diff --git a/lib/nova b/lib/nova
index 23346b7716..f0c83157d6 100644
--- a/lib/nova
+++ b/lib/nova
@@ -66,6 +66,59 @@ SCHEDULER=${SCHEDULER:-nova.scheduler.filter_scheduler.FilterScheduler}
 QEMU_CONF=/etc/libvirt/qemu.conf
 
 
+# Nova Network Configuration
+# --------------------------
+
+# Set defaults according to the virt driver
+if [ "$VIRT_DRIVER" = 'xenserver' ]; then
+    PUBLIC_INTERFACE_DEFAULT=eth3
+    GUEST_INTERFACE_DEFAULT=eth1
+    # Allow ``build_domU.sh`` to specify the flat network bridge via kernel args
+    FLAT_NETWORK_BRIDGE_DEFAULT=$(grep -o 'flat_network_bridge=[[:alnum:]]*' /proc/cmdline | cut -d= -f 2 | sort -u)
+elif [ "$VIRT_DRIVER" = 'baremetal' ]; then
+    NETWORK_MANAGER=${NETWORK_MANAGER:-FlatManager}
+    PUBLIC_INTERFACE_DEFAULT=eth0
+    FLAT_INTERFACE=${FLAT_INTERFACE:-eth0}
+    FLAT_NETWORK_BRIDGE_DEFAULT=br100
+    STUB_NETWORK=${STUB_NETWORK:-False}
+else
+    PUBLIC_INTERFACE_DEFAULT=br100
+    GUEST_INTERFACE_DEFAULT=eth0
+    FLAT_NETWORK_BRIDGE_DEFAULT=br100
+fi
+
+NETWORK_MANAGER=${NETWORK_MANAGER:-${NET_MAN:-FlatDHCPManager}}
+PUBLIC_INTERFACE=${PUBLIC_INTERFACE:-$PUBLIC_INTERFACE_DEFAULT}
+VLAN_INTERFACE=${VLAN_INTERFACE:-$GUEST_INTERFACE_DEFAULT}
+FLAT_NETWORK_BRIDGE=${FLAT_NETWORK_BRIDGE:-$FLAT_NETWORK_BRIDGE_DEFAULT}
+EC2_DMZ_HOST=${EC2_DMZ_HOST:-$SERVICE_HOST}
+
+# If you are using the FlatDHCP network mode on multiple hosts, set the
+# ``FLAT_INTERFACE`` variable but make sure that the interface doesn't already
+# have an IP or you risk breaking things.
+#
+# **DHCP Warning**:  If your flat interface device uses DHCP, there will be a
+# hiccup while the network is moved from the flat interface to the flat network
+# bridge.  This will happen when you launch your first instance.  Upon launch
+# you will lose all connectivity to the node, and the VM launch will probably
+# fail.
+#
+# If you are running on a single node and don't need to access the VMs from
+# devices other than that node, you can set ``FLAT_INTERFACE=``
+# This will stop nova from bridging any interfaces into ``FLAT_NETWORK_BRIDGE``.
+FLAT_INTERFACE=${FLAT_INTERFACE-$GUEST_INTERFACE_DEFAULT}
+
+# ``MULTI_HOST`` is a mode where each compute node runs its own network node.  This
+# allows network operations and routing for a VM to occur on the server that is
+# running the VM - removing a SPOF and bandwidth bottleneck.
+MULTI_HOST=`trueorfalse False $MULTI_HOST`
+
+# Test floating pool and range are used for testing.  They are defined
+# here until the admin APIs can replace nova-manage
+TEST_FLOATING_POOL=${TEST_FLOATING_POOL:-test}
+TEST_FLOATING_RANGE=${TEST_FLOATING_RANGE:-192.168.253.0/29}
+
+
 # Entry Points
 # ------------
 
