Adds comparison of Tenant and Provider networks
Adds an in-depth description of each of the available network types and discusses options for tenant and provider networks. Change-Id: I02c92669e141d80a4f86a4ec6e8bd54ce9567c67 Closes-Bug: 1298775
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<section xml:id="tenant-provider-networks">
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<title>Tenant and provider networks</title>
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<para>
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The following diagram presents an overview of the tenant and provider
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network types, and illustrates how they interact within the overall
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Networking topology:
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<title>Tenant and provider networks</title>
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fileref="../../common/figures/NetworkTypes.png"/>
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<formalpara>
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<title>Tenant networks</title>
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<para>Tenant networks are created by users for connectivity within projects;
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they are fully isolated by default and are not shared with other projects.
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Networking supports a range of tenant network types:
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<term>Flat</term>
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<para>All instances reside on the same network, which can
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also be shared with the hosts. No VLAN tagging or other
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network segregation takes place.
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<term>Local</term>
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<para>Instances reside on the local compute host and are
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effectively isolated from any external networks.
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<term>VLAN</term>
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<para>Networking allows users to create multiple provider
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or tenant networks using VLAN IDs (802.1Q tagged) that
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correspond to VLANs present in the physical network. This
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allows instances to communicate with each other across
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the environment. They can also communicate with dedicated
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servers, firewalls, load balancers and other networking
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infrastructure on the same layer 2 VLAN.</para>
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<term>VXLAN and GRE</term>
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<para>VXLAN and GRE use network overlays to support private
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communication between instances. A Networking router is
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required to enable traffic to traverse outside of the GRE or
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VXLAN tenant network. A router is also required to connect
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directly-connected tenant networks with external networks,
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including the Internet; the router provides the ability to
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connect to instances directly from an external network using
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floating IP addresses.</para>
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<title>Provider networks</title>
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<para>Provider networks are created by the OpenStack administrator and map
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directly to an existing physical network in the data center. Useful
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network types in this category are flat (untagged) and VLAN (802.1Q
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tagged). It is possible to allow provider networks to be shared among
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tenants as part of the network creation process.</para>
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