of the Switch Name MUST be an Organisationally Unique
Identifier (OUI) that identifies the manufacturer of the
switch.
Max Reservations
The maximum number of Reservations that the switch can support
(see Chapter 5). A value of 0 indicates that the switch does
not support Reservations.
8.1.1 Configuration Message Processing
After adjacency between a controller and after a switch is first
established the controller that opts to use a QoS Configuration model
other then the default would send the Switch Configuration request
including the requested QoS Configuration's MType value in the
request message. This request MUST be sent before any connection
messages are exchanged. If the switch can support the requested QoS
configuration, then the switch includes the requested MType value in
the response message as an indication that it accepts the request.
If the switch cannot support the requested QoS Configuration, it
replaces the MType value in the request message with that of the
default QoS Configuration, i.e., MType=0.
The switch configuration response messages may additionally include
the MType values of up to three alternative QoS Configurations that
the switch supports and that the controller may choose between.
The exchange continues until the controller sends a requested MType
that the switch accepts or until it sends a connection request
message. If the exchange ends without confirmation of an alternate
switch model, then the default Mtype=0 is be used.
Once an MType has been established for the switch, it cannot be
changed without full restart, that is the re-establishment of
adjacency with the resetting of all connections.
8.2 Port Configuration Message
The Port Configuration message requests the switch for the
configuration information of a single switch port. The Port field in
the request message specifies the port for which the configuration is
requested. The Port Configuration message is:
Message Type = 65.
The Port Configuration success response message has the following
format:
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Version | Message Type | Result | Code |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Partition ID | Transaction Identifier |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|I| SubMessage Number | Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Port |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Port Session Number |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Event Sequence Number |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Event Flags | Port Attribute Flags |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| PortType |S|x|x|x|x|x|x|x| Data Fields Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
~ PortType Specific Data ~
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x| Number of Service Specs |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-|
| |
~ Service Specs List ~
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Note: Fields and Parameters that have been explained in the
description of the general messages will not be explained in
this section. Please refer to section 3.1 for details.
Port
The switch port to which the configuration information refers.
Configuration information relating to both the input and the
output sides of the switch port is given. Port numbers are 32
bits wide and allocated by the switch. The switch may choose
to structure the 32 bits into subfields that have meaning to
the physical structure of the switch hardware (e.g., physical
slot and port). This structure may be indicated in the
Physical Slot Number and Physical Port Number fields.
Event Sequence Number
The Event Sequence Number is set to zero when the port is
initialised. It is incremented by one each time the port
detects an asynchronous event that the switch would normally
report via an Event message. The Event Sequence Number is
explained in section 9.
Event Flags
Event Flags in a switch port corresponds to a type of Event
message.
Port Attribute Flags
Port Attribute Flags indicate specific behaviour of a switch
port. The format of the Port Attribute Flags field is given
below:
0 1
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|R|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
R: Connection Replace flag
If set, indicates that connections being established by an
Add Branch message with a corresponding R-bit set will
replace any previously established connection if a clash
between the established output branch and the requested
output branch occurs [see chapter 4.2].
x: Unused.
PortType
1: PortType is ATM
2: PortType is FR
3: PortType is MPLS
S: Service Model
If set, indicates that Service Model data follows the
PortSpecific port configuration data.
Data Fields Length
The total length in bytes of the combined PortType Specific
Data and Service Model Data fields. The length of each of
these fields may be derived from the other data so the value of
Data Fields Length serves primarily as a check and to assist
parsing of the All Ports Configuration message success
response.
PortType Specific Data
This field contains the configuration data specific to the
particular port type as specified by the PortType field. The
field format and length also depends on the value of the
PortType. PortType Specific Data is defined below.
Number of Service Specs
Field contains the total number of Service Specs following in
the remainder of the Port Configuration message response or
Port Configuration Record.
Service Specs List
The Service Specs correspond to the Input and Output Service
selectors used in Connection Management and Reservation
messages. Specifically they define the possible values used
when the Service Selector (IQS or OQS) is set to 0b10
indicating the use of the default service specification model
defined in Chapter 10.
Service Spec
The format of each service spec is given below:
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Service ID | Capability Set ID |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Each Service Spec identifies a Service supported by the switch
together with the Capability Set ID that identifies the
parameters of that instance of the Service. The Service Spec
List may contain more than one Service Spec sharing the same
Service ID. However, each Service Spec in the Service Specs
List MUST be unique.
