OpenStack Guide

Step 5: Installing the Dell OVS Agent

The Dell OVS Agent supports dynamic discovery of Server Switch connections using LLDP. To use the Dell OVS agent,

install it on the nova compute nodes and network node.

To install the Dell OVS Agent on the nova compute nodes and network nodes:

1. Obtain the AFM Plug-in for Openstack tar file, AFMOpenStackPlugin2.0.0.0.tar.gz, from iSupport.

2. On each Nova compute node and network node, go to /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/.

3. At the /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages directory, untar the file using the following command:

tar –zxvf AFMOpenStackPlugin2.0.0.0.tar.gz command.

The files are put in the /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/quantum/plugins/ directory.

4. After you have untar the file, make a backup file of /usr/bin/quantum-openvswitch-agent. Then copy the /usr/lib/

python2.7/dist-packages/quantum/plugins/dell/bin/quantum-openvswitch-agent

to the /usr/bin directory.