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OpenVSwitch L2 Agent
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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.

VLAN Tags
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.. image:: http://docs.openstack.org/admin-guide-cloud/content/figures/10/a/common/figures/under-the-hood-scenario-1-ovs-compute.png

.. _OpenVSwitch: http://openvswitch.org


GRE Tunnels
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GRE Tunneling is documented in depth in the `Networking in too much
detail <http://openstack.redhat.com/Networking_in_too_much_detail>`_
by RedHat.

Further Reading
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* `Darragh O'Reilly - The Open vSwitch plugin with VLANs <http://techbackground.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-open-vswitch-plugin-with-vlans.html>`_