All are L2 over L3(UDP) - General name - Network Overlay.
On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 4:50 PM, Thomas Monjalon <thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com> wrote: > 2014-08-13 08:23, Liu, Jijiang: >> From: Thomas Monjalon [mailto:thomas.monjalon at 6wind.com] >> > About API, why name it cloud filter instead of VxLAN? >> >> VxLAN is just a kind tunnel type, there are another tunnel types based >> on protocol type, they are below. >> Tunnel Type: >> * 0x0: VXLAN >> * 0x1: NVGRE or other MAC in GRE >> * 0x2: Geneve >> 0x3: IP in GRE >> Currently, I just implemented VxLAN tunnel type, and we will support >> another tunnel types in cloud filter API later. > > OK, I understand. But cloud filter is just a marketing name. > Please let's stick to technical and precise names. > It seems these tunnels are L2 over IP, right? > > -- > Thomas
