-== OVSDB Openstack Developer Guide
+=== OVSDB Openstack Developer Guide
-=== Overview
-TBD
+==== Overview
+The Open vSwitch database (OVSDB) Southbound Plugin component for OpenDaylight implements
+the OVSDB https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7047[RFC 7047] management protocol
+that allows the southbound configuration of switches that support OVSDB. The
+component comprises a library and a plugin. The OVSDB protocol
+uses JSON-RPC calls to manipulate a physical or virtual switch that supports OVSDB.
+Many vendors support OVSDB on various hardware platforms.
+The OpenDaylight controller uses the library project to interact with an OVS
+instance.
-=== OVSDB Openstack Architecture
-TBD
+http://www.openstack.org[OpenStack] is a popular open source Infrastructure
+as a Service (IaaS) project, covering compute, storage and network management.
+OpenStack can use OpenDaylight as its network management provider through the
+Neutron API, which acts as a northbound for OpenStack. the OVSDB NetVirt piece
+of the OVSDB project is a provider for the Neutron API in OpenDaylight.
+OpenDaylight manages the network flows for the OpenStack compute nodes via
+the OVSDB project, with the south-bound plugin. This section describes how to
+set that up, and how to tell when everything is working.
-=== Key APIs and Interfaces
-TBD
+==== OVSDB Openstack Architecture
+The OpenStack integration architecture uses the following technologies:
-==== API Group 1
-TBD
+* https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7047[RFC 7047] - The Open vSwitch Database Management Protocol
+* http://www.opennetworking.org/images/stories/downloads/sdn-resources/onf-specifications/openflow/openflow-switch-v1.3.4.pdf[OpenFlow v1.3]
+* https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Neutron/ML2[OpenStack Neutron ML2 Plugin]
-==== API Group 2
-TBD
-
-=== API Reference Documentation
-TBD
+image:openstack_integration.png[Openstack Integration]
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