In one embodiment, a system includes a plurality of network ports including multiple Peripheral Component Interconnect express (PCIe) ports, a network interface card (NIC) driver configured to interface with and support an accelerated NIC, a processor, and logic integrated with the processor, executable by the processor, or integrated with and executable by the processor. The logic is configured to cause the processor to provide a virtual switch to host one or more virtual machines (VMs). Also, the logic is configured to cause the processor to provide a hypervisor which processes at least some outbound packets received from the one or more VMs and processes at least some inbound packets sent to the one or more VMs. Moreover, the logic is configured to cause the processor to divert network traffic of the one or more VMs that has overlay functionality provided by the accelerated NIC to bypass the hypervisor.