I see this wont support virtual mac addresses in  openstack 2025.1 but here https://docs.openstack.org/releasenotes/neutron/unreleased.html.

Nguyen Huu Khoi


On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 3:47 PM Nguyễn Hữu Khôi <nguyenhuukhoinw@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,

I also add virtual MAC addresses and it still not working, my PC don't see arp reply. It looks like neutron dropped it. my vip used geneve networked 

Nguyen Huu Khoi


On Tue, Mar 10, 2026 at 2:30 PM Kees Meijs | Nefos <keesm@nefos.com> wrote:
Hi all,

In case the fail-over solution uses virtual MAC addresses, this should be included in Allowed Address Pairs also; not just the IP addresses.

Cheers,
Kees

On 10/03/2026 03:43, Nguyễn Hữu Khôi wrote:
Hello. Would you tell me if u r using vvrp or carp? It was set up with vrrp and allowed_address_pair then it worked but it seems wont with carp.