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RFC 7916: Operational Management of Loop-Free Alternates

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Loop-Free Alternates (LFAs), as defined in RFC 5286, constitute an IP Fast Reroute (IP FRR) mechanism enabling traffic protection for IP traffic (and, by extension, MPLS LDP traffic). Following early deployment experiences, this document provides operational feedback on LFAs, highlights some limitations, and proposes a set of refinements to address those limitations. It also proposes required management specifications. This proposal is also applicable to remote-LFA solutions.

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Document ID
RFC7916
Published
July 2016
Authors
S. Litkowski; B. Decraene; C. Filsfils; K. Raza; M. Horneffer; P. Sarkar
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
rtg
Pages
31
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