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OCPBUGS-19822 Additional Network and Mettalb cannot use same network
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modules/nw-metallb-bgp-limitations.adoc

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To avoid or reduce the likelihood of a service interruption, you can specify a node selector when you add a BGP peer.
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By limiting the number of nodes that start BGP sessions, a fault on a node that does not have a BGP session has no affect on connections to the service.
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== Additional Network and MetalLB cannot use same network
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There is a limitation when using the same VLAN for both MetalLB and an additional network interface on a source pod. In such cases, a connection failure occurs, when the MetalLB IP and the source pod share the same node.
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You can address this by ensuring the MetalLB IP is in another subnet so the traffic coming from a pod would take the default gateway, which is OVN-K and reach the destination via the OVN overlay. Alternatively use a MACVLAN interface instead of a VLAN interface.
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== Support for a single ASN and a single router ID only
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