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Network Working Group A. Doria Request for Comments: 3292 Lulea University of Technology Category: Standards Track F. Hellstrand

                                                            K. Sundell
                                                       Nortel Networks
                                                            T. Worster
                                                             June 2002
            General Switch Management Protocol (GSMP) V3

Status of this Memo

 This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
 Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
 improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
 Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
 and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

 Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2002).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

 This document describes the General Switch Management Protocol
 Version 3 (GSMPv3).  The GSMPv3 is an asymmetric protocol that allows
 one or more external switch controllers to establish and maintain the
 state of a label switch such as, an ATM, frame relay or MPLS switch.
 The GSMPv3 allows control of both unicast and multicast switch
 connection state as well as control of switch system resources and
 QoS features.

Acknowledgement

 GSMP was created by P. Newman, W. Edwards, R. Hinden, E. Hoffman, F.
 Ching Liaw, T. Lyon, and G. Minshall (see [6] and [7]).  This version
 of GSMP is based on their work.

Contributors

 In addition to the authors/editors listed in the heading, many
 members of the GSMP group have made significant contributions to this
 specification.  Among the contributors who have contributed
 materially are: Constantin Adam, Clint Bishard, Joachim Buerkle,
 Torbjorn Hedqvist, Georg Kullgren, Aurel A. Lazar, Mahesan
 Nandikesan, Matt Peters, Hans Sjostrand, Balaji Srinivasan, Jaroslaw
 Sydir, Chao-Chun Wang.

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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 [RFC2119].

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

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    8.2.1 PortType Specific Data .................................. 79
  8.3 All Ports Configuration Message ............................. 87
  8.4 Service Configuration Message ............................... 89
 9. Event Messages ................................................ 93
  9.1 Port Up Message ............................................  95
  9.2 Port Down Message ..........................................  95
  9.3 Invalid Label Message ......................................  95
  9.4 New Port Message ...........................................  96
  9.5 Dead Port Message ..........................................  96
  9.6 Adjacency Update Message ...................................  96
 10. Service Model Definition ....................................  96
  10.1 Overview ..................................................  96
  10.2 Service Model Definitions .................................  97
    10.2.1 Original Specifications ...............................  97
    10.2.2 Service Definitions ...................................  98
    10.2.3 Capability Sets .......................................  99
  10.3 Service Model Procedures ..................................  99
  10.4 Service Definitions ....................................... 100
    10.4.1 ATM Forum Service Categories .......................... 101
    10.4.2 Integrated Services ................................... 104
    10.4.3 MPLS CR-LDP ........................................... 105
    10.4.4 Frame Relay ........................................... 105
    10.4.5 DiffServ .............................................. 106
  10.5 Format and Encoding of the Traffic Parameters ............. 106
    10.5.1 Traffic Parameters for ATM Forum Services ............. 106
    10.5.2 Traffic Parameters for Int-Serv Controlled Load Service 107
    10.5.3 Traffic Parameters for CRLDP Service .................. 108
    10.5.4 Traffic Parameters for Frame Relay Service ............ 109
  10.6 Traffic Controls (TC) Flags ............................... 110
 11. Adjacency Protocol .......................................... 111
  11.1 Packet Format ............................................. 112
  11.2 Procedure ................................................. 115
    11.2.1 State Tables .......................................... 117
  11.3 Partition Information State ............................... 118
  11.4 Loss of Synchronisation.................................... 119
  11.5 Multiple Controllers Per Switch Partition ................. 119
    11.5.1 Multiple Controller Adjacency Process ................. 120
 12. Failure Response Codes ...................................... 121
  12.1 Description of Failure and Warning Response Messages ...... 121
  12.2 Summary of Failure Response Codes and Warnings ............ 127
 13. Security Considerations ..................................... 128
 Appendix A  Summary of Messages ................................. 129
 Appendix B  IANA Considerations ................................. 130
 References ...................................................... 134
 Authors' Addresses .............................................. 136
 Full Copyright Statement ........................................ 137

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1. Introduction

 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.
 A "physical" switch can be partitioned into several virtual switches
 that are referred to as partitions.  In this version of GSMP, switch
 partitioning is static and occurs prior to running GSMP.  The
 partitions of a physical switch are isolated from each other by the
 implementation and the controller assumes that the resources
 allocated to a partition are at all times available to that
 partition.  A partition appears to its controller as a label switch.
 Throughout the rest of this document, the term switch (or
 equivalently, label switch) is used to refer to either a physical,
 non-partitioned switch or to a partition.  The resources allocated to
 a partition appear to the controller as if they were the actual
 physical resources of the partition.  For example if the bandwidth of
 a port were divided among several partitions, each partition would
 appear to the controller to have its own independent port.
 GSMP controls a partitioned switch through the use of a partition
 identifier that is carried in every GSMP message.  Each partition has
 a one-to-one control relationship with its own logical controller
 entity (which in the remainder of the document is referred to simply
 as a controller) and GSMP independently maintains adjacency between
 each controller-partition pair.
 Kinds of label switches include frame or cell switches that support
 connection oriented switching, using the exact match-forwarding
 algorithm based on labels attached to incoming cells or frames.  A
 switch is assumed to contain multiple "ports".  Each port is a
 combination of one "input port" and one "output port".  Some GSMP
 requests refer to the port as a whole, whereas other requests are
 specific to the input port or the output port.  Cells or labelled
 frames arrive at the switch from an external communication link on

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 incoming labelled channels at an input port.  Cells or labelled
 frames depart from the switch to an external communication link on
 labelled channels from an output port.
 A switch may support multiple label types, however, each switch port
 can support only one label type.  The label type supported by a given
 port is indicated by the switch to the controller in a port
 configuration message.  Connections may be established between ports,
 supporting different label types.  Label types include ATM, Frame
 Relay, MPLS Generic and FEC Labels.
 A connection across a switch is formed by connecting an incoming
 labelled channel to one or more outgoing labelled channels.
 Connections are referenced by the input port on which they originate
 and the Label values of their incoming labelled channel.
 GSMP supports point-to-point and point-to-multipoint connections.  A
 multipoint-to-point connection is specified by establishing multiple
 point-to-point connections, each of them specifying the same output
 branch.  A multipoint-to-multipoint connection is specified by
 establishing multiple point-to-multipoint trees each of them
 specifying the same output branches.
 In general a connection is established with a certain quality of
 service (QoS).  This version of GSMP includes a default QoS
 Configuration and additionally allows the negotiation of alternative,
 optional QoS configurations.  The default QoS Configuration includes
 three QoS Models: a Service Model, a Simple Abstract Model (strict
 priorities) and a QoS Profile Model.
 The Service Model is based on service definitions found external to
 GSMP such as in Integrated Services or ATM Service Categories.  Each
 connection is assigned a specific service that defines the handling
 of the connection by the switch.  Additionally, traffic parameters
 and traffic controls may be assigned to the connection depending on
 the assigned service.
 In the Simple Abstract Model, a connection is assigned a priority
 when it is established.  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.  The number of priorities that each port
 of the switch supports may be obtained from the port configuration
 message.

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 The QoS Profile Model provides a simple mechanism that allows
 connection to be assigned QoS semantics defined externally to GSMP.
 The QoS Profile Model can be used to indicate pre-defined
 Differentiated Service Per Hop Behaviours (PHBs).  Definition of QoS
 profiles is outside of the scope of this specification.
 All GSMP switches MUST support the default QoS Configuration.  A GSMP
 switch may additionally support one or more alternative QoS
 Configurations.  The QoS models of alternative QoS configurations are
 defined outside the GSMP specification.  GSMP includes a negotiation
 mechanism that allows a controller to select from the QoS
 configurations that a switch supports.
 GSMP contains an adjacency protocol.  The adjacency protocol is used
 to synchronise states across the link, to negotiate which version of
 the GSMP protocol to use, to discover the identity of the entity at
 the other end of a link, and to detect when it changes.

2. GSMP Packet Encapsulation

 GSMP packets may be transported via any suitable medium.  GSMP packet
 encapsulations for ATM, Ethernet and TCP are specified in [15].
 Additional encapsulations for GSMP packets may be defined in separate
 documents.

3. Common Definitions and Procedures

 GSMP is a master-slave protocol.  The controller issues request
 messages to the switch.  Each request message indicates whether a
 response is required from the switch and contains a transaction
 identifier to enable the response to be associated with the request.
 The switch replies with a response message indicating either a
 successful result or a failure.  There are six classes of GSMP
 request-response message: Connection Management, Reservation
 Management, Port Management, State and Statistics, Configuration, and
 Quality of Service.  The switch may also generate asynchronous Event
 messages to inform the controller of asynchronous events.  The
 controller can be required to acknowledge event messages, but by
 default does not do so.  There is also an adjacency protocol message
 used to establish synchronisation across the link and maintain a
 handshake.
 For the request-response messages, each message type has a format for
 the request message and a format for the success response.  Unless
 otherwise specified a failure response message is identical to the
 request message that caused the failure, with the Code field
 indicating the nature of the failure.

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 Switch ports are described by a 32-bit port number.  The switch
 assigns port numbers and it may typically choose to structure the 32
 bits into opaque sub-fields that have meaning to the physical
 structure of the switch (e.g., slot, port).  In general, a port in
 the same physical location on the switch will always have the same
 port number, even across power cycles.  The internal structure of the
 port number is opaque to the GSMP protocol.  However, for the
 purposes of network management such as logging, port naming, and
 graphical representation, a switch may declare the physical location
 (physical slot and port) of each port.  Alternatively, this
 information may be obtained by looking up the product identity in a
 database.
 Each switch port also maintains a port session number assigned by the
 switch.  A message, with an incorrect port session number MUST be
 rejected.  This allows the controller to detect a link failure and to
 keep states synchronised.
 Except for the adjacency protocol message, no GSMP messages may be
 sent across the link until the adjacency protocol has achieved
 synchronisation, and all GSMP messages received on a link that do not
 currently have state synchronisation MUST be discarded.

3.1 GSMP Packet Format

3.1.1 Basic GSMP Message format

 All GSMP messages, except the adjacency protocol message, 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              |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 ~                          Message Body                         ~
 |                                                               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

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 (The convention in the documentation of Internet Protocols [5] is to
 express numbers in decimal.  Numbers in hexadecimal format are
 specified by prefacing them with the characters "0x".  Numbers in
 binary format are specified by prefacing them with the characters
 "0b".  Data is pictured in "big-endian" order.  That is, fields are
 described left to right, with the most significant byte on the left
 and the least significant byte on the right.  Whenever a diagram
 shows a group of bytes, the order of transmission of those bytes is
 the normal order in which they are read in English.  Whenever a byte
 represents a numeric quantity, the left most bit in the diagram is
 the high order or most significant bit.  That is, the bit labelled 0
 is the most significant bit.  Similarly, whenever a multi-byte field
 represents a numeric quantity, the left most bit of the whole field
 is the most significant bit.  When a multi-byte quantity is
 transmitted, the most significant byte is transmitted first.  This is
 the same coding convention as is used in the ATM layer [1] and AAL-5
 [2][3].)
    Version
       The version number of the GSMP protocol being used in this
       session.  It SHOULD be set by the sender of the message to the
       GSMP protocol version negotiated by the adjacency protocol.
    Message Type
       The GSMP message type.  GSMP messages fall into the following
       classes: Connection Management, Reservation Management, Port
       Management, State and Statistics, Configuration, Quality of
       Service, Events and messages belonging to an Abstract or
       Resource Model (ARM) extension.  Each class has a number of
       different message types.  In addition, one Message Type is
       allocated to the adjacency protocol.
    Result
       Field in a Connection Management request message, a Port
       Management request message, or a Quality of Service request
       message that is used to indicate whether a response is required
       to the request message if the outcome is successful.  A value
       of "NoSuccessAck" indicates that the request message does not
       expect a response if the outcome is successful, and a value of
       "AckAll" indicates that a response is expected if the outcome
       is successful.  In both cases a failure response MUST be
       generated if the request fails.  For State and Statistics, and
       Configuration request messages, a value of "NoSuccessAck" in
       the request message is ignored and the request message is
       handled as if the field was set to "AckAll".  (This facility
       was added to reduce the control traffic in the case where the

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       controller periodically checks that the state in the switch is
       correct.  If the controller does not use this capability, all
       request messages SHOULD be sent with a value of "AckAll".)
       In a response message, the result field can have three values:
       "Success," "More," and "Failure".  The "Success" and "More"
       results both indicate a success response.  All messages that
       belong to the same success response will have the same
       Transaction Identifier.  The "Success" result indicates a
       success response that may be contained in a single message or
       the final message of a success response spanning multiple
       messages.
       "More" in the result indicates that the message, either request
       or response, exceeds the maximum transmission unit of the data
       link and that one or more further messages will be sent to
       complete the success response.
       ReturnReceipt is a result field used in Events to indicate that
       an acknowledgement is required for the message.  The default
       for Events Messages is that the controller will not acknowledge
       Events.  In the case where a switch requires acknowledgement,
       it will set the Result Field to ReturnReceipt in the header of
       the Event Message.
       The encoding of the result field is:
                   NoSuccessAck:       Result = 1
                   AckAll:             Result = 2
                   Success:            Result = 3
                   Failure:            Result = 4
                   More:               Result = 5
                   ReturnReceipt       Result = 6
       The Result field is not used in an adjacency protocol message.
    Code
       Field gives further information concerning the result in a
       response message.  It is mostly used to pass an error code in a
       failure response but can also be used to give further
       information in a success response message or an event message.
       In a request message, the code field is not used and is set to
       zero.  In an adjacency protocol message, the Code field is used
       to determine the function of the message.

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    Partition ID
       Field used to associate the command with a specific switch
       partition.  The format of the Partition ID is not defined in
       GSMP.  If desired, the Partition ID can be divided into
       multiple sub-identifiers within a single partition.  For
       example: the Partition ID could be subdivided into a 6-bit
       partition number and a 2-bit sub-identifier which would allow a
       switch to support 64 partitions with 4 available IDs per
       partition.
    Transaction Identifier
       Used to associate a request message with its response message.
       For request messages, the controller may select any transaction
       identifier.  For response messages, the transaction identifier
       is set to the value of the transaction identifier from the
       message to which it is a response.  For event messages, the
       transaction identifier SHOULD be set to zero.  The Transaction
       Identifier is not used, and the field is not present, in the
       adjacency protocol.
    I flag
       If I is set then the SubMessage Number field indicates the
       total number of SubMessage segments that compose the entire
       message.  If it is not set then the SubMessage  Number field
       indicates the sequence number of this SubMessage segment within
       the whole message.
    SubMessage Number
       When a message is segmented because it exceeds the MTU of the
       link layer, each segment will include a submessage number to
       indicate its position.  Alternatively, if it is the first
       submessage in a sequence of submessages, the I flag will be set
       and this field will contain the total count of submessage
       segments.
    Length
       Length of the GSMP message including its header fields and
       defined GSMP message body.  The length of additional data
       appended to the end of the standard message SHOULD be included
       in the Length field.

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3.1.2 Fields commonly found in GSMP messages

 The following fields are frequently found in GSMP messages.  They are
 defined here to avoid repetition.
    Port
       Gives the port number of the switch port to which the message
       applies.
    Port Session Number
       Each switch port maintains a Port Session Number assigned by
       the switch.  The port session number of a port remains
       unchanged while the port is continuously in the Available state
       and the link status is continuously Up.  When a port returns to
       the Available state after it has been Unavailable or in any of
       the Loopback states, or when the line status returns to the Up
       state after it has been Down or in Test, or after a power
       cycle, a new Port Session Number MUST be generated.  Port
       session numbers SHOULD be assigned using some form of random
       number.
       If the Port Session Number in a request message does not match
       the current Port Session Number for the specified port, a
       failure response message MUST be returned with the Code field
       indicating, "5: Invalid port session number".  The current port
       session number for a port may be obtained using a Port
       Configuration or an All Ports Configuration message.

3.1.2.1 Additional General Message Information

 1. Any field in a GSMP message that is unused or defined as
    "reserved" MUST be set to zero by the sender and ignored by the
    receiver.
 2. Flags that are undefined will be designated as:  x: reserved
 3. It is not an error for a GSMP message to contain additional data
    after the end of the Message Body.  This is allowed to support
    proprietary and experimental purposes.  However, the maximum
    transmission unit of the GSMP message, as defined by the data link
    layer encapsulation, MUST NOT be exceeded.  The length of
    additional data appended to the end of the standard message SHOULD
    be included in the message length field.
 4. A success response message MUST NOT be sent until the requested
    operation has been successfully completed.

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3.1.3 Labels

 All labels in GSMP have a common structure composed of tuples,
 consisting of a Type, a Length, and a Value.  Such tuples are
 commonly known as TLV's, and are a good way of encoding information
 in a flexible and extensible format.  A label TLV is encoded as a 2
 octet field that uses 12 bits to specify a Type and four bits to
 specify certain behaviour specified below, followed by a 2 octet
 Length field, followed by a variable length Value field.
 Additionally, a label field can be composed of many stacked labels
 that together constitute the label.
 A summary of TLV labels supported in this version of the protocol is
 listed below:
    TLV Label      Type       Section Title
    ---------      ----       -------------
    ATM Label      0x100      ATM TLV Labels
    FR Label       0x101      Frame Relay TLV Labels
    MPLS Gen Label 0x102      MPLS Generic TLV Labels
    FEC Label      0x103      FEC TLV Labels
 All Labels will be designated as follow:
  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|       Label Type      |          Label Length         |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 ~                          Label Value                          ~
 |                                                               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    x: Reserved Flags.
       These are generally used by specific messages and will be
       defined in those messages.
    S: Stacked Label Indicator
       Label Stacking is discussed below in section 3.1.3.5
    Label Type
       A 12-bit field indicating the type of label.
    Label Length
       A 16-bit field indicating the length of the Label Value field
       in bytes.

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    Label Value
       A variable length field that is an integer number of 32 bit
       words long.  The Label Value field is interpreted according to
       the Label Type as described in the following sections.

