L2 Topology Examples

The following figure shows an L2 topology with a single NIC from the Compute Node towards switches in the IP Fabric.

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Single NIC towards the fabric (OVS)
Hardware Configuration
Physnet Mapping
[ml2_type_vlan]
network_vlan_ranges = physnet1:100:500

[ovs]
bridge_mappings = physnet1:bridge-ovs
OVS Bridge (on each Compute Node)
ovs-vsctl add-br bridge-ovs
ovs-vsctl add-port bridge-ovs eth1

The following figure shows an L2 topology with multiple NICs from the Compute Node towards switches in the IP Fabric. This topology uses LAG towards the MCT pair of leaf switches.

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LAG or Bond towards the fabric (OVS)
Hardware Configuration
Physnet Mapping
[ml2_type_vlan]
network_vlan_ranges = physnet1:100:500

[ovs]
bridge_mappings = physnet1:bridge-ovs
OVS Bridge (on each Compute Node)
ovs-vsctl add-br bridge-ovs 
sudoovs-vsctl add-bond bridge-ovs bond0 eth1 eth2
lacp=active