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RFC 8596: MPLS Transport Encapsulation for the Service Function Chaining (SFC) Network Service Header (NSH)

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This document describes how to use a Service Function Forwarder (SFF) Label (similar to a pseudowire label or VPN label) to indicate the presence of a Service Function Chaining (SFC) Network Service Header (NSH) between an MPLS label stack and the packet original packet/ frame. This allows SFC packets using the NSH to be forwarded between SFFs over an MPLS network, and to select one of multiple SFFs in the destination MPLS node.

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Document ID
RFC8596
Published
June 2019
Authors
A. Malis; S. Bryant; J. Halpern; W. Henderickx
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
IETF
Area
rtg
Pages
9
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