@@ -439,6 +492,49 @@ function create_nova_conf() {
         # Replace the first '=' with ' ' for iniset syntax
         iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT ${I/=/ }
     done
+
+    # All nova-compute workers need to know the vnc configuration options
+    # These settings don't hurt anything if n-xvnc and n-novnc are disabled
+    if is_service_enabled n-cpu; then
+        NOVNCPROXY_URL=${NOVNCPROXY_URL:-"http://$SERVICE_HOST:6080/vnc_auto.html"}
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT novncproxy_base_url "$NOVNCPROXY_URL"
+        XVPVNCPROXY_URL=${XVPVNCPROXY_URL:-"http://$SERVICE_HOST:6081/console"}
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT xvpvncproxy_base_url "$XVPVNCPROXY_URL"
+        SPICEHTML5PROXY_URL=${SPICEHTML5PROXY_URL:-"http://$SERVICE_HOST:6082/spice_auto.html"}
+        iniset $NOVA_CONF spice html5proxy_base_url "$SPICEHTML5PROXY_URL"
+    fi
+    if [ "$VIRT_DRIVER" = 'xenserver' ]; then
+        VNCSERVER_PROXYCLIENT_ADDRESS=${VNCSERVER_PROXYCLIENT_ADDRESS=169.254.0.1}
+    else
+        VNCSERVER_PROXYCLIENT_ADDRESS=${VNCSERVER_PROXYCLIENT_ADDRESS=127.0.0.1}
+    fi
+
+    if is_service_enabled n-novnc || is_service_enabled n-xvnc ; then
+      # Address on which instance vncservers will listen on compute hosts.
+      # For multi-host, this should be the management ip of the compute host.
+      VNCSERVER_LISTEN=${VNCSERVER_LISTEN=127.0.0.1}
+      iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT vnc_enabled true
+      iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT vncserver_listen "$VNCSERVER_LISTEN"
+      iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT vncserver_proxyclient_address "$VNCSERVER_PROXYCLIENT_ADDRESS"
+    else
+      iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT vnc_enabled false
+    fi
+
+    if is_service_enabled n-spice; then
+      # Address on which instance spiceservers will listen on compute hosts.
+      # For multi-host, this should be the management ip of the compute host.
+      SPICESERVER_PROXYCLIENT_ADDRESS=${SPICESERVER_PROXYCLIENT_ADDRESS=127.0.0.1}
+      SPICESERVER_LISTEN=${SPICESERVER_LISTEN=127.0.0.1}
+      iniset $NOVA_CONF spice enabled true
+      iniset $NOVA_CONF spice server_listen "$SPICESERVER_LISTEN"
+      iniset $NOVA_CONF spice server_proxyclient_address "$SPICESERVER_PROXYCLIENT_ADDRESS"
+    else
+      iniset $NOVA_CONF spice enabled false
+    fi
+
+    iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT ec2_dmz_host "$EC2_DMZ_HOST"
+    iniset_rpc_backend nova $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT
+    iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT glance_api_servers "$GLANCE_HOSTPORT"
 }
 
 # create_nova_cache_dir() - Part of the init_nova() process
@@ -450,7 +546,7 @@ function create_nova_cache_dir() {
 }
 
 function create_nova_conf_nova_network() {
-    iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT network_manager "nova.network.manager.$NET_MAN"
+    iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT network_manager "nova.network.manager.$NETWORK_MANAGER"
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT public_interface "$PUBLIC_INTERFACE"
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT vlan_interface "$VLAN_INTERFACE"
     iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT flat_network_bridge "$FLAT_NETWORK_BRIDGE"
diff --git a/lib/quantum b/lib/quantum
index 862ba8486d..6dae13fe3c 100644
--- a/lib/quantum
+++ b/lib/quantum
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 # that must be set in localrc for connectivity across hosts with
 # Quantum.
 #
-# With Quantum networking the NET_MAN variable is ignored.
+# With Quantum networking the NETWORK_MANAGER variable is ignored.
 
 
 # Save trace setting
diff --git a/stack.sh b/stack.sh
index 14bb1610f0..233474256e 100755
--- a/stack.sh
+++ b/stack.sh
@@ -278,11 +278,6 @@ SWIFT3_DIR=$DEST/swift3
 # https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1023755
 CINDER_SECURE_DELETE=`trueorfalse True $CINDER_SECURE_DELETE`
 
-# Name of the LVM volume group to use/create for iscsi volumes
-VOLUME_GROUP=${VOLUME_GROUP:-stack-volumes}
-VOLUME_NAME_PREFIX=${VOLUME_NAME_PREFIX:-volume-}
-INSTANCE_NAME_PREFIX=${INSTANCE_NAME_PREFIX:-instance-}
-
 # Generic helper to configure passwords
 function read_password {
     XTRACE=$(set +o | grep xtrace)
@@ -326,64 +321,6 @@ function read_password {
 }
 
