Outcome Overview

Support seamless integration between OpenShift’s SDN (OVN-Kubernetes) cluster network and customer external networks, along with targeted networking solutions that cross over that boundary.

Success Criteria

Solve for a strategic set of Red Hat OpenShift Networking use cases required to support advanced OpenShift customer's requests for data center, virtualization and multicluster networking to enable seamless interoperability with the rest of their data center or application deployments.

Expected Results (what, how, when)

By CY2025, begin resolving OpenShift networking feature gaps to boost adoption and uptake rate of OpenShift and its layered products among customers with advanced networking requirements, by providing a unique and industry-leading capability.

Post Completion Review – Actual Results

Solutions for capability or functional equivalents of (non-exhaustive list):

• User Defined (primary) Networks (UDN) with overlapping IPs
• Multitenant application isolation of one or more namespaces per UDN
• BGP + EVPN (BGP with MPLS VPN and MP-BGP support)
• VPC isolation
• BGP Routed Spine and Leaf Fabric
• BGP Multiple External Gateway
• Virtual distributed switch
• Multi-Network EgressIP
• Multi-Network Cloud EgressIP
• Dest-Based Multi-Network Egress IP