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Introduction
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This document contains instructions for installing and configuring the PLUMgrid plugin for Fuel.
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In order to use the PLUMgrid ONS Virtual Network Infrastructure for a Mirantis OpenStack Cloud.
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Key terms, acronyms and abbreviations
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Given below are some commonly used terms across this document:
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| PLUMgrid ONS | PLUMgrid Open Networking Suite (ONS) is a comprehensive software |
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| | suite that provides a virtual network infrastructure based on |
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| | IO Visor technology. |
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| VNI | Virtual Network Infrastructure |
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| Virtual Domain | A Virtual Domain is a logical data center. It can be created on |
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| | demand to provide all the networking services (e.g. Routers, |
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| | Switches, IPAM, DHCP, NAT, etc.) necessary to build a vitrual |
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| | network for a tenant in OpenStack. Typically, each OpenStack |
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| | tenant will map to a unique Virtual Domain in the PLUMgrid. |
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| Zone | Represents the physical deployment of PLUMgrid ONS. A Zone is |
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| | primarily a collection of Edges & Gateways that are dependent on |
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| | the same cluster of Directors in a single physical location. A |
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| | data center can have multiple Zones. |
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| Director | The control plane of PLUMgrid ONS. The configuration of the VNI |
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| | for tenants is done through the Director. The PLUMgrid Directors |
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| | are typically deployed in a cluster of three nodes to provide high|
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| | availability and scale. Directors are co-located on the OpenStack |
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| | Controller nodes. |
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| Edge | An OpenStack Compute node running PLUMgrid IO Visor as a kernel |
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| | module. It provides the data plane and network connectivity for |
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| | the VMs of OpenStack tenants. Communication for VMs between Edges |
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| | is enabled by creating overlay tunnels using VXLAN encapsulation |
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| Gateway | Provides connectivity from virtual fabric (VXLAN based) to |
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| | external IP networks (such as for internet access). Gateway(s) |
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| | can be deployed as a pair in Active/Active mode for load balancing|
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| | of traffic and high availability of external connectivity. |
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| LCM | The Life Cycle Manager is a VM that is used to host the necessary |
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| | PLUMgrid packages needed to install (or update) a PLUMgrid Zone. |
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The figure below depicts how all these components fit in a PLUMgrid Zone.
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.. image:: images/pg_zone.png
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:width: 80%
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Overview
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The PLUMgrid plugin for Fuel provides the capability to use PLUMgrid ONS for Mirantis OpenStack as the entire networking backend.
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It is configured through the Fuel UI.
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PLUMgrid Open Networking Suite (ONS) is a comprehensive software suite that provides terabits of scale out performance, production
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grade resiliency, and secure multi-tenancy for hybrid data centers. Built on PLUMgrid Platform and IO Visor technology, the software
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suite lets users create private Virtual Domains to provide isolation, security, and policy enforcement across tenants.
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PLUMgrid ONS features:
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* Performance: Up to 40 Gbps per server; hardwarde Offload; terbytes of aggregate performance.
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* Scalable: across virtual domains, workloads and multiple racks, geographies.
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* Supports both hardware and software gateways in highly available configurations.
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* Secure: end-to-end encryption within Virtual Domains and isolation across tenants.
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* Operational tools: includes a comprehensive suite of powerful networking monitoring and troubleshooting tools.
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Licensing information
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| PLUMgrid ONS | Commercial |
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| Fuel PLUMgrid Plugin | Apache 2.0 |
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Contact PLUMgrid for an Installation pack (including Full/Trial License, PLUMgrid Packages, deployment documentation): info@plumgrid.com
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