Service ID
Field contains the Service ID of a Service supported on the
port. Service ID values are defined as part of the Service
definition in Chapter 9.6.
Capability Set ID
Field identifies a Capability Set ID of the Service
specified by the Service ID that is supported on the port.
Capability Set ID values are defined by the Switch in the
Service Configuration response message (see Section 8.4).
The switch MUST NOT return a {Service ID, Capability Set ID}
pair that is not reported in a Service Configuration
response message.
8.2.1 PortType Specific Data
The length, format and semantics of the PortType Specific Data field
in the Port Configuration message success response and in the Port
Records of the All Port Configuration message success response all
depend on the PortType value of the same message or record
respectively. The specification of the PortType Specific Data field
is given below. For each defined PortType value the Min and Max
Label fields are given in the subsequent subsections.
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|P|M|L|R|Q| Label Range Count | Label Range Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
~ Default Label Range Block ~
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Receive Data Rate |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Transmit Data Rate |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Port Status | Line Type | Line Status | Priorities |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Physical Slot Number | Physical Port Number |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Note: Fields and Parameters that have been explained in the
description of the general messages will not be explained in
this section. Please refer to section 3.1 for details.
Where each of the ranges in the Default Label Range Blocks will have
the following format:
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|x|x|V|C| |
+-+-+-+-+ Min Label |
~ ~
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|x|x|x|x| |
+-+-+-+-+ Max Label |
~ ~
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Flags
P: VP Switching
The ATM VPC flag may only be set for ports with
PortType=ATM. The VP Switching flag, if set, indicates that
this input port is capable of supporting virtual path
switching. Else, if zero, it indicates that this input port
is only capable of virtual channel switching.
M: Multicast Labels
The Multicast Labels flag, if set, indicates that this
output port is capable of labelling each output branch of a
point-to-multipoint tree with a different label. If zero,
it indicates that this output port is not able to label each
output branch of a point-to-multipoint tree with a different
label.
L: Logical Multicast
The Logical Multicast flag, if set, indicates that this
output port is capable of supporting more than a single
branch from any point-to-multipoint connection. This
capability is often referred to as logical multicast. If
zero, it indicates that this output port can only support a
single output branch from each point-to-multipoint
connection.
R: Label Range
The Label Range flag, if set, indicates that this switch
port is capable of reallocating its label range and
therefore accepts the Label Range message. Else, if zero,
it indicates that this port does not accept Label Range
messages.
Q: QoS
The QoS flag, if set, indicates that this switch port is
capable of handling the Quality of Service messages defined
in section 9 of this specification. Else, if zero, it
indicates that this port does not accept the Quality of
Service messages.
V: Label
The Label flag is port type specific.
C: Multipoint Capable
This flag indicates that the label range may be used for
multipoint connections.
Label Range Count
The total number of Default Label Range elements contained in
the Default Label Range Block.
Label Range Length
Byte count in the Default Label Range Block.
Min Label
The specification of the Min Label field for each defined
PortType value is given in the subsequent subsections. The
default minimum value of a dynamically assigned incoming label
that the connection table on the input port supports and that
may be controlled by GSMP. This value is not changed as a
result of the Label Range message.
Max Label
The specification of the Max Label field for each defined
PortType value is given in the subsequent subsections. The
default maximum value of a dynamically assigned incoming label
that the connection table on the input port supports and that
may be controlled by GSMP. This value is not changed as a
result of the Label Range message.
Receive Data Rate
The maximum rate of data that may arrive at the input port in;
cells/s for PortType = ATM
bytes/s for PortType = FR
bytes/s for PortType = MPLS
Transmit Data Rate
The maximum rate of data that may depart from the output port
in;
cells/s for PortType = ATM
bytes/s for PortType = FR
bytes/s for PortType = MPLS
(The transmit data rate of the output port may be changed by
the Set Transmit Data Rate function of the Port Management
message.)
Port Status
Gives the administrative state of the port. The defined values
of the Port Status field are:
Available:
Port Status = 1. The port is available to both send and
receive cells or frames. When a port changes to the
Available state from any other administrative state, all
dynamically assigned connections MUST be cleared and a new
Port Session Number MUST be generated.
