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author | rebortg <github@ghlr.de> | 2020-12-08 14:57:44 +0100 |
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diff --git a/docs/interfaces/geneve.rst b/docs/interfaces/geneve.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 47068687..00000000 --- a/docs/interfaces/geneve.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,61 +0,0 @@ -.. _geneve-interface: - -###### -GENEVE -###### - -:abbr:`GENEVE (Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation)` supports all of -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 -residing in hypervisors, physical switches, or middleboxes or other appliances. -An arbitrary IP network can be used as an underlay although Clos networks - A -technique for composing network fabrics larger than a single switch while -maintaining non-blocking bandwidth across connection points. ECMP is used to -divide traffic across the multiple links and switches that constitute the -fabric. Sometimes termed "leaf and spine" or "fat tree" topologies. - -Geneve Header: - -.. code-block:: none - - +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ - |Ver| Opt Len |O|C| Rsvd. | Protocol Type | - +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ - | Virtual Network Identifier (VNI) | Reserved | - +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ - | Variable Length Options | - +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ - -************* -Configuration -************* - -Common interface configuration -============================== - -.. cmdinclude:: ../_include/interface-common-without-dhcp.txt - :var0: geneve - :var1: gnv0 - -GENEVE options -============== - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces geneve gnv0 remote <address> - - Configure GENEVE tunnel far end/remote tunnel endpoint. - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces geneve gnv0 vni <vni> - - :abbr:`VNI (Virtual Network Identifier)` is an identifier for a unique - element of a virtual network. In many situations this may represent an L2 - segment, however, the control plane defines the forwarding semantics of - decapsulated packets. The VNI MAY be used as part of ECMP forwarding - decisions or MAY be used as a mechanism to distinguish between overlapping - address spaces contained in the encapsulated packet when load balancing - across CPUs. |