rfc-7098

Using the IPv6 Flow Label for Load Balancing in Server Farms

B. Carpenter, S. Jiang, W. Tarreau

date2014-01 streamIETF areaint wgintarea statusINFORMATIONAL pages13 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7098 doi10.17487/RFC7098

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.