--- upgrade: - | Starting with OVN version v21.12.0, OVN replies to ARP requests for ports that are in a DOWN status. It does not reply in versions older than v21.12.0. In order to keep the same behavior in Neutron, the default OVN behavior is overridden by Neutron and Neutron ports will no longer reply to ARP packets if the ports are in a DOWN state. If it is required to reply to ARP for such ports, the config option ``ignore_lsp_down`` from ``[ovn_nb_global]`` section can be set to True in the Neutron config. It is set to False by default.