@misc{rfc8596, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 8596, howpublished = {RFC 8596}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC8596}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc8596}, author = {Andrew G. Malis and Stewart Bryant and Joel M. Halpern and Wim Henderickx}, title = {{MPLS Transport Encapsulation for the Service Function Chaining (SFC) Network Service Header (NSH)}}, pagetotal = 9, year = 2019, month = jun, abstract = {This document describes how to use a Service Function Forwarder (SFF) Label (similar to a pseudowire label or VPN label) to indicate the presence of a Service Function Chaining (SFC) Network Service Header (NSH) between an MPLS label stack and the packet original packet/ frame. This allows SFC packets using the NSH to be forwarded between SFFs over an MPLS network, and to select one of multiple SFFs in the destination MPLS node.}, }