OpenStack Guide

Step 3: (Optional) Configuring Static Switch

Server Connectivity

The AFM Plug-in supports dynamic discovery of server switch connectivity using LLDP and static configuration of server

switch connectivity. The Dell OVS agent supports dynamic discovery of server switch connectivity on the Nova Compute

Node or Network Node. Dell recommends that you use dynamic discovery. For information about dynamic discovery,

see Installing the LLDP Package.

To configure static server switch connectivity, include the switch-server binding information in the

dell_quantum_plugins.ini file in the /etc/quantum/plugins/dell directory.

Static Switch Server Connectivity Example:

The following static switch server connectivity example shows you how to add the PORT_MAPPING parameter to the

dell_quantum_plugins.ini file with the following topology:

• Compute node, dev-openstack05, connects to the switch with an IP address of 172.16.12.232 through port 0/22

• Compute node, dev-openstack03, connects to the switch with an IP address of 172.16.12.238 through port 0/22

• Network node, dev-openstack01, connects to the switch with an IP address of 172.16.12.232 through port 0/24

[DELL_PLUGINS]

afm_plugin = quantum.plugins.dell.afm.afm_plugin_v2.AFMPlugin

vswitch_plugin = quantum.plugins.openvswitch.ovs_quantum_plugin.OVSQuantumPluginV2

[DELL]

model_class=quantum.plugins.dell.models.virt_phy_sw_v2.VirtualPhysicalSwitchModelV2

static_config=True

network_node_hostname=dev1-openstack01

[PORT_MAPPING:172.16.12.232]

dev-openstack05 = 0/22

dev-openstack01 = 0/24

[PORT_MAPPING:172.16.12.238]

dev-openstack03 = 0/22