Ovirt devel - Jan 2009 - Information Request - Networking spanning multiple physical machines

Good morning

I have been following oVirt development for some time now.
I just wanted to make a quick question about networking.

I came across a project called VDE, Virtual Distributed Ethernet.
It creates virtual networks that span across multiple physical machines
for use with virtual infrastructures.

Is oVirt capable of doing the same?
Would there be an interest in integrating VDE with oVirt to enhance the
Network functions of oVirt?

Thank you all for your time.

M?rcio Santos

? wrote:
> Good morning
> 
> I have been following oVirt development for some time now.
> I just wanted to make a quick question about networking.
> 
> I came across a project called VDE, Virtual Distributed Ethernet.
> It creates virtual networks that span across multiple physical machines
> for use with virtual infrastructures.
> 
> Is oVirt capable of doing the same?
> Would there be an interest in integrating VDE with oVirt to enhance the
> Network functions of oVirt?
> 
> Thank you all for your time.
Thanks for your interest in oVirt :)

Right now we don't have support for VLAN or VPN functionality, which is 
what this sounds like.  We have discussed using open source tools like 
Openswan to create a virtual network between a set of oVirt Nodes and that 
is on the long term roadmap, but is still a while away.

However, if you want to lend a hand to accelerate the process we would 
certainly welcome the help.

Thanks,

Perry