3.1.3.1 ATM Labels

 If the Label Type = ATM Label, the labels MUST be interpreted as an
 ATM labels as shown:
  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|   ATM Label (0x100)   |          Label Length         |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x x x x|           VPI         |              VCI              |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 For a virtual path connection (switched as a single virtual path
 connection) or a virtual path (switched as one or more virtual
 channel connections within the virtual path) the VCI field is not
 used.
 ATM distinguishes between virtual path connections and virtual
 channel connections.  The connection management messages apply both
 to virtual channel connections and virtual path connections.  The Add
 Branch and Move Branch connection management messages have two
 Message Types.  One Message Type indicates that a virtual channel
 connection is required, and the other Message Type indicates that a
 virtual path connection is required.  The Delete Branches, Delete
 Tree, and Delete All connection management messages have only a
 single Message Type because they do not need to distinguish between
 virtual channel connections and virtual path connections.  For
 virtual path connections, neither Input VCI fields nor Output VCI
 fields are required.  They SHOULD be set to zero by the sender and
 ignored by the receiver.  Virtual channel branches may not be added
 to an existing virtual path connection.  Conversely, virtual path
 branches may not be added to an existing virtual channel connection.
 In the Port Configuration message each switch input port may declare
 whether it is capable of supporting virtual path switching (i.e.,
 accepting connection management messages requesting virtual path
 connections).

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3.1.3.2 Frame Relay Labels

 If the TLV Type = FR Label, the labels MUST be interpreted as a Frame
 Relay labels as shown:
  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
       The Len field specifies the number of bits of the DLCI.  The
       following values are supported:
          Len  DLCI bits
          0    10
          2    23
    DLCI
       DLCI is the binary value of the Frame Relay Label.  The
       significant number of bits (10 or 23) of the label value is to
       be encoded into the Data Link Connection Identifier (DLCI)
       field when part of the Frame Relay data link header [13].

3.1.3.3 MPLS Generic Labels

 If a port's attribute PortType=MPLS, then that port's 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].  If the
 Label Type = MPLS Generic Label, the labels MUST be interpreted as
 Generic MPLS labels as shown:
  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| MPLS Gen Label (0x102)|          Label Length         |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x x x x x x x x x x x x|              MPLS Label               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

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    MPLS Label
       This is a 20-bit label value as specified in [14], represented
       as a 20-bit number in a 4-byte field.

3.1.3.4 FEC Labels

 Labels may be bound to Forwarding Equivalence Classes (FECs) as
 defined in [18].  A FEC is a list of one or more FEC elements.  The
 FEC TLV encodes FEC items.  In this version of the protocol only,
 Prefix FECs are supported.  If the Label Type = FEC Label, the labels
 MUST be interpreted as Forwarding Equivalence Class Labels as shown:
  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|   FEC Label (0x103)   |          Label Length         |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 ~                        FEC Element 1                          ~
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 ~                        FEC Element n                          ~
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    FEC Element
       The FEC element encoding depends on the type of FEC element.
       In this version of GSMP only, Prefix FECs are supported.
  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
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |  Element Type |         Address Family        | Prefix Length |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 ~                            Prefix                             ~
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    Element Type
       In this version of GSMP the only supported Element Type is
       Prefix FEC Elements.  The Prefix FEC Element is a one-octet
       value, encoded as 0x02.
    Address Family
       Two-byte quantity containing a value from ADDRESS FAMILY
       NUMBERS in [5], that encodes the address family for the address
       prefix in the Prefix field.

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    Prefix Length
       One byte containing the length in bits of the address prefix
       that follows.  A length of zero indicates a prefix that matches
       all addresses (the default destination); in this case the
       Prefix itself is zero bytes.
    Prefix
       An address prefix encoded according to the Address Family
       field, whose length, in bits, was specified in the Prefix
       Length field.

3.1.3.5 Label Stacking

 Label stacking is a technique used in MPLS [14] that allows
 hierarchical labelling.  MPLS label stacking is similar to, but
 subtly different from, the VPI/VCI hierarchy of labels in ATM.  There
 is no set limit to the depth of label stacks that can be used in
 GSMP.
 When the Stacked Label Indicator S is set to 1 it indicates that an
 additional label field will be appended to the adjacent label field.
 For example, a stacked Input Short Label could be designated as
 follows:
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    |x|S|x|x|                                                       |
    +-+-+-+-+                   Input Label                         |
    ~                                                               ~
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 ** |x|S|x|x|                                                       |
    +-+-+-+-+                 Stacked Input Label                   |
    ~                                                               ~
    +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
  • * Note: There can be zero or more Stacked Labels fields (like

those marked **) following an Input or Output Label field. A

       Stacked Label follows the previous label field if and only if
       the S Flag in the previous label is set.
 When a label is extended by stacking, it is treated by the protocol
 as a single extended label, and all operations on that label are
 atomic.  For example, in an add branch message, the entire input
 label is switched for the entire output label.  Likewise, in Move
 Input Branch and Move Output Branch messages, the entire label is
 swapped.  For that reason, in all messages that designate a label
 field, it will be depicted as a single 64-bit field, though it might
 be instantiated by many 64-bit fields in practice.

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3.1.4 Failure Response Messages

 A failure response message is formed by returning the request message
 that caused the failure with the Result field in the header
 indicating failure (Result = 4) and the Code field giving the failure
 code.  The failure code specifies the reason for the switch being
 unable to satisfy the request message.
 If the switch issues a failure response in reply to a request
 message, no change should be made to the state of the switch as a
 result of the message causing the failure.  (For request messages
 that contain multiple requests, such as the Delete Branches message,
 the failure response message will specify which requests were
 successful and which failed.  The successful requests may result in
 changed state.)
 A warning response message is a success response (Result = 3) with
 the Code field specifying the warning code.  The warning code
 specifies a warning that was generated during the successful
 operation.
 If the switch issues a failure response it MUST choose the most
 specific failure code according to the following precedence:
  1. Invalid Message
  1. General Message Failure
  1. Specific Message Failure

A failure response specified in the text defining the message

       type.
  1. Connection Failures
  1. Virtual Path Connection Failures
  1. Multicast Failures
  1. QoS Failures
  1. General Failures
  1. Warnings
 If multiple failures match in any of the categories, the one that is
 listed first should be returned.  Descriptions of the Failure
 response messages can be found in section 12.

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4. Connection Management Messages

4.1 General Message Definitions

 Connection management messages are used by the controller to
 establish, delete, modify and verify connections across the switch.
 The Add Branch, Delete Tree, and Delete All connection management
 messages have the following format, for both request and response
 messages:
  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 Session Number                      |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                         Reservation ID                        |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                          Input Port                           |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                    Input Service Selector                     |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                          Output Port                          |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                   Output Service Selector                     |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |IQS|OQS|P|x|N|O|              Adaptation Method                |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x|S|x|x|                                                       |
 +-+-+-+-+                  Input Label                          |
 ~                                                               ~
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x|S|x|x|                                                       |
 +-+-+-+-+                 Output Label                          |
 ~                                                               ~
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

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    When required, the Add Branch, Move Input Branch and Move Output
    Branch messages have an additional, variable length data block
    appended to the above message.  This will be required when
    indicated by the IQS and OQS flags (if the value of either is set
    to 0b10) and the service selector.  The additional data block has
    the following format:
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 | Input TC Flags|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 ~                     Traffic Parameters Block                  ~
 |                                                               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |Output TC Flags|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 ~                     Traffic Parameters Block                  ~
 |                                                               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    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.
    Reservation ID
       Identifies the reservation that MUST be deployed for the branch
       being added.  Reservations are established using reservation
       management messages (see Chapter 5).  A value of zero indicates
       that no Reservation is being deployed for the branch.  If a
       reservation with a corresponding Reservation ID exists, then
       the reserved resources MUST be applied to the branch.  If the
       numerical value of Reservation ID is greater than the value of
       Max Reservations (from the Switch Configuration message), a
       failure response is returned indicating "20: Reservation ID out
       of Range".  If the value of Input Port differs from the input
       port specified in the reservation, or if the value of Output
       Port differs from the output port specified in the reservation,
       a failure response MUST be returned indicating "21: Mismatched
       reservation ports".  If no reservation corresponding to
       Reservation ID exists, a failure response MUST be returned
       indicating "23: Non-existent reservation ID".

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       If a valid Reservation ID is specified and the Service Model is
       used (i.e., IQS or OQS=0b10) then the Traffic Parameters Block
       may be omitted from the Add Branch message indicating that the
       Traffic Parameters specified in the corresponding Reservation
       Request message are to be used.
    Input Port
       Identifies a switch input port.
    Input Label
       Identifies an incoming labelled channel arriving at the switch
       input port indicated by the Input Port field.  The value in the
       Input Label field MUST be interpreted according to the Label
       Type attribute of the switch input port indicated by the Input
       Port field.
    Input Service Selector
       Identifies details of the service specification being used for
       the connection.  The interpretation depends upon the Input QoS
       Model Selector (IQS).
       IQS = 00: In this case, the Input Service Selector indicates a
                 simple priority.
       IQS = 01: In this case, the Input Service Selector is an opaque
                 service profile identifier.  The definition of these
                 service profiles is outside the scope of this
                 specification.  Service Profiles can be used to
                 indicate pre-defined Differentiated Service Per Hop
                 Behaviours.
       IQS = 10: In this case, the Input Service Selector corresponds
                 to a Service Spec as defined in Chapter 8.2.  When
                 the value of either IQS or OQS is set to 0b10, then a
                 Traffic Parameters Block is appended to the message.
       IQS = 11: In this case the Input Service Selector corresponds
                 to an ARM service specification.  Definition of ARM
                 service specifications is outside the scope of this
                 specification and is determined by the MType as
                 defined in Chapter 8.1.
    Output Port
       Identifies a switch output port.

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    Output Label
       Identifies an outgoing labelled channel departing at the switch
       output port indicated by the Output Port field.  The value in
       the Output Label field MUST be interpreted according to the
       Label Type attribute of the switch input port indicated by the
       Output Port field
    Output Service Selector
       Identifies details of the service model being used.  The
       interpretation depends upon the Output QoS Model selector
       (OQS).
       OQS = 00: In this case the Output Service Selector indicates a
                 simple priority.
       OQS = 01: In this case the Output Service Selector is an opaque
                 service profile identifier.  The definition of these
                 service profiles is outside the scope of this
                 specification.  Service Profiles can be used to
                 indicate pre-defined Differentiated Service Per Hop
                 Behaviours.
       OQS = 10: In this case the Output Service Selector corresponds
                 to a Service Spec as defined in Chapter 8.2.  When
                 the value of either IQS or OQS is set to 0b10 then a
                 Traffic Parameters Block is appended to the message.
       OQS = 11: In this case the Output Service Selector corresponds
                 to an ARM service specification.  Definition of ARM
                 service specifications is outside the scope of this
                 specification and is determined by the MType as
                 defined in Chapter 8.1.
    IQS, OQS
       Input and Output QoS Model Selector:
       The QoS Model Selector is used to specify a QoS Model for the
       connection.  The values of IQS and OQS determine respectively
       the interpretation of the Input Service Selector and the Output
       Service Selector, and SHOULD be interpreted as a priority, a
       QoS profile, a service specification, or an ARM specification
       as shown:
          IQS/OQS  QoS Model              Service Selector
          -------  ---------              ----------------
          00       Simple Abstract        Model Priority
          01       QoS Profile Model      QoS Profile
          10       Default Service Model  Service Specification
          11       Optional ARM           ARM Specification

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    P Flag
       If the Parameter flag is set it indicates that a single
       instance of the Traffic Parameter block is provided.  This
       occurs in cases where the Input Traffic Parameters are
       identical to Output Traffic Parameters.
    N Flag
       The Null flag is used to indicate a null adaptation method.
       This occurs when the branch is connecting two ports of the same
       type.
    O Flag
       The Opaque flag indicates whether the adaptation fields are
       opaque, or whether they are defined by the protocol.  See the
       definition of Adaptation Method below for further information.
    Adaptation Method
       The adaptation method is used to define the adaptation framing
       that may be in use when moving traffic from one port type to
       another port type; e.g., from a frame relay port to an ATM
       port.  The content of this field is defined by the Opaque flag.
       If the Opaque flag is set, then this field is defined by the
       switch manufacturer and is not defined in this protocol.  If
       the opaque flag is not set, the field is divided into two 12-
       bit fields as follows:
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |IQS|OQS|P|x|N|O|    Input Adaptation   |   Output Adaptation   |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
       Input Adaptation
          Adaptation framing method used on incoming connections.
       Output Adaptation
          Adaptation framing method used on outgoing connections.
          Adaptation Types:
                0x100                        PPP
                0x200                        FRF.5
                0x201                        FRF.8
    Input and Output TC Flags
       TC (Traffic Control) Flags are used in Add Branch, Move Input
       Branch and Move Output Branch messages for connections using
       the Service Model (i.e., when IQS or OQS=0b10).  The TC Flags
       field is defined in Section 10.6.

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    Input and Output Traffic Parameters Block
       This variable length field is used in Add Branch, Move Input
       Branch and Move Output Branch messages for connections using
       the Service Model (i.e., when IQS or OQS=0b10).  Traffic
       Parameters Block is defined in Section 10.5.  The Traffic
       Parameters Block may be omitted if a valid, non-zero
       Reservation ID is specified, in which case the Traffic
       Parameters of the corresponding Reservation Request message are
       used.  If the P flag is set, then the appended message block
       will only include a single traffic parameter block which will
       be used for both input and output traffic.
 For all connection management messages, except the Delete Branches
 message, the success response message is a copy of the request
 message returned with the Result field indicating success.  The Code
 field is not used in a connection management success response
 message.
 The failure response message is a copy of the request message
 returned with a Result field indicating failure.
 Fundamentally, no distinction is made between point-to-point and
 point-to-multipoint connections.  By default, the first Add Branch
 message for a particular Input Port and Input Label will establish a
 point-to-point connection.  The second Add Branch message with the
 same Input Port and Input Label fields will convert the connection to
 a point-to-multipoint connection with two branches.  However, to
 avoid possible inefficiency with some switch designs, the Multicast
 Flag is provided.  If the controller knows that a new connection is
 point-to-multipoint when establishing the first branch, it may
 indicate this in the Multicast Flag.  Subsequent Add Branch messages
 with the same Input Port and Input Label fields will add further
 branches to the point-to-multipoint connection.  Use of the Delete
 Branch message on a point-to-multipoint connection with two branches
 will result in a point-to-point connection.  However, the switch may
 structure this connection as a point-to-multipoint connection with a
 single output branch if it chooses.  (For some switch designs this
 structure may be more convenient.)  Use of the Delete Branch message
 on a point-to-point connection will delete the point-to-point
 connection.  There is no concept of a connection with zero output
 branches.  All connections are unidirectional, one input labelled
 channel to one or more output labelled channels.
 In GSMP a multipoint-to-point connection is specified by establishing
 multiple point-to-point connections, each of them specifying the same
 output branch.  (An output branch is specified by an output port and
 output label.)

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 The connection management messages may be issued regardless of the
 Port Status of the switch port.  Connections may be established or
 deleted when a switch port is in the Available, Unavailable, or any
 of the Loopback states.  However, all connection states on an input
 port will be deleted when the port returns to the Available state
 from any other state, i.e., when a Port Management message is
 received for that port with the Function field indicating either
 Bring Up, or Reset Input Port.

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4.2 Add Branch Message

 The Add Branch message is a connection management message used to
 establish a connection or to add an additional branch to an existing
 connection.  It may also be used to check the connection state stored
 in the switch.  The connection is specified by the Input Port and
 Input Label fields.  The output branch is specified by the Output
 Port and Output Label fields.  The quality of service requirements of
 the connection are specified by the QoS Model Selector and Service
 Selector fields.  To request a connection the Add Branch message is:
    Message Type = 16
  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 Session Number                      |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                         Reservation ID                        |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                          Input Port                           |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                    Input Service Selector                     |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                          Output Port                          |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                   Output Service Selector                     |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |IQS|OQS|P|x|N|O|              Adaptation Method                |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x|S|M|B|                                                       |
 +-+-+-+-+                  Input Label                          |
 ~                                                               ~
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x|S|M|R|                                                       |
 +-+-+-+-+                 Output Label                          |
 ~                                                               ~
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

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 When the value of either IQS or OQS is set to 0b10 then the following
 Traffic Parameters Block is appended to the above message:
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |Input TC Flags |x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 ~               Input Traffic Parameters Block                  ~
 |                                                               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |Output TC Flags|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 ~              Output Traffic Parameters Block                  ~
 |                                                               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    Note: Fields and Parameters that have been explained in the
       description of the general connection message will not be
       explained in this section.  Please refer to section 4.1 for
       details.
    M: Multicast
       Multicast flags are used as a hint for point-to-multipoint or
       multipoint-to-point connections in the Add Branch message.
       They are not used in any other connection management messages
       and in these messages they SHOULD be set to zero.  There are
       two instances of the M-bit in the Add Branch message; one for
       input branch specified by the Input Port and Input Label fields
       and one for the output branch specified by the Output Port and
       Output Label fields.  If set for the input branch (in front of
       Input Label field), it indicates that the connection is very
       likely to be a point-to-multipoint connection.  If zero, it
       indicates that this connection is very likely to be a point-
       to-point connection or is unknown.  If set for the output
       branch (in front of the Output Label field), it indicates that
       the connection is very likely to be a multipoint-to-point
       connection.  If zero, it indicates that this connection is very
       likely to be a point-to-point connection or is unknown.
       If M flags are set for input as well as output branches, it
       indicates that the connection is very likely to be a
       multipoint-to-multipoint connection.
       The Multicast flags are only used in the Add Branch message
       when establishing the first branch of a new connection.  It is
       not required to be set when establishing subsequent branches of
       a point-to-multipoint or a multipoint-to-point connection and

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       on such connections it SHOULD be ignored by the receiver.
       (Except in cases where the connection replace bit is enabled
       and set, the receipt of the second and subsequent Add Branch
       messages from the receiver indicates a point-to-multipoint or a
       multipoint-to-point connection.)  If it is known that this is
       the first branch of a point-to-multipoint or a multipoint-to-
       point connection, this flag SHOULD be set.  If it is unknown,
       or if it is known that the connection is point-to-point, this
       flag SHOULD be zero.  The use of the multicast flag is not
       mandatory and may be ignored by the switch.  If unused, the
       flags SHOULD be set to zero.  Some switches use a different
       data structure for multicast connections rather than for
       point-to-point connections.  These flags prevent the switch
       from setting up a point-to-point structure for the first branch
       of a multicast connection that MUST immediately be deleted and
       reconfigured as point-to-multipoint or multipoint-to-point when
       the second branch is established.
    B: Bi-directional
       The Bi-directional flag applies only to the Add Branch message.
       In all other Connection Management messages it is not used.  It
       may only be used when establishing a point-to-point connection.
       The Bi-directional flag in an Add Branch message, if set,
       requests that two unidirectional connections be established,
       one in the forward direction, and one in the reverse direction.
       It is equivalent to two Add Branch messages, one specifying the
       forward direction, and one specifying the reverse direction.
       The forward direction uses the values of Input Port, Input
       Label, Output Port and Output Label as specified in the Add
       Branch message.  The reverse direction is derived by exchanging
       the values specified in the Input Port and Input Label fields,
       with those of the Output Port and Output Label fields
       respectively.  Thus, a connection in the reverse direction
       originates at the input port specified by the Output Port
       field, on the label specified by the Output Label field.  It
       departs from the output port specified by the Input Port field,
       on the label specified by the Input Label field.
       The Bi-directional flag is simply a convenience to establish
       two unidirectional connections in opposite directions between
       the same two ports, with identical Labels, using a single Add
       Branch message.  In all future messages the two unidirectional
       connections MUST be handled separately.  There is no bi-
       directional delete message.  However, a single Delete Branches
       message with two Delete Branch Elements, one for the forward
       connection and one for the reverse, may be used.

