06-Neutron.pptxVIP

Neutron- Networking ServiceXuan Luo16 October 2014Neutron in OpenStack Conceptual ArchitectureNeutron OverviewNetwork as a ServiceAllow tenants to control their own private networksIsolatedRich topologiesChoose their own IP addressing scheme, even if those IP addresses overlap with those used by other tenantsOpen APIs for operating logical networksTechnology agnostic. Separate logical operations and backend provisionsBackend technologies are provisioned/configured by plugins/driversModular designAPI specifies service, vendor provides its implementationExtensions for vendor-specific featuresAdv