From 89c0875178f22651109a85d3c522d80324368caf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gal Sagie Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2015 14:27:47 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Add documentations for VXLAN Tunnels The VXLAN type driver is currently supported, this patch add description and links for more information to the user. Change-Id: Idb221ca4cce1a3a27bebe5ae6fc1e6ab5d030836 --- doc/source/devref/openvswitch_agent.rst | 15 ++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/source/devref/openvswitch_agent.rst b/doc/source/devref/openvswitch_agent.rst index c6f165064a7..ae8660af3c5 100644 --- a/doc/source/devref/openvswitch_agent.rst +++ b/doc/source/devref/openvswitch_agent.rst @@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ This Agent uses the `OpenVSwitch`_ virtual switch to create L2 connectivity for instances, along with bridges created in conjunction with OpenStack Nova for filtering. -ovs-neutron-agent can be configured to use two different networking technologies to create tenant isolation, either GRE tunnels or VLAN tags. +ovs-neutron-agent can be configured to use different networking technologies +to create tenant isolation. +These technologies are implemented as ML2 type drivers which are used in +conjunction with the OpenVSwitch mechanism driver. VLAN Tags --------- @@ -23,6 +26,16 @@ GRE Tunneling is documented in depth in the `Networking in too much detail `_ by RedHat. + +VXLAN Tunnels +------------- + +VXLAN is an overlay technology which encapsulates MAC frames +at layer 2 into a UDP header. +More information can be found in `The VXLAN wiki page. + `_ + + Further Reading ---------------