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    R: Connection Replace
       The Connection Replace flag applies only to the Add Branch
       message and is not used in any other Connection Management
       messages.  The R flag is used in cases when creation of
       multipoint-to-point connections is undesirable (e.g., POTS
       applications where fan-in is meaningless).  If the R flag is
       set, the new connection replaces any existing connection if the
       label is already in use at the same Output Port.
       The Connection Replace mechanism allows a single Add Connection
       command to function as either a Move Branch message or a
       combination of Delete Branch/Add Branch messages.  This
       mechanism is provided to support existing 64k call handling
       applications, such as emulating 64k voice switches.
       The use of R flag is optional and MUST be pre-configured in the
       Port Management message [see section 6.1] to activate its use.
       The R flag MUST NOT be set if it is not pre-configured with the
       Port Management message.  The switch MUST then return a Failure
       Response message: "36:  Replace of connection is not activated
       on switch".  Information about whether the function is active
       or not, can be obtained by using the Port Configuration message
       [see section 8.2].
       The R flag MUST NOT be set if either the M flag or the B flag
       is set.  If a switch receives an Add connection request that
       has the R flag set with either the B or the M flag set, it MUST
       return a failure response message of: "37:  Connection
       replacement mode cannot be combined with Bi-directional or
       Multicast mode"
 If the connection specified by the Input Port and Input Label fields
 does not already exist, it MUST be established with the single output
 branch specified in the request message.  If the Bi-directional Flag
 in the Flags field is set, the reverse connection MUST also be
 established.  The output branch SHOULD have the QoS attributes
 specified by the Class of Service field.
 If the connection specified by the Input Port and Input Label fields
 already exists and the R flag is not set, but the specified output
 branch does not, the new output branch MUST be added.  The new output
 branch SHOULD have the QoS attributes specified by the Class of
 Service field.
 If the connection specified by the Input Port and Input Label fields
 already exists and the specified output branch also already exists,
 the QoS attributes of the connection, specified by the Class of
 Service field, if different from the request message, SHOULD be

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 changed to that in the request message.  A success response message
 MUST be sent if the Result field of the request message is "AckAll".
 This allows the controller to periodically reassert the state of a
 connection or to change its priority.  If the result field of the
 request message is "NoSuccessAck" a success response message SHOULD
 NOT be returned.  This may be used to reduce the traffic on the
 control link for messages that are reasserting a previously
 established state.  For messages that are reasserting a previously
 established state, the switch MUST always check that this state is
 correctly established in the switch hardware (i.e., the actual
 connection tables used to forward cells or frames).
 If the connection specified by the Input Port and Input Label fields
 already exists, and the Bi-directional Flag in the Flags field is
 set, a failure response MUST be returned indicating: "15:  Point-to-
 point bi-directional connection already exists".
 It should be noted that different switches support multicast in
 different ways.  There may be a limit to the total number of point-
 to-multipoint or multipoint-to-point connections certain switches can
 support, and possibly a limit on the maximum number of branches that
 a point-to-multipoint or multipoint-to-point connection may specify.
 Some switches also impose a limit on the number of different Label
 values that may be assigned e.g., to the output branches of a point-
 to-multipoint connection.  Many switches are incapable of supporting
 more than a single branch of any particular point-to-multipoint
 connection on the same output port.  Specific failure codes are
 defined for some of these conditions.

4.2.1 ATM specific procedures:

 To request an ATM virtual path connection the ATM Virtual Path
 Connection (VPC) Add Branch message is:
    Message Type = 26
 An ATM virtual path connection can only be established between ATM
 ports, i.e., ports with the "ATM" Label Type attribute.  If an ATM
 VPC Add Branch message is received and either the switch input port
 specified by the Input Port field or the switch output port specified
 by the Output Port field is not an ATM port, a failure response
 message MUST be returned indicating, "28: ATM Virtual path switching
 is not supported on non-ATM ports".
 If an ATM VPC Add Branch message is received and the switch input
 port specified by the Input Port field does not support virtual path
 switching, a failure response message MUST be returned indicating,
 "24: ATM virtual path switching is not supported on this input port".

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 If an ATM virtual path connection already exists on the virtual path
 specified by the Input Port and Input VPI fields, a failure response
 message MUST be returned, indicating "27:  Attempt to add an ATM
 virtual channel connection branch to an existing virtual path
 connection".  For the VPC Add Branch message, if a virtual channel
 connection already exists on any of the virtual channels within the
 virtual path specified by the Input Port and Input VPI fields, a
 failure response message MUST be returned indicating, "26: Attempt to
 add an ATM virtual path connection branch to an existing virtual
 channel connection".

4.3 Delete Tree Message

 The Delete Tree message is a Connection Management message used to
 delete an entire connection.  All remaining branches of the
 connection are deleted.  A connection is defined by the Input Port
 and the Input Label fields.  The Output Port and Output Label fields
 are not used in this message.  The Delete Tree message is:
    Message Type = 18
 If the Result field of the request message is "AckAll" a success
 response message MUST be sent upon successful deletion of the
 specified connection.  The success message MUST NOT be sent until the
 delete operation has been completed and if possible, not until all
 data on the connection, queued for transmission, has been
 transmitted.

4.4 Verify Tree Message

 The Verify Tree message has been removed from this version of GSMP.
    Message Type = 19
 If a request message is received with Message Type = 19, a failure
 response MUST be returned with the Code field indicating:
 "3: The specified request is not implemented on this switch.".

4.5 Delete All Input Port Message

 The Delete All Input Port message is a connection management message
 used to delete all connections on a switch input port.  All
 connections that originate at the specified input port MUST be
 deleted.  On completion of the operation all dynamically assigned
 Label values for the specified port MUST be unassigned, i.e., there
 MUST be no connections established in the Label space that GSMP
 controls on this port.  The Service Selectors, Output Port, Input

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 Label and Output Label fields are not used in this message.  The
 Delete All Input Port message is:
    Message Type = 20
 If the Result field of the request message is "AckAll", a success
 response message MUST be sent upon completion of the operation.  The
 success response message MUST NOT be sent until the operation has
 been completed.
 The following failure response messages may be returned to a Delete
 All Input Port request.
       3: The specified request is not implemented on this switch.
       4: One or more of the specified ports does not exist.
       5: Invalid Port Session Number.
 If any field in a Delete All Input Port message not covered by the
 above failure codes is invalid, a failure response MUST be returned
 indicating: "2: Invalid request message".  Else, the Delete All Input
 Port operation MUST be completed successfully and a success message
 returned.  No other failure messages are permitted.

4.6 Delete All Output Port Message

 The Delete All message is a connection management message used to
 delete all connections on a switch output port.  All connections that
 have the specified output port MUST be deleted.  On completion of the
 operation all dynamically assigned Label values for the specified
 port MUST be unassigned, i.e., there MUST be no connections
 established in the Label space that GSMP controls on this port.  The
 Service Selectors, Input Port, Input Label and Output Label fields
 are not used in this message.  The Delete All Output Port message is:
    Message Type = 21
 If the Result field of the request message is "AckAll", a success
 response message MUST be sent upon completion of the operation.  The
 success response message MUST NOT be sent until the operation has
 been completed.
 The following failure response messages may be returned to a Delete
 All Output Port request.

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       3: The specified request is not implemented on this switch.
       4: One or more of the specified ports does not exist.
       5: Invalid Port Session Number.
 If any field in a Delete All Output Port message not covered by the
 above failure codes is invalid, a failure response MUST be returned
 indicating: "2: Invalid request message".  Else, the delete all
 operation MUST be completed successfully and a success message
 returned.  No other failure messages are permitted.

4.7 Delete Branches Message

 The Delete Branches message is a connection management message used
 to request one or more delete branch operations.  Each delete branch
 operation deletes a branch of a channel, or in the case of the last
 branch of a connection, it deletes the connection.  The Delete
 Branches message is:
    Message Type = 17
 The request 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 Elements       |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 ~                    Delete Branch Elements                     ~
 |                                                               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    Note: Fields and Parameters that have been explained in the
       description of the general connection message will not be
       explained in this section.  Please refer to section 4.1 for
       details.

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    Number of Elements
       Specifies the number of Delete Branch Elements to follow in the
       message.  The number of Delete Branch Elements in a Delete
       Branches message MUST NOT cause the packet length to exceed the
       maximum transmission unit defined by the encapsulation.
 Each Delete Branch Element specifies a branch to be deleted and has
 the following structure:
  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
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 | Error |x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|       Element Length          |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                      Port Session Number                      |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                          Input Port                           |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                          Output Port                          |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x|S|x|x|                                                       |
 +-+-+-+-+                  Input Label                          |
 ~                                                               ~
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x|S|x|x|                                                       |
 +-+-+-+-+                 Output Label                          |
 ~                                                               ~
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    Note: Fields and Parameters that have been explained in the
       description of the general connection message will not be
       explained in this section.  Please refer to section 4.1 for
       details.
    Error
       Is used to return a failure code indicating the reason for the
       failure of a specific Delete Branch Element in a Delete
       Branches failure response message.  The Error field is not used
       in the request message and MUST be set to zero.  A value of
       zero is used to indicate that the delete operation specified by
       this Delete Branch Element was successful.  Values for the
       other failure codes are specified in Section 12, "Failure
       Response Codes".
       All other fields of the Delete Branch Element have the same
       definition as specified for the other connection management
       messages.

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 In each Delete Branch Element, a connection is specified by the Input
 Port and Input Label fields.  The specific branch to be deleted is
 indicated by the Output Port and Output Label fields.
 If the Result field of the Delete Branches request message is
 "AckAll" a success response message MUST be sent upon successful
 deletion of the branches specified by all of the Delete Branch
 Elements.  The success response message MUST NOT be sent until all of
 the delete branch operations have been completed.  The success
 response message is only sent if all of the requested delete branch
 operations were successful.  No Delete Branch Elements are returned
 in a Delete Branches success response message and the Number of
 Elements field MUST be set to zero.
 If there is a failure in any of the Delete Branch Elements, a Delete
 Branches failure response message MUST be returned.  The Delete
 Branches failure response message is a copy of the request message
 with the Code field of the entire message set to "10: General Message
 Failure" and the Error field of each Delete Branch Element indicating
 the result of each requested delete operation.  A failure in any of
 the Delete Branch Elements MUST NOT interfere with the processing of
 any other Delete Branch Elements.

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4.8 Move Output Branch Message

 The Move Output Branch message is used to move a branch of an
 existing connection from its current output port label to a new
 output port label in a single atomic transaction.  The Move Output
 Branch connection management message has the following format for
 both request and response messages:
  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 Session Number                      |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                           Input Port                          |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                    Input Service Selector                     |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                        Old Output Port                        |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                        New Output Port                        |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                    Output Service Selector                    |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |IQS|OQS|P|x|N|O|             Adaptation Method                 |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x|S|x|x|                                                       |
 +-+-+-+-+                  Input Label                          |
 ~                                                               ~
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x|S|x|x|                                                       |
 +-+-+-+-+               Old Output Label                        |
 ~                                                               ~
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x|S|x|x|                                                       |
 +-+-+-+-+                New Output Label                       |
 ~                                                               ~
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

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 When the value of either IQS or OQS is set to 0b10 then the following
 Traffic Parameters Block is appended to the above message:
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |Input TC Flags |x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x|
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 ~               Input Traffic Parameters Block                  ~
 |                                                               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |Output TC Flags|x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x|
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 ~              Output Traffic Parameters Block                  ~
 |                                                               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    Note: Fields and Parameters that have been explained in the
       description of the general connection message will not be
       explained in this section.  Please refer to section 4.1 for
       details.
 The Move Output Branch message is a connection management message
 used to move a single output branch of connection from its current
 output port and Output Label, to a new output port and Output Label
 on the same connection.  None of the connection's other output
 branches are modified.  When the operation is complete the original
 Output Label on the original output port will be deleted from the
 connection.
 The Move Output Branch message is:
    Message Type = 22
 For the Move Output Branch message, if the connection specified by
 the Input Port and Input Label fields already exists, and the output
 branch specified by the Old Output Port and Old Output Label fields
 exists as a branch on that connection, the output branch specified by
 the New Output Port and New Output Label fields is added to the
 connection and the branch specified by the Old Output Port and Old
 Output Label fields is deleted.  If the Result field of the request
 message is "AckAll", a success response message MUST be sent upon
 successful completion of the operation.  The success response message
 MUST NOT be sent until the Move Branch operation has been completed.
 For the Move Output Branch message, if the connection specified by
 the Input Port and Input Label fields already exists, but the output
 branch specified by the Old Output Port and Old Output Label fields

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 does not exist as a branch on that connection, a failure response
 MUST be returned with the Code field indicating, "12: The specified
 branch does not exist".

4.8.1 ATM Specific Procedures:

 The ATM VPC Move Output Branch message is a connection management
 message used to move a single output branch of a virtual path
 connection from its current output port and output VPI, to a new
 output port and output VPI on the same virtual channel connection.
 None of the other output branches are modified.  When the operation
 is complete the original output VPI on the original output port will
 be deleted from the connection.
 The VPC Move Branch message is:
     Message Type = 27
 For the VPC Move Output Branch message, if the virtual path
 connection specified by the Input Port and Input VPI fields already
 exists, and the output branch specified by the Old Output Port and
 Old Output VPI fields exists as a branch on that connection, the
 output branch specified by the New Output Port and New Output VPI
 fields is added to the connection and the branch specified by the Old
 Output Port and Old Output VPI fields is deleted.  If the Result
 field of the request message is "AckAll", a success response message
 MUST be sent upon successful completion of the operation.  The
 success response message MUST NOT be sent until the Move Branch
 operation has been completed.
 For the VPC Move Output Branch message, if the virtual path
 connection specified by the Input Port and Input VPI fields already
 exists, but the output branch specified by the Old Output Port and
 Old Output VPI fields does not exist as a branch on that connection,
 a failure response MUST be returned with the Code field indicating,
 "12: The specified branch does not exist".
 If the virtual channel connection specified by the Input Port and
 Input Label fields; or the virtual path connection specified by the
 Input Port and Input VPI fields; does not exist, a failure response
 MUST be returned with the Code field indicating, "11: The specified
 connection does not exist".
 If the output branch specified by the New Output Port, New Output
 VPI, and New Output VCI fields for a virtual channel connection; or
 the output branch specified by the New Output Port and New Output VPI
 fields for a virtual path connection; is already in use by any
 connection other than that specified by the Input Port and Input

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 Label fields, then the resulting output branch will have multiple
 input branches.  If multiple point-to-point connections share the
 same output branch, the result will be a multipoint-to-point
 connection.  If multiple point-to-multipoint trees share the same
 output branches, the result will be a multipoint-to-multipoint
 connection.

4.9 Move Input Branch Message

 The Move Input Branch message is used to move a branch of an existing
 connection from its current input port label to a new input port
 label in a single atomic transaction.  The Move Input Branch
 connection management message has the following format for both
 request and response messages:

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  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 Session Number                      |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                           Output Port                         |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                     Input Service Selector                    |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                        Old Input Port                         |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                        New Input Port                         |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                     Output Service Selector                   |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |IQS|OQS|P|x|N|O|             Adaptation Method                 |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x|S|x|x|                                                       |
 +-+-+-+-+                 Output Label                          |
 ~                                                               ~
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x|S|x|x|                                                       |
 +-+-+-+-+                Old Input Label                        |
 ~                                                               ~
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x|S|x|x|                                                       |
 +-+-+-+-+                New Input Label                        |
 ~                                                               ~
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

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 When the value of either IQS or OQS is set to 0b10, then the
 following Traffic Parameters Block is appended to the above message:
  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
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |Input TC Flags |x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x|
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 ~               Input Traffic Parameters Block                  ~
 |                                                               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |Output TC Flags|x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x|
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 ~              Output Traffic Parameters Block                  ~
 |                                                               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    Note: Fields and Parameters that have been explained in the
       description of the general connection message will not be
       explained in this section.  Please refer to section 4.1 for
       details.
 The Move Input Branch message is a connection management message used
 to move a single input branch of connection from its current input
 port and Input Label, to a new input port and Input Label on the same
 connection.  None of the connection's other input branches are
 modified.  When the operation is complete, the original Input Label
 on the original input port will be deleted from the connection.
 The Move Input Branch message is:
    Message Type = 23

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 For the Move Input Branch message, if the connection specified by the
 Output Port and Output Label fields already exists, and the input
 branch specified by the Old Input Port and Old Input Label fields
 exists as a branch on that connection, the input branch specified by
 the New Input Port and New Input Label fields is added to the
 connection and the branch specified by the Old Input Port and Old
 Input Label fields is deleted.  If the Result field of the request
 message is "AckAll", a success response message MUST be sent upon
 successful completion of the operation.  The success response message
 MUST NOT be sent until the Move Input Branch operation has been
 completed.
 For the Move Input Branch message, if the connection specified by the
 Output Port and Output Label fields already exists, but the input
 branch specified by the Old Input Port and Old Input Label fields
 does not exist as a branch on that connection, a failure response
 MUST be returned with the Code field indicating, "12: The specified
 branch does not exist".

