Contents
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- 1 Features
- 2 Non-Code Aspects (user docs, examples, tutorials, articles)
- 3 Architectural Issues
- 4 Security Considerations
- 5 Quality Assurance (test coverage, etc)
- 6 End-of-life (API/Features EOLed in Release)
- 7 Bugzilla (summary of bug situation)
- 8 Standards (summary of standard compliance)
- 9 Schedule (initial schedule and changes over the release cycle)
Features
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Reference OVSDB Java Library: Redesigned OVSDB Library | The library can be used separately by any Java OVSDB implementation to help serve as a reference implementation. |
| Schema independent OVSDB Plugin | OVSDB plugin can be used for any OVSDB schema (not attached to open_vSwitch schema alone |
| Implement a strong CI framework | Avoid developer downtime, reduce software bugs and increase the quality of the final deliverable |
| OVSDB Net-Virt infra : NXM extensions: | Upstream extensions Openflowlibrary project in order to leverage necessary extension to develop OpenStack services in the OVSDB Neutron integration. |
| Integrate OpenStack Security Groups and Rules | First of many OpenStack Neutron service integration. This will consolidate Port security functionality into the OVS network forwarding pipeline rather than the IP Tables Linux daemon. |
| Distributed Virtual Router | Distributed Virtual Layer3 forwarding |
| Integrate OpenStack Neutron LBaaS | Integrate LoadBalancer As a Service |
| ARP Responding/Handling | L3 East/West forwarding distributed to the hypervisor |
| VLAN Support | To facilitate traditional non-overlay fabric integration. |
Non-Code Aspects (user docs, examples, tutorials, articles)
- Installation Guide and Developer Guide in asciidoc gerrit
- (Opendaylight OVSDB YouTube Channel)
Architectural Issues
None of note.
Security Considerations
SSL/TLS enabled OVSDB connection is NOT supported in this release.
Quality Assurance (test coverage, etc)
We have a reasonable test coverage (~50% UI/IT). But the Sonar coverage is currently disabled due to an infra issue we hit. We will re-enable it to get a latest coverage details.
End-of-life (API/Features EOLed in Release)
We discontinued the support for OF1.0 legacy Openflow Southbound plugin.
Bugzilla (summary of bug situation)
- bugzilla bugs
- Some of the bugs needs to be cleaned up.
Standards (summary of standard compliance)
Schedule (initial schedule and changes over the release cycle)
- [| Release plan]
- Delivered all features except FWaaS
- Documentation is still in the Gerrit queue and is not merged yet.