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Add control-plane management IP counts for MNNVL racks (switch BMC, two NVOS addresses, and power shelf PMC) so site planners can size OOB pools correctly alongside standard host/DPU nodes.

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Adds a row to the Control Plane Management Network table for MNNVL racks:
3 IPs per node (switch BMC + 2 NVOS) + 1 (power shelf PMC).

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    • Updated the network prerequisites with required IP address counts for MNNVL racks.
    • Clarified the per-switch allocation breakdown (BMC + NVOS) and the additional IP requirement per power shelf.

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The network prerequisites documentation adds IP accounting for MNNVL racks, covering switch BMC, NVOS instances, and power shelf PMC allocations.

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MNNVL IP accounting
docs/getting-started/prerequisites/network.md
Adds the requirement of 3 per switch (BMC + 2 NVOS) + 1 per power shelf PMC IPs for MNNVL racks.

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In `@docs/getting-started/prerequisites/network.md`:
- Line 24: Clarify the table row’s allocation scope by indicating that the three
switch BMC/NVOS addresses are per node, while the single power shelf PMC address
is per rack; state the total as 3N + 1 IPs for a rack with N nodes rather than
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Will update doc

@aswaroop-nv aswaroop-nv force-pushed the chore/networking-update branch from 5e7147e to 675443e Compare July 11, 2026 17:43
Add MNNVL rack IP counts (3 per switch: BMC + 2 NVOS, plus 1 per power
shelf PMC) to the managed-hosts management network table so site planners
can size OOB pools correctly.

Signed-off-by: Anil Swaroop <aswaroop-nv@nvidia.com>
@aswaroop-nv aswaroop-nv force-pushed the chore/networking-update branch from 675443e to b0b9aef Compare July 11, 2026 18:01
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