--- other: - | The external_mac entry in the NAT table is used to distribute/centralize the traffic to the FIPs. When there is an external_mac set the traffic is distributed (DVR). When it is empty it is centralized through the gateway port (no DVR). Upon port status transition to down, the external_mac was removed regardless of DVR being enabled or not, leading to centralize the FIP traffic for DVR -- though it was for down ports that won't accept traffic anyway.