Unavailable:
Port Status = 2. The port has intentionally been taken out
of service. No cells or frames will be transmitted from
this port. No cells or frames will be received by this
port.
Internal Loopback:
Port Status = 3. The port has intentionally been taken out
of service and is in internal loopback: cells or frames
arriving at the output port from the switch fabric are
looped through to the input port to return to the switch
fabric. All of the functions of the input port above the
physical layer, e.g., header translation, are performed upon
the looped back cells or frames.
External Loopback:
Port Status = 4. The port has intentionally been taken out
of service and is in external loopback: cells or frames
arriving at the input port from the external communications
link are immediately looped back to the communications link
at the physical layer without entering the input port. None
of the functions of the input port above the physical layer
are performed upon the looped back cells or frames.
Bothway Loopback:
Port Status = 5. The port has intentionally been taken out
of service and is in both internal and external loopback.
The Port Status of the port over which the GSMP session
controlling the switch is running MUST be declared Available.
The controller will ignore any other Port status for this port.
The Port Status of switch ports after power-on initialisation
is not defined by GSMP.
Line Type
The type of physical transmission interface for this port. The
values for this field are defined by the IANAifType's specified
in [17].
The following values are identified for use in this version
of the protocol.
PortType = Unknown: other(1)
PortType = MPLS: ethernetCsmacd(6),
ppp(23)
PortType = ATM: atm(37)
PortType = FR: frameRelayService(44)
Line Status
The status of the physical transmission medium connected to the
port. The defined values of the Line Status field are:
Up:
Line Status = 1. The line is able to both send and
receive. When the Line Status changes to Up from
either the Down or Test states, a new Port Session
Number MUST be generated.
Down:
Line Status = 2. The line is unable either to send
or receive or both.
Test:
Line Status = 3. The port or line is in a test
mode, for example, power-on test.
Priorities
The number of different priority levels that this output port
can assign to connections. Zero is invalid in this field. If
an output port is able to support "Q" priorities, the highest
priority is numbered zero and the lowest priority is numbered
"Q-1". The ability to offer different qualities of service to
different connections based upon their priority is assumed to
be a property of the output port of the switch. It may be
assumed that for connections that share the same output port, a
cell or frame on a connection with a higher priority is much
more likely to exit the switch before a cell or frame on a
connection with a lower priority if they are both in the switch
at the same time.
Physical Slot Number
The physical location of the slot in which the port is located.
It is an unsigned 16-bit integer that can take any value except
0xFFFF. The value 0xFFFF is used to indicate "unknown". The
Physical Slot Number is not used by the GSMP protocol. It is
provided to assist network management in functions such as
logging, port naming, and graphical representation.
Physical Port Number
The physical location of the port within the slot in which the
port is located. It is an unsigned 16-bit integer that can
take any value except 0xFFFF. The value 0xFFFF is used to
indicate "unknown". The Physical Port Number is not used by
the GSMP protocol. It is provided to assist network management
in functions such as logging, port naming, and graphical
representation.
There MUST be a one to one mapping between the Port Number and
the Physical Slot Number and Physical Port Number combination.
Two different Port Numbers MUST NOT yield the same Physical
Slot Number and Physical Port Number combination. The same
Port Number MUST yield the same Physical Slot Number and
Physical Port Number within a single GSMP session. If both
Physical Slot Number and Physical Port Number indicate
"unknown" the physical location of switch ports may be
discovered by looking up the product identity in a database to
reveal the physical interpretation of the 32-bit Port Number.
8.2.1.1 PortType Specific data for PortType=ATM
If PortType=ATM, the Default Label Range Block has the following
format:
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|x|x|V|x| ATM Label (0x100) | Label Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|x x x x| VPI | VCI |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
V: Label
If the Label flag is set, the message refers to a range of
VPI's only. The Min VCI and Max VCI fields are unused. If the
Label flag is zero the message refers to a range of VCI's on
either one VPI or on a range of VPI's.
Min VPI
The default minimum value of dynamically assigned incoming VPI
that the connection table on the input port supports and that
may be controlled by GSMP.
Max VPI
The default maximum value of dynamically assigned incoming VPI
that the connection table on the input port supports and that
may be controlled by GSMP.
