The IESG has received a request from the Service Function Chaining WG (sfc) to consider the following document: - 'Service Function Chaining Problem Statement' <draft-ietf-sfc-problem-statement-10.txt> as Informational RFC The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2014-12-25. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. Abstract This document provides an overview of the issues associated with the deployment of service functions (such as firewalls, load balancers) in large-scale environments. The term service function chaining is used to describe the definition and instantiation of an ordered set of instances of such service functions, and the subsequent "steering" of traffic flows through those service functions. The set of enabled service function chains reflect operator service offerings and is designed in conjunction with application delivery and service and network policy. The file can be obtained via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-sfc-problem-statement/ IESG discussion can be tracked via http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-sfc-problem-statement/ballot/ The following IPR Declarations may be related to this I-D: http://datatracker.ietf.org/ipr/2285/
