[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
gsmp draft-ietf-gsmp-08
- To: idsummary <idsummary@subip.ietf.org>
- Subject: gsmp draft-ietf-gsmp-08
- From: "Avri Doria" <avri@nortelnetworks.com>
- Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 19:52:49 +0100
- Delivery-date: Wed, 16 May 2001 11:53:47 -0700
- Envelope-to: idsummary-data@psg.com
- Organization: Nortel Networks - Advanced Routing Technology
NAME OF I-D:
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-gsmp-08.txt
SUMMARY
The General Switch Management Protocol (GSMP), is a general
purpose protocol to control a label switch. GSMP allows a
controller to establish and release connections across the switch;
add and delete leaves on a multicast connection; manage switch
ports; request configuration information; request and delete
reservation of switch resources; and request statistics. It also
allows the switch to inform the controller of asynchronous events
such as a link going down. The GSMP protocol is asymmetric, the
controller being the master and the switch being the slave.
Multiple switches may be controlled by a single controller using
multiple instantiations of the protocol over separate control
connections. Also a switch may be controlled by more than one
controller by using the technique of partitioning.
The draft has been through both WG last call and IESG last call
and is currently in the IESG queue.
RELATED DOCUMENTS
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-gsmp-applicability-01.txt
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-gsmp-encaps-03.txt
http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-gsmp-mib-04.txt
WHERE DOES IT FIT IN THE PICTURE OF THE SUB-IP WORK
GSMP is a protocol used to control an underlying fabric. It
therefore could be seen as fitting into the bottom layer of the
hourglass. It is, however, a different sort of item then the other
items listed in that plane, and if the hourglass were 3 dimensional
could be viewed as deriving from CCAMP into a management plane.
WHY IS IT TARGETED AT THIS WG
The GSMP protocol is being defined within the GSMP working group.
JUSTIFICATION
The GSMP group has been chartered to work on the GSMP protocol.
--
Avri Doria
+1 401 663 5024
===============
http://www.aidsride.org/new/northeast/index.htm
Rider : 1063