At power-on, after a hardware reset, and after the Reset Input
Port function of the Port Management message, the input port
MUST handle all values of VPI within the range Min VPI to Max
VPI inclusive and GSMP MUST be able to control all values
within this range. It should be noted that the range Min VPI
to Max VPI refers only to the incoming VPI range that can be
supported by the associated port. No restriction is placed on
the values of outgoing VPI's that may be written into the cell
header. If the switch does not support virtual paths it is
acceptable for both Min VPI and Max VPI to specify the same
value, most likely zero.
Use of the Label Range message allows the range of VPI's
supported by the port to be changed. However, the Min VPI and
Max VPI fields in the Port Configuration and All Ports
Configuration messages always report the same default values
regardless of the operation of the Label Range message.
Min VCI
The default minimum value of a dynamically assigned incoming
VCI that the connection table on the input port can support and
may be controlled by GSMP. This value is not changed as a
result of the Label Range message.
Max VCI
The default maximum value of a dynamically assigned incoming
VCI that the connection table on the input port can support and
may be controlled by GSMP.
At power-on, after a hardware reset, and after the Reset Input
Port function of the Port Management message, the input port
MUST handle all values of VCI within the range Min VCI to Max
VCI inclusive, for each of the virtual paths in the range Min
VPI to Max VPI inclusive, and GSMP MUST be able to control all
values within this range. It should be noted that the range
Min VCI to Max VCI refers only to the incoming VCI range that
can be supported by the associated port on each of the virtual
paths in the range Min VPI to Max VPI. No restriction is
placed on the values of outgoing VCI's that may be written into
the cell header. Use of the Label Range message allows the
range of VCI's to be changed on each VPI supported by the port.
However, the Min VCI and Max VCI fields in the Port
Configuration and All Ports Configuration messages always
report the same default values regardless of the operation of
the Label Range message.
For a port over which the GSMP protocol is operating, the VCI of the
GSMP control channel may or may not be reported as lying within the
range Min VCI to Max VCI. A switch should honour a connection
request message that specifies the VCI value of the GSMP control
channel even if it lies outside the range Min VCI to Max VCI
8.2.1.2 PortType Specific data for PortType=FR
If PortType=FR, the Default Label Range Block has the following
format:
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|x|S|x|x| FR Label (0x101) | Label Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|x x x x|Res|Len| DLCI |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Res
The Res field is reserved in [21], i.e., it is not explicitly
reserved by GSMP.
Len
This field specifies the number of bits of the DLCI. The
following values are supported:
Len DLCI bits
0 10
2 23
Min DLCI, Max DLCI
Specify a range of DLCI values, Min DLCI to Max DLCI inclusive.
The values SHOULD be right justified in the 23-bit fields and
the preceding bits SHOULD be set to zero. A single DLCI may be
specified with a Min DLCI and a Max DLCI having the same value.
In a request message, if the value of the Max DLCI field is
less than or equal to the value of the Min DLCI field, the
requested range is a single DLCI with a value equal to the Min
DLCI field. Zero is a valid value.
8.2.1.3 PortType Specific data for PortType=MPLS
The Default Label Range Block for PortTypes using MPLS labels. These
types of labels are for use on links for which label values are
independent of the underlying link technology. Examples of such
links are PPP and Ethernet. On such links the labels are carried in
MPLS label stacks [14]. Ports of the Type MPLS have the following
format:
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|x|x|x|x| MPLS Gen Label (0x102)| Label Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x| MPLS Label |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Min MPLS Label, Max MPLS Label
Specify a range of MPLS label values, Min MPLS Label to Max
MPLS Label inclusive. The Max and Min MPLS label fields are 20
bits each.
8.2.1.4 PortType Specific data for PortType=FEC
The Default Label Range Block for PortTypes using FEC labels is not
used. The Label Range Count and Label Range Length fields defined in
[8.2.1] should be set to 0.
8.3 All Ports Configuration Message
The All Ports Configuration message requests the switch for the
configuration information of all of its ports. The All Ports
Configuration message is:
Message Type = 66
The Port field is not used in the request message.
