OpenStack Cisco Plugins/Drivers and Community Projects
The following table captures the various Cisco infrastructure based products that have integration with OpenStack.
Cisco product integrations with OpenStack
| Purpose | Using | Cisco Product | OpenStack Service Integration | Mitaka Code Availability (EOL) | Newton Code Availability | Ocata Code Availability | Pike Code Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Network Layer 2 | SR-IOV, non-SR-IOV | UCS Fabric Interconnect | Neutron UCS Mechanism Driver | OpenStack Cisco Networking Mitaka | OpenStack Cisco Networking Newton | ||
| Physical Switch | Nexus | Neutron Nexus Mechanism Driver | OpenStack Cisco Networking Mitaka | OpenStack Cisco Networking Newton | |||
| Network Layer 3 | Physical Router | ASR1K | Neutron Advanced Services L3 Plugin/Driver | OpenStack Cisco Networking Mitaka | OpenStack Cisco Networking Newton | ||
| Network Layer2, Layer3, Services | Controller | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller - DC | Neutron APIC Mechanism Driver, L3 Advanced Service Plugin | APIC L2 - OpenStack Cisco Networking Mitaka | |||
| Controller | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller - DC | Neutron APIC Mechanism Driver, L3 Advanced Service Plugin | APIC L3 - OpenStack Cisco Networking Mitaka | ||||
| Controller | Application Policy Infrastructure Controller - DC | Neutron APIC Mechanism Driver, L3 Advanced Service Plugin | OpenStack Group Based Policy Mitaka | OpenStack Group Based Policy Newton | OpenStack Group Based Policy Ocata | ||
| Controller | OpenDaylight | Neutron ODL Mechanism Driver | OpenStack Networking ODL Mitaka | OpenStack Networking ODL Newton | OpenStack Networking ODL Ocata | OpenStack Networking ODL Pike | |
| Storage Control Management | Zones | MDS | Cinder FC Zoning Plugin | OpenStack Cinder Mitaka | OpenStack Cinder Newton | OpenStack Cinder Ocata | OpenStack Cinder Pike |
| Bare Metal Server Management | UCSM Service Profiles | UCS B and C series server | Ironic PXE Driver | Cisco UCS Ironic Mitaka | Cisco UCS Ironic Newton | Cisco UCS Ironic Ocata | Cisco UCS Ironic Pike |
OpenStack related open source community projects lead by members from OpenStack@Cisco team are captured below.
OpenStack@Cisco team lead community projects
| Purpose | Using | OpenSource Product | OpenStack integration | Code Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data Visualization | Dashboard | Curvature | Horizon Visualization tool | CiscoSystems Curvature GitHub |
| Dashboard | AVOS | Horizon Analytics tool | CiscoSystems AVOS GitHub | |
| Health and Performance Testing | Python Application | VMTP | OpenStack Networks data path performance tool | OpenStack VMTP GitHub |
| Python Application | KloudBuster | Load OpenStack control and data plane | OpenStack Kloudbuster GitHub | |
| Python Application | CloudPulse | Health Checking for OpenStack deployments | OpenStack CloudPulse GitHub |
Developer documentation for all OpenStack projects is available here.
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