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        RFC 3532

        Title:      Requirements for the Dynamic Partitioning of
                    Switching Elements
        Author(s):  T. Anderson, J. Buerkle
        Status:     Informational
        Date:       May 2003
        Mailbox:    todd.a.anderson@intel.com,
                    joachim.buerkle@nortelnetworks.com
        Pages:      11
        Characters: 25119
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso: None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-gsmp-dyn-part-reqs-03.txt

        URL:        ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3532.txt


This document identifies a set of requirements for the mechanisms
used to dynamically reallocate the resources of a switching element
(e.g., an ATM switch) to its partitions.  These requirements are
particularly critical in the case of an operator creating a switch
partition and then leasing control of that partition to a third
party.

This document is a product of the General Switch Management Protocol
Working Group of the IETF.

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