RFC 7665
Service Function Chaining (SFC) Architecture, October 2015
- File formats:
- Status:
- INFORMATIONAL
- Authors:
- J. Halpern, Ed.
C. Pignataro, Ed. - Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- sfc (rtg)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC7665
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Abstract
This document describes an architecture for the specification, creation, and ongoing maintenance of Service Function Chains (SFCs) in a network. It includes architectural concepts, principles, and components used in the construction of composite services through deployment of SFCs, with a focus on those to be standardized in the IETF. This document does not propose solutions, protocols, or extensions to existing protocols.
For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.
For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.