rfc-9696

Routing in Fat Trees (RIFT) Applicability and Operational Considerations

Y. Wei (Editor), Z. Zhang, D. Afanasiev, P. Thubert, T. Przygienda

date2025-04 streamIETF areartg wgrift statusINFORMATIONAL pages33 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9696 doi10.17487/RFC9696

This document discusses the properties, applicability, and operational considerations of Routing in Fat Trees (RIFT) in different network scenarios with the intention of providing a rough guide on how RIFT can be deployed to simplify routing operations in Clos topologies and their variations.