A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries. RFC 7727 Title: Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) Application of the Inter-Chassis Communication Protocol (ICCP) Author: M. Zhang, H. Wen, J. Hu Status: Standards Track Stream: IETF Date: January 2016 Mailbox: zhangmingui@huawei.com, wenhuafeng@huawei.com, hujie@ctbri.com.cn Pages: 25 Characters: 48135 Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None I-D Tag: draft-ietf-pwe3-iccp-stp-05.txt URL: https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc7727 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17487/RFC7727 The Inter-Chassis Communication Protocol (ICCP) supports an inter-chassis redundancy mechanism that is used to support high network availability. In this document, Provider Edge (PE) devices in a Redundancy Group (RG) running ICCP are used to offer multihomed connectivity to Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) networks to improve availability of the STP networks. The ICCP TLVs and usage for the ICCP STP application are defined. This document is a product of the Pseudowire And LDP-enabled Services Working Group of the IETF. This is now a Proposed Standard. STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet Standards Track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the Official Internet Protocol Standards (https://www.rfc-editor.org/standards) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited. This announcement is sent to the IETF-Announce and rfc-dist lists. To subscribe or unsubscribe, see https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce https://mailman.rfc-editor.org/mailman/listinfo/rfc-dist For searching the RFC series, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/search For downloading RFCs, see https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc.html Requests for special distribution should be addressed to either the author of the RFC in question, or to rfc-editor@rfc-editor.org. Unless specifically noted otherwise on the RFC itself, all RFCs are for unlimited distribution. The RFC Editor Team Association Management Solutions, LLC