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On Fri, May 19, 2017, at 02:03 PM, Kevin Benton wrote:
> I split this conversation off of the "Is the pendulum swinging on PaaS
> layers?" thread [1] to discuss some improvements we can make to Neutron
> to
> make orchestration easier.
> 
> There are some pain points that heat has when working with the Neutron
> API.
> I would like to get them converted into requests for enhancements in
> Neutron so the wider community is aware of them.
> 
> Starting with the port/subnet/network relationship - it's important to
> understand that IP addresses are not required on a port.
> 
> >So knowing now that a Network is a layer-2 network segment and a Subnet
> is... effectively a glorified DHCP address pool
> 
> Yes, a Subnet controls IP address allocation as well as setting up
> routing
> for routers, which is why routers reference subnets instead of networks
> (different routers can route for different subnets on the same network).
> It
> essentially dictates things related to L3 addressing and provides
> information for L3 reachability.

One thing that is odd about this is when creating a router you specify
the gateway information using a network which is l2 not l3. Seems like
it would be more correct to use a subnet rather than a network there?

Clark