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| author |   Georg Kunz <georg.kunz@ericsson.com> | 2016-07-11 15:44:24 +0200 |
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| committer |   Gerrit Code Review <gerrit@172.30.200.206> | 2016-07-12 20:51:53 +0000 |
| commit | 2a6816a620a628eee4df2bb81a2ae5831b097cde (patch) | |
| tree | 6f3a33fc05e269fdf158b1ea6a6ecaea6209b5d4 /docs | |
| parent | 43db089f1d85beae628b304391df4574619cdeee (diff) | |
Precisly name Neutron L3 network services in intro
Swapping two paragraphs in the introduction to better incorporate
existing Neutron L3 network services.
Change-Id: Ie05faa9b3209a8876582e976c5205d60ac698cc1
Signed-off-by: Georg Kunz <georg.kunz@ericsson.com>
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/requirements/introduction.rst | 14 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/docs/requirements/introduction.rst b/docs/requirements/introduction.rst index 45879e2..dcaae4a 100644 --- a/docs/requirements/introduction.rst +++ b/docs/requirements/introduction.rst @@ -29,13 +29,6 @@ solutions. Problem Description ------------------- -Traditionally, OpenStack networking, represented typically by the OpenStack -Neutron project, targets virtualized data center networking. This comprises -primarily establishing and managing layer 2 network connectivity among VMs -(Virtual Machines). Over the past releases of OpenStack, Neutron has grown to -provide an extensive feature set, covering L2 and L3 networking features such as -virtual layer 2 networks, virtual routers, BGP VPNs and others. - It is often stated that NFV imposes additional requirements on the networking architecture and feature set of the underlying NFVI beyond those of data center networking. For instance, the NFVI needs to establish and manage connectivity @@ -45,6 +38,13 @@ connectivity. Hence, the NFVI networking architecture needs to be flexible enough to be able to meet the requirements of NFV-related use cases in addition to traditional data center networking. +Traditionally, OpenStack networking, represented typically by the OpenStack +Neutron project, targets virtualized data center networking. This comprises +originally establishing and managing layer 2 network connectivity among VMs +(Virtual Machines). Over the past releases of OpenStack, Neutron has grown to +provide an extensive feature set, covering both L2 as well as L3 networking +services such as virtual routers, NATing, VPNaaS and BGP VPNs. + It is an ongoing debate how well the current OpenStack networking architecture can meet the additional requirements of NFV networking. Hence, a thorough analysis of NFV networking requirements and their relation to the OpenStack |