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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.

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Russell Bryant