Description of problem: If my understanding is correct, DHCP agent is not used in OVN environment. However, `openstack extension list --network` shows dhcp_agent_scheduler in OSP16.1 with OVN environment as follows: ~~~ $ openstack network agent list -c 'Agent Type' -f value OVN Controller Gateway agent OVN Controller Gateway agent OVN Controller agent OVN Metadata agent OVN Controller Gateway agent OVN Controller agent OVN Metadata agent $ openstack extension list --network -c Alias -f value | grep dhcp_agent dhcp_agent_scheduler ~~~ On the other hand, the document "OPENSTACK INTEGRATION TEST SUITE GUIDE"[1] mentions that run `openstack extension list` to identify the extensions in api_extensions in tempest.conf as follows: ~~~ If the extensions that are available in your deployment do not correspond to the list of extensions in the api_extensions attribute of the tempest.conf file, the component fails tempest tests. To prevent this failure, you must identify the extensions that are available in your deployment and include them in the api_extensions parameter. To get a list of Network, Compute, Volume, or Identity extensions in your deployment, run the following command: Procedure To retrieve a list of Network, Compute, Volume, or Identity extensions in your deployment, enter the following command: $ openstack extension list [--network] [--compute] [--volume] [--identity] ~~~ Since the command shows dhcp_agent_scheduler, a customer may list it into api_extensions parameter in their tempest.conf even if their OSP environment uses OVN. As a result, I think the test cases related to DHCP agent will be failed and they will be confused. Thus, I think that the command should not show dhcp_agent_scheduler in OVN environment. I found the same opinion in launchpad[2]. [1] https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_openstack_platform/16.1/html-single/openstack_integration_test_suite_guide/index#configuring_the_integration_test_suite_extension_lists_manually [2] https://bugs.launchpad.net/networking-ovn/+bug/1863432. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): python3-openstackclient-4.0.1-1.20201114012609.bff556c.el8ost.noarch (as far as I checked) How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. run `openstack extension list --network` Actual results: dhcp_agent_scheduler is included in the output of `openstack extension list --network` in spite of OVN environment. Expected results: dhcp_agent_scheduler should not be included in the output of `openstack extension list --network` in OVN environment.
DHCP Agent is still required for Baremetal provisioning in OVN environments. See the note in this section: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_openstack_platform/16.2/html-single/bare_metal_provisioning/index#deploying-an-ipv4-overcloud-with-the-bare-metal-provisioning-service I don't think this should be removed. But we'll check with dfg:hardprov to confirm.
DFG:HardProv agrees with Brendan, closing for now