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diff --git a/docs/content/methodology/geneve.md b/docs/content/methodology/geneve.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8b7b0a48b0 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/content/methodology/geneve.md @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +--- +bookToc: false +title: "GENEVE" +weight: 21 +--- + +# GENEVE + +## GENEVE Prefix Bindings + +GENEVE prefix bindings should be representative to target applications, where +a packet flows of particular set of IPv4 addresses (L3 underlay network) is +routed via dedicated GENEVE interface by building an L2 overlay. + +Private address ranges to be used in tests: + +- East hosts ip address range: 10.0.1.0 - 10.127.255.255 (10.0/9 prefix) + + - Total of 2^23 - 256 (8 388 352) of usable IPv4 addresses + - Usable in tests for up to 32 767 GENEVE tunnels (IPv4 underlay networks) + +- West hosts ip address range: 10.128.1.0 - 10.255.255.255 (10.128/9 prefix) + + - Total of 2^23 - 256 (8 388 352) of usable IPv4 addresses + - Usable in tests for up to 32 767 GENEVE tunnels (IPv4 underlay networks) + +## GENEVE Tunnel Scale + +If N is a number of GENEVE tunnels (and IPv4 underlay networks) then TG sends +256 packet flows in every of N different sets: + +- i = 1,2,3, ... N - GENEVE tunnel index + +- East-West direction: GENEVE encapsulated packets + + - Outer IP header: + + - src ip: 1.1.1.1 + + - dst ip: 1.1.1.2 + + - GENEVE header: + + - vni: i + + - Inner IP header: + + - src_ip_range(i) = 10.(0 + rounddown(i/255)).(modulo(i/255)).(0-to-255) + + - dst_ip_range(i) = 10.(128 + rounddown(i/255)).(modulo(i/255)).(0-to-255) + +- West-East direction: non-encapsulated packets + + - IP header: + + - src_ip_range(i) = 10.(128 + rounddown(i/255)).(modulo(i/255)).(0-to-255) + + - dst_ip_range(i) = 10.(0 + rounddown(i/255)).(modulo(i/255)).(0-to-255) + + **geneve-tunnels** | **total-flows** +-------------------:|----------------: + 1 | 256 + 4 | 1 024 + 16 | 4 096 + 64 | 16 384 + 256 | 65 536 + 1 024 | 262 144
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