RFC 3292 (rfc3292) - Page 2 of 137

General Switch Management Protocol (GSMP) V3

RFC 3292         General Switch Management Protocol V3         June 2002


Specification of Requirements

   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
   document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC 2119].

Table of Contents

   1. Introduction ................................................... 4
   2. GSMP Packet Encapsulation ...................................... 6
   3. Common Definitions and Procedures .............................. 6
    3.1 GSMP Packet Format ........................................... 7
      3.1.1 Basic GSMP Message format ................................ 7
      3.1.2 Fields commonly found in GSMP messages .................. 11
      3.1.3 Labels .................................................. 12
      3.1.4 Failure Response Messages ............................... 17
   4. Connection Management Messages ................................ 18
    4.1 General Message Definitions ................................. 18
    4.2 Add Branch Message .......................................... 25
      4.2.1 ATM specific procedures: ................................ 29
    4.3 Delete Tree Message ......................................... 30
    4.4 Verify Tree Message ......................................... 30
    4.5 Delete All Input Port Message ............................... 30
    4.6 Delete All Output Port Message .............................. 31
    4.7 Delete Branches Message ..................................... 32
    4.8 Move Output Branch Message .................................. 35
      4.8.1 ATM Specific Procedures: ................................ 37
    4.9 Move Input Branch Message ................................... 38
      4.9.1 ATM Specific Procedures: ................................ 41
   5. Reservation Management Messages ............................... 42
    5.1 Reservation Request Message ................................. 43
    5.2 Delete Reservation Message .................................. 46
    5.3 Delete All Reservations Message.............................. 47
   6. Management Messages ........................................... 47
    6.1 Port Management Message ..................................... 47
    6.2 Label Range Message ......................................... 53
      6.2.1 Labels .................................................. 56
   7. State and Statistics Messages ................................. 60
    7.1 Connection Activity Message ................................. 61
    7.2 Statistics Messages ......................................... 64
      7.2.1 Port Statistics Message ................................. 67
      7.2.2 Connection Statistics Message ........................... 67
      7.2.3 QoS Class Statistics Message ............................ 68
    7.3 Report Connection State Message ............................. 68
   8. Configuration Messages ........................................ 73
    8.1 Switch Configuration Message ................................ 73
      8.1.1 Configuration Message Processing ........................ 75
    8.2 Port Configuration Message .................................. 75



Doria, et. al.              Standards Track