Create an OpenStack Network Using ML2 Plug-in

About this task

Extreme ML2 plug-in forwards network and VM creation requests to EFA along with details about VLAN allocated by the Type Driver. OpenStack Service on EFA utilizes the End Point Group (EPG) construct of Tenant Services to provision an EPG.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the network node using SSH and go to the EFA folder.
    # cd efa
  2. Create an OpenStack network, GREEN_NETWORK.
    # openstack network create GREEN_NETWORK
  3. Create a Virtual Machine, VM1 on Compute-1 attached to GREEN_NETWORK.
    # openstack server create --nic net-id=$(neutron net-list | awk '/GREEN_NETWORK/ {print $2}') --image cirros-0.3.4-x86_64-uec --flavor m1.tiny --availability-zone nova:Compute-1 VM1
  4. Repeat the procedure to create a Virtual Machine, VM2 on Compute-2 attached to GREEN_NETWORK.