Routing in Fat Trees Applicability and Operational Considerations
RFC 9696, “Routing in Fat Trees Applicability and Operational Considerations”, is an Informational document published in April 2025 by Y. Wei, Z. Zhang, D. Afanasiev, P. Thubert, T. Przygienda. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
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.
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