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RFC 7911 - Advertisement of Multiple Paths in BGP

  • Status: Proposed Standard
  • Published: July 2016
  • Stream: IETF
  • Errata: No Errata

Document Information​

  • RFC Number: 7911
  • Title: Advertisement of Multiple Paths in BGP
  • Authors: D. Walton (Cumulus Networks), A. Retana (Cisco Systems, Inc.), E. Chen (Cisco Systems, Inc.), J. Scudder (Juniper Networks)
  • Date: July 2016
  • Category: Standards Track
  • ISSN: 2070-1721

Abstract​

This document defines a BGP extension that allows the advertisement of multiple paths for the same address prefix without the new paths implicitly replacing any previous ones. The essence of the extension is that each path is identified by a Path Identifier in addition to the address prefix.

Status of This Memo​

This is an Internet Standards Track document.

This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has received public review and has been approved for publication by the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 7841.

Information about the current status of this document, any errata, and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7911.

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