4.9.1 ATM Specific Procedures:

 The ATM VPC Move Input Branch message is a connection management
 message used to move a single input branch of a virtual path
 connection from its current input port and input VPI, to a new input
 port and input VPI on the same virtual channel connection.  None of
 the other input branches are modified.  When the operation is
 complete, the original input VPI on the original input port will be
 deleted from the connection.
 The VPC Move Input Branch message is:
     Message Type = 28
 For the VPC Move Input Branch message, if the virtual path connection
 specified by the Output Port and Output VPI fields already exists,
 and the input branch specified by the Old Input Port and Old Input
 VPI fields exists as a branch on that connection, the input branch
 specified by the New Input Port and New Input VPI fields is added to
 the connection and the branch specified by the Old Input Port and Old
 Input VPI fields is deleted.  If the Result field of the request
 message is "AckAll" a success response message MUST be sent upon
 successful completion of the operation.  The success response message
 MUST NOT be sent until the Move Input Branch operation has been
 completed.
 For the VPC Move Input Branch message, if the virtual path connection
 specified by the Output Port and Output VPI fields already exists,
 but the input branch specified by the Old Input Port and Old Input

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 VPI fields does not exist as a branch on that connection, a failure
 response MUST be returned with the Code field indicating, "12: The
 specified branch does not exist".
 If the virtual channel connection specified by the Output Port and
 Output Label fields, or if the virtual path connection specified by
 the Output Port and Output VPI fields does not exist, a failure
 response MUST be returned with the Code field indicating, "11: The
 specified connection does not exist".
 If the input branch specified by the New Input Port, New Input VPI,
 and New Input VCI fields for a virtual channel connection, or the
 input branch specified by the New Input Port and New Input VPI fields
 for a virtual path connection, is already in use by any connection
 other than that specified by the Output Port and Output Label fields,
 then the resulting input branch will have multiple output branches.
 If multiple point-to-point connections share the same input branch,
 the result will be a point-to-multipoint connection.  If multiple
 multipoint-to-point trees share the same input branches, the result
 will be a multipoint-to-multipoint connection.

5. Reservation Management Messages

 GSMP allows switch resources (e.g., bandwidth, buffers, queues,
 labels, etc.) to be reserved for connections before the connections
 themselves are established.  This is achieved through the
 manipulation of Reservations in the switch.
 Reservations are hard state objects in the switch that can be created
 by the controller by sending a Reservation Request message.  Each
 Reservation is uniquely identified by an identifying number called a
 Reservation ID.  Reservation objects can be deleted with the Delete
 Reservation message or the Delete All Reservations message.  A
 reservation object is also deleted when the Reservation is deployed
 by specifying a Reservation ID in a valid Add Branch message.
 The reserved resources MUST remain reserved until either the
 reservation is deployed, in which case the resources are applied to a
 branch, or the reservation is explicitly deleted (with a Delete
 Reservation message or a Delete All Reservations message), in which
 case the resources are freed.  Reservations and reserved resources
 are deleted if the switch is reset.
 A Reservation object includes its Reservation ID plus all the
 connection state associated with a branch with the exception that the
 branch's input label and/or output label may be unspecified.  The
 Request Reservation message is therefore almost identical to the Add
 Branch message.

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 The switch establishes the maximum number of reservations it can
 store by setting the value of Max Reservations in the Switch
 Configuration response message.  The switch indicates that it does
 not support reservations by setting Max Reservations to 0.  The valid
 range of Reservation IDs is 1 to Max Reservations).

5.1 Reservation Request Message

 The Reservation Request message creates a Reservation in the switch
 and reserves switch resources for a connection that may later be
 established using an Add Branch message.  The Reservation Request
 Message is:
    Message Type = 70

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 The Reservation Request message has the following format for the
 request message:
  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 Session Number                      |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                         Reservation ID                        |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                          Input Port                           |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                     Input Service Selector                    |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                          Output Port                          |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                     Output Service Selector                   |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |IQS|OQS|P|x|N|O|             Adaptation Method                 |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x|S|M|B|                                                       |
 +-+-+-+-+                  Input Label                          |
 ~                                                               ~
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x|S|M|x|                                                       |
 +-+-+-+-+                 Output Label                          |
 ~                                                               ~
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

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 When the value of either IQS or OQS is set to 0b10 then the following
 Traffic Parameters Block is appended to the above message:
  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
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |Input TC Flags |x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x|
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 ~               Input Traffic Parameters Block                  ~
 |                                                               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |Output TC Flags|x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x|
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 ~              Output Traffic Parameters Block                  ~
 |                                                               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    Note: Fields and Parameters that have been explained in the
       description of the general connection message will not be
       explained in this section.  Please refer to section 4.1 for
       details.
 All the fields of the Reservation Request message have the same
 meanings as they do in the Add Branch message with the following
 exceptions:
    Reservation ID
       Specifies the Reservation ID of the Reservation.  If the
       numerical value of the Reservation ID is greater than the value
       of the Max Reservations (from the Switch Configuration
       message), a failure response is returned indicating "20:  the
       Reservation ID out of Range".  If the value of Reservation ID
       matches that of an extant Reservation, a failure response is
       returned indicating "22: Reservation ID in use".
    Input Label
       If a specific input label is specified, then that label is
       reserved along with the required resources.  If the Input Label
       is 0 then the switch reserves the resources, but will not bind
       them to a label until the add branch command is given, which
       references the Reservation Id.  If the input label is 0, then
       all stacked labels MUST also be zeroed.

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    Output Label
       If a specific Output Label is specified then that label is
       reserved along with the required resources.  If the Output
       Label is 0 then the switch reserves the resources, but will not
       bind them to a label until the add branch command is given
       which references the Reservation Id.  If the Output Label is 0,
       then all stacked labels MUST also be zeroed
 When the switch receives a valid Reservation Request it reserves all
 the appropriate switch resources needed to establish a branch with
 corresponding attributes.  If sufficient resources are not available,
 a failure response is returned indicating "18: Insufficient
 resources".  Other failure responses are as defined for the Add
 Branch message.

5.2 Delete Reservation Message

 The Delete Reservation message deletes a Reservation object in the
 switch and frees the reserved switch resources associated with that
 reservation object.  The Reservation Request Message is:
    Message Type = 71
 The Delete Reservation 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 Session Number                      |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                         Reservation ID                        |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 If the Reservation ID matches that of an extant Reservation then the
 reservation is deleted and corresponding switch resources are freed.
 If the numerical value of the Reservation ID is greater than the
 value of the Max Reservations (from the Switch Configuration
 message), a failure response is returned indicating "20: Reservation
 ID out of Range".  If the value of Reservation ID does not match that
 of any extant Reservation, a failure response is returned indicating
 "23: Non-existent reservation ID".

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5.3 Delete All Reservations Message

 The Delete All Reservation message deletes all extant Reservation
 objects in the switch and frees the reserved switch resources of
 these reservations.  The Reservation Request Message is:
    Message Type = 72
 The Delete All Reservation 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              |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

6. Management Messages

6.1 Port Management Message

 The Port Management message allows a port to be brought into service,
 to be taken out of service, to be set to loop back, reset, or to
 change the transmit data rate.  Only the Bring Up and the Reset Input
 Port functions change the connection state (established connections)
 on the input port.  Only the Bring Up function changes the value of
 the Port Session Number.  The Port Management message MAY also be
 used for enabling the replace connection mechanism.  The Port
 Management message is also used as part of the Event Message flow
 control mechanism.
 If the Result field of the request message is "AckAll", a success
 response message MUST be sent upon successful completion of the
 operation.  The success response message MUST NOT be sent until the
 operation has been completed.  The Port Management Message is:
    Message Type = 32

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 The Port Management message has the following format for the request
 and success response messages:
  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                     |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |R|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|   Duration    |          Function             |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |           Event Flags         |        Flow Control Flags     |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                      Transmit Data Rate                       |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    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 success response message gives the current value of the
       Event Sequence Number of the switch port indicated by the Port
       field.  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.  If the Event Sequence Number in
       the success response differs from the Event Sequence Number of
       the most recent Event message received for that port, events
       have occurred that were not reported via an Event message.
       This is most likely to be due to the flow control that
       restricts the rate at which a switch can send Event messages
       for each port.  In the request message this field is not used.
    R: Connection Replace
       The R flag shall only be checked when the Function field = 1
       (Bring Up).  If the R flag is set in the Port Management
       request message, it indicates that a switch controller requests
       the switch port to support the Connection Replace mechanism.

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       Connection Replace behaviour is described in chapter 4.2.  If a
       switch does not support the Connection Replace mechanism, it
       MUST reply with the failure response:  "45: Connection Replace
       mechanism not supported on switch" and reset the R-flag.  Upon
       successful response, the R flag SHOULD remain set in the
       response message.
    Duration
       Is the length of time in seconds, that any of the loopback
       states remain in operation.  When the duration has expired, the
       port will automatically be returned to service.  If another
       Port Management message is received for the same port before
       the duration has expired, the loopback will continue to remain
       in operation for the length of time specified by the Duration
       field in the new message.  The Duration field is only used in
       request messages with the Function field set to Internal
       Loopback, External Loopback, or Bothway Loopback.
    Function
       Specifies the action to be taken.  The specified action will be
       taken regardless of the current status of the port (Available,
       Unavailable, or any Loopback state).  If the specified function
       requires a new Port Session Number to be generated, the new
       Port Session Number MUST be returned in the success response
       message.  The defined values of the Function field are:
       Bring Up:
          Function = 1.  Bring the port into service.  All connections
          that originate at the specified input port MUST be deleted
          and a new Port Session Number MUST be selected, preferably
          using some form of random number.  On completion of the
          operation all dynamically assigned Label values for the
          specified input port MUST be unassigned, i.e., no
          connections will be established in the Label space that GSMP
          controls on this input port.  Afterwards, the Port Status of
          the port will be Available.
       Take Down:
          Function = 2.  Take the port out of service.  Any data
          received at this port will be discarded.  No data will be
          transmitted from this port.  Afterwards, the Port Status of
          the port will be Unavailable.
          The behaviour is undefined if the port is taken down over
          which the GSMP session that controls the switch is running.
          (In this case the most probable behaviour would be for the
          switch either to ignore the message or to terminate the
          current GSMP session and to initiate another session,

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          possibly with the backup controller, if any.)  The correct
          method to reset the link over which GSMP is running is to
          issue an RSTACK message in the adjacency protocol.
       Internal Loopback:
          Function = 3.  Data 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 data.  Afterwards, the Port
          Status of the port will be Internal Loopback.
       External Loopback:
          Function = 4.  Data 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 data.  Afterwards, the Port Status of the port will be
          External Loopback.
       Bothway Loopback:
          Function = 5.  Both internal and external loopbacks are
          performed.  Afterwards, the Port Status of the port will be
          Bothway Loopback.
       Reset Input Port:
          Function = 6.  All connections that originate at the
          specified input port MUST be deleted and the input and
          output port hardware re-initialised.  On completion of the
          operation, all dynamically assigned Label values for the
          specified input port MUST be unassigned, i.e., no
          connections will be established in the Label space that GSMP
          controls on this input port.  The range of labels that may
          be controlled by GSMP on this port will be set to the
          default values specified in the Port Configuration message.
          The transmit data rate of the output port MUST be set to its
          default value.  The Port Session Number is not changed by
          the Reset Input Port function.  Afterwards, the Port Status
          of the port will be Unavailable.
       Reset Flags:
          Function = 7.  This function is used to reset the Event
          Flags and Flow Control Flags.  For each bit that is set in
          the Event Flags field, the corresponding Event Flag in the
          switch port MUST be reset to 0.  For each bit that is set in
          the Flow Control Flags field, the corresponding Flow Control
          Flag in the switch port MUST be toggled; i.e., flow control

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          for the corresponding event is turned off if is currently on
          and it is turned on if it is currently off.  The Port Status
          of the port is not changed by this function.
       Set Transmit Data Rate:
          Function = 8.  Sets the transmit data rate of the output
          port as close as possible to the rate specified in the
          Transmit Data Rate field.  In the success response message,
          the Transmit Data Rate MUST indicate the actual transmit
          data rate of the output port.  If the transmit data rate of
          the requested output port cannot be changed a failure
          response MUST be returned with the Code field indicating:
          "43: The transmit data rate of this output port cannot be
          changed".  If the transmit data rate of the requested output
          port can be changed, but the value of the Transmit Data Rate
          field is beyond the range of acceptable values, a failure
          response MUST be returned with the Code field indicating:
          "44: Requested transmit data rate out of range for this
          output port".  In the failure response message, the Transmit
          Data Rate MUST contain the same value as contained in the
          request message that caused the failure.  The transmit data
          rate of the output port is not changed by the Bring Up, Take
          Down, or any of the Loopback functions.  It is returned to
          the default value by the Reset Input Port function.
    Transmit Data Rate
       This field is only used in request and success response
       messages with the Function field set to "Set Transmit Data
       Rate".  It is used to set the output data rate of the output
       port.  It is specified in cells/s and bytes/s.  If the Transmit
       Data Rate field contains the value 0xFFFFFFFF the transmit data
       rate of the output port SHOULD be set to the highest valid
       value.
    Event Flags
       Field in the request message that is used to reset the Event
       Flags in the switch port indicated by the Port field.  Each
       Event Flag in a switch port corresponds to a type of Event
       message.  When a switch port sends an Event message, it sets
       the corresponding Event Flag on that port.  Depending on the
       setting in the Flow Control Flag, a port is either subject to
       flow control or not.  If it is subject to flow control, then it
       is not permitted to send another Event message of the same type
       before the Event Flag has been reset.  To reset an event flag,
       the Function field in the request message is set to "Reset
       Flags".  For each bit that is set in the Event Flags field, the
       corresponding Event Flag in the switch port is reset.

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       The Event Flags field is only used in a request message with
       the Function field set to "Reset Event Flags".  For all other
       values of the Function field, the Event Flags field is not
       used.  In the success response message the Event Flags field
       MUST be set to the current value of the Event Flags for the
       port, after the completion of the operation specified by the
       request message, for all values of the Function field.  Setting
       the Event Flags field to all zeros in a "Reset Event Flags"
       request message allows the controller to obtain the current
       state of the Event Flags and the current Event Sequence Number
       of the port without changing the state of the Event Flags.
       The correspondence between the types of Event messages and the
       bits of the Event Flags field is as follows:
                                  1
              0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5
             +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
             |U|D|I|N|Z|A|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|
             +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
             U: Port Up          Bit  0, (most significant bit)
             D: Port Down        Bit  1,
             I: Invalid Label    Bit  2,
             N: New Port         Bit  3,
             Z: Dead Port        Bit  4,
             A: Adjacency Event  Bit  5,
             x: Unused           Bits 6-15.
    Flow Control Flags Field
       The flags in this field are used to indicate whether the flow
       control mechanism described in the Events Flag field is turned
       on or not.  If the Flow Control Flag is set, then the flow
       control mechanism for that event on that port is activated.  To
       toggle the flow control mechanism, the Function field in the
       request message is set to "Reset Flags".  When doing a reset,
       for each flag that is set in the Flow Control Flags field, the
       corresponding flow control mechanism MUST be toggled.
       The Flow Control Flags correspond to the same event definitions
       as defined for the Event Flag.

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6.2 Label Range Message

 The default label range, Min Label to Max Label, is specified for
 each port by the Port Configuration or the All Ports Configuration
 messages.  When the protocol is initialised, before the transmission
 of any Label Range messages, the label range of each port will be set
 to the default label range.  (The default label range is dependent
 upon the switch design and configuration and is not specified by the
 GSMP protocol.)  The Label Range message allows the range of labels
 supported by a specified port, to be changed.  Each switch port MUST
 declare whether it supports the Label Range message in the Port
 Configuration or the All Ports Configuration messages.  The Label
 Range message is:
    Message Type = 33
 The Label Range message has the following format for the request and
 success response messages:
  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                      |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |Q|M|D|x|      Range Count      |          Range Length         |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 ~                       Label Range Block                       ~
 |                                                               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    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.

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 Each element of the Label Range Block has the following format:
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x|x|V|C|                                                       |
 +-+-+-+-+                   Min Label                           |
 ~                                                               ~
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x|x|x|x|                                                       |
 +-+-+-+-+                   Max Label                           |
 ~                                                               ~
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                        Remaining Labels                       |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    Flags
       Q: Query
          If the Query flag is set in a request message, the switch
          MUST respond with the current range of valid labels.  The
          current label range is not changed by a request message with
          the Query flag set.  If the Query flag is zero, the message
          is requesting a label change operation.
       M: Multipoint Query
          If the Multipoint Query flag is set the switch MUST respond
          with the current range of valid specialized multipoint
          labels.  The current label range is not changed by a request
          message with the Multipoint Query flag set.
       D: Non-contiguous Label Range Indicator
          This flag will be set in a Query response if the labels
          available for assignment belong to a non-contiguous set.
       V: Label
          The Label flag use is port type specific.
       C: Multipoint Capable
          Indicates label range that can be used for multipoint
          connections.
    Range Count
       Count of Label Range elements contained in the Label Range
       Block.
    Range Length
       Byte count in the Label Range Block.

