@misc{rfc7424, series = {Request for Comments}, number = 7424, howpublished = {RFC 7424}, publisher = {RFC Editor}, doi = {10.17487/RFC7424}, url = {https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7424}, author = {Ramki Krishnan and Lucy Yong and Anoop Ghanwani and Ning So and Bhumip Khasnabish}, title = {{Mechanisms for Optimizing Link Aggregation Group (LAG) and Equal-Cost Multipath (ECMP) Component Link Utilization in Networks}}, pagetotal = 29, year = 2015, month = jan, abstract = {Demands on networking infrastructure are growing exponentially due to bandwidth-hungry applications such as rich media applications and inter-data-center communications. In this context, it is important to optimally use the bandwidth in wired networks that extensively use link aggregation groups and equal-cost multipaths as techniques for bandwidth scaling. This document explores some of the mechanisms useful for achieving this.}, }