vmware-nsx/doc/source/devref/openvswitch_agent.rst
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* Turns TESTING into a rst file, that we include in the developer
  documentation, for instructions on how to run the unit tests.
* Link to a Vagrant project that sets up Neutron inside a VM.
* Adds a section for how to debug with Nose
* Add new section for Neutron Internals
* Neutron L2 Agent documentation - currently only OVS
* Make the Security Group API extension an example of how an API
  extension is implemented

Implements bp developer-documentation

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OpenVSwitch L2 Agent

This Agent uses the OpenVSwitch virtual switch to create L2 connectivity for instances, along with bridges created in conjunction with OpenStack Nova for filtering.

ovs-neutron-agent can be configured to use two different networking technologies to create tenant isolation, either GRE tunnels or VLAN tags.

VLAN Tags

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