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    Min Label
       The minimum label value in the range.
    Max Label
       The maximum label value in the range.
    Remaining Labels
       The maximum number of remaining labels that could be requested
       for allocation on the specified port.
 The success response to a Label Range message requesting a change of
 label range is a copy of the request message with the Remaining
 Labels field updated to the new values after the Label Range
 operation.
 If the switch is unable to satisfy a request to change the Label
 range, it MUST return a failure response message with the Code field
 set to: "40: Cannot support one or more requested label ranges".  In
 this failure response message, the switch MUST use the Min Label and
 Max Label fields to suggest a label range that it is able to satisfy.
 A Label Range request message may be issued regardless of the Port
 Status or the Line Status of the target switch port.  If the Port
 field of the request message contains an invalid port (a port that
 does not exist or a port that has been removed from the switch) a
 failure response message MUST be returned with the Code field set to,
 "4: One or more of the specified ports does not exist".
 If the Query flag is set in the request message, the switch MUST
 reply with a success response message containing the current range of
 valid labels that are supported by the port.  The Min Label and Max
 Label fields are not used in the request message.
 If the Multipoint Query flag is set in the request message and the
 switch does not support a range of valid multipoint labels, then the
 switch MUST reply with a failure response message with the Code field
 set to, "42: Specialised multipoint labels not supported".  The Min
 Label and Max Label fields are not used in the Multipoint request
 message.
 If a label range changes and there are extant connection states with
 labels used by the previous label range, a success response message
 MUST be returned with the Code field set to, "46: One or more labels
 are still used in the previous Label Range".  This action indicates
 that the label range has successfully changed but with a warning that
 there are extant connection states for the previous label range.

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6.2.1 Labels

6.2.1.1 ATM Labels

 If the Label Type = ATM Label, the labels range message MUST be
 interpreted as an ATM Label as shown:
 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|C|   ATM Label (0x100)   |          Label Length         |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x|x|x|x|        min VPI        |            min VCI            |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x|x|x|x|   ATM Label (0x100)   |          Label Length         |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x|x|x|x|        max VPI        |            max VCI            |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |       Remaining VPI's         |        Remaining VCI's        |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    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, Max VPI
       Specify a range of VPI values, Min VPI to Max VPI inclusive.  A
       single VPI may be specified with a Min VPI and a Max VPI having
       the same value.  In a request message, if the value of the Max
       VPI field is less than or equal to the value of the Min VPI
       field, the requested range is a single VPI with a value equal
       to the Min VPI field.  Zero is a valid value.  In a request
       message, if the Query flag is set, and the Label flag is zero,
       the Max VPI field specifies a single VPI and the Min VPI field
       is not used.  The maximum valid value of these fields for both
       request and response messages is 0xFFF.
    Min VCI, Max VCI
       Specify a range of VCI values, Min VCI to Max VCI inclusive.  A
       single VCI may be specified with a Min VCI and a Max VCI having
       the same value.  In a request message, if the value of the Max
       VCI field is less than or equal to the value of the Min VCI
       field, the requested range is a single VCI with a value equal
       to the Min VCI field.  Zero is a valid value.  (However, VPI=0,
       VCI=0 is not available as a virtual channel connection as it is
       used as a special value in ATM to indicate an unassigned cell.)

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    Remaining VPI's, Remaining VCI's
       These fields are unused in the request message.  In the success
       response message and in the failure response message these
       fields give the maximum number of remaining VPI's and VCI's
       that could be requested for allocation on the specified port
       (after completion of the requested operation in the case of the
       success response).  It gives the switch controller an idea of
       how many VPI's and VCI's it could request.  The number given is
       the maximum possible given the constraints of the switch
       hardware.  There is no implication that this number of VPI's
       and VCI's is available to every switch port.
 If the Query flag and the Label flag are set in the request message,
 the switch MUST reply with a success response message containing the
 current range of valid VPI's that are supported by the port.  The Min
 VPI and Max VPI fields are not used in the request message.
 If the Query flag is set and the Label flag is zero in the request
 message, the switch MUST reply with a success response message
 containing the current range of valid VCI's that are supported by the
 VPI specified by the Max VPI field.  If the requested VPI is invalid,
 a failure response MUST be returned indicating: "13: One or more of
 the specified Input Labels is invalid".  The Min VPI field is not
 used in either the request or success response messages.
 If the Query flag is zero and the Label flag is set in the request
 message, the Min VPI and Max VPI fields specify the new range of
 VPI's to be allocated to the input port specified by the Port field.
 The range of VPI's previously allocated to this port SHOULD be
 increased or decreased to the specified value.
 If the Query flag and the Label flag are zero in the request message,
 the Min VCI and Max VCI fields specify the range of VCI's to be
 allocated to each of the VPI's specified by the VPI range.  The range
 of VCI's previously allocated to each of the VPI's within the
 specified VPI range on this port, it SHOULD be increased or decreased
 to the specified value.  The allocated VCI range MUST be the same on
 each of the VPI's within the specified VPI range.
 If the switch is unable to satisfy a request to change the label
 range, it MUST return a failure response message with the Code field
 set to: "40: Cannot support one or more requested label ranges".  If
 the switch is unable to satisfy a request to change the VPI, the
 switch MUST use the Min VPI and Max VPI fields to suggest a VPI range
 that it would be able to satisfy and set the VCI fields to zero, or
 if the switch is unable to satisfy a request to change the VCI range

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 on all VPI's within the requested VPI range, the switch MUST use the
 Min VPI, Max VPI, Min VCI, and Max VCI fields to suggest a VPI and
 VCI range that it would be able to satisfy.
 In all other failure response messages for the label range operation,
 the switch MUST return the values of Min VPI, Max VPI, Min VCI, and
 Max VCI from the request message.
 While switches can typically support all 256 or 4096 VPI's, the VCI
 range that can be supported is often more constrained.  Often the Min
 VCI MUST be 0 or 32.  Typically all VCI's within a particular VPI
 MUST be contiguous.  The hint in the failure response message allows
 the switch to suggest a label range that it could satisfy in view of
 its particular architecture.
 While the Label Range message is defined to specify both a range of
 VPI's and a range of VCI's within each VPI, the most likely use is to
 change either the VPI range or the range of VCI's within a single
 VPI.  It is possible for a VPI to be valid but to be allocated no
 valid VCI's.  Such a VPI could be used for a virtual path connection,
 but to support virtual channel connections it would need to be
 allocated a range of VCI's.

6.2.1.2 Frame Relay Labels

 If the Label Type = FR Label, the labels range message MUST be
 interpreted as Frame Relay Labels as shown:
 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|C|    FR Label (0x101)   |          Label Length         |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x|x|x|x| Res |Len|                Min DLCI                     |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x|x|x|x|    FR Label (0x101)   |          Label Length         |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x|x|x|x| Res |Len|                Max DLCI                     |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                         Remaining DLCI                        |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    V: Label
       The Label flag is not used.
    Res
       The Res field is reserved in [21], i.e., it is not explicitly
       reserved by GSMP.

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    Len
       The Len 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.
    Remaining DLCI's
       This field is unused in the request message.  In the success
       response message and in the failure response message, this
       field gives the maximum number of remaining DLCI's that could
       be requested for allocation on the specified port (after
       completion of the requested operation in the case of the
       success response).  It gives the switch controller an idea of
       how many DLCI's it could request.  The number given is the
       maximum possible given the constraints of the switch hardware.
       There is no implication that this number of DLCI's is available
       to every switch port.

6.2.1.3 MPLS Generic Labels

 The 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].  If Label Type = MPLS Gen Label, the labels range
 message MUST be interpreted as MPLS Generic Label as shown:

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 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|C| MPLS Gen Label (0x102)|          Label Length         |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|          Min MPLS Label               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x|x|x|x| MPLS Gen Label (0x102)|          Label Length         |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|          Max MPLS Label               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                      Remaining Labels                         |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    V: Label
       The Label flag is not used.
    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.
    Remaining MPLS Labels
       This field is unused in the request message.  In the success
       response message and in the failure response message this field
       gives the maximum number of remaining MPLS Labels that could be
       requested for allocation on the specified port (after
       completion of the requested operation in the case of the
       success response).  It gives the switch controller an idea of
       how many MPLS Labels it could request.  The number given is the
       maximum possible given the constraints of the switch hardware.
       There is no implication that this number of Labels is available
       to every switch port.

6.2.1.4 FEC Labels

 The Label Range message is not used for FEC Labels and is for further
 study.

7. State and Statistics Messages

 The state and statistics messages permit the controller to request
 the values of various hardware counters associated with the switch
 input and output ports and connections.  They also permit the
 controller to request the connection state of a switch input port.
 The Connection Activity message is used to determine whether one or

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 more specific connections have recently been carrying traffic.  The
 Statistics message is used to query the various port and connection
 traffic and error counters.
 The Report Connection State message is used to request an input port
 to report the connection state for a single connection, a single ATM
 virtual path connection, or for the entire input port.

7.1 Connection Activity Message

 The Connection Activity message is used to determine whether one or
 more specific connections have recently been carrying traffic.  The
 Connection Activity message contains one or more Activity Records.
 Each Activity Record is used to request and return activity
 information concerning a single connection.  Each connection is
 specified by its input port and Input Label which are specified in
 the Input Port and Input Label fields of each Activity Record.
 Two forms of activity detection are supported.  If the switch
 supports per connection traffic accounting, the current value of the
 traffic counter for each specified connection MUST be returned.  The
 units of traffic counted are not specified but will typically be
 either cells or frames.  The controller MUST compare the traffic
 counts returned in the message with previous values for each of the
 specified connections to determine whether each connection has been
 active in the intervening period.  If the switch does not support per
 connection traffic accounting, but is capable of detecting per
 connection activity by some other unspecified means, the result may
 be indicated for each connection using the Flags field.  The
 Connection Activity message is:
    Message Type = 48

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 The Connection Activity request and success response 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              |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |       Number of Records       |x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x|
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 ~                       Activity 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 specifies the number of Activity Records to follow.  The
       number of Activity records in a single Connection Activity
       message MUST NOT cause the packet length to exceed the maximum
       transmission unit defined by the encapsulation.
 Each Activity Record has the following format:
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |V|C|A|x|          TC Count     |        TC Block Length        |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                          Input Port                           |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 +                         Traffic Count                         +
 |                                                               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x|S|x|x|                                                       |
 +-+-+-+-+                  Input Label                          |
 ~                                                               ~
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

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    Flags
       V: Valid Record
          In the success response message the Valid Record flag is
          used to indicate an invalid Activity Record.  The flag MUST
          be zero if any of the fields in this Activity Record are
          invalid, if the input port specified by the Input Port field
          does not exist, or if the specified connection does not
          exist.  If the Valid Record flag is zero in a success
          response message, the Counter flag, the Activity flag, and
          the Traffic Count field are undefined.  If the Valid Record
          flag is set, the Activity Record is valid, and the Counter
          and Activity flags are valid.  The Valid Record flag is not
          used in the request message.
       C: Counter
          In a success response message, if the Valid Record flag is
          set, the Counter flag, if zero, indicates that the value in
          the Traffic Count field is valid.  If set, it indicates that
          the value in the Activity flag is valid.  The Counter flag
          is not used in the request message.
       A: Activity
          In a success response message, if the Valid Record and
          Counter flags are set, the Activity flag, if set, indicates
          that there has been some activity on this connection since
          the last Connection Activity message for this connection.
          If zero, it indicates that there has been no activity on
          this connection since the last Connection Activity message
          for this connection.  The Activity flag is not used in the
          request message.
    TC Count
       In cases where per connection traffic counting is supported,
       this field contains the count of Traffic Count entries.
    TC Block Length
       In cases where per connection traffic counting is supported,
       this field contains the Traffic Count block size in bytes.
    Input Port
       Identifies the port number of the input port on which the
       connection of interest originates in order to identify the
       connection (regardless of whether the traffic count for the
       connection is maintained on the input port or the output port).

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    Input Label
       Fields identify the specific connection for which statistics
       are being requested.
    Traffic Count
       Field is not used in the request message.  In the success
       response message, if the switch supports per connection traffic
       counting, the Traffic Count field MUST be set to the value of a
       free running, connection specific, 64-bit traffic counter
       counting traffic flowing across the specified connection.  The
       value of the traffic counter is not modified by reading it.  If
       per connection traffic counting is supported, the switch MUST
       report the Connection Activity result using the traffic count
       rather than using the Activity flag.
 The format of the failure response is the same as the request message
 with the Number of Records field set to zero and no Connection
 Activity records returned in the message.  If the switch is incapable
 of detecting per connection activity, a failure response MUST be
 returned indicating, "3: The specified request is not implemented on
 this switch".

7.2 Statistics Messages

 The Statistics messages are used to query the various port,
 connection and error counters.
 The Statistics request 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                              |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |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.

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    Label
       The Label Fields identifies the specific connection for which
       statistics are being requested.
 The success response for the Statistics 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                              |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x|S|x|x|                                                       |
 +-+-+-+-+                     Label                             |
 ~                                                               ~
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 +                       Input Cell Count                        +
 |                                                               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 +                       Input Frame Count                       +
 |                                                               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 +                    Input Cell Discard Count                   +
 |                                                               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 +                   Input Frame Discard Count                   +
 |                                                               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 +                  Header Checksum Error Count                  +
 |                                                               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 +                   Input Invalid Label Count                   +
 |                                                               |

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 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 +                       Output Cell Count                       +
 |                                                               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 +                      Output Frame Count                       +
 |                                                               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 +                   Output Cell Discard Count                   +
 |                                                               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 +                  Output Frame Discard Count                   +
 |                                                               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    Note: Field 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.
    Input Cell Count, Output Cell Count
       Give the value of a free running 64-bit counter counting cells
       arriving at the input or departing from the output
       respectively.  These fields are relevant for label type = ATM,
       for all other label types these fields SHOULD be set to zero by
       the sender and ignored by the receiver.
    Input Frame Count, Output Frame Count
       Give the value of a free running 64-bit counter counting frames
       (packets) arriving at the input or departing from the output
       respectively.  These fields are relevant for label types = FR
       and MPLS, for all other label types these fields SHOULD be set
       to zero by the sender and ignored by the receiver.
    Input Cell Discard Count, Output Cell Discard Count
       Give the value of a free running 64-bit counter counting cells
       discarded due to queue overflow on an input port or on an
       output port respectively.  These fields are relevant for label
       type = ATM, for all other label types these fields SHOULD be
       set to zero by the sender and ignored by the receiver.
    Input Frame Discard Count, Output Frame Discard Count
       Give the value of a free running 64-bit counter counting frames
       discarded due to congestion on an input port or on an output
       port respectively.  These fields are relevant for label

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       types = FR and MPLS, for all other label types these fields
       SHOULD be set to zero by the sender and ignored by the
       receiver.
    Header Checksum Error Count
       Gives the value of a free running 64-bit counter counting cells
       or frames discarded due to header checksum errors on arrival at
       an input port.  For an ATM switch this would be the HEC count.
    Invalid Label Count
       Gives the value of a free running 64-bit counter counting cells
       or frames discarded because their Label is invalid on arrival
       at an input port.

7.2.1 Port Statistics Message

 The Port Statistics message requests the statistics for the switch
 port specified in the Port field.  The contents of the Label field in
 the Port Statistics request message is ignored.  All of the count
 fields in the success response message refer to per-port counts
 regardless of the connection to which the cells or frames belong.
 Any of the count fields in the success response message not supported
 by the port MUST be set to zero.  The Port Statistics message is:
    Message Type = 49

7.2.2 Connection Statistics Message

 The Connection Statistics message requests the statistics for the
 connection specified in the Label field that originates on the switch
 input port specified in the Port field.  All of the count fields in
 the success response message refer only to the specified connection.
 The Header Checksum Error Count and Invalid Label Count fields are
 not connection specific and MUST be set to zero.  Any of the other
 count fields not supported on a per connection basis MUST be set to
 zero in the success response message.  The Connection Statistics
 message is:
    Message Type = 50

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7.2.3 QoS Class Statistics Message

 The QoS Class Statistics message is not supported in this version of
 GSMP.
    Message Type = 51 is reserved.

7.3 Report Connection State Message

 The Report Connection State message is used to request an input port
 to report the connection state for a single connection or for the
 entire input port.  The Report Connection State message is:
    Message Type = 52
 The Report Connection State request 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              |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                          Input Port                           |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x|S|A|V|                                                       |
 +-+-+-+-+                  Input Label                          |
 ~                                                               ~
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    Note: Field 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.
    Input Port
       Identifies the port number of the input port for which the
       connection state is being requested.

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    Flags
       A: All Connections
          If the All Connections flag is set, the message requests the
          connection state for all connections that originate at the
          input port specified by the Input Port field.  In this case
          the Input Label field and the Label flag are unused.
       V: ATM VPI
          The ATM VPI flag may only be set for ports with
          PortType=ATM.  If the switch receives a Report Connection
          State message in which the ATM VPI flag set and in which the
          input port specified by the Input Port field does not have
          PortType=ATM, the switch MUST return a Failure response "28:
          ATM Virtual Path switching is not supported on non-ATM
          ports".
          If the All Connections flag is zero and the ATM VPI flag is
          also zero, the message requests the connection state for the
          connection that originates at the input port specified by
          the Port and Input Label fields.
       ATM specific procedures:
          If the All Connections flag is zero and the ATM VPI flag is
          set and the input port specified by the Input Port field has
          LabelType=ATM, the message requests the connection state for
          the virtual path connection that originates at the input
          port specified by the Input Port and Input VPI fields.  If
          the specified Input VPI identifies an ATM virtual path
          connection (i.e., a single switched virtual path) the state
          for that connection is requested.  If the specified Input
          VPI identifies a virtual path containing virtual channel
          connections, the message requests the connection state for
          all virtual channel connections that belong to the specified
          virtual path.
    Input Label
       Field identifies the specific connection for which the
       connection state is being requested.  For requests that do not
       require a connection to be specified, the Input Label field is
       not used.

