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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

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OpenVSwitch L2 Agent
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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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.. image:: http://docs.openstack.org/admin-guide-cloud/content/figures/10/a/common/figures/under-the-hood-scenario-1-ovs-compute.png
.. _OpenVSwitch: http://openvswitch.org
Further Reading
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* `Darragh O'Reilly - The Open vSwitch plugin with VLANs <http://techbackground.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-open-vswitch-plugin-with-vlans.html>`_