RFC 2297 (rfc2297) - Page 2 of 109

Ipsilon's General Switch Management Protocol Specification Version 2

RFC 2297          Ipsilon's General Switch Management         March 1998


Table of Contents

   1. Introduction....................................................3

   2. GSMP Packet Encapsulation.......................................4
      2.1 ATM Encapsulation...........................................4
      2.2 Ethernet Encapsulation......................................6

   3. Common Definitions and Procedures...............................7
      3.1 GSMP Packet Format..........................................8
      3.2 Failure Response Messages..................................11

   4. Connection Management Messages.................................16
      4.1 Add Branch Message.........................................21
      4.2 Delete Tree Message........................................23
      4.3 Verify Tree Message........................................24
      4.4 Delete All Message.........................................24
      4.5 Delete Branches Message....................................25
      4.6 Move Branch Message........................................27

   5. Port Management Messages.......................................29
      5.1 Port Management Message....................................29
      5.2 Label Range Message........................................34

   6. State and Statistics Messages..................................37
      6.1 Connection Activity Message................................38
      6.2 Statistics Messages........................................40
          6.2.1 Port Statistics Message..............................44
          6.2.2 Connection Statistics Message........................44
          6.2.3 QoS Class Statistics Message.........................44
      6.3 Report Connection State Message............................45

   7. Configuration Messages.........................................49
      7.1 Switch Configuration Message...............................50
      7.2 Port Configuration Message.................................51
      7.3 All Ports Configuration Message............................57

   8. Event Messages.................................................59
      8.1 Port Up Message............................................60
      8.2 Port Down Message..........................................60
      8.3 Invalid VPI/VCI Message....................................61
      8.4 New Port Message...........................................61
      8.5 Dead Port Message..........................................61

   9. Quality of Service Messages....................................61
      9.1 Abstract Switch Model......................................62
      9.2 QoS Configuration Message..................................66
      9.3 Scheduler Establishment Message............................74



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