The All Ports Configuration success response message has the
following format:
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Version | Message Type | Result | Code |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Partition ID | Transaction Identifier |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|I| SubMessage Number | Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x| Number of Records |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
~ Port Records ~
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Note: Fields and Parameters that have been explained in the
description of the general messages will not be explained in
this section. Please refer to section 3.1 for details.
Number of Records
Field gives the total number of Port Records to be returned in
response to the All Ports Configuration request message. The
number of port records in a single All Ports Configuration
success response MUST NOT cause the packet length to exceed the
maximum transmission unit defined by the encapsulation. If a
switch has more ports than can be sent in a single success
response message it MUST send multiple success response
messages. All success response messages that are sent in
response to the same request message MUST have the same
Transaction Identifier as the request message and the same
value in the Number of Records field. All success response
messages that are sent in response to the same request message,
except for the last message, MUST have the result field set to
"More". The last message, or a single success response
message, MUST have the result field set to "Success". All Port
records within a success response message MUST be complete,
i.e., a single Port record MUST NOT be split across multiple
success response messages.
Port Records
Follow in the remainder of the message. Each port record has
the following format:
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Port |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Port Session Number |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Event Sequence Number |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Event Flags | Port Attribute Flags |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| PortType |S|x|x|x|x|x|x|x| Data Fields Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
~ PortType Specific Data ~
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x| Number of Service Specs |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
~ Service Specs List ~
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
The definition of the fields in the Port Record is exactly the same
as that of the Port Configuration message [section 8.2].
8.4 Service Configuration Message
The Service Configuration message requests the switch for the
configuration information of the Services that are supported. The
Service Configuration message is:
Message Type = 67
The Service Configuration success response message has the following
format:
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Version | Message Type | Result | Code |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Partition ID | Transaction Identifier |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|I| SubMessage Number | Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x| Number of Service Records |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
~ Service Records ~
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Note: Fields and Parameters that have been explained in the
description of the general messages will not be explained in
this section. Please refer to section 3.1 for details.
Number of Service Records
Field gives the total number of Service Records to be returned
in the Service Records field.
Service Records
A sequence of zero or more Service Records. The switch returns
one Service Record for each Service that it supports on any of
its ports. A Service record contains the configuration data of
the specified Service. Each Service Record has the following
format:
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Service ID | Number of Cap. Set. Records |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| |
~ Capability Set Records ~
| |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Service ID
The Service ID Field identifies the Service supported by the
port. The Services are defined with their Service ID values as
described in section 10.2.
Number of Cap. Set. Records
Field gives the total number of Capability Set Records to be
returned in the Service Record field.
Capability Set Records
The switch returns one or more Capability Set Records in each
Service Record. A Capability Set contains a set of parameters
that describe the QoS parameter values and traffic controls
that apply to an instance of the Service. Each Capability Set
record has the following format:
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Cap. Set ID | Traffic Controls |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| CLR | CTD |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Frequency | CDV |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Capability Set ID
The value in this Field defines a Capability Set ID supported
by the switch. The values of a Capability Set ID are assigned
by the switch and used in Port Configuration messages to
identify Capability Sets supported by individual ports. Each
Capability Set Record within a Service Record MUST have a
unique Capability Set ID.
Traffic Controls
Field identifies the availability of Traffic Controls within
the Capability Set. Traffic Controls are defined as part of
the respective Service definition, see Chapter 10. Some or all
of the Traffic Controls may be undefined for a given Service,
in which case the corresponding Flag is ignored by the
controller. The Traffic Controls field is formatted into
Traffic Control Sub-fields as follows:
0 1
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| U | D | I | E | S | V |x x x x|
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Traffic Control Sub-fields have the following encoding:
0b00 Indicates that the Traffic Control is not available in
the Capability Set.
0b01 Indicates that the Traffic Control is applied to all
connections that use the Capability Set.
0b10 Indicates that the Traffic Control is available for
application to connections that use the Capability Set
on a per connection basis.
0b11 Reserved
Traffic Control Sub-fields:
U: Usage Parameter Control
The Usage Parameter Control sub-field indicates the
availability of Usage Parameter Control for the
specified Service and Capability Set.
D: Packet Discard
The Packet Discard sub-field indicates the availability
of Packet Discard for the specified Service and
Capability Set.
