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Network Virtualization using Generic Routing Encapsulation
Network Virtualization
using
Generic Routing Encapsulation
is a
network
virtualization technology
that
attempts
to
alleviate
the
scalability
problems
associated with large
cloud computing
deployments
. It uses
Generic
Routing
Encapsulation
to
tunnel
layer 2
packets
over
layer 3
networks
. NVGRE is described in the
IETF RFC
7637.
Its
principal
backer
is
Microsoft
.