Here is my scenario I have engine and 2 nodes running on VMware workstation with 5 interfaces each with these responsibilities vmtraffic - 192.168.192.X display - 192.168.193.X storage - 192.168.194.X migration- 192.168.195.X ovirtmanagement - 192.168.196.X Logical networks have been set up as above and all the networks are reachable....the only network with a gateway is the vmtraffic 192.168.192.143 with gateway 192.168.192.2 when i go to the nodes via the terminal , it doesnt set the gateway and theirfore that node when you do ip route ,i get this [root@node01 ~]# ip route 192.168.192.0/24 dev vmtraffic proto kernel scope link src 192.168.192.143 192.168.193.0/24 dev ens37 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.193.143 192.168.194.0/24 dev ens34 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.194.143 192.168.195.0/24 dev ens35 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.195.143 192.168.196.0/24 dev ens36 proto kernel scope link src 192.168.196.143 [root@node01 ~]# I know the solution is to insert a static route but isnt the interface with a gateway supposed to be default gateway for any traffic ? and if i put the routes manually ,wont VDSM overwite it ,say if i upgrade.