RFC 9491: Integration of the Network Service Header (NSH) and Segment Routing for Service Function Chaining (SFC)

This document describes the integration of the Network Service Header (NSH) and Segment Routing (SR), as well as encapsulation details, to efficiently support…

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Outgoing relationships (14 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 8174: Ambiguity of Uppercase vs Lowercase in RFC 2119 Key Words
Normative reference — RFC 3031: Multiprotocol Label Switching Architecture
Normative reference — RFC 8200: Internet Protocol, Version 6 (IPv6) Specification
Normative reference — RFC 8402: Segment Routing Architecture
Normative reference — RFC 8754: IPv6 Segment Routing Header (SRH)
Normative reference — RFC 8660: Segment Routing with the MPLS Data Plane
Normative reference — RFC 8300: Network Service Header (NSH)
Normative reference — RFC 8665: OSPF Extensions for Segment Routing
Normative reference — RFC 8667: IS-IS Extensions for Segment Routing
Normative reference — RFC 8663: MPLS Segment Routing over IP
Informative reference — RFC 7665: Service Function Chaining (SFC) Architecture
Informative reference — RFC 7498: Problem Statement for Service Function Chaining
Informative reference — RFC 8596: MPLS Transport Encapsulation for the Service Function Chaining (SFC) Network Service Header (NSH)

Incoming relationships (2 related RFCs)

Informatively referenced by — RFC 9543: A Framework for Network Slices in Networks Built from IETF Technologies
Informatively referenced by — RFC 9689: Use Cases for a PCE as a Central Controller (PCECC)