plug-in is supported on all EXOS based platforms and includes the latest OpenStack API capabilities. The OpenStack For Cloud 2.0 plugin enables Networking-as-a-Service for both physical and virtual environments and has unique capabilities, including VLAN Provisioning. The OpenStack For Cloud plugin can provision VLANs for tenant isolation and segmentation. VLANs are automatically assigned using the next available VLAN number in sequential order. Virtual router provisioning, virtual routers (VR) can be configured to provide hardware-based Layer-3 forwarding and isolated virtual router forwarding (VRF) tables. The VR instances provide external Layer-3 Gateway services and tenant isolation capabilities. Layer-2 or Layer-3 tenant isolation. Tenant Isolation can be provisioned using VLANs, VRs, or a combination of VLANs and VRs.

Extreme Networks OpenStack 2.0

Quantum is the OpenStack project that enables “Networking-as-a-Service” within an OpenStack provisioned environment as well as enabling connectivity to external systems. (Note: Starting with the Havana release the Quantum project is renamed to Neutron.) OpenStack Networking is a virtual network service that provides a powerful API to define the network connectivity and addressing used by devices from other services, such as OpenStack Compute. The OpenStack Compute API has a virtual server abstraction to describe compute resources. Similarly, the OpenStack Networking API has virtual network, subnet, and port abstractions to describe network resources. The Extreme Networks OpenStack 2.0 plugin is based on the OpenStack Grizzly Release and runs on Extreme XOS 15.3 and later releases. This plug-in is supported on all EXOS based platforms and includes the latest OpenStack API capabilities (OpenStack API version 2.0). The Extreme Networks OpenStack 2.0 plugin enables “Networking-as-a-Service” for both Physical and Virtual.

VM Proximity Algorithm

A virtual machine (VM) proximity algorithm enables selective placement of VMs in Compute hosts. This helps optimize East-West traffic and the MAC address table explosions. Network programmability leveraging SOAP and XML open standards. OpenStack and Extreme Networks leverage XML APIs and the SOAP to exchange XML formatted data between the OpenStack 2.0 plugin and the ExtremeXOS switch modules. Seamless connectivity between Virtual and Physical networks. Tenant isolation is created on both the virtual switch (OVS) and Extreme Networks respectively, enabling seamless connectivity between the virtual and physical networks. Change Management. Changes to tenant network creation and deletion are tracked and logged into a file for audit purposes. The mapping of virtual to physical networks is monitored by the Transaction Management system to ensure seamless connectivity and report any associated errors. If errors due occur while mapping between physical and virtual networks, the entire transaction is rolled back.

Simplicity And Agility

Topology Aware Scheduler automates optimized Virtual Machine deployment and placement. Single User Interface (UI) for Storage, Compute and Network provisioning. Seamless integration spanning virtual and physical networks between open vSwitch and Extreme Networks. Tenant Isolation schema using Layer-2 or Layer-3 or a combination of Layer-2 and Layer-3. Speed-to-deployment optimized using single UI for system wide orchestration. VM instances can be migrated, both live and on-live, within the OpenStack environment. Pass-thru mode enables direct provisioning of Extreme Networks infrastructure. Hardware-based forwarding using Virtual Router instances. Extreme OpenStack supports up to 100GE ports. High Availability support using MLAG and automated Health Checks. Industry-leading customer satisfaction and first call resolution rates.
Extreme Networks OpenStack For Cloud
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