Xena Series Release Notes

19.5.0

New Features

  • The newsdn_token parameter to authenticate sdn has been added to theneutron::plugins::ml2::mellanox::mlnx_sdn_assist class.

  • The newneutron::server::notifications::nova::live_migration_eventsparameter has been added. This parameter controlsthe[nova]live_migation_events parameter inneutron.conf.

  • Theneutron::agents::ovn_metadata class now supportsthe following two new parameters.

    • ovsdb_probe_interval parameter to configure[ovn]ovsdb_probe_interval in ovn metadata agent configfile.

    • ovsdb_retry_max_interval parameter to configure[ovn]ovsdb_retry_max_interval in ovn metadata agentconfig file.

  • Theneutron::plugins::ml2::ovn class now supports the following twonew parameters.

    • ovsdb_retry_max_interval

    • ovsdb_probe_interval

Bug Fixes

  • The independent ovn plugin package(pythonN-networking-ovn) is no longerrequired. The package is no longer available since Ussuri, and all codesare now included in the base neutron package.

  • Theneutron-ovn-metadata-agent package is now installed in Ubuntu andDebian.

  • Bug #1987460:Previously theneutron::agents::ml2::mlnx class causes duplicateresources when used with theneutron::agents::dhcp class ortheneutron::agents::l3 class. Now it is possible to workaroundthe error by implementing the following mitigation.

    • Include theneutron::agents::ml2::mlnx class AFTERtheneutron::agents::dhcp class or theneutron::agents::l3

    • Set theinterface_driver parameter and thedhcp_broadcast_replyparameter consistently.

19.4.0

New Features

  • The following classes now support thereport_interval parameter, tooverride the report interval of a specific neutron agents.

    • neutron::agent::dhcp

    • neutron::agent::metadata

    • neutron::agent::ml2::ovs

    • neutron::agent::ml2::sriov

    • neutron::agent::l3

  • Theneutron::quota::quota_network_gateway parameter has been deprecatedand has no effect now.

  • Adds new purge_config parameter. When set to true, the policy file iscleared during configuration process. This allows to remove any existingrules before applying them or clean the file when all policies got removed.

Upgrade Notes

  • Theneutron::config::plugin_plumgrid_config parameter has been removed.

  • The following deprecated parameters of theneutron::quota class havebeen removed.

    • quota_loadbalancer

    • quota_pool

    • quota_member

    • quota_health_monitor

    • quota_firewall

    • quota_firewall_policy

    • quota_firewall_rule

  • Support for the midonet plugin has been removed.

  • Theneutron::plugins::cisco class has been removed.

Deprecation Notes

  • Support for the Nicira NVP plugin has been deprecated and will be removedin a future release.

  • Theneutron::quota::quota_packet_filter parameter has been deprecatedand has no effect now.

  • Theneutron::quota::quota_vip parameter has been deprecated and has noeffect.