OpenStack Ecosystem Integration Management

OpenStack Service is an ecosystem service that provides integration of Extreme OpenStack plug-ins with the rest of the EFA foundation services in an IP fabric network.

Foundation Service Description
Fabric Service

This service provides mechanisms to create:

  • Non-Clos/Clos fabric
  • Clos fabrics can be 3-stage or 5-stage
Tenant Service

This service provides mechanisms to create:

  • Layer 2 networks
  • Layer 3 networks
Asset or Inventory Service

This service provides mechanisms to manage:

  • Physical and logical assets of the switches in the fabric
  • The credentials of the switches

The following figure shows an overview of the OpenStack ecosystem integration management.

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Overview of OpenStack ecosystem integration management

OpenStack Service Commands

OpenStack Service commands show the Neutron constructs and their provisioning status on EFA. For more information about OpenStack Service commands, see EFA OpenStack Service Command Reference.

For EFA commands and supported parameters, see Extreme Fabric Automation Command Reference, 2.4.0 .