layers u2018 south u2019 at the tor level fig8 shows data center network 700 configured for a link failure recovery according to some embodiments data center 700 may be configured for frr orchestration using bidirectional forwarding detection bfd between two nodes of the network in case of a link failure fig8 shows an exemplary scenario wherein a failure is detected in either one of link 861 1 or link 861 2 thus a data packet route from server 701 1 to server 701 2 through links 860 1 860 2 861 1 861 2 860 5 and 860 6 is re routed the new route passes through links 860 1 860 2 860 3 860 4 860 5 and 860 6 in some embodiments of controller 150 computes multiple frr paths associated with each link in data center network 700 for example multiple frr paths may be associated to link 861 1 such that each of the frr paths is able to transfer a data packet from source server 701 1 to destination server 701 2 assuming a failure of link 861 1 thus the path including links 860 1 860 2 860 3 860 4 860 5 and 860 6 and tor switch 711 1 aggregation switch 721 1 backbone switch 731 3 aggregation switch 721 3 and tor switch 711 3 may be included in an frr set associated to either one of links 861 1 and 861 2 in some embodiments of.