RFC 8926: Geneve: Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation

Network virtualization involves the cooperation of devices with a wide variety of capabilities such as software and hardware tunnel endpoints, transit…

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Outgoing relationships (27 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 8174: Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words
Normative reference — RFC 8126: Guidelines for Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs
Normative reference — RFC 1122: Requirements for Internet Hosts - Communication Layers
Normative reference — RFC 768: User Datagram Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 1191: Path MTU discovery
Normative reference — RFC 792: Internet Control Message Protocol
Normative reference — RFC 4443: Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Normative reference — RFC 8200: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Normative reference — RFC 2003: IP Encapsulation within IP
Normative reference — RFC 8085: UDP Usage Guidelines
Normative reference — RFC 8201: Path MTU Discovery for IP version 6
Normative reference — RFC 6040: Tunnelling of Explicit Congestion Notification
Normative reference — RFC 6936: Applicability Statement for the Use of IPv6 UDP Datagrams with Zero Checksums
Normative reference — RFC 7365: Framework for Data Center (DC) Network Virtualization
Informative reference — RFC 4301: Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 3031: Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture
Informative reference — RFC 3985: Pseudo Wire Emulation Edge-to-Edge (PWE3) Architecture
Informative reference — RFC 3552: Guidelines for Writing RFC Text on Security Considerations
Informative reference — RFC 2983: Differentiated Services and Tunnels
Informative reference — RFC 7348: Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN): A Framework for Overlaying Virtualized Layer 2 Networks over Layer 3 Networks
Informative reference — RFC 6438: Using the IPv6 Flow Label for Equal Cost Multipath Routing and Link Aggregation in Tunnels
Informative reference — RFC 7637: NVGRE: Network Virtualization Using Generic Routing Encapsulation
Informative reference — RFC 5374: Multicast Extensions to the Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol
Informative reference — RFC 8086: GRE-in-UDP Encapsulation
Informative reference — RFC 8014: An Architecture for Data-Center Network Virtualization over Layer 3 (NVO3)
Informative reference — RFC 8293: A Framework for Multicast in Network Virtualization over Layer 3

Incoming relationships (10 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 9521: Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) for Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation (Geneve)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9624: EVPN Broadcast, Unknown Unicast, or Multicast (BUM) Using Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER)
Normatively referenced by — RFC 9772: Active Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) for Use in Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation (Geneve)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9136: IP Prefix Advertisement in Ethernet VPN (EVPN)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9181: A Common YANG Data Model for Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPNs
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9263: Network Service Header (NSH) Metadata Type 2 Variable-Length Context Headers
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9599: Guidelines for Adding Congestion Notification to Protocols that Encapsulate IP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9469: Applicability of Ethernet Virtual Private Network (EVPN) to Network Virtualization over Layer 3 (NVO3) Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9601: Propagating Explicit Congestion Notification across IP Tunnel Headers Separated by a Shim
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9721: Extended Mobility Procedures for Ethernet VPN Integrated Routing and Bridging (EVPN-IRB)