OpenStack RDO.. Get the taste..

As Openstack making a lot of buzz in the cloud industry, tried to taste this flavor by installing it in a virtual machine.

Below are the basic steps of Openstack RDO installation on Redhat linux.

1. Install RHEL7.1 Minimal
   Register at redhat site and download a copy of the RHEL7 server
   https://access.redhat.com Install with minimal option or higher.

2. Configure network

systemctl stop NetworkManager
systemctl disable NetworkManager
systemctl enable network
ip addr add 192.168.1.131/24 dev ens32

vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ens32

IPADDR=192.168.1.131 GATEWAY=192.168.1.1

vi /etc/resolv.conf

nameserver 4.2.2.2

vi /etc/hosts

192.168.1.131 solar1

3. Subscription and Yum

subscription-manager register --auto-attach
subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-7-server-optional-rpms
subscription-manager repos --enable rhel-7-server-extras-rpms

yum install yum-utils
yum update –y
yum install -y https://rdoproject.org/repos/rdo-release.rpm
yum install -y openstack-packstack

4. Install Openstack

packstack –allinone

5. Open Web Dashboard

http://192.168.1.131/dashboard

Enjoy !!

Basic Fiber Channel configuration in MDS

Figure: Logical network diagram

1. Configure VSAN
   

vsan database

vsan 10 name GREEN

vsan 10 interface fc 1/1

vsan 10 interface fc1/5

2. Configure Tunk and port channel
   

Int po1

Channel mode active
switchport mode e

No shut

Int fc 1/11-12

Switchport mode e

Trunk mode on

Channel-group 1

3. Set principle switch
   

Fcdomain priority 1 vsan 10

Fcdomain restart disruptive vsan 10

4. Zoneing
   

Zone mode enhanced

Zoneset name DC10 vsan 10

Zone name SRV1

Member interface fc 1/1

Member pwwn 11:11:11:11:11:11:11:11
Member pwwn 33:33:33:33:33:33:33:33

Zone name SRV2

Member pwwn 22:22:22:22:22:22:22:22

Member pwwn 33:33:33:33:33:33:33:33

Zoneset activate name DC10 vsan 10

5. Verification
   

Show flogi database

Show fcns database

Show zoneset active

Show interface bbcredit

MPLS L3 VPN - Part 1

MPLS Core setup

·         LDP and IGP in core

P routers	Enable LDP mpls label protocol ldp interface Fastethernet x/x              (x/x = all interface)               mpls ip Enable core IGP router ospf  1      network 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 area 0
PE routers	Enable LDP mpls label protocol ldp interface Fastethernet x/x  (x/x = loopback + all int facing P, not facing CE)          mpls ip Enable core IGP router ospf  1      network x.x.x.x 0.0.0.255 area 0 (x.x.x.x = interface facing P, not facing CE)

·         VPNv4 between PEs

PE routers

Enable MP-BGP VPNv4 router bgp 100       no bgp default ipv4-unicast       neighbor x.x.x.x remote-as 100       neighbor x.x.x.x update-source loopback1       address-family vpnv4 unicast               neighbor x.x.x.x activate               neighbor x.x.x.x send-community extended

  

·         VRF Configuration

PE routers

Create VRF ip vrf AAA  (only for ipv4) “or”  vrf definition AAA    (for both ipv4+ipv6)     rd 100:1     route-target export 100:1     route-target  import 100:1 Assign interface to VRF Interface Fa x/x            (interface facing CE)     ip vrf forwarding AAA     ip address …