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Limitations
Vcenter cluster names must be unique within the data center ---------------------------------
vCenter inventory allows user to form hierarchy by organizing vSphere entities into folders. Clusters by default are created on first level of hierarchy, then they can be put into folders. Plugin supports the clusters that are located on all levels of the hierarchy, thus cluster names must be unique.
Incompatible roles are explicitly hidden
Is is worth to mention that following roles gets disabled for OpenStack environment with the plugin:
- Compute
- Ironic
- Cinder
Compute and Ironic are incompatible, because NSX v6.x switch is available exclusively for ESXi, so it is not possible to pass traffic inside compute node that runs Linux and KVM. Cinder is disabled due to inability to pass LVM based volumes via iSCSI to ESXi hosts, instead use "Cinder proxy for VMware datastore" role.
Public floating IP range is ignored
Fuel requires that floating IP range must be within Public IP range. This requirement does not make sense with NSXv plugin, because edge nodes provide connectivity for virtual machines, not controllers. Nevertheless floating IP range for Public network must be assigned. Plugin provides it own field for floating IP range.
Pay attention that Neutron L2/L3 configuration on Settings tab does not have effect in OpenStack cluster that uses NSXv. These settings contain settings for GRE tunneling which does not have an effect with NSXv.
Private network is not used
It does not matter on which network interface you assign Private network traffic, because it does not flow through controllers. Nevertheless IP range for Private network must be assigned.
OpenStack environment reset/deletion
Fuel NSXv plugin does not provide cleanup mechanism when OpenStack environment gets reset or deleted. All logical switches and edge virtual machines remain intact, it is up to operator to delete them and free resources.
Ceph block storage is not supported
ESXi hypervisor do not have native support for mounting Ceph.
Sahara support
Sahara is not supported.
Murano support
Murano is not supported.
Ironic support
Ironic is not supported.
Ceilometer support
Ceilometer is not supported.