I: Ingress Shaping
The Ingress Shaping sub-field indicates the
availability of Ingress Traffic Shaping to the Peak
Cell Rate and Cell Delay Variation Tolerance for the
specified Service and Capability Set.
E: Egress Shaping, Peak Rate
The Egress Shaping, Peak Rate sub-field indicates the
availability of Egress Shaping to the Peak Cell Rate
and Cell Delay Variation Tolerance for the specified
Service and Capability Set.
S: Egress Traffic Shaping, Sustainable Rate
The Egress Shaping, Sustainable Rate sub-field, if set,
indicates that Egress Traffic Shaping to the
Sustainable Cell Rate and Maximum Burst Size is
available for the specified Service and Capability Set.
V: VC Merge
The VC Merge sub-field indicates the availability of
ATM Virtual Channel Merge (i.e., multipoint to point
ATM switching with a traffic control to avoid AAL5 PDU
interleaving) capability for the specified Service and
Capability Set.
QoS Parameters
The remaining four fields in the Capability Set Record contain
the values of QoS Parameters. QoS Parameters are defined as
part of the respective Service definition, see Chapter 9.6.
Some or all of the QoS Parameters may be undefined for a given
Service, in which case the corresponding field is ignored by
the controller.
CLR: Cell Loss Ratio
The Cell Loss Ratio parameter indicates the CLR
guaranteed by the switch for the specified Service. A
cell loss ratio is expressed as an order of magnitude
n, where the CLR takes the value of ten raised to the
power of -n, i.e., log(CLR)=-n. The value n is coded
as a binary integer, having a range of 1 <= n <= 15.
In addition, the value 0b1111 1111 indicates that no
CLR guarantees are given.
Frequency
The frequency field is coded as an 8 bit unsigned
integer. Frequency applies to the MPLS CR-LDP Service
(see Section 10.4.3). Valid values of Frequency are:
0 - Very frequent
1 - Frequent
2 - Unspecified
CTD: Cell Transfer Delay
The CTD value is expressed in units of microseconds.
It is coded as a 24-bit integer.
CDV: Peak-to-peak Cell Delay Variation
The CDV value is expressed in units of microseconds.
It is coded as a 24-bit integer.
9. Event Messages
Event messages allow the switch to inform the controller of certain
asynchronous events. By default the controller does not acknowledge
event messages unless ReturnReceipt is set in the Result field. The
Code field is only used in case of Adjacency Update message,
otherwise it is not used and SHOULD be set to zero. Event messages
are not sent during initialisation. Event messages have the
following format:
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Version | Message Type | Result | Code |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Partition ID | Transaction Identifier |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|I| SubMessage Number | Length |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Port |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Port Session Number |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Event Sequence Number |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
|x|S|x|x| |
+-+-+-+-+ Label |
~ ~
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Note: Fields and Parameters that have been explained in the
description of the general messages will not be explained in
this section. Please refer to section 3.1 for details.
Event Sequence Number
The current value of the Event Sequence Number for the
specified port. The Event Sequence Number is set to zero when
the port is initialised. It is incremented by one each time
the port detects an asynchronous event that the switch would
normally report via an Event message. The Event Sequence
Number MUST be incremented each time an event occurs even if
the switch is prevented from sending an Event message due to
the action of the flow control.
Label
Field gives the Label to which the event message refers. If
this field is not required by the event message it is set to
zero.
Each switch port MUST maintain an Event Sequence Number and a set of
Event Flags, one Event Flag for each type of Event message. When a
switch sends an Event message it MUST set the Event Flag for that
port corresponding to the Event type. If Flow Control is activated
for this Event type for this Port then the switch MUST NOT send
another Event message of the same type for that port until the Event
Flag has been reset. Event Flags are reset by the "Reset Event
Flags" function of the Port Management message. This is a simple
flow control preventing the switch from flooding the controller with
event messages. The Event Sequence Number of the port MUST be
incremented every time an event is detected on that port even if the
port is prevented from reporting the event due to the action of the
flow control. This allows the controller to detect that it has not
been informed of some events that have occurred on the port due to
the action of the flow control.
9.1 Port Up Message
The Port Up message informs the controller that the Line Status of a
port has changed from, either the Down or Test state to the Up state.
