Category: In the Lab

Nested KVM Hypervisor Support

[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]Nested KVM Hypervisor Support[/fancy_header3] Adding Hardware Virtualization Support to a VM in KVM with Nested Hypervisor support is pretty important for folks wanting to do proofs for VMs, IaaS, OpenStack etc. It is fairly well supported now under both KVM and Xen. Not to mention, who wants to lab up bare metal when they… Continue reading Nested KVM Hypervisor Support

Rackspace OpenStack Installation on a KVM VM

Rackspace OpenStack Installation on a KVM VM: Big day in the OpenStack world, Rackspace announced it was releasing its Openstack installer image named Alamo v1.0. running on top of KVM, along with Opscode Chef and Rackspace OpenStack cookbooks. This may be the Open Source renaissance we have been needing and forced into by exorbitant profit taking,… Continue reading Rackspace OpenStack Installation on a KVM VM

Quantum OpenStack Scripted Python Install

Update: My latest installation document for Folsom can be found here. It’s too tough to try and keep up with debugging installers myself so I am just using DevStack in that tutorial. This will not work with OpenStack apt-get repos anymore since the packages have changed to Folsom. Thanks! Quantum OpenStack Python Installer Installation: Here is a cobbled… Continue reading Quantum OpenStack Scripted Python Install

Building a Windows Image for OpenStack

[fancy_header3 variation=”steelblue”]Building a Windows Image for OpenStack[/fancy_header3] Building a Windows Image for OpenStack :  Here is a how-to for building a Windows image to import into OpenStack or a KVM Hypervisor. We need to sysprep the image before we can import it into Glance. [colored_box variation=”steelblue”]For a tutorial on getting OpenStack Folsom up and running… Continue reading Building a Windows Image for OpenStack

Floodlight OpenFlow Controller GUI Applet

[fancy_header3 variation=”slategrey”]Floodlight OpenFlow Controller GUI Applet[/fancy_header3] There is a new FloodLight OpenFlow SDN controller GUI out from a Marist College and IBM research group/internship. I am guessing it is the same IBM researcher that developed the FloodLight web UI. This applet allows one to instantiate a flow from the GUI along with a couple of… Continue reading Floodlight OpenFlow Controller GUI Applet

How to Build an SDN Lab without Needing OpenFlow Hardware

[fancy_header3 variation=”slategrey”]How to Build an SDN Lab without Needing OpenFlow Hardware[/fancy_header3] [info_box]I no longer use much in this post. For a current lab setup please see OpenDaylight OpenStack Integration with DevStack on Fedora [/info_box] How do you build a networking lab without networking equipment? Yet another plus in the column of open software driven networks.… Continue reading How to Build an SDN Lab without Needing OpenFlow Hardware

Configuring an OpenFlow POX SDN Controller and HP Switches

[fancy_header3 variation=”orange”]Configuring an OpenFlow POX SDN Controller and HP Switches[/fancy_header3] There is an updated post with the newest HP OpenFlow firmware that can be found at: [fancy_link link=”http://networkstatic.net/configure-an-hp-openflow-switch-for-floodlight/” variation=”orange”]Configure an HP OpenFlow Switch for Floodlight[/fancy_link] Configuring an OpenFlow POX SDN Controller and HP Switches: HP has been supporting OpenFlow v1.0 with general availability longer than anyone… Continue reading Configuring an OpenFlow POX SDN Controller and HP Switches