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Update allowed address pair documentation

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In order to assign a virtual IP address to another port, it is mandatory
first to reserve this IP address creating a port. In ML2/OVN, this
port will be marked as "virtual" and cannot be bound to a virtual
machine.

Related-Bug: #2018529
Change-Id: I14ecfeaf9ee2e40a8839f68ebfa5553b425481a2
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Rodolfo Alonso Hernandez
2024-10-22 15:23:52 +00:00
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@@ -132,6 +132,12 @@ an IP address between two instances to enable fast data plane failover.
$ openstack port create port1 --allowed-address \
ip-address=<IP_CIDR>[,mac_address=<MAC_ADDRESS]
.. note:
The IP address IP_CIDR should belong to a Neutron port. In ML2/OVN, the
port with fixed IP IP_CIDR will be marked as "virtual" in the Northbound
"Logical_Switch_Port.type" register field. This virtual port cannot be
bound to a virtual machine:
- Update a port by adding allowed address pairs:
.. code-block:: console