File formats:

Status:

INFORMATIONAL

Authors:

B. Carpenter
S. Jiang
W. Tarreau

Stream:

IETF

Source:

intarea (int)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC7098

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Abstract

This document describes how the currently specified IPv6 flow label can be used to enhance layer 3/4 (L3/4) load distribution and balancing for large server farms.

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.