Open vSwitch 2.5 on Hyper-V (STT) – Part 4
OVS STT setup on Hyper-V without OpenStack
In this post we will explain how to configure manually a Open vSwitch STT tunnel between VMs running on Hyper-V and KVM hosts.
Open vSwitch 2.5 on Hyper-V (GRE) – Part 3
OVS GRE setup on Hyper-V without OpenStack
In this post we will explain how to configure manually a Open vSwitch GRE tunnel between VMs running on Hyper-V and KVM hosts.
Open vSwitch 2.5 on Hyper-V (VXLAN) – Part 2
OVS VXLAN setup on Hyper-V without OpenStack In the previous post we explained how to deploy Open vSwitch (OVS) on Hyper-V and integrate it into an OpenStack environment. In this second part we will explain how to configure manually a VXLAN tunnel between VMs running on Hyper-V and KVM hosts. KVM OVS configuration In this example,…
What’s new in Mitaka for Hyper-V
As you may already know, OpenStack Mitaka has been recently released. It has been quite an eventful cycle, full of new features, increased performance and overall reliability improvements on our Windows and Hyper-V OpenStack drivers. In this blog post, we’d like to present some of the most meaningful changes and updates that come with…
Open vSwitch 2.5 on Hyper-V (OpenStack) – Part 1
We are happy to announce the availability of Open vSwitch 2.5 (OVS) for Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012, 2012 R2 and 2016 (technical preview) thanks to the joint effort of Cloudbase Solutions, VMware and the rest of the Open vSwitch community. The OVS 2.5 release includes the Open vSwitch CLI tools and services (e.g. ovsdb-server, ovs-vswitchd, ovs-vsctl, ovs-ofctl, etc.), and an updated version…
Hyper-Converged OpenStack on Windows Nano Server
Introducing the first fully Hyper-Converged Windows® server and OpenStack based cloud infrastructure that eliminates the need for expensive dedicated storage hardware, enabling distributed data across individual cloud servers. In this configuration all nodes have compute, storage and networking roles, increasing scalability and fault tolerance to new levels while drastically reducing the costs. Hyper-Converged…
Open vSwitch 2.4 on Hyper-V – Part 2
OVS VXLAN setup on Hyper-V without OpenStack In the previous post we explained how to deploy Open vSwitch (OVS) on Hyper-V and integrate it in an OpenStack context. In this second part we’ll explain how to configure manually a VXLAN tunnel between VMs running on Hyper-V hosts and VMs running on KVM hosts. KVM OVS configuration…
Open vSwitch 2.4 on Hyper-V – Part 1
We are happy to announce the availability of the Open vSwitch (OVS) 2.4.0 beta for Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012, 2012 R2 and 2016 (technical preview) thanks to the joint effort of Cloudbase Solutions, VMware and the rest of the Open vSwitch community. Furthermore, support for Open vSwitch on OpenStack Hyper-V compute nodes is also available starting with Kilo! The OVS 2.4…
The Open Enterprise Cloud – OpenStack’s Holy Grail?
The way people think about the enterprise IT is changing fast, putting into question many common assumptions on how hardware and software should be designed and deployed. The upending of these long held tenets of Enterprise IT are happening simply due to the innovation brought on by OpenStack and a handful of other successful open…
How to set Hyper-V promiscuous mode for monitoring external traffic
A Hyper-V related question that shows regularly up in the forums is how to setup virtual switch ports in promiscuous mode so that external traffic can be received / monitored on the host’s root partition or on virtual machines. Hyper-V 2012 introduced the concept of port monitoring (also called port mirroring) which can be enabled on…
Open vSwitch on Hyper-V
I’m very excited to announce the availability of the Open vSwitch porting to Microsoft Hyper-V Server beta release. This effort enables a whole new set of interoperability scenarios between Hyper-V and cloud computing platforms like OpenStack where Open vSwitch (OVS) is a very common SDN choice. The porting includes all the Open vSwitch userspace tools and daemons…