On 09/27/2015 02:26 AM, WANG, Ming Hao (Tony T) wrote: > Russell, > > Thanks for your valuable information. > I understood Geneve is some kind of tunnel format for network virtualization > encapsulation, just like VxLAN. > But I'm still confused by the connection between Geneve and VTEP. > I suppose VTEP should be on behalf of "VxLAN Tunnel Endpoint", which should > be used for VxLAN only. > > Does it become some "common tunnel endpoint" in OVN, and can be also used as > a tunnel endpoint for Geneve?
When using VTEP gateways, both the Geneve and VxLAN protocols are being used. Packets between hypervisors are sent using Geneve. Packets between a hypervisor and the gateway are sent using VxLAN. -- Russell Bryant __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
