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diff --git a/docs/interfaces/geneve.rst b/docs/interfaces/geneve.rst deleted file mode 100644 index a4bc22aa..00000000 --- a/docs/interfaces/geneve.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,70 +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 -============= - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces geneve gnv0 address <address> - -   Configure interface `<interface>` with one or more interface addresses. - -   **address** can be specified multiple times as IPv4 and/or IPv6 address, -   e.g. 192.0.2.1/24 and/or 2001:db8::1/64 - -   Example: - -   .. code-block:: none - -     set interfaces geneve gnv0 address 192.0.2.1/24 -     set interfaces geneve gnv0 address 192.0.2.2/24 -     set interfaces geneve gnv0 address 2001:db8::ffff/64 -     set interfaces geneve gnv0 address 2001:db8:100::ffff/64 - -.. 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. - -.. cfgcmd:: set interfaces geneve gnv0 mtu <mtu> - -   Set interface :abbr:`MTU (Maximum Transfer Unit)` size.  | 
