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diff --git a/‎api/src/com/cloud/api/ApiConstants.java‎
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diff --git a/‎api/src/com/cloud/api/response/IPAddressResponse.java‎
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diff --git a/‎api/src/com/cloud/network/IpAddress.java‎
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diff --git a/‎server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiResponseHelper.java‎
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@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@ public class ApiConstants {
     public static final String IS_STATIC_NAT = "isstaticnat";
     public static final String SORT_BY = "sortby";
     public static final String CHANGE_CIDR = "changecidr";
+    public static final String PURPOSE = "purpose";
 
     public enum HostDetails {
         all, capacity, events, stats, min;
 
@@ -93,7 +93,10 @@ public class IPAddressResponse extends BaseResponse implements ControlledEntityR
     private String state;
 
     @SerializedName(ApiConstants.PHYSICAL_NETWORK_ID) @Param(description="the physical network this belongs to")
-    private IdentityProxy physicalNetworkId = new IdentityProxy("physical_network");    
+    private IdentityProxy physicalNetworkId = new IdentityProxy("physical_network");
+    
+    @SerializedName(ApiConstants.PURPOSE) @Param(description="purpose of the IP address. In Acton this value is not null for Elastic IPs only, and can have either StaticNat or LB value")
+    private String purpose;
 
 /*    
     @SerializedName(ApiConstants.JOB_ID) @Param(description="shows the current pending asynchronous job ID. This tag is not returned if no current pending jobs are acting on the volume")
@@ -207,11 +210,11 @@ public void setPhysicalNetworkId(long physicalNetworkId) {
         this.physicalNetworkId.setValue(physicalNetworkId);
     }
 
-    public long getphysicalNetworkId() {
-        return physicalNetworkId.getValue();
-    }
-
 	public void setIsElastic(Boolean isElastic) {
 		this.isElastic = isElastic;
 	}
+
+    public void setPurpose(String purpose) {
+        this.purpose = purpose;
+    }
 }
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ enum State {
         Releasing, // The IP address is being released for other network elements and is not ready for allocation.
         Free // The IP address is ready to be allocated.
     }
+    
+    enum Purpose {
+        StaticNat,
+        Lb
+    }
 
     long getDataCenterId();
 
 
@@ -759,6 +759,15 @@ public IPAddressResponse createIPAddressResponse(IpAddress ipAddress) {
             ipResponse.setVlanId(ipAddress.getVlanId());
             ipResponse.setVlanName(ApiDBUtils.findVlanById(ipAddress.getVlanId()).getVlanTag());
         }
+        
+        if (ipAddress.getElastic()) {
+            if (ipAddress.isOneToOneNat()) {
+                ipResponse.setPurpose(IpAddress.Purpose.StaticNat.toString());
+            } else {
+                ipResponse.setPurpose(IpAddress.Purpose.Lb.toString());
+            }
+        }
+        
         ipResponse.setObjectName("ipaddress");
         return ipResponse;
     }