{
  "number": 9696,
  "title": "Routing in Fat Trees (RIFT) Applicability and Operational Considerations",
  "authors": [
    "Y. Wei, Ed.",
    "Z. Zhang",
    "D. Afanasiev",
    "P. Thubert",
    "T. Przygienda"
  ],
  "published": "2025-04",
  "status": "Informational",
  "stream": "IETF",
  "area": "rtg",
  "working_group": "rift",
  "pages": 33,
  "formats": [
    "HTML",
    "TXT",
    "PDF",
    "XML"
  ],
  "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.",
  "draft": "draft-ietf-rift-applicability-17",
  "doi": "10.17487/RFC9696",
  "urls": {
    "html": "https://rfc.dk/rfc9696/",
    "text": "https://rfc.dk/rfc9696.txt",
    "rfc_editor": "https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9696",
    "datatracker": "https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc9696/"
  },
  "text_modified": "2025-04-03T22:34:52.447242392Z"
}