From ac3998777ee4f2b3f63cc56da847f6afd5469ddb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: joehuang Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2017 21:58:37 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Enhance the description of supported network type in networking guide 1. What is the problem Currently the reader of the networking guide documentation may be confused what kind of network type can be supported for different purpose. 2. What is the solution to the problem Add summary of network types supported in Tricircle for different networking purpose. 3. What the features need to be implemented to the Tricircle No new features Change-Id: I9590b9d6609e89d3ab723030c7c07cbd907a1759 Signed-off-by: joehuang --- doc/source/networking-prerequisites.rst | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/source/networking-prerequisites.rst b/doc/source/networking-prerequisites.rst index c37b191f..96cda9bc 100644 --- a/doc/source/networking-prerequisites.rst +++ b/doc/source/networking-prerequisites.rst @@ -90,3 +90,22 @@ have to speficy --provider-network-type vlan in network creation command for vlan network type. Currently only vlan network type could work as the bridge network. VxLAN network to support L2 networking across Neutron will be introduced later. + +You can create L2 network for different purposes, and the supported network +types for different purposes are summarized as follows. + + .. _supported_network_types: + + .. list-table:: + :header-rows: 1 + + * - Networking purpose + - Supported + * - Local L2 network for instances + - VLAN, VxLAN + * - Cross Neutron L2 network for instances + - VLAN + * - Bridge network for routers + - VLAN + * - External network + - VLAN