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IETF RFC 6391
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Flow-Aware Transport of Pseudowires over an MPLS Packet Switched Network

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IETF
Doc Type
Standard
Pages
19
Abstract
Where the payload of a pseudowire comprises a number of distinct flows, it can be desirable to carry those flows over the Equal Cost Multiple Paths (ECMPs) that exist in the packet switched network. Most forwarding engines are able to generate a hash of the MPLS label stack and use this mechanism to balance MPLS flows over ECMPs. This document describes a method of identifying the flows, or flow groups, within pseudowires such that Label Switching Routers can balance flows at a finer granularity than individual pseudowires. The mechanism uses an additional label in the MPLS label stack. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
Publication Date
2011-11-01
Status Note
Proposed Standard
DOI
10.17487/RFC6391
Link
https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6391
Author(s)
Stewart Bryant
Clarence Filsfils
Ulrich Drafz
Vach Kompella
Joe Regan
Shane Amante
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Bibliographic Reference(s)

  • Stein, Y(J)., Mendelsohn, I., and R. Insler, "PW Bonding", Work in Progress, November 2008. EXTERNAL
  • Kompella, K., Drake, J., Amante, S., Henderickx, W., and L. Yong, "The Use of Entropy Labels in MPLS Forwarding", Work in Progress, October 2011. EXTERNAL
  • IETF RFC 3985 [Active*]
  • IETF RFC 4090 [Active*]
  • IETF RFC 4201 [Active*]
  • IETF RFC 4301 [Active, Amended*]
  • RFC4378 — RFC4378 EXTERNAL
  • RFC5286 — RFC5286 EXTERNAL
  • IETF RFC 5462 [Active*]
  • RFC5654 — 6 EXTERNAL
  • RFC5880 — BFD EXTERNAL
  • RFC5920 — RFC5920 EXTERNAL
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