Brent Eagles 2c60278992 Adding a VNIC type for physical functions ...

This change adds a new VNIC type to distinguish between virtual and
physical functions in SR-IOV.

The new VNIC type 'direct-physical' deviates from the behavior of
'direct' VNICs for virtual functions. While neutron tracks the resource
as a port, it does not currently perform any management functions.
Future changes may extend the segment mapping functionality that is
currently based on agent configuration to include direct types.
However, the direct-physical VNICs will not have functional parity with
the other SR-IOV VNIC types in that quality of service and port security
functionality is not available.

APIImpact
DocImpact: Add description for new 'direct-physical' VNIC type.

Closes-Bug: #1500993

Change-Id: If1ab969c2002c649a3d51635ca2765c262e2d37f

2015-12-14 10:02:40 -03:30

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