Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation

{{Short description|Proposed Internet standard protocol}}

{{Distinguish|Geneva}}

Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation (Geneve) is a network encapsulation protocol created by the IETF in order to unify the efforts made by other initiatives like VXLAN and NVGRE,{{Ref RFC|8926}} with the intent to eliminate the wild growth of encapsulation protocols.{{Ref RFC|8926}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sdxcentral.com/articles/news/intel-supports-geneve-unify-vxlan-nvgre/2014/09/|website=sdxcentral.com|title=Intel Supports Geneve to Help Unify VXLAN & NVGRE|access-date=2020-04-03}}

Open vSwitch is an example of a software-based virtual network switch that supports Geneve overlay networks. It is also supported by AWS Gateway Load Balancers.