RFC 9516: Active Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) for Service Function Chaining (SFC)
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
A set of requirements for active Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) for Service Function Chaining (SFC) in a network is presented in this document. Based on these requirements, an encapsulation of active OAM messages in SFC and a mechanism to detect and localize defects are described.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC9516
- Published
- November 2023
- Authors
- G. Mirsky; W. Meng; T. Ao; B. Khasnabish; K. Leung; G. Mishra
- Status
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- rtg
- Pages
- 30
- Also known as
- —
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