When the Line Status of a switch port changes to the Up state from
either the Down or Test state a new Port Session Number MUST be
generated, preferably using some form of random number. The new Port
Session Number is given in the Port Session Number field. The Label
field is not used and is set to zero. The Port Up message is:
Message Type = 80
9.2 Port Down Message
The Port Down message informs the controller that the Line Status of
a port has changed from the Up state or Test state to the Down state.
This message will be sent to report link failure if the switch is
capable of detecting link failure. The port session number that was
valid before the port went down is reported in the Port Session
Number field. The Label field is not used and is set to zero. The
Port Down message is:
Message Type = 81
9.3 Invalid Label Message
The Invalid Label message is sent to inform the controller that one
or more cells or frames have arrived at an input port with a Label
that is currently not allocated to an assigned connection. The input
port is indicated in the Port field, and the Label in the Label
field. The Invalid Label message is:
Message Type = 82
9.4 New Port Message
The New Port message informs the controller that a new port has been
added to the switch. The port number of the new port is given in the
Port field. A new Port Session Number MUST be assigned, preferably
using some form of random number. The new Port Session Number is
given in the Port Session Number field. The state of the new port is
undefined so the Label field is not used and is set to zero. The New
Port message is:
Message Type = 83
9.5 Dead Port Message
The Dead Port message informs the controller that a port has been
removed from the switch. The port number of the port is given in the
Port field. The Port Session Number that was valid before the port
was removed is reported in the Port Session Number field. The Label
fields are not used and are set to zero. The Dead Port message is:
Message Type = 84
9.6 Adjacency Update Message
The Adjacency Update message informs the controller when adjacencies,
i.e., other controllers controlling a specific partition, are joining
or leaving. When a new adjacency has been established, the switch
sends an Adjacency Update message to every controller with an
established adjacency to that partition. The Adjacency Update
message is also sent when adjacency is lost between the partition and
a controller, provided that there are any remaining adjacencies with
that partition. The Code field is used to indicate the number of
adjacencies known by the switch partition. The Label field is not
used and SHOULD be set to zero. The Adjacency Update message is:
Message Type = 85
10. Service Model Definition
10.1 Overview
In the GSMP Service Model a controller may request the switch to
establish a connection with a given Service. The requested Service
is identified by including a Service ID in the Add Branch message or
the Reservation Message. The Service ID refers to a Service
Definition provided in this chapter of the GSMP specification.
A switch that implements one or more of the Services, as defined
below, advertises the availability of these Services in the Service
Configuration message response (see Section 8.4). Details of the
switch's implementation of a given Service that are important to the
controller (e.g., the value of delay or loss bounds or the
availability of traffic controls such as policers or shapers) are
reported in the form of a Capability Set in the Service Configuration
message response.
Thus a switch's implementation of a Service is defined in two parts:
the Service Definition, which is part of the GSMP specification, and
the Capability Set, which describes attributes of the Service
specific to the switch. A switch may support more than one
Capability Set for a given Service. For example if a switch supports
one Service with two different values of a delay bound it could do
this by reporting two Capability Sets for that Service.
The Service Definition is identified in GSMP messages by the Service
ID, a sixteen-bit identifier. Assigned numbers for the Service ID
are given with the Service Definitions in Section 10.4. The
Capability Set is identified in GSMP messages by the Capability Set
ID, a sixteen-bit identifier. Numbers for the Capability Set ID are
assigned by the switch and are advertised in the Service
Configuration message response.
The switch reports all its supported Services and Capability Sets in
the Service Configuration message response. The subset of Services
and Capability Sets supported on an individual port is reported in
the Port Configuration message response or in the All Ports
Configuration message response. In these messages the Services and
Capability Sets supported on the specified port are indicated by a
list of {Service ID, Capability Set ID} number pairs.
10.2 Service Model Definitions
Terms and objects defined for the GSMP Service Model are given in
this section.
10.2.1 Original Specifications
Services in GSMP are defined largely with reference to Original
Specifications, i.e., the standards or implementation agreements
published by organisations such as ITU-T, IETF, and ATM Forum that
originally defined the Service. This version of GSMP refers to 4
original specifications: [8], [9], [10] and [11].
10.2.2 Service Definitions
Each Service Definition in GSMP includes definition of:
Traffic Parameters
Traffic Parameter definitions are associated with Services
while Traffic Parameter values are associated with connections.
