Here is another similar suggestion, but this one creates a bond for a bridge using OVS balance-slb, which will use only one link in the bond for any particular VLAN at any given moment. It requires no special configuration on the switch, although I don't think it's been tested with Q-in-Q, so results might vary: Controller: network_config: - type: interface name: nic1 use_dhcp: false dns_servers: get_param: DnsServers addresses: - ip_netmask: list_join: - / - - get_param: ControlPlaneIp - get_param: ControlPlaneSubnetCidr routes: - ip_netmask: 169.254.169.254/32 next_hop: get_param: EC2MetadataIp - type: ovs_bridge name: bridge_name dns_servers: get_param: DnsServers members: - type: ovs_bond name: bond1 ovs_options: get_param: BondInterfaceOvsOptions members: - type: interface name: nic2 primary: true # set the bond MAC address to the MAC of this interface use_dhcp: false - type: interface name: nic3 use_dhcp: false - type: interface name: nic4 use_dhcp: false - type: vlan device: bond1 vlan_id: get_param: ExternalNetworkVlanID addresses: - ip_netmask: get_param: ExternalIpSubnet routes: - default: true next_hop: get_param: ExternalInterfaceDefaultRoute Compute: network_config: - type: interface name: nic1 use_dhcp: false dns_servers: get_param: DnsServers addresses: - ip_netmask: list_join: - / - - get_param: ControlPlaneIp - get_param: ControlPlaneSubnetCidr routes: - ip_netmask: 169.254.169.254/32 next_hop: get_param: EC2MetadataIp - default: true next_hop: get_param: ControlPlaneDefaultRoute - type: ovs_bridge name: bridge_name dns_servers: get_param: DnsServers members: - type: ovs_bond name: bond1 ovs_options: get_param: BondInterfaceOvsOptions members: - type: interface name: nic2 primary: true use_dhcp: false - type: interface name: nic3 use_dhcp: false - type: interface name: nic4 use_dhcp: false Then specify the proper bonding mode in network-environment.yaml: parameter_defaults: NeutronNetworkVLANRanges: "datacentre::" NeutronBridgeMappings: "datacentre:br-ex" BondInterfaceOvsOptions: "bond_mode=balance-slb" In theory, you could also place all 4 NICs in the same bond, and use DHCP as long as the primary NIC is the one that has the MAC address registered for the node.