From df8fe30fe5803758ee56dbc29fa969d7d94c6a95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anne Gentle Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 12:14:50 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Users can create ports for IPs outside of allocation_pool - Indicated that the pool of allocated IPs is set by their cloud provider - User would actually see the bug when deleting a port, but we don't document that procedure. - To close the bug, will also update the Networking API 2.0 doc Change-Id: I94fafd62a7f9b66dfcf2392186801d6a1e935cd6 Partial-bug: 1078013 --- doc/common/section_cli_neutron_manage_networks.xml | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/common/section_cli_neutron_manage_networks.xml b/doc/common/section_cli_neutron_manage_networks.xml index 00ea45eaf8..b3152cd175 100644 --- a/doc/common/section_cli_neutron_manage_networks.xml +++ b/doc/common/section_cli_neutron_manage_networks.xml @@ -198,6 +198,12 @@ export OS_AUTH_URL=http://localhost:5000/v2.0 ip_address=192.168.2.40 is an option, which specifies the port's fixed IP address we wanted. + + When creating a port, you can specify any unallocated + IP in the subnet even if the address is not in a + pre-defined pool of allocated IP addresses (set by your + cloud provider). + Create a port without specified IP @@ -220,9 +226,10 @@ export OS_AUTH_URL=http://localhost:5000/v2.0 | status | DOWN | | tenant_id | 3671f46ec35e4bbca6ef92ab7975e463 | +----------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ - We can see that the system will allocate one IP - address if we do not specify the IP address in - command line. + + Note that the system allocates one IP address if you + do not specify an IP address in the neutron + port-create command. Query ports with specified fixed IP