ISO/IEC/IEEE International Standard - Telecommunications and exchange between information technology systems — Requirements for local and metropolitan area networks —Part 1Q: Bridges and bridged networks AMENDMENT 3: Virtual station interface (VSI) discovery and configuration protocol (VDP) extension to support network virtualization overlays over layer 3 (NVO3)

Extensions to the Virtual Station Interface (VSI) Discovery and Configuration Protocol (VDP) to support using the protocol between an end station and a device doing encapsulation/decapsulation for Network Virtualization Overlays Over Layer 3 (NVO3) are specified in this amendment to IEEE Std 802.1Q-2018. The extensions include adding format types [e.g., Internet Protocol (IP) addresses] and enhancing indication of migration events.