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| author | Christian Poessinger <christian@poessinger.com> | 2019-12-01 22:25:57 +0100 |
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| committer | Christian Poessinger <christian@poessinger.com> | 2019-12-01 22:25:57 +0100 |
| commit | c1d9a5f67f3f0dc831c493d8491a4e842ed9803b (patch) | |
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geneve: add explanation to abbreviations
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diff --git a/docs/interfaces/geneve.rst b/docs/interfaces/geneve.rst index f6303336..252668c1 100644 --- a/docs/interfaces/geneve.rst +++ b/docs/interfaces/geneve.rst @@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ GENEVE ###### :abbr:`GENEVE (Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation)` supports all of -the capabilities of VXLAN, NVGRE, and STT and was designed to overcome their -perceived limitations. Many believe GENEVE could eventually replace these -earlier formats entirely. +the capabilities of :abbr:`VXLAN (Virtual Extensible LAN)`, :abbr:`NVGRE +(Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation)`, and :abbr:`STT +(Stateless Transport Tunneling)` and was designed to overcome their perceived +limitations. Many believe GENEVE could eventually replace these earlier formats +entirely. GENEVE is designed to support network virtualization use cases, where tunnels are typically established to act as a backplane between the virtual switches |