@misc{rfc9696,
    series =    {Request for Comments},
    number =    9696,
    howpublished =  {RFC 9696},
    publisher = {RFC Editor},
    doi =       {10.17487/RFC9696},
    url =       {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9696},
    author =    {Yuehua Wei and Zheng Zhang and Dmitry Afanasiev and Pascal Thubert and Tony Przygienda},
    title =     {{Routing in Fat Trees (RIFT) Applicability and Operational Considerations}},
    pagetotal = 33,
    year =      2025,
    month =     apr,
    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.},
}