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 The Report Connection State 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              |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                          Input Port                           |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                        Sequence Number                        |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 ~                       Connection 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.
    Input Port
       Is the same as the Input Port field in the request message.  It
       identifies the port number of the input port for which the
       connection state is being reported.
    Sequence Number
       In the case that the requested connection state cannot be
       reported in a single success response message, each successive
       success response message, in reply to the same request message,
       MUST increment the Sequence Number.  The Sequence Number of the
       first success response message, in response to a new request
       message, MUST be zero.
    Connection Records
       Each success response message MUST contain one or more
       Connection Records.  Each Connection Record specifies a single
       point-to-point or point-to-multipoint connection.  The number
       of Connection Records in a single Report Connection State
       success response MUST NOT cause the packet length to exceed the
       maximum transmission unit defined by the encapsulation.  If the
       requested connection state cannot be reported in a single
       success response message, multiple success response messages
       MUST be sent.  All success response messages that are sent in

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       response to the same request message MUST have the same Input
       Port and Transaction Identifier fields as the request message.
       A single Connection Record MUST NOT be split across multiple
       success response messages.  "More" in the Result field of a
       response message indicates that one or more further success
       response messages should be expected in response to the same
       request message.  "Success" in the Result field indicates that
       the response to the request has been completed.  The Result
       values are defined in chapter 3.1.1.
 Each Connection Record has the following format:
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |A|V|P|     Record Count    |           Record Length           |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x|S|x|x|                                                       |
 +-+-+-+-+                    Input Label                        |
 ~                                                               ~
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                                                               |
 ~                   Output Branch Records                       ~
 |                                                               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    Flags
       A: All Connections
       V: ATM VPI
          For the first Connection Record in each success response
          message, the All Connections and the ATM VPI flags MUST be
          the same as those of the request message.  For successive
          Connection Records in the same success response message,
          these flags are not used.
       P: ATM VPC
          The ATM VPC flag may only be set for ports with
          PortType=ATM.  The ATM VPC flag, if set and only if set,
          indicates that the Connection Record refers to an ATM
          virtual path connection.
    Input Label
       The input label of the connection specified in this Connection
       Record.
    Record Count
       Count of Output Branch Records included in a response message.

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    Record Length
       Length in bytes of Output Branch Records field
    Output Branch Records
       Each Connection Record MUST contain one or more Output Branch
       Records.  Each Output Branch Record specifies a single output
       branch belonging to the connection identified by the Input
       Label field of the Connection Record and the Input Port field
       of the Report Connection State message.  A point-to-point
       connection will require only a single Output Branch Record.  A
       point-to-multipoint connection will require multiple Output
       Branch Records.  If a point-to-multipoint connection has more
       output branches than can fit in a single Connection Record
       contained within a single success response message, that
       connection may be reported using multiple Connection Records in
       multiple success response messages.
 Each Output Branch Record has the following format:
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                          Output Port                          |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x|S|x|x|                                                       |
 +-+-+-+-+                    Output Label                       |
 ~                                                               ~
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    Output Port
       The output port of the switch to which this output branch is
       routed.
    Output Label
       The output label of the output branch specified in this Output
       Branch Record.
       ATM specific procedures:
          If this Output Branch Record is part of a Connection Record
          that specifies a virtual path connection (the ATM VPC flag
          is set) the Output VCI field is unused.
 A Report Connection State request message may be issued regardless of
 the Port Status or the Line Status of the target switch port.
 If the Input Port of the request message is valid, and the All
 Connections flag is set, but there are no connections established on
 that port, a failure response message MUST be returned with the Code
 field set to, "10: General Message Failure".  For the Report
 Connection State message, this failure code indicates that no

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 connections matching the request message were found.  This failure
 message SHOULD also be returned if the Input Port of the request
 message is valid, the All Connections flag is zero, and no
 connections are found on that port matching the specified connection.

8. Configuration Messages

 The configuration messages permit the controller to discover the
 capabilities of the switch.  Three configuration request messages
 have been defined: Switch, Port, and All Ports.

8.1 Switch Configuration Message

 The Switch Configuration message requests the global (non port-
 specific) configuration for the switch.  The Switch Configuration
 message is:
    Message Type = 64
 The Port field is not used in the switch configuration message.
 The Switch Configuration 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              |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |     MType     |     MType     |     MType     |     MType     |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |    Firmware Version Number    |          Window Size          |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |          Switch Type          |                               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               +
 |                          Switch Name                          |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                          Max Reservations                     |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    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.

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    MType
       Represents an alternative QoS Configuration type.  In the
       request message the requested MType is in the most significant
       (leftmost) MType byte; the other three MType bytes are unused.
       The reply message will either accept the MType request by
       including the requested MType in the leftmost MType field of
       the response message or it will reject the MType request by
       responding with MType=0, the default MType, in the first MType
       field.  Optionally, in the case of a rejection, the switch
       reply can include up to 3 additional MType values, each of
       which indicates an available alternative QoS Configuration.  A
       switch that supports only the default QoS Configuration always
       returns MType=0 in all four MType fields.  MType negotiation is
       discussed in section 8.1.1.
          0          -  Indicates use of the default GSMP model
          1-200      -  Reserved
          201-255    -  Experimental
    Firmware Version Number
       The version number of the switch control firmware installed.
    Window Size
       The maximum number of unacknowledged request messages that may
       be transmitted by the controller without the possibility of
       loss.  This field is used to prevent request messages being
       lost in the switch because of overflow in the receive buffer.
       The field is a hint to the controller.  If desired, the
       controller may experiment with higher and lower window sizes to
       determine heuristically the best window size.
    Switch Type
       A 16-bit field allocated by the manufacturer of the switch.
       (For these purposes, the manufacturer of the switch is assumed
       to be the organisation identified by the OUI in the Switch Name
       field.)  The Switch Type identifies the product.  When the
       Switch Type is combined with the OUI from the Switch Name the
       product is uniquely identified.  Network Management may use
       this identification to obtain product related information from
       a database.
    Switch Name
       A 48-bit quantity that is unique within the operational context
       of the device.  A 48-bit IEEE 802 MAC address, if available,
       may be used as the Switch Name.  The most significant 24 bits

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       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.

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 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.

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    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.

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    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.

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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                          |
 ~                                                               ~
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

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    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.

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    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:

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       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].

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          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.

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    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.

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       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.

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 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.

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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.

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 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.

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    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

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 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.

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    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.

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          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.

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    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:

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  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

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 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

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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.

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 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].

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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.

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       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

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 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

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       21-24       Reserved
       25          MPLS CR-LDP QoS
       26-29       Reserved
       30          Frame Relay Service
       31-49       Reserved
       50-69       Reserved GMPLS
       70-65535    Reserved
 Each Service will be defined in its own subsection.  Each Service
 definition includes the following definitions:
    Service Identifier
       The reference number used to identify the Service in GSMP
       messages.
    Service Characteristics
       A definition of the Service.
    Traffic Parameters
       A definition of the Traffic Parameters used in connection
       management messages.
    QoS Parameters
       A definition of the QoS Parameters that are included in the
       Capability Set for instances of the Service.
    Traffic Controls
       A definition of the Traffic Controls that may be supported by
       an instance of the Service.
 Descriptive text is avoided wherever possible in order to minimise
 any possibility of semantic conflict with the Original
 Specifications.

10.4.1 ATM Forum Service Categories

10.4.1.1 CBR

 Service Identifier:
    CBR.1 - Service ID = 1
 Service Characteristics:
    Equivalent to ATM Forum CBR.1 Service, see [8].
 Traffic Parameters:
    -  Peak Cell Rate
    -  Cell Delay Variation Tolerance

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 QoS Parameters:
    -  Cell Loss Ratio
    -  Maximum Cell Transfer Delay
    -  Peak-to-peak Cell Delay Variation
 Traffic Controls:
    -  (U) Usage Parameter Control
    -  (I) Ingress Traffic Shaping to the Peak Cell Rate
    -  (E) Egress Traffic Shaping to the Peak Cell Rate and Cell Delay
           Variation Tolerance
    -  (D) Packet Discard

10.4.1.2 rt-VBR

 Service Identifier:
    rt-VBR.1 - Service ID = 2
    rt-VBR.2 - Service ID = 3
    rt-VBR.3 - Service ID = 4
 Service Characteristics:
    Equivalent to ATM Forum rt-VBR Service, see [8].
 Traffic Parameters:
    -  Peak Cell Rate
    -  Cell Delay Variation Tolerance
    -  Sustainable Cell Rate
    -  Maximum Burst Size
 QoS Parameters:
    -  Cell Loss Ratio
    -  Maximum Cell Transfer Delay
    -  Peak-to-peak Cell Delay Variation
 Traffic Controls:
    -  (U) Usage Parameter Control
    -  (I) Ingress Traffic Shaping to the Peak Cell Rate
    -  (E) Egress Traffic Shaping to the Peak Cell Rate and Cell Delay
           Variation Tolerance
    -  (S) Egress Traffic Shaping to the Sustainable Cell Rate and
           Maximum Burst Size
    -  (P) Packet Discard
    -  (V) VC Merge

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10.4.1.3 nrt-VBR

 Service Identifier:
    nrt-VBR.1 - Service ID = 5
    nrt-VBR.2 - Service ID = 6
    nrt-VBR.3 - Service ID = 7
 Service Characteristics:
    Equivalent to ATM Forum nrt-VBR Service, see [8].
 Traffic Parameters:
    -  Peak Cell Rate
    -  Cell Delay Variation Tolerance
    -  Sustainable Cell Rate
    -  Maximum Burst Size
 QoS Parameter:
    -  Cell Loss Ratio
 Traffic Controls:
    -  (U) Usage Parameter Control
    -  (I) Ingress Traffic Shaping to the Peak Cell Rate
    -  (E) Egress Traffic Shaping to the Peak Cell Rate and Cell Delay
           Variation Tolerance
    -  (S) Egress Traffic Shaping to the Sustainable Cell Rate and
           Maximum Burst Size
    -  (P) Packet Discard
    -  (V) VC Merge

10.4.1.4 UBR

 Service Identifier:
    UBR.1 - Service ID = 8
    UBR.2 - Service ID = 9
 Service Characteristics:
    Equivalent to ATM Forum UBR Service, see [8].
 Traffic Parameters:
    -  Peak Cell Rate
    -  Cell Delay Variation Tolerance
 QoS Parameter:
    None
 Traffic Controls:
    -  (U) Usage Parameter Control
    -  (I) Ingress Traffic Shaping to the Peak Cell Rate

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  1. (E) Egress Traffic Shaping to the Peak Cell Rate and Cell Delay

Variation Tolerance

  1. (P) Packet Discard
  2. (V) VC Merge

10.4.1.5 ABR

 ABR is not supported in this version of GSMP.

10.4.1.6 GFR

 Service Identifier:
    GFR.1 - Service ID = 12
    GFR.2 - Service ID = 13
 Service Characteristics:
    Equivalent to ATM Forum GFR Service, see [8].
 Traffic Parameters:
    -  Peak Cell Rate
    -  Cell Delay Variation Tolerance
    -  Minimum Cell Rate
    -  Maximum Burst Size
    -  Maximum Frame Size
 QoS Parameter:
    -  Cell Loss Ratio
 Traffic Controls:
    -  (U) Usage Parameter Control
    -  (I) Ingress Traffic Shaping to the Peak Cell Rate
    -  (E) Egress Traffic Shaping to the Peak Cell Rate and Cell Delay
           Variation Tolerance
    -  (V) VC Merge

10.4.2 Integrated Services

10.4.2.1 Controlled Load

 Service Identifier:
    Int-Serv Controlled Load - Service ID = 20
 Service Characteristics:
    See [9].

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 Traffic Parameters:
    -  Token bucket rate (r)
    -  Token bucket depth (b)
    -  Peak rate (p)
    -  Minimum policed unit (m)
    -  Maximum packet size (M)
 QoS Parameter:
    None.
 Traffic Controls:
    None.

10.4.3 MPLS CR-LDP

 Service Identifier:
    MPLS CR-LDP QoS - Service ID = 25
 Service Characteristics:
    See [10].
 Traffic Parameters:
    -  Peak Data Rate
    -  Peak Burst Size
    -  Committed Data Rate
    -  Committed Burst Size
    -  Excess Burst Size
    -  Weight
 QoS Parameter:
    -  Frequency
 Traffic Controls:
    None currently defined.

10.4.4 Frame Relay

 Service Identifier:
    Frame Relay Service - Service ID = 30
 Service Characteristics:
    Equivalent to Frame Relay Bearer Service, see [11].
 Traffic Parameters:
    -  Committed Information Rate
    -  Committed Burst Rate
    -  Excess Burst Rate

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 QoS Parameters:
    None.
 Traffic Controls:
    -  Usage Parameter Control
    -  Egress Traffic Shaping to the Committed Information Rate and
       Committed Burst Size

10.4.5 DiffServ

 DiffServ is not supported in this version of GSMP.

10.5 Format and encoding of the Traffic Parameters

 Connection management messages that use the GSMP Service Model (i.e.,
 those that have IQS or OQS set to 0b10) include the Traffic
 Parameters Block that specifies the Traffic Parameter values of a
 connection.  The required Traffic Parameters of a given Service are
 given in Section 10.4.  The format and encoding of these parameters
 are given below.

10.5.1 Traffic Parameters for ATM Forum Services

 The Traffic Parameters:
  1. Peak Cell Rate
  1. Cell Delay Variation Tolerance
  1. Sustainable Cell Rate
  1. Maximum Burst Size
  1. Minimum Cell Rate
  1. Maximum Frame Size
 are defined in [8].  These Parameters are encoded as 24-bit unsigned
 integers.  Peak Cell Rate, Sustainable Cell Rate, and Minimum Cell
 Rate are in units of cells per second.  Cell Delay Variation
 Tolerance is in units of microseconds.  Maximum Burst Size and
 Maximum Frame Size are in units of cells.  In GSMP messages, the
 individual Traffic Parameters are encoded as follows:

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  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 x x x x|           24 bit unsigned integer             |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 The format of the Traffic Parameters Block in connection management
 messages depends on the Service.  It is a sequence of the 32 bit
 words (as shown above) corresponding to the Traffic Parameters as
 specified in the Service Definitions given in Section 10.4.1 in the
 order given there.

10.5.2 Traffic Parameters for Int-Serv Controlled Load Service

 The Traffic Parameters:
  1. Token bucket rate ®
  1. Token bucket size (b)
  1. Peak rate (p)
 are defined in [9].  They are encoded as 32-bit IEEE single-precision
 floating point numbers.  The Traffic Parameters Token bucket rate (r)
 and Peak rate (p) are in units of bytes per seconds.  The Traffic
 Parameter Token bucket size (b) is in units of bytes.
 The Traffic Parameters:
  1. Minimum policed unit (m)
  1. Maximum packet size (M)
 are defined in [9].  They are encoded as 32 integer in units of
 bytes.

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 The Traffic Parameters Block for the Int-Serv Controlled Load Service
 is as follows:
  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
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                     Token bucket rate (r)                     |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                     Token bucket size (b)                     |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                         Peak rate (p)                         |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                    Minimum policed unit (m)                   |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                    Maximum packet size (M)                    |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

10.5.3 Traffic Parameters for CRLDP Service

 The Traffic Parameters:
  1. Peak Data Rate
  1. Peak Burst Size
  1. Committed Data Rate
  1. Committed Burst Size
  1. Excess Burst Size
 are defined in [10] to be encoded as a 32-bit IEEE single-precision
 floating point number.  A value of positive infinity is represented
 as an IEEE single-precision floating-point number with an exponent of
 all ones (255) and a sign and mantissa of all zeros.  The values Peak
 Data Rate and Committed Data Rate are in units of bytes per second.
 The values Peak Burst Size, Committed Burst Size and Excess Burst
 Size are in units of bytes.
 The Traffic Parameter
  1. Weight
 is defined in [10] to be an 8-bit unsigned integer indicating the
 weight of the CRLSP.  Valid weight values are from 1 to 255.  The
 value 0 means that weight is not applicable for the CRLSP.

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 The Traffic Parameters Block for the CRLDP Service is as follows:
  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
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                        Peak Data Rate                         |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                        Peak Burst Size                        |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                      Committed Data Rate                      |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                      Committed Burst Size                     |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                       Excess Burst Size                       |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x|    Weight     |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

10.5.4 Traffic Parameters for Frame Relay Service

 The Traffic Parameters:
  1. Committed Information Rate
  1. Committed Burst Size
  1. Excess Burst Size
 are defined in [11].  Format and encoding of these parameters for
 frame relay signalling messages are defined in [12].  (Note than in
 [12] the Committed Information Rate is called "Throughput".)  GSMP
 uses the encoding defined in [12] but uses a different format.
 The format of the Traffic Parameters Block for Frame Relay Service is
 as follows:
  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 x x x x x x x x x| Mag |x x x x x|   CIR Multiplier    |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x x x x x x x x x x x x x| Mag |x x|     CBS Multiplier        |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |x x x x x x x x x x x x x| Mag |x x|     EBS Multiplier        |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

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    Mag
       This field is an unsigned integer in the range from 0 to 6.
       The value 7 is not allowed.  Mag is the decimal exponent for
       the adjacent multiplier field (which itself functions as a
       mantissa).
    CIR Multiplier
       This field is an unsigned integer.  It functions as the
       mantissa of the Committed Information Rate Traffic Parameter.
    CBS Multiplier
    EBS Multiplier
       These fields are unsigned integers.  They function as the
       mantissas of the Committed Burst Size and Excess Burst Size
       Traffic Parameters respectively.
 The Traffic Parameter Values are related to their encoding in GSMP
 messages as follows:
    Committed Information Rate = 10^(Mag) * (CIR Multiplier)
    Committed Burst Size = 10^(Mag) * (CBS Multiplier)
    Excess Burst Size = 10^(Mag) * (EBS Multiplier)

10.6 Traffic Controls (TC) Flags

 The TC Flags field in Add Branch messages for connections using the
 Service Model are set by the controller to indicate that specific
 traffic controls are requested for the requested connection.  The TC
 Flags field is shown below:
           0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
          +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
          |U|D|I|E|S|V|P|x|
          +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    U: Usage Parameter Control
          When set, this flag indicates that Usage Parameter Control
          is requested.
    D: Packet Discard
          When set, this flag indicates that Packet Discard is
          requested.

