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RFC 7911
Advertisement of Multiple Paths in BGP,July 2016
- File formats:
- Status:
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Authors:
- D. Walton
A. Retana
E. Chen
J. Scudder - Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- idr (rtg)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC7911
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Abstract
This document defines a BGP extension that allows the advertisementof multiple paths for the same address prefix without the new pathsimplicitly replacing any previous ones. The essence of the extensionis that each path is identified by a Path Identifier in addition tothe address prefix.
For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.
For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.