diff --git a/dt/bgp/kustomization.yaml b/dt/bgp/kustomization.yaml
index 172b6dc5a..55b10dc40 100644
--- a/dt/bgp/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/dt/bgp/kustomization.yaml
@@ -209,6 +209,18 @@ replacements:
         options:
           create: true
 
+  - source:
+      kind: ConfigMap
+      name: service-values
+      fieldPath: data.octavia.availabilityZones
+    targets:
+      - select:
+          kind: OpenStackControlPlane
+        fieldPaths:
+          - spec.octavia.template.availabilityZones
+        options:
+          create: true
+
   - source:
       kind: ConfigMap
       name: service-values
diff --git a/examples/dt/bgp/bgp_dt01/README.md b/examples/dt/bgp/bgp_dt01/README.md
index 70aa8683a..4f5eb4a08 100644
--- a/examples/dt/bgp/bgp_dt01/README.md
+++ b/examples/dt/bgp/bgp_dt01/README.md
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ This DT configures both compute and networker EDPM nodes. So far, networker
 nodes are needed when BGP is used on RHOSO, in order to expose routes to SNAT
 traffic (OVN Gateway IPs). In other words, when RHOSO is used with BGP, the OCP
 workers cannot be configured as OVN Gateways.
+On the other hand, Octavia needs to use OCP workers as OVN Gateways for
+its management network.
+To resolve this conflict, BGP DT01 uses Availability Zones:
+* zone-1 is only used for the Octavia management network, which is scheduled on
+  the OCP workers
+* zone-2 is used for the provider networks, whose routers ports will be
+  scheduled on the networker nodes.
 
 The OCP and EDPM nodes deployed with this DT are distributed into three
 different racks. Each rack is connected to two leaves.
@@ -74,14 +81,14 @@ network).
 
 ## Services, enabled features and configurations
 
-| Service          | configuration    | Lock-in coverage?  |
-| ---------------- | ---------------- | ------------------ |
-| Glance           | Swift            | Must have          |
-| Swift            | (default)        | Must have          |
-| Octavia          | (default)        | Must have          |
-| Heat             | (default)        | Must have          |
-| frr              | dataplane        | Must have          |
-| ovn-bgp-agent    | dataplane        | Must have          |
+| Service          | configuration     | Lock-in coverage?  |
+| ---------------- | ----------------- | ------------------ |
+| Glance           | Swift             | Must have          |
+| Swift            | (default)         | Must have          |
+| Octavia          | (default)         | Must have          |
+| Heat             | (default)         | Must have          |
+| frr              | dataplane         | Must have          |
+| ovn-bgp-agent    | dataplane         | Must have          |
 
 ## Considerations/Constraints
 
diff --git a/examples/dt/bgp/bgp_dt01/control-plane/kustomization.yaml b/examples/dt/bgp/bgp_dt01/control-plane/kustomization.yaml
index 19589ac61..fa6ae4c4d 100644
--- a/examples/dt/bgp/bgp_dt01/control-plane/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/examples/dt/bgp/bgp_dt01/control-plane/kustomization.yaml
@@ -144,16 +144,16 @@ replacements:
           name: bgpnet-worker-3
         fieldPaths:
           - spec.config
-  # disable OCP workers as gateway nodes
+  # configure OVN AZs
   - source:
       kind: ConfigMap
       name: service-values
-      fieldPath: data.ovn.ovnController.external-ids
+      fieldPath: data.ovn.ovnController.availability-zones
     targets:
       - select:
           kind: OpenStackControlPlane
         fieldPaths:
-          - spec.ovn.template.ovnController.external-ids
+          - spec.ovn.template.ovnController.availability-zones
         options:
           create: true
   # configure neutron customServiceConfig
diff --git a/examples/dt/bgp/bgp_dt01/control-plane/service-values.yaml b/examples/dt/bgp/bgp_dt01/control-plane/service-values.yaml
index 6be14fea6..2d87689c6 100644
--- a/examples/dt/bgp/bgp_dt01/control-plane/service-values.yaml
+++ b/examples/dt/bgp/bgp_dt01/control-plane/service-values.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ data:
     enabled: true
     amphoraImageContainerImage: quay.io/gthiemonge/octavia-amphora-image
     apacheContainerImage: registry.redhat.io/ubi9/httpd-24:latest
+    availabilityZones:
+      - zone-1
     octaviaAPI:
       networkAttachments:
         - internalapi
@@ -60,12 +62,15 @@ data:
       nicMappings:
         datacentre: ocpbr
         octavia: octbr
-      external-ids:
-        enable-chassis-as-gateway: false
+      availability-zones:
+        - zone-1
   neutron:
     customServiceConfig: |
       [DEFAULT]
       vlan_transparent = true
       debug = true
+      default_availability_zones = zone-1,zone-2
       [ovs]
       igmp_snooping_enable = true
+      [ovn]
+      ovn_emit_need_to_frag = true
diff --git a/examples/dt/bgp/bgp_dt01/edpm/networkers/values.yaml b/examples/dt/bgp/bgp_dt01/edpm/networkers/values.yaml
index 0d7eae44c..788897633 100644
--- a/examples/dt/bgp/bgp_dt01/edpm/networkers/values.yaml
+++ b/examples/dt/bgp/bgp_dt01/edpm/networkers/values.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ data:
       ansiblePort: 22
       ansibleVars:
         edpm_ovn_encap_ip: "{{ lookup('vars', 'bgpmainnet_ip') }}"
+        edpm_ovn_availability_zones:
+          - zone-2
         edpm_ovn_bgp_agent_expose_tenant_networks: false
         edpm_frr_bgp_ipv4_src_network: bgpmainnet
         edpm_frr_bgp_ipv6_src_network: bgpmainnetv6