HI all,
I wants to setup this topology in XCP 1.6, but I'm tuck on how to create and setup the switches I need.
I know that in order to use vswitch I need to type: xe-switch-network-backend openvswitch
I googled and find these sites:
1- vswitch for VLAN :
http://openvswitch.org/support/config-cookbooks/vlan-configuration-cookbook/ 2- Old way for VLAN : http://ronnybull.com/2011/08/03/xen-cloud-platform-xcp-setting-up-a-vlan/
3- vswitch & openflow controller:
http://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-users/2011-06/msg00359.html In the link 3,
Wei-Chih Chen says that we need to avoid using vswitch native commands (see link 1) and use just xe commands. but my problem is if I want to use vswitch, xe command doesn't have command for vswitches (openflow) but just xe network (see link 2).
I tried to see if I can use openflow controller to create/manage my vswitches, but It seems that the vswitches/switches needs to be created in order to be used. the openflow controllers I found are:
1- Distributed Virtual Switch/Controller: http://docs.vmd.citrix.com/XenServer/6.1.0/1.0/en_gb/dvs_controller.html
2- Flood Light:
http://www.projectfloodlight.org/projects/3- tream: http://trema.github.io/trema/
4- Nox & POX: http://www.noxrepo.org/
So my questions are:
* How we can create vswitches in XCP 1.6: do we create them just by creating or networks or can you provide me with the detailled steps
* If we want to use a flow controller, what will be the best one in term of VM resources (CPU, memory), easy deployment, price,features.
Regards,
