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RFC 8595: An MPLS-Based Forwarding Plane for Service Function Chaining

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This document describes how Service Function Chaining (SFC) can be achieved in an MPLS network by means of a logical representation of the Network Service Header (NSH) in an MPLS label stack. That is, the NSH is not used, but the fields of the NSH are mapped to fields in the MPLS label stack. This approach does not deprecate or replace the NSH, but it acknowledges that there may be a need for an interim deployment of SFC functionality in brownfield networks.

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Document ID
RFC8595
Published
June 2019
Authors
A. Farrel; S. Bryant; J. Drake
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
rtg
Pages
32
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