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    I: Ingress Shaping
          When set, this flag indicates the availability of Ingress
          Traffic Shaping to the Peak Rate and Delay Variation
          Tolerance is requested.
    E: Egress Shaping, Peak Rate
          When set, this flag indicates that Egress Shaping to the
          Peak Rate and Delay Variation Tolerance is requested.
    S: Egress Traffic Shaping, Sustainable Rate
          When set, this flag indicates that Egress Traffic Shaping to
          the Sustainable Rate and Maximum Burst Size is requested.
    V: VC Merge
          When set, this flag indicates that ATM Virtual Channel Merge
          (i.e., multipoint to point ATM switching with a traffic
          control to avoid AAL5 PDU interleaving) is requested.
    P: Port
          When set indicates that traffic block pertains to Ingress
          Port.
    x: Reserved
 The controller may set (to one) the flag corresponding to the
 requested Traffic Control if the corresponding Traffic Control has
 been indicated in the Service Configuration response message (Section
 8.4) as available for application to connections that use the
 requested Capability Set on a per connection basis.  (The requested
 Capability Set is indicated by the Capability Set ID the least
 significant byte of the Service Selector field of the Add Branch
 message.)  If the Traffic Control has been indicated in the Service
 Configuration response message as either not available in the
 Capability Set or applied to all connections that use the Capability
 Set then the controller sets the flag to zero and the switch ignores
 the flag.

11. Adjacency Protocol

 The adjacency protocol is used to synchronise state across the link,
 to agree on which version of the protocol to use, to discover the
 identity of the entity at the other end of a link, and to detect when
 it changes.  GSMP is a hard state protocol.  It is therefore
 important to detect loss of contact between switch and controller,
 and to detect any change of identity of switch or controller.  No
 GSMP messages other than those of the adjacency protocol may be sent
 across the link until the adjacency protocol has achieved
 synchronisation.

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11.1 Packet Format

 All GSMP messages belonging to the adjacency protocol have the
 following structure:
  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  |     Timer     |M|     Code    |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                          Sender Name                          |
 +                               +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                               |                               |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               +
 |                         Receiver Name                         |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                          Sender Port                          |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 |                         Receiver Port                         |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 | PType | PFlag |               Sender Instance                 |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
 | Partition ID  |              Receiver Instance                |
 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
    Version
       In the adjacency protocol the Version field is used for version
       negotiation.  The version negotiation is performed before
       synchronisation is achieved.  In a SYN message the Version
       field always contains the highest version understood by the
       sender.  A receiver receiving a SYN message with a version
       higher than understood will ignore that message.  A receiver
       receiving a SYN message with a version lower than its own
       highest version, but a version that it understands, will reply
       with a SYNACK with the version from the received SYN in its
       GSMP Version field.  This defines the version of the GSMP
       protocol to be used while the adjacency protocol remains
       synchronised.  All other messages will use the agreed version
       in the Version field.
       The version number for the version of the GSMP protocol defined
       by this specification is Version = 3.
    Message Type
       The adjacency protocol is:
          Message Type = 10

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    Timer
       The Timer field is used to inform the receiver of the timer
       value used in the adjacency protocol of the sender.  The timer
       specifies the nominal time between periodic adjacency protocol
       messages.  It is a constant for the duration of a GSMP session.
       The timer field is specified in units of 100ms.
    M-Flag
       The M-Flag is used in the SYN message to indicate whether the
       sender is a master or a slave.  If the M-Flag is set in the SYN
       message, the sender is a master.  If zero, the sender is a
       slave.  The GSMP protocol is asymmetric, the controller being
       the master and the switch being the slave.  The M-Flag prevents
       a master from synchronising with another master, or a slave
       with another slave.  If a slave receives a SYN message with a
       zero M-Flag, it MUST ignore that SYN message.  If a master
       receives a SYN message with the M-Flag set, it MUST ignore that
       SYN message.  In all other messages the M-Flag is not used.
    Code
       Field specifies the function of the message.  Four Codes are
       defined for the adjacency protocol:
                SYN:     Code = 1
                SYNACK:  Code = 2
                ACK:     Code = 3
                RSTACK:  Code = 4.
    Sender Name
       For the SYN, SYNACK, and ACK messages, is the name of the
       entity sending the message.  The Sender Name is a 48-bit
       quantity that is unique within the operational context of the
       device.  A 48-bit IEEE 802 MAC address, if available, may be
       used for the Sender Name.  If the Ethernet encapsulation is
       used the Sender Name MUST be the Source Address from the MAC
       header.  For the RSTACK message, the Sender Name field is set
       to the value of the Receiver Name field from the incoming
       message that caused the RSTACK message to be generated.
    Receiver Name
       For the SYN, SYNACK, and ACK messages, is the name of the
       entity that the sender of the message believes is at the far
       end of the link.  If the sender of the message does not know
       the name of the entity at the far end of the link, this field
       SHOULD be set to zero.  For the RSTACK message, the Receiver
       Name field is set to the value of the Sender Name field from
       the incoming message that caused the RSTACK message to be
       generated.

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    Sender Port
       For the SYN, SYNACK, and ACK messages, is the local port number
       of the link across which the message is being sent.  For the
       RSTACK message, the Sender Port field is set to the value of
       the Receiver Port field from the incoming message that caused
       the RSTACK message to be generated.
    Receiver Port
       For the SYN, SYNACK, and ACK messages, is what the sender
       believes is the local port number for the link, allocated by
       the entity at the far end of the link.  If the sender of the
       message does not know the port number at the far end of the
       link, this field SHOULD be set to zero.  For the RSTACK
       message, the Receiver Port field is set to the value of the
       Sender Port field from the incoming message that caused the
       RSTACK message to be generated.
    PType
       PType is used to specify if partitions are used and how the
       Partition ID is negotiated.
             Type of partition being requested.
             0 No Partition
             1 Fixed Partition Request
             2 Fixed Partition Assigned
    PFlag
       Used to indicate the type of partition request.
             1 - New Adjacency.
                   In the case of a new adjacency, the state of the
                   switch will be reset.
             2 - Recovered Adjacency.
                   In the case of a recovered adjacency, the state of
                   the switch will remain, and the Switch Controller
                   will be responsible for confirming that the state
                   of the switch matches the desired state.
    Sender Instance
       For the SYN, SYNACK, and ACK messages, is the sender's instance
       number for the link.  It is used to detect when the link comes
       back up after going down or when the identity of the entity at
       the other end of the link changes.  The instance number is a
       24-bit number that is guaranteed to be unique within the recent
       past and to change when the link or node comes back up after
       going down.  Zero is not a valid instance number.  For the
       RSTACK message, the Sender Instance field is set to the value

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       of the Receiver Instance field from the incoming message that
       caused the RSTACK message to be generated.
    Partition ID
       Field used to associate the message with a specific switch
       partition.
    Receiver Instance
       For the SYN, SYNACK, and ACK messages, is what the sender
       believes is the current instance number for the link, allocated
       by the entity at the far end of the link.  If the sender of the
       message does not know the current instance number at the far
       end of the link, this field SHOULD be set to zero.  For the
       RSTACK message, the Receiver Instance field is set to the value
       of the Sender Instance field from the incoming message that
       caused the RSTACK message to be generated.

11.2 Procedure

 The adjacency protocol is described by the following rules and state
 tables.
 The rules and state tables use the following operations:
 o  The "Update Peer Verifier" operation is defined as storing the
    values of the Sender Instance, Sender Port, Sender Name and
    Partition ID fields from a SYN or SYNACK message received from the
    entity at the far end of the link.
 o  The procedure "Reset the link" is defined as:
    1. Generate a new instance number for the link
    2. Delete the peer verifier (set to zero the values of Sender
       Instance, Sender Port, and Sender Name previously stored by the
       Update Peer Verifier operation)
    3. Send a SYN message
    4. Enter the SYNSENT state.
 o  The state tables use the following Boolean terms and operators:
    A    The Sender Instance in the incoming message matches the value
         stored from a previous message by the "Update Peer Verifier"
         operation.
    B    The Sender Instance, Sender Port, Sender Name and Partition
         ID fields in the incoming message match the values stored
         from a previous message by the "Update Peer Verifier"
         operation.

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    C    The Receiver Instance, Receiver Port, Receiver Name and
         Partition ID fields in the incoming message match the values
         of the Sender Instance, Sender Port, Sender Name and
         Partition ID currently sent in outgoing SYN, SYNACK, and ACK
         messages.
    "&&" Represents the logical AND operation
    "||" Represents the logical OR operation
    "!" Represents the logical negation (NOT) operation.
 o  A timer is required for the periodic generation of SYN, SYNACK,
    and ACK messages.  The value of the timer is announced in the
    Timer field.  The period of the timer is unspecified but a value
    of one second is suggested.
    There are two independent events: the timer expires, and a packet
    arrives.  The processing rules for these events are:
       Timer Expires:   Reset Timer
                        If state = SYNSENT Send SYN
                        If state = SYNRCVD Send SYNACK
                        If state = ESTAB   Send ACK
        Packet Arrives:
            If incoming message is an RSTACK:
                If (A && C && !SYNSENT) Reset the link
                Else discard the message.
            If incoming message is a SYN, SYNACK, or ACK:
                Response defined by the following State Tables.
            If incoming message is any other GSMP message and
                state != ESTAB:
                Discard incoming message.
                If state = SYNSENT Send SYN (Note 1)
                If state = SYNRCVD Send SYNACK (Note 1)
       Note 1: No more than two SYN or SYNACK messages should be sent
       within any time period of length defined by the timer.
 o  State synchronisation across a link is considered to be achieved
    when the protocol reaches the ESTAB state.  All GSMP messages,
    other than adjacency protocol messages, that are received before
    synchronisation is achieved, will be discarded.

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11.2.1 State Tables

State: SYNSENT
+====================================================================+
|    Condition     |                Action               | New State |
+==================+=====================================+===========+
|   SYNACK && C    |  Update Peer Verifier; Send ACK     |   ESTAB   |
+------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------+
|   SYNACK && !C   |            Send RSTACK              |  SYNSENT  |
+------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------+
|       SYN        |  Update Peer Verifier; Send SYNACK  |  SYNRCVD  |
+------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------+
|       ACK        |            Send RSTACK              |  SYNSENT  |
+====================================================================+
State: SYNRCVD
+====================================================================+
|    Condition     |                Action               | New State |
+==================+=====================================+===========+
|   SYNACK && C    |  Update Peer Verifier; Send ACK     |   ESTAB   |
+------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------+
|   SYNACK && !C   |            Send RSTACK              |  SYNRCVD  |
+------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------+
|       SYN        |  Update Peer Verifier; Send SYNACK  |  SYNRCVD  |
+------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------+
|  ACK && B && C   |              Send ACK               |   ESTAB   |
+------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------+
| ACK && !(B && C) |            Send RSTACK              |  SYNRCVD  |
+====================================================================+
State: ESTAB
+====================================================================+
|    Condition     |                Action               | New State |
+==================+=====================================+===========+
|  SYN || SYNACK   |           Send ACK (note 2)         |   ESTAB   |
+------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------+
|  ACK && B && C   |           Send ACK (note 3)         |   ESTAB   |
+------------------+-------------------------------------+-----------+
| ACK && !(B && C) |              Send RSTACK            |   ESTAB   |
+====================================================================+

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       Note 2: No more than two ACKs should be sent within any time
       period of length defined by the timer.  Thus, one ACK MUST be
       sent every time the timer expires.  In addition, one further
       ACK may be sent between timer expirations if the incoming
       message is a SYN or SYNACK.  This additional ACK allows the
       adjacency protocol to reach synchronisation more quickly.
       Note 3: No more than one ACK should be sent within any time
       period of length defined by the timer.

11.3 Partition Information State

 Each instance of a [switch controller-switch partition] pair will
 need to establish adjacency synchronisation independently.
 Part of the process of establishing synchronisation when using
 partition will be to establish the assignment of partition
 identifiers.  The following scenarios are provided for:
  1. A controller can request a specific partition ID by setting the

PType to Fixed Partition Request.

  1. A controller can let the switch decide whether it wants to

assign a fixed partition ID or not, by setting the PType to No

       Partition.
  1. A switch can assign the specific Partition ID to the session by

setting the PType to Fixed Partition Assigned. A switch can

       specify that no partitions are handled in the session by
       setting the PType to No Partition.
 The assignment is determined by the following behaviour:
  1. An adjacency message from a controller with PType = 1 and

Code = SYN SHOULD be treated as a partition request.

  1. An adjacency message from a switch with PType = 2 and

Code = SYN SHOULD be treated as a partition assignment.

  1. An adjacency message from a controller or a switch with

PType = 2 and Code = (SYNACK || ACK) SHOULD be treated as a

       success response, the partition is assigned.
  1. An adjacency message from a controller with PType = 0 and

Code = SYN indicates that the controller has not specified if

       it requests partitions or not.

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  1. An adjacency message from a switch with PType = 0 and

Code = SYN indicates that the switch does not support

       partitions.
  1. An adjacency message from a controller or a switch with

PType = 0 and Code = (SYNACK || ACK) indicates that the session

       does not support partitions.
  1. An adjacency message from a controller or a switch with

PType = (1 || 2) and Code = RSTACK indicates that requested

       Partition ID is unavailable.
  1. An adjacency message from a controller or a switch with

PType = 0 and Code = RSTACK indicates that an unidentified

       error has occurred.  The session SHOULD be reset.
    All other combinations of PType and Code are undefined in this
    version of GSMP.

11.4 Loss of Synchronisation

 If after synchronisation is achieved, no valid GSMP messages are
 received in any period of time in excess of three times the value of
 the Timer field announced in the incoming adjacency protocol
 messages, loss of synchronisation may be declared.
 While re-establishing synchronisation with a controller, a switch
 SHOULD maintain its connection state, deferring the decision about
 resetting the state until after synchronisation is re-established.
 Once synchronisation is re-established the decision about resetting
 the connection state SHOULD be made on the following basis:
  1. If PFLAG = 1, then a new adjacency has been established and the

state SHOULD be reset

  1. If PFLAG = 2, then adjacency has been re-established and the

connection state SHOULD be retained. Verification that

       controller and connection state are the same is the
       responsibility of the controller.

11.5 Multiple Controllers per switch partition

 Multiple switch controllers may jointly control a single switch
 partition.  The controllers may control a switch partition either in
 a primary/standby fashion or as part of multiple controllers
 providing load-sharing for the same partition.  It is the
 responsibility of the controllers to co-ordinate their interactions

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 with the switch partition.  In order to assist the controllers in
 tracking multiple controller adjacencies to a single switch
 partition, the Adjacency Update message is used to inform a
 controller that there are other controllers interacting with the same
 partition.  It should be noted that the GSMP does not include
 features that allow the switch to co-ordinate cache synchronization
 information among controllers.  The switch partition will service
 each command it receives in turn as if it were interacting with a
 single controller.  Controller implementations without controller
 entity synchronisation SHOULD NOT use multiple controllers with a
 single switch partition.

11.5.1 Multiple Controller Adjacency Process

 The first adjacency for a specific partition is determined by the
 procedures described in section 11.2 and an Adjacency Update message
 will be sent.  The next adjacencies to the partition are identified
 by a new partition request with the same Partition ID as the first
 one but with the different Sender Name.  Upon establishing adjacency
 the Adjacency count will be increased and an Adjacency Update message
 will be sent.
 When adjacency between one partition and a controller is lost, the
 adjacency count will be decremented and an Adjacency Update message
 will be sent.
 Example:
 A switch partition has never been used.  When the first controller
 (A) achieves adjacency, an adjacency count will be initiated and (A)
 will get an Adjacency Update message about itself with Code field =
 1.  Since (A) receives an adjacency count of 1 this indicates that it
 is the only controller for that partition.
 When a second adjacency (B), using the same Partition ID, achieves
 adjacency, the adjacency counter will be increased by 1.  Both (A)
 and (B) will receive an Adjacency Update message indicating an
 adjacency count of 2 in the Code field.  Since the count is greater
 than 1, this will indicate to both (A) and (B) that there is another
 controller interacting with the switch; identification of the other
 controller will not be provided by GSMP, but will be the
 responsibility of the controllers.
 If (A) looses adjacency, the adjacency count will be decreased and an
 Adjacency Update message will be sent to (B) indicating an adjacency
 count of 1 in the Code field.  If (B) leaves as well, the partition
 is regarded as idle and the adjacency count may be reset.

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12. Failure Response Codes

12.1 Description of Failure and Warning Response Messages

 A failure response message is formed by returning the request message
 that caused the failure with the Result field in the header
 indicating failure (Result = 4) and the Code field giving the failure
 code.  The failure code specifies the reason for the switch being
 unable to satisfy the request message.
 A warning response message is a success response (Result = 3) with
 the Code field specifying the warning code.  The warning code
 specifies a warning that was generated during the successful
 operation.
 If the switch issues a failure response in reply to a request
 message, no change should be made to the state of the switch as a
 result of the message causing the failure.  (For request messages
 that contain multiple requests, such as the Delete Branches message,
 the failure response message will specify which requests were
 successful and which failed.  The successful requests may result in a
 changed state.)
 If the switch issues a failure response it MUST choose the most
 specific failure code according to the following precedence:
  1. Invalid Message
  1. General Message Failure
  1. Specific Message Failure A failure response specified in the

text defining the message type.

  1. Connection Failures
  1. Virtual Path Connection Failures
  1. Multicast Failures
  1. QoS Failures
  1. General Failures
  1. Warnings
 If multiple failures match in any of the following categories, the
 one that is listed first should be returned.  The following failure
 response messages and failure and warning codes are defined:

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 Invalid Message
    3:  The specified request is not implemented on this switch.
            The Message Type field specifies a message that is not
            implemented on the switch or contains a value that is not
            defined in the version of the protocol running in this
            session of GSMP.
    4:  One or more of the specified ports does not exist.
            At least one of the ports specified in the message is
            invalid.  A port is invalid if it does not exist or if it
            has been removed from the switch.
    5:  Invalid Port Session Number.
            The value given in the Port Session Number field does not
            match the current Port Session Number for the specified
            port.
    7: Invalid Partition ID
            The value given in the Partition ID field is not legal for
            this partition.
 General Message Failure
    10: The meaning of this failure is dependent upon the
            particular message type and is specified in the text
            defining the message.
 Specific Message Failure - A failure response that is only used by a
            specific message type
  1. Failure response messages used by the Label Range message
    40: Cannot support one or more requested label ranges.
    41: Cannot support disjoint label ranges.
    42: Specialised multipoint labels not supported.
  1. Failure response messages used by the Set Transmit Data Rate

function of the Port Management message

    43: The transmit data rate of this output port cannot be changed.