 
-# Nova Network Configuration
-# --------------------------
-
-# FIXME: more documentation about why these are important options.  Also
-# we should make sure we use the same variable names as the option names.
-
-if [ "$VIRT_DRIVER" = 'xenserver' ]; then
-    PUBLIC_INTERFACE_DEFAULT=eth3
-    # Allow ``build_domU.sh`` to specify the flat network bridge via kernel args
-    FLAT_NETWORK_BRIDGE_DEFAULT=$(grep -o 'flat_network_bridge=[[:alnum:]]*' /proc/cmdline | cut -d= -f 2 | sort -u)
-    GUEST_INTERFACE_DEFAULT=eth1
-elif [ "$VIRT_DRIVER" = 'baremetal' ]; then
-    PUBLIC_INTERFACE_DEFAULT=eth0
-    FLAT_NETWORK_BRIDGE_DEFAULT=br100
-    FLAT_INTERFACE=${FLAT_INTERFACE:-eth0}
-    FORCE_DHCP_RELEASE=${FORCE_DHCP_RELEASE:-False}
-    NET_MAN=${NET_MAN:-FlatManager}
-    STUB_NETWORK=${STUB_NETWORK:-False}
-else
-    PUBLIC_INTERFACE_DEFAULT=br100
-    FLAT_NETWORK_BRIDGE_DEFAULT=br100
-    GUEST_INTERFACE_DEFAULT=eth0
-fi
-
-PUBLIC_INTERFACE=${PUBLIC_INTERFACE:-$PUBLIC_INTERFACE_DEFAULT}
-NET_MAN=${NET_MAN:-FlatDHCPManager}
-EC2_DMZ_HOST=${EC2_DMZ_HOST:-$SERVICE_HOST}
-FLAT_NETWORK_BRIDGE=${FLAT_NETWORK_BRIDGE:-$FLAT_NETWORK_BRIDGE_DEFAULT}
-VLAN_INTERFACE=${VLAN_INTERFACE:-$GUEST_INTERFACE_DEFAULT}
-FORCE_DHCP_RELEASE=${FORCE_DHCP_RELEASE:-True}
-
-# Test floating pool and range are used for testing.  They are defined
-# here until the admin APIs can replace nova-manage
-TEST_FLOATING_POOL=${TEST_FLOATING_POOL:-test}
-TEST_FLOATING_RANGE=${TEST_FLOATING_RANGE:-192.168.253.0/29}
-
-# ``MULTI_HOST`` is a mode where each compute node runs its own network node.  This
-# allows network operations and routing for a VM to occur on the server that is
-# running the VM - removing a SPOF and bandwidth bottleneck.
-MULTI_HOST=`trueorfalse False $MULTI_HOST`
-
-# If you are using the FlatDHCP network mode on multiple hosts, set the
-# ``FLAT_INTERFACE`` variable but make sure that the interface doesn't already
-# have an IP or you risk breaking things.
-#
-# **DHCP Warning**:  If your flat interface device uses DHCP, there will be a
-# hiccup while the network is moved from the flat interface to the flat network
-# bridge.  This will happen when you launch your first instance.  Upon launch
-# you will lose all connectivity to the node, and the VM launch will probably
-# fail.
-#
-# If you are running on a single node and don't need to access the VMs from
-# devices other than that node, you can set ``FLAT_INTERFACE=``
-# This will stop nova from bridging any interfaces into ``FLAT_NETWORK_BRIDGE``.
-FLAT_INTERFACE=${FLAT_INTERFACE-$GUEST_INTERFACE_DEFAULT}
-
-## FIXME(ja): should/can we check that FLAT_INTERFACE is sane?
-
 # Database Configuration
 # ----------------------
 
