Comment 3 for bug 1341268

Is there a race for the IP address?

Chuck

On Jul 13, 2014, at 10:20 PM, yong sheng gong <email address hidden>
 wrote:

> agree with garyk, if we can create a new port with a specified mac, why
> should we make the port updatable?
>
> ** Changed in: neutron
> Status: New => Opinion
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> Title:
> mac_address port attribute is read-only
>
> Status in OpenStack Neutron (virtual network service):
> Opinion
>
> Bug description:
> Ironic uses Neutron for IPAM - IP address allocation and DHCP, same as
> nova with e.g. KVM or Xen. Unlike a virtual machine hypervisor,
> Ironics real machines sometimes develop hardware faults, and parts
> need to be replaced - and when that happens the port MAC changes.
> Having the port's mac address be read-only makes this much more
> intrusive than it would otherwise be - we have to tear down and
> rebuild the whole machine, rather than just replace the card and tell
> Neutron the new MAC.
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