A new mailing list has been set up to explore possible IETF work in
the area of providing L2 network virtualization service over an L3
(IP) overlay network.
As background, there are a number of drafts that relate to this area,
including:
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-mahalingam-dutt-dcops-vxlan-00
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-sridharan-virtualization-nvgre-00
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-wkumari-dcops-l3-vmmobility-00
I've put together a first-cut at a problem statement that focuses on
the issues and potential work areas, without getting into solution
specifics. See:
http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-narten-nvo3-overlay-problem-statement-00.txt
There have also been some related vendor announcements and
presentations as well (these are ones I happen to know of, there are
surely others). For example:
http://blogs.cisco.com/datacenter/introducing-vxlan/
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps9441/ps9902/white_paper_c11-685115.html
http://blogs.vmware.com/console/2011/08/towards-virtualized-networking-for-the-cloud.html
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/BUILD/BUILD2011/SAC-442T
The list is called nvo3, for "Network Virtualization Over L3", aka
N-Vee-Oh-3 (we'll see how well that acronym sticks...).
I've put in a formal request to hold a BOF in Taipai, so we can
explore whether it makes sense to form a WG in this area.
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I look forward to your participation!
Thomas
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