gsmp draft-ietf-gsmp-08

["Avri Doria" <avri@nortelnetworks.com>]

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.
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