@@ -980,48 +917,6 @@ if is_service_enabled nova; then
     elif is_service_enabled n-net; then
         create_nova_conf_nova_network
     fi
-    # All nova-compute workers need to know the vnc configuration options
-    # These settings don't hurt anything if n-xvnc and n-novnc are disabled
-    if is_service_enabled n-cpu; then
-        NOVNCPROXY_URL=${NOVNCPROXY_URL:-"http://$SERVICE_HOST:6080/vnc_auto.html"}
-        iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT novncproxy_base_url "$NOVNCPROXY_URL"
-        XVPVNCPROXY_URL=${XVPVNCPROXY_URL:-"http://$SERVICE_HOST:6081/console"}
-        iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT xvpvncproxy_base_url "$XVPVNCPROXY_URL"
-        SPICEHTML5PROXY_URL=${SPICEHTML5PROXY_URL:-"http://$SERVICE_HOST:6082/spice_auto.html"}
-        iniset $NOVA_CONF spice html5proxy_base_url "$SPICEHTML5PROXY_URL"
-    fi
-    if [ "$VIRT_DRIVER" = 'xenserver' ]; then
-        VNCSERVER_PROXYCLIENT_ADDRESS=${VNCSERVER_PROXYCLIENT_ADDRESS=169.254.0.1}
-    else
-        VNCSERVER_PROXYCLIENT_ADDRESS=${VNCSERVER_PROXYCLIENT_ADDRESS=127.0.0.1}
-    fi
-
-    if is_service_enabled n-novnc || is_service_enabled n-xvnc ; then
-      # Address on which instance vncservers will listen on compute hosts.
-      # For multi-host, this should be the management ip of the compute host.
-      VNCSERVER_LISTEN=${VNCSERVER_LISTEN=127.0.0.1}
-      iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT vnc_enabled true
-      iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT vncserver_listen "$VNCSERVER_LISTEN"
-      iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT vncserver_proxyclient_address "$VNCSERVER_PROXYCLIENT_ADDRESS"
-    else
-      iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT vnc_enabled false
-    fi
-
-    if is_service_enabled n-spice; then
-      # Address on which instance spiceservers will listen on compute hosts.
-      # For multi-host, this should be the management ip of the compute host.
-      SPICESERVER_PROXYCLIENT_ADDRESS=${SPICESERVER_PROXYCLIENT_ADDRESS=127.0.0.1}
-      SPICESERVER_LISTEN=${SPICESERVER_LISTEN=127.0.0.1}
-      iniset $NOVA_CONF spice enabled true
-      iniset $NOVA_CONF spice server_listen "$SPICESERVER_LISTEN"
-      iniset $NOVA_CONF spice server_proxyclient_address "$SPICESERVER_PROXYCLIENT_ADDRESS"
-    else
-      iniset $NOVA_CONF spice enabled false
-    fi
-
-    iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT ec2_dmz_host "$EC2_DMZ_HOST"
-    iniset_rpc_backend nova $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT
-    iniset $NOVA_CONF DEFAULT glance_api_servers "$GLANCE_HOSTPORT"
 
 
     # XenServer
diff --git a/stackrc b/stackrc
index d418a0ec5a..3da366d9e2 100644
--- a/stackrc
+++ b/stackrc
@@ -196,5 +196,10 @@ esac
 # 5Gb default volume backing file size
 VOLUME_BACKING_FILE_SIZE=${VOLUME_BACKING_FILE_SIZE:-5130M}
 
+# Name of the LVM volume group to use/create for iscsi volumes
+VOLUME_GROUP=${VOLUME_GROUP:-stack-volumes}
+VOLUME_NAME_PREFIX=${VOLUME_NAME_PREFIX:-volume-}
+INSTANCE_NAME_PREFIX=${INSTANCE_NAME_PREFIX:-instance-}
+
 PRIVATE_NETWORK_NAME=${PRIVATE_NETWORK_NAME:-"private"}
 PUBLIC_NETWORK_NAME=${PUBLIC_NETWORK_NAME:-"nova"}
diff --git a/tools/build_bm_multi.sh b/tools/build_bm_multi.sh
index f1242ee4f0..52b9b4ea32 100755
--- a/tools/build_bm_multi.sh
+++ b/tools/build_bm_multi.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 SHELL_AFTER_RUN=no
 
 # Variables common amongst all hosts in the cluster
-COMMON_VARS="MYSQL_HOST=$HEAD_HOST RABBIT_HOST=$HEAD_HOST GLANCE_HOSTPORT=$HEAD_HOST:9292 NET_MAN=FlatDHCPManager FLAT_INTERFACE=eth0 FLOATING_RANGE=$FLOATING_RANGE MULTI_HOST=1 SHELL_AFTER_RUN=$SHELL_AFTER_RUN"
+COMMON_VARS="MYSQL_HOST=$HEAD_HOST RABBIT_HOST=$HEAD_HOST GLANCE_HOSTPORT=$HEAD_HOST:9292 NETWORK_MANAGER=FlatDHCPManager FLAT_INTERFACE=eth0 FLOATING_RANGE=$FLOATING_RANGE MULTI_HOST=1 SHELL_AFTER_RUN=$SHELL_AFTER_RUN"
 
 # Helper to launch containers
 function run_bm {