Do I need to enable promiscuous mode for the physical network interface on the host for Docker macvlan network to work?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The promiscuous mode of the physical network interface is off on the host, yet docker macvlan network works

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Atomic Host
  • Docker

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