Geneve: What is it and why is OVN using it? - OVS Conference 2015

Presented by: Jesse Gross, VMware OVN has adopted the Geneve protocol as its primary encapsulation format between hypervisors. While not as well known as VXLAN, Geneve is designed to be a more future-proof superset of VXLAN's features and is supported by a wide array of both software and hardware makers. This flexibility is already being used by OVN to build a pipeline that is both more powerful and simpler than what could be done before. To better understand why Geneve came into existence, the talk will give an overview of the protocol itself and its capabilities. We'll then take a look at its support in OVN as well as other implementations and where it might go in the future. Note: This video contains some choppiness towards the end, but eventually recovers after a cut.