Traffic Parameters quantitatively describe a connection's
requirements on the Service. For example, Peak Cell Rate is a
Traffic Parameter of the Service defined by the ATM Forum
Constant Bit Rate Service Category.
Some Traffic Parameters are mandatory and some are optional,
depending on the Service.
Semantics of Traffic Parameters are defined by reference to
Original Specifications.
QoS Parameters
QoS Parameters and their values are associated with Services.
QoS Parameters express quantitative characteristics of a
switch's support of a Service. They include, for example,
quantitative bounds on switch induced loss and delay.
Some QoS Parameters will be mandatory and some will be
optional.
Semantics of QoS Parameters are defined by reference to
Original Specifications.
Traffic Controls
The implementation of some Services may include the use of
Traffic Controls. Traffic Controls include, for example
functions such as policing, input shaping, output shaping,
tagging and marking, frame vs. cell merge, frame vs. cell
discard.
Switches are not required to support Traffic Controls. Any
function that is always required in the implementation of a
Service is considered part of the Service and is not considered
a Traffic Control.
If a switch supports a Traffic Control then the control may be
applied either to all connections that use a given Capability
Set (see below) or to individual connections.
The definition of a Traffic Control is associated with a
Service. Traffic Controls are defined, as far as possible, by
reference to Original Specifications.
10.2.3 Capability Sets
For each Service that a switch supports the switch MUST also support
at least one Capability Set. A Capability Set establishes
characteristics of a switch's implementation of a Service. It may be
appropriate for a switch to support more than one Capability Set for
a given Service.
A Capability Set may contain, depending on the Service definition,
QoS Parameter values and an indication of availability of Traffic
Controls.
If a switch reports QoS Parameter values in a Capability Set then
these apply to all the connections that use that Capability Set.
For each Traffic Control defined for a given Service the switch
reports availability of that control as one of the following:
Not available in the Capability Set,
Applied to all connections that use the Capability Set, or
Available for application to connections that use the Capability
Set on a per connection basis. In this case, a controller may
request application of the Traffic Control in connection
management messages.
10.3 Service Model Procedures
A switch's Services and Capability Sets are reported to a controller
in a Service Configuration message. A Service Configuration message
response includes the list of Services defined for GSMP that the
switch supports and, for each Service, a specification of the
Capability Sets supported for the Service. Services are referred to
by numbers standardised in the GSMP specification. Capability Sets
are referred to by a numbering system reported by the switch. Each
Capability Set within a given Service includes a unique identifying
number together with the switch's specification of QoS Parameters and
Traffic Controls.
A switch need not support all the defined Services and Capability
Sets on every port. The supported Services and Capability Sets are
reported to the controller on a per port basis in port configuration
messages. Port configuration response messages list the supported
Services using the standardised identifying numbers and the
Capability Sets by using the identifying numbers established in the
switch Service configuration messages.
GSMP does not provide a negotiation mechanism by which a controller
may establish or modify Capability Sets.
When a controller establishes a connection, the connection management
message includes indication of the Service and the Capability Set.
Depending on these the connection management message may additionally
include Traffic Parameter values and Traffic Control flags.
A connection with a given Service can only be established if both the
requested Service and the requested Capability Set are available on
all of the connection's input and output ports.
Refresh of an extant connection is permitted but the add branch
message requesting the message MUST NOT include indication of
Service, Capability Sets or Traffic Parameters.
An extant connection's Traffic Parameters may be changed without
first deleting the connection. The Service and Capability Sets of an
extant connection cannot be changed.
Move branch messages may be refused on the grounds of resource
depletion.
10.4 Service Definitions
This section sets forth the definition of Services. The following
Service Identifiers are defined:
ID Service Type
1 CBR= 1
2 rt-VBR.1
3 rt-VBR.2
4 rt-VBR.3
5 nrt-VBR.1
6 nrt-VBR.2
7 nrt-VBR.3
8 UBR.1
9 UBR.2
10-11 Reserved
12 GFR.1
13 GFR.2
14-19 Reserved
20 Int-Serv Controlled Load
21-24 Reserved
25 MPLS CR-LDP QoS
26-29 Reserved
30 Frame Relay Service
31-49 Reserved
50-69 Reserved GMPLS