This is an OPS-DIR review of Geneve: Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation This ID proposes a new control plane agnostic tunneling protocol primarily for network virtualization related applications. While the document does not have a specific operational considerations section it is a very well written document that clearly explains the issues with and features of the proposal which includes most of the operations related considerations. I did not see any such issues that the document did not already deal with. I do have one question – why, in section 4.3.1 (5) is this not a MUST