HTTP with Byte Range with multple Byte range sets

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I have question on HTTP Server behavior with respect to Byte Ranges.

If client sends a HTTP GET request with multiple byte range sets (i.e 100-200; 300-400 etc.), but HTTP Server is so designed that it only can serve (or parse) first set among these, What should HTTP Server do? Does it send a 206 Partial Content only with Content-Range as 100-200/xyz or should it send a 200 OK with the entire file?

Another question is if Client sends a GET with multiple Range headers and each having byte range sets, what is the behavior of the HTTP Server (and especially in the context of above scenario)?

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It it can't handle the Range request then it should send the whole resource with a 200 status.

Multiple range headers are invalid, thus 400 would be a correct reply.