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Usage and Applicability of BGP Link State (BGP-LS) Shortest Path First (SPF) Routing in Data Centers
RFC 9816

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2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "J. Dong": changed name from "Jie Dong" to "J. Dong", cleared country (was "China")
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "G. Dawra": changed name from "Gaurav Dawra" to "G. Dawra", changed affiliation from "Linkedin" to "Google", cleared country (was "USA")
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "S. Zandi": changed name from "Shawn Zandi" to "S. Zandi", cleared affiliation (was "Linkedin"), cleared country (was "USA")
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "A. Lindem": changed name from "Acee Lindem" to "A. Lindem", changed affiliation from "LabN Consulting, L.L.C." to "Arrcus, Inc.", cleared country (was "USA")
2026-05-20
(System) Changed author "K. Patel": changed name from "Keyur Patel" to "K. Patel", cleared country (was "USA")
2026-05-20
(System) Metadata update from RFC Editor
2025-07-20
(System)
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created document RFC 9816, created became rfc relationship between draft-ietf-lsvr-applicability and RFC 9816, set title to 'Usage …
Received changes through RFC Editor sync (created document RFC 9816, created became rfc relationship between draft-ietf-lsvr-applicability and RFC 9816, set title to 'Usage and Applicability of BGP Link State (BGP-LS) Shortest Path First (SPF) Routing in Data Centers', set abstract to '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.', set pages to 12, set standardization level to Informational, added RFC published event at 2025-07-20)
2025-07-20
(System) RFC published