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Overlay protocols in depth

This appendix describes Stateless Transport Tunnels (STT) and Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation (NVGRE).

This appendix covers the following topics:

•Stateless Transport Tunnels

•Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation

Stateless Transport Tunnels

STT was invented by Nicira and is supported by NIC cards that support TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO) for packets that are being transmitted by using the TCP protocol. Overlay networks encapsulate Layer 2 (L2) over Layer 3 (L3), so the ...

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