Why neutron doesn't allocate IPs sequentaly
Issue
Before RHOSP 10 (upstream newton release) neutron allocated IP addresses sequentially. This article was written to answer the following questions:
- Why neutron allocates IPs for its ports out of order?
- Is it possible to change this behaviour?
- Can show the relevant code?
Environment
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform 14
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