{"draft":"draft-mahalingam-dutt-dcops-vxlan-09","doc_id":"RFC7348","title":"Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network (VXLAN): A Framework for Overlaying Virtualized Layer 2 Networks over Layer 3 Networks","authors":["M. Mahalingam","D. Dutt","K. Duda","P. Agarwal","L. Kreeger","T. Sridhar","M. Bursell","C. Wright"],"format":["ASCII","HTML"],"page_count":"22","pub_status":"INFORMATIONAL","status":"INFORMATIONAL","source":"INDEPENDENT","abstract":"This document describes Virtual eXtensible Local Area Network\r\n(VXLAN), which is used to address the need for overlay networks\r\nwithin virtualized data centers accommodating multiple tenants.  The\r\nscheme and the related protocols can be used in networks for cloud service\r\nproviders and enterprise data centers.  This memo documents the\r\ndeployed VXLAN protocol for the benefit of the Internet community.","pub_date":"August 2014","keywords":[],"obsoletes":[],"obsoleted_by":[],"updates":[],"updated_by":[],"see_also":[],"doi":"10.17487\/RFC7348","errata_url":"https:\/\/www.rfc-editor.org\/errata\/rfc7348"}