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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hey there,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">We have just recently integrated MAGNUM into our OpenStack Distribution.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">QUESTION:              
<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">When MAGNUM is creating the ‘instances’ for the COE master and minion nodes,<br>
WHY does it create the instances with ports using ‘fixed-ips’ ?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:36.0pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt">                - instead of just letting the instance’s port dhcp for its ip-address ?<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I am asking this question because:<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">        
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">we have also integrated IRONIC into our OpenStack Distribution, and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">   
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">currently support the simple (somewhat non-multi-tenant) networking approach<br>
i.e.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> 
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">ironic-provisioning-net TENANT NETWORK,<br>
used to  network boot the IRONIC Instances,<br>
is owned by ADMIN but shared so TENANTS can create IRONIC instances,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> 
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">AND,<br>
we do NOT support the functionality to have IRONIC update the<br>
adjacent switch configuration in order to move the IRONIC instance<br>
on to a different (TENANT-owned) TENANT NETWORK after the instance<br>
is created.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">   
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">so it is SORT OF multi-tenant in the sense that any TENANT can create an IRONIC instance,<br>
HOWEVER the IRONIC instances of all tenants are all on the same TENANT NETWORK<br>
<br>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">In this environment,<br>
When we use MAGNUM to create IRONIC COE Nodes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">   
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">it ONLY works if the ADMIN creates the MAGNUM Cluster,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Courier New""><span style="mso-list:Ignore">o<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">   
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">it does NOT work if a TENANT creates the MAGNUM Cluster,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">§<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> 
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt">because a TENANT can NOT create an instance port with ‘fixed-ips’ on a TENANT NETWORK<br>
that is not owned by himself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">appreciate any info on this,<br>
Greg.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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