RFC 7637: NVGRE: Network Virtualization Using Generic Routing Encapsulation

This document describes the usage of the Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) header for Network Virtualization (NVGRE) in multi-tenant data centers. Network…

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Outgoing relationships (9 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 4291: IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture
Normative reference — RFC 2784: Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE)
Normative reference — RFC 2003: IP Encapsulation within IP
Normative reference — RFC 2890: Key and Sequence Number Extensions to GRE
Normative reference — RFC 2365: Administratively Scoped IP Multicast
Normative reference — RFC 7365: Framework for Data Center (DC) Network Virtualization
Normative reference — RFC 7364: Problem Statement: Overlays for Network Virtualization
Normative reference — RFC 5556: Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL): Problem and Applicability Statement

Incoming relationships (13 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 9012: The BGP Tunnel Encapsulation Attribute
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8365: A Network Virtualization Overlay Solution Using Ethernet VPN (EVPN)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8926: Geneve: Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8086: GRE-in-UDP Encapsulation
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9135: Integrated Routing and Bridging in Ethernet VPN (EVPN)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8293: A Framework for Multicast in Network Virtualization over Layer 3
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9574: Optimized Ingress Replication Solution for Ethernet VPNs (EVPNs)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9599: Guidelines for Adding Congestion Notification to Protocols that Encapsulate IP
Informatively referenced by — RFC 8151: Use Cases for Data Center Network Virtualization Overlay Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9014: Interconnect Solution for Ethernet VPN (EVPN) Overlay Networks
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9601: Propagating Explicit Congestion Notification across IP Tunnel Headers Separated by a Shim
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9624: EVPN Broadcast, Unknown Unicast, or Multicast (BUM) Using Bit Index Explicit Replication (BIER)
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9268: IPv6 Minimum Path MTU Hop-by-Hop Option