Bug 1386814 - Raise attention to customers that the use of Linux bridges in Red Hat OpenStack Platform can potentially cause network loops
Summary: Raise attention to customers that the use of Linux bridges in Red Hat OpenSta...
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Status: CLOSED EOL
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Product: Red Hat OpenStack
Classification: Red Hat
Component: documentation
Version: 9.0 (Mitaka)
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: RHOS Documentation Team
QA Contact: RHOS Documentation Team
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-10-19 16:30 UTC by Andreas Karis
Modified: 2019-12-16 07:10 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-11-18 16:33:47 UTC
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Failing Templates which use combination of linux_bonds and linux_bridges for LACP (4.56 KB, application/x-gzip)
2016-10-19 18:09 UTC, Kevin Jones
no flags Details
Working templates which use ovs_bridges and linux_bonds with LACP mode=4 (4.90 KB, application/x-gzip)
2016-10-19 18:10 UTC, Kevin Jones
no flags Details

Description Andreas Karis 2016-10-19 16:30:24 UTC
Lesson Learned: Do not use linux_bridges with linux_bonds for LACP in RHOSP

Result: creates looping in the switches when the nics first come online during deployment causing ports to be shutdown

Recommendation: Documentation should have a note that for LACP configuration, use of Linux Bridges will cause this looping behavior

There is a note about the problems caused by using ovs_bonds with LACP, but it doesn't talk about what to do with the bridges (ovs or linux)?


https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en/red-hat-openstack-platform/9/single/networking-guide/#configure_lacp_port_aggregation

Step 2 has a mention to OVS Bridge, but that's the only place I see it.

I would think it would be good to add a note in this section about not using linux_bridges because it creates loops on the switches when the nics come online
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en/red-hat-openstack-platform/9/single/director-installation-and-usage/#appe-Bonding_Options

Comment 3 Kevin Jones 2016-10-19 18:09:54 UTC
Created attachment 1212236 [details]
Failing Templates which use combination of linux_bonds and linux_bridges for LACP

Comment 4 Kevin Jones 2016-10-19 18:10:45 UTC
Created attachment 1212237 [details]
Working templates which use ovs_bridges and linux_bonds with LACP mode=4

Comment 8 Bernard Cafarelli 2019-11-18 16:33:47 UTC
After some discussion and link checking, I am closing this bug, as OSP 9 is EOL and 10 has explicit configuration section for bonding options:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_openstack_platform/10/html/advanced_overcloud_customization/appe-bonding_options


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