rfc-9816

Usage and Applicability of BGP Link State (BGP-LS) Shortest Path First (SPF) Routing in Data Centers

K. Patel, A. Lindem, S. Zandi, G. Dawra, J. Dong

date2025-07 streamIETF areartg wglsvr statusINFORMATIONAL pages12 canonicalhttps://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9816 doi10.17487/RFC9816

This document discusses the usage and applicability of BGP Link State (BGP-LS) Shortest Path First (SPF) extensions in data center networks utilizing Clos or Fat Tree topologies. The document is intended to provide simplified guidance for the deployment of BGP-LS SPF extensions.