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    44: Requested transmit data rate out of range for this output
            port.
            The transmit data rate of the requested output port can be
            changed, but the value of the Transmit Data Rate field is
            beyond the range of acceptable values.
  1. Failure response message of the Port Management message
    45: Connection Replace mechanism not supported on switch.
            The R-flag SHOULD be reset in the Response Port Management
            message.
  1. Failure response message range reserved for the ARM extension
    128-159: These failure response codes will be interpreted
            according to definitions provided by the model
            description.
 Connection Failures
    11:  The specified connection does not exist.
            An operation that expects a connection to be specified
            cannot locate the specified connection.  A connection is
            specified by the input port and input label on which it
            originates.  An ATM virtual path connection is specified
            by the input port and input VPI on which it originates.
    12:  The specified branch does not exist.
            An operation that expects a branch of an existing
            connection to be specified cannot locate the specified
            branch.  A branch of a connection is specified by the
            connection it belongs to and the output port and output
            label on which it departs.  A branch of an ATM virtual
            path connection is specified by the virtual path
            connection it belongs to and the output port and output
            VPI on which it departs.
    13: One or more of the specified Input Labels is invalid.
    14: One or more of the specified Output Labels is invalid.
    15: Point-to-point bi-directional connection already exists.
            The connection specified by the Input Port and Input Label
            fields already exists, and the bi-directional Flag in the
            Flags field is set.

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    16: Invalid Service Selector field in a Connection Management
            message.  The value of the Service Selector field is
            invalid.
    17: Insufficient resources for QoS Profile.
            The resources requested by the QoS Profile in the Service
            Selector field are not available.
    18: Insufficient Resources.
            Switch resources needed to establish a branch are not
            available.
    20: Reservation ID out of Range
            The numerical value of Reservation ID is greater than the
            value of Max Reservations (from the Switch Configuration
            message).
    21: Mismatched reservation ports
            The value of Input Port differs from the input port
            specified in the reservation or the value of Output Port
            differs from the output port specified in the reservation.
    22: Reservation ID in use
            The value of Reservation ID matches that of an extant
            Reservation.
    23: Non-existent reservation ID
            No reservation corresponding to Reservation ID exists.
    36: Replace of connection is not activated on switch.
            Only applicable for Add Branch messages.  The Replace
            Connection mechanism has not been activated on port by the
            Port Management message.
    37: Connection replacement mode cannot be combined with Bi-
            directional or Multicast mode.  The R flag MUST NOT be
            used in conjunction with either the M flag or the B flag.
 ATM Virtual Path Connections
    24: ATM virtual path switching is not supported on this input
            port.

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    25: Point-to-multipoint ATM virtual path connections are not
            supported on either the requested input port or the
            requested output port.
            One or both of the requested input and output ports is
            unable to support point-to-multipoint ATM virtual path
            connections.
    26: Attempt to add an ATM virtual path connection branch to an
            existing virtual channel connection.
            It is invalid to mix branches switched as virtual channel
            connections with branches switched as ATM virtual path
            connections on the same point-to-multipoint connection.
    27: Attempt to add an ATM virtual channel connection branch to an
            existing ATM virtual path connection.
            It is invalid to mix branches switched as virtual channel
            connections with branches switched as ATM virtual path
            connections on the same point-to-multipoint connection.
    28: ATM Virtual path switching is not supported on non-ATM ports.
            One or both of the requested input and output ports is not
            an ATM port.  ATM virtual path switching is only supported
            on ATM ports.
 Multicast Failures
    29: A branch belonging to the specified point-to-multipoint
            connection is already established on the specified output
            port and the switch cannot support more than a single
            branch of any point-to-multipoint connection on the same
            output port.
    30: The limit on the maximum number of multicast connections that
            the switch can support has been reached.
    31: The limit on the maximum number of branches that the specified
            multicast connection can support has been reached.
    32: Cannot label each output branch of a point-to-multipoint tree
            with a different label.
            Some switch designs, require all output branches of a
            point-to-multipoint connection to use the same value of
            Label.
    33: Cannot add multi-point branch to bi-directional connection.
            It is an error to attempt to add an additional branch to
            an existing connection with the bi-directional flag set.

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    34: Unable to assign the requested Label value to the requested
            branch on the specified multicast connection.
            Although the requested Labels are valid, the switch is
            unable to support the request using the specified Label
            values for some reason not covered by the above failure
            responses.  This message implies that a valid value of
            Labels exists that the switch could support.  For example,
            some switch designs restrict the number of distinct Label
            values available to a multicast connection.  (Most switch
            designs will not require this message.)
    35: General problem related to the manner in which multicast is
            supported by the switch.
            Use this message if none of the more specific multicast
            failure messages apply.  (Most switch designs will not
            require this message.)
 QoS Failures
    60-79: These failure response codes will be interpreted according
            to definitions provided by the model description.
    80: Switch does not support different QoS parameters for different
            branches within a multipoint connection.
 General Failures
    2:  Invalid request message.
            There is an error in one of the fields of the message not
            covered by a more specific failure message.
    6:  One or more of the specified ports is down.
            A port is down if its Port Status is Unavailable.
            Connection Management, Connection State, Port Management,
            and Configuration operations are permitted on a port that
            is Unavailable.  Connection Activity and Statistics
            operations are not permitted on a port that is Unavailable
            and will generate this failure response.  A Port
            Management message specifying a Take Down function on a
            port already in the Unavailable state will also generate
            this failure response.
    19: Out of resources.
            The switch has exhausted a resource not covered by a more
            specific failure message, for example, running out of
            memory.

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    1:  Unspecified reason not covered by other failure codes.
            The failure message of last resort.
 Warnings
    46: One or more labels are still used in the previous Label Range.

12.2 Summary of Failure Response Codes and Warnings

 The following list gives a summary of the failure codes defined for
 failure response messages:
     1: Unspecified reason not covered by other failure codes.
     2: Invalid request message.
     3: The specified request is not implemented on this switch.
     4: One or more of the specified ports does not exist.
     5: Invalid Port Session Number.
     6: One or more of the specified ports is down.
     7: Invalid Partition ID.
    10: General message failure.  (The meaning of this failure code
          depends upon the Message Type.  It is defined within the
          description of any message that uses it.)
    11: The specified connection does not exist.
    12: The specified branch does not exist.
    13: One or more of the specified Input Labels is invalid.
    14: One or more of the specified Output Labels is invalid.
    15: Point-to-point bi-directional connection already exists.
    16: Invalid service selector field in a connection management
          message.
    17: Insufficient resources for QoS profile.
    18: Insufficient resources.
    19: Out of resources (e.g., memory exhausted, etc.).
    20: Reservation ID out of Range
    21: Mismatched reservation ports
    22: Reservation ID in use
    23: Non-existent reservation ID
    24: ATM virtual path switching is not supported on this input
          port.
    25: Point-to-multipoint ATM virtual path connections are not
          supported on either the requested input port or the
          requested output port.
    26: Attempt to add an ATM virtual path connection branch to an
          existing virtual channel connection.
    27: Attempt to add an ATM virtual channel connection branch to
          an existing virtual path connection.
    28: ATM Virtual Path switching is not supported on non-ATM
          ports.

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    29: A branch belonging to the specified point-to-multipoint
          connection is already established on the specified
          output port and the switch cannot support more than a
          single branch of any point-to-multipoint connection on
          the same output port.
    30: The limit on the maximum number of point-to-multipoint
          connections that the switch can support has been
          reached.
    31: The limit on the maximum number of branches that the
          specified point-to-multipoint connection can support has
          been reached.
    32: Cannot label each output branch of a point-to-multipoint
          tree with a different label.
    33: Cannot add multi-point branch to bi-directional
          connection.
    34: Unable to assign the requested Label value to the
          requested branch on the specified point-to-multipoint
          connection.
    35: General problem related to the manner in which point-to-
          multipoint is supported by the switch.
    36: Replace of connection is not activated on switch.
    37: Connection replacement mode cannot be combined with Bi-
          directional or Multicast mode.
    40: Cannot support one or more requested label ranges.
    41: Cannot support disjoint label ranges.
    42: Specialised multipoint labels not supported.
    43: The transmit data rate of this output port cannot be
          changed.
    44: Requested transmit data rate out of range for this output
          port.
    45: Connection Replace mechanism not supported on switch.
    46: Labels are still used in the existing Label Range.
    60-79: Reserved for QoS failures.
    80: Switch does not support different QoS parameters for
          different branches within a multipoint connection.
    128-159: Reserved for the ARM extensions.

13. Security Considerations

 The security of GSMP's TCP/IP control channel has been addressed in
 [15].  For all uses of GSMP over an IP network it is REQUIRED that
 GSMP be run over TCP/IP using the security considerations discussed
 in [15].

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Appendix A Summary of Messages

 Message Name                      Message Number  Status
 Connection Management Messages
     Add Branch .......................16
        ATM Specific - VPC.............26
     Delete Tree.......................18
     Verify Tree.......................19          Obsoleted
     Delete All Input..................20
     Delete All Output.................21
     Delete Branches...................17
     Move Output Branch................22
         ATM Specific - VPC............27
     Move Input Branch.................23
         ATM Specifc  - VPC............28
 Port Management Messages
     Port Management...................32
     Label Range.......................33
 State and Statistics Messages
     Connection Activity...............48
     Port Statistics...................49
     Connection Statistics.............50
     QoS Class Statistics..............51          Reserved
     Report Connection State...........52
 Configuration Messages
     Switch Configuration..............64
     Port Configuration................65
     All Ports Configuration...........66
     Service Configuration.............67
 Reservation Messages
     Reservation Request...............70
     Delete Reservation................71
     Delete All Reservations...........72
 Event Messages
     Port Up...........................80
     Port Down.........................81
     Invalid Label.....................82
     New Port..........................83
     Dead Port.........................84

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 Abstract and Resource Model Extension Messages
     Reserved..........................200-249
 Adjacency Protocol....................10          Required

Appendix B IANA Considerations

 Following the policies outlined in "Guidelines for Writing an IANA
 Considerations Section in RFCs" (RFC 2434 [19]), the following name
 spaces are defined in GSMPv3.
  1. Message Type Name Space [Appendix A]
  1. Label Type Name Space [3.1.3]
  1. Result Name Space [3.1.1]
  1. Failure Response Message Name Space [3.1.4],[11]
  1. Adaptation Type Name Space [4.1]
  1. Model Type Name Space [8.1]
  1. Port Type Name Space [8.2]
  1. Service ID Name Space [10.4]
  1. Traffic Control Name Space [8.4]
  1. Event Flag Name Space [6.1]

B.1. Message Type Name Space

 GSMPv3 divides the name space for Message Types into four ranges.
 The following are the guidelines for managing these ranges.
  1. Message Types 0-99.

Message Types in this range are part of the GSMPv3 base

            protocol.  Message types in this range are allocated
            through an IETF consensus action [19].
  1. Message Types 100-199.

Message Types in this range are Specification Required

            [19].  Message Types using this range must be documented
            in an RFC or other permanent and readily available
            references.

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  1. Message Types 200-249.

Message Types in this range are Specification Required

            [19] and are intended for Abstract and Resource Model
            Extension Messages.  Message Types using this range must
            be documented in an RFC or other permanent and readily
            available references.
  1. Message Types 250-255.

Message Types in this range are reserved for vendor

            private extensions and are the responsibility of
            individual vendors.  IANA management of this range of the
            Message Type Name Space is unnecessary.

B.2. Label Type Name Space

 GSMPv3 divides the name space for Label Types into three ranges.  The
 following are the guidelines for managing these ranges.
  1. Label Types 0x000-0xAFF.

Label Types in this range are part of the GSMPv3 base

            protocol.  Label Types in this range are allocated through
            an IETF consensus action [19].
  1. Label Types 0xB00-0xEFF.

Label Types in this range are Specification Required [19].

            Label Types using this range must be documented in an RFC
            or other permanent and readily available reference.
  1. Label Types 0xF00-0xFFF.

Label Types in this range are reserved for vendor private

            extensions and are the responsibility of individual
            vendors.  IANA management of this range of the Label Type
            Name Space is unnecessary.

B.3. Result Name Space

 The following is the guideline for managing the Result Name Space:
  1. Result values 0-255.

Result values in this range need an expert review, i.e.,

            approval by a Designated Expert is required [19].

B.4. Failure Response Name Space

 GSMPv3 divides the name space for Failure Responses into three
 ranges.  The following are the guidelines for managing these ranges:

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  1. Failure Responses 0-59, 80-127, 160-255.

Failure responses in these ranges are part of the GSMPv3

            base protocol.  Failure Responses in these ranges are
            allocated through an IETF consensus action [19].
  1. Failure Responses 60-79, 128-159.

Failure responses in these ranges are reserved for vendor

            private extensions and are the responsibility of
            individual vendors.  IANA management of these ranges of
            the Failure Response Name Space are unnecessary.

B.5. Adaptation Type Name Space

 GSMPv3 divides the name space for Adaptation Types into two ranges.
 The following are the guidelines for managing these ranges:
  1. Adaptation Type 0x000-0x2FF.

Adaptation Types in this range are part of the GSMPv3 base

            protocol.  Adaptation Types in this range are allocated
            through an IETF consensus action [19].
  1. Adaptation Type 0x300-0xFFF.

Adaptation Types in this range are allocated by the first

            come first served principle [19].

B.6. Model Type Name Space

 GSMPv3 divides the name space for Model Types into three ranges.  The
 following are the guidelines for managing these ranges:
  1. Model Type 0.

Model Types in this range are part of the GSMPv3 base

            protocol.  Model Types in this range are allocated through
            an IETF consensus action [19].
  1. Model Type 1-200.

Model Types in this range are Specification Required [19].

            Message Types using this range must be documented in an
            RFC or other permanent and readily available references.
  1. Model Type 201-255.

Model Types in this range are reserved for vendor private

            extensions and are the responsibility of individual
            vendors.  IANA management of these ranges of the Model
            Type Name Space are unnecessary.

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B.7. Port Type Name Space

 GSMPv3 divides the name space for Port Types into two ranges.  The
 following are the guidelines for managing these ranges:
  1. Port Type 0-127.

Port Types in this range are part of the GSMPv3 base

            protocol.  Port Types in this range are allocated through
            an IETF consensus action [19].
  1. Port Type 128-255.

Port Types in this range are Specification Required [19].

            Port Types using this range must be documented in an RFC
            or other permanent and readily available references.

B.8. Service ID Name Space

 GSMPv3 divides the name space for Service IDs into two ranges.  The
 following are the guidelines for managing these ranges:
  1. Service ID 0-1023.

Service ID's in this range are part of the GSMPv3 base

            protocol.  Service ID's in this range are allocated
            through an IETF consensus action [19].
  1. Service ID 1024-65535.

Service ID's in this range are Specification Required

            [19].  Service ID's using this range must be documented in
            an RFC or other permanent and readily available
            references.

B.9. Traffic Control Name Space

 The following are the guidelines for managing Traffic Control Flags
 in GSMPv3:
  1. All Traffic Control Flags are allocated through an expert

review, i.e., approval by a Designated Expert [19].

B.10. Event Flag Name Space

 The following are the guidelines for managing Event Flags in GSMPv3:
  1. All Event Flags are allocated through an expert review, i.e.,

approval by a Designated Expert [19].

 The TCP port for establishing GSMP connections has been defined as
 6068.

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      International Telecommunication Union, ITU-T, Recommendation
      I.363.5, Aug. 1996.
 [4]  Sjostrand, H., Buerkle, J. and B. Srinivasan, "Definitions of
      Managed Objects for the General Switch Management Protocol
      (GSMP)", RFC 3295, June 2002.
 [5]  IANA Assigned Port Numbers, http://www.iana.org
 [6]  Newman, P, Edwards, W., Hinden, R., Hoffman, E. Ching Liaw, F.,
      Lyon, T. and G. Minshall, "Ipsilon's General Switch Management
      Protocol Specification Version 1.1", RFC 1987, August 1996.
 [7]  Newman, P., Edwards, W., Hinden, R., Hoffman, E., Ching Liaw,
      F., Lyon, T. and G. Minshall, "Ipsilon's General Switch
      Management Protocol Specification Version 2.0", RFC 2297, March
      1998.
 [8]  ATM Forum Technical Committee, "Traffic Management Specification
      Version 4.1", af-tm-0121.000, 1999.
 [9] Wroclawski, J., "Specification of the Controlled-Load Network
      Element Service", RFC 2211, September 1997.
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      Doolan, P., Worster, T., Feldman, N., Fredette, A., Girish, M.,
      Gray, E., Heinanen, J., Kilty, T. and A. Malis, "Constraint-
      Based LSP Setup using LDP", RFC 3212, January 2002.
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      service, Nov. 1991.
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      (ISDN) Digital Subscriber Signaling System No. 1 (DSS 1)
      Signaling Specifications For Frame Mode Switched And Permanent
      Virtual Connection Control And Status Monitoring, 1995.

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 [13] ITU-T Recommendation Q.922, Integrated Services Digital Network
      (ISDN) Data Link Layer Specification For Frame Mode Bearer
      Services, 1992
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      Li, T. and A. Conta, "MPLS Label Stack Encoding", RFC 3032,
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      Management Protocol (GSMP) Packet Encapsulations for
      Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), Ethernet and Transmission
      Control Protocol (TCP)", RFC 3293, June 2002.
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      Applicability", RFC 3294, June 2002.
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 [18] Anderson, L., Doolan, P., Feldman, N., Fredette, A. and B.
      Thomas, "LDP Specification", RFC 3036, January 2001.
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      Considerations Section in RFCs", BCP 26, RFC 2434, October 1998.
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      Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.
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      Frame Relay Networks Specification", RFC 3034, January 2001.

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Authors' Addresses

 Avri Doria
 Div. of Computer Communications
 Lulea University of Technology
 S-971 87 Lulea
 Sweden
 Phone: +1 401 663 5024
 EMail: avri@acm.org
 Fiffi Hellstrand
 Nortel Networks AB
 S:t Eriksgatan 115 A
 SE-113 85 Stockholm Sweden
 EMail: fiffi@nortelnetworks.com
 Kenneth Sundell
 Nortel Networks AB
 S:t Eriksgatan 115 A
 SE-113 85 Stockholm Sweden
 EMail: ksundell@nortelnetworks.com
 Tom Worster
 Phone: +1 617 247 2624
 EMail: fsb@thefsb.org

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