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                       GSMPv3 Base Specification
                    draft-ietf-gsmp-v3-base-spec-04

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Abstract

   This document describes the base 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. The GSMPv3 allows control of both unicast
   and multicast switch connection state as well as control of switch
   system resources and QoS features.

Acknowledgment

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




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Table of Contents

   1.     Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   5
   2.     GSMP Packet Encapsulation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   3.     Common Definitions and Procedures  . . . . . . . . . . . .   7
   3.1    GSMP Packet Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   3.1.1  Basic GSMP Message format  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .   8
   3.1.2  Fields commonly found in GSMP messages . . . . . . . . . .  11
   3.1.3  Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  12
   3.1.4  Extension TLV  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  14
   3.1.5  Failure Response Messages  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  16
   4.     Switch Connection Management Messages  . . . . . . . . . .  17
   4.1    General Message Definitions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  17
   4.2    Add Branch Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  24
   4.3    Triggered Add Message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  29
   4.4    Bulk Add Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  30
   4.5    Delete Tree Message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  31
   4.6    Verify Tree Message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  32
   4.7    Delete All Input Port Message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  32
   4.8    Delete All Output Port Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  32
   4.9    Delete Branches Message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  33
   4.10   Move Output Branch Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  35
   5.     Reservation Management Messages  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  37
   5.1    Reservation Request Message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  38
   5.2    Delete Reservation Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  40
   5.3    Delete All Reservations Message  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  42
   5.4    Create Recovery Reservation Set  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  42
   6.     Management Messages  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  43
   6.1    Port Management Message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  43
   6.2    Label Range Message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  48
   7.     State and Statistics Messages  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  51
   7.1    Connection Activity Message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  51
   7.2    Statistics Messages  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  54
   7.2.1  Port Statistics Message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  56
   7.2.2  Connection Statistics Message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  56
   7.2.3  QoS Class Statistics Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  56
   7.3    Report Connection State Message  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  56
   8.     Configuration Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  61
   8.1    Switch Configuration Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  61
   8.1.1  Configuration Message Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . .  63
   8.2    Port Configuration Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  64
   8.2.1  PortType Specific Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  67
   8.3    All Ports Configuration Message  . . . . . . . . . . . . .  68
   8.4    Service Configuration Message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  70
   9.     Event Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  72
   9.1    Port Up Message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  74
   9.2    Port Down Message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  74
   9.3    Invalid Label Message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  74



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   9.4    New Port Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  75
   9.5    Dead Port Message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  75
   9.6    Adjacency Update Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  75
   9.7    Recovery Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  75
   10.    Bulk Transaction Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  76
   11.    Service Model Definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  77
   11.1   Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  77
   11.2   Service Model Definitions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  78
   11.2.1 Original Specifications  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  78
   11.3   Service Definitions  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  78
   11.4   Traffic Controls (TC) Flags  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  79
   12.    Adjacency Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  80
   12.1   Packet Format  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  80
   12.2   Procedure  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  84
   12.2.1 State Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  86
   12.3   Partition Information State  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  87
   12.4   Loss of Synchronisation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  88
   12.5   Multiple Controllers per switch partition  . . . . . . . .  88
   12.5.1 Multiple Controller Adjacency Process  . . . . . . . . . .  89
   13.    Failure Response Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  90
   13.1   Description of Failure and Warning Response Messages . . .  90
   13.1.1 Invalid Message  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  91
   13.1.2 General Message Failure  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  91
   13.1.3 Specific Message Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  91
   13.1.4 Connection Failures  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  92
   13.1.5 Virtual Path Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  93
   13.1.6 Multicast Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  94
   13.1.7 QoS Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  94
   13.1.8 General Failures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  95
   13.1.9 Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  95
   14.    Summary of Failure Response Codes and Warnings . . . . . .  95
   15.    Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  97
   16.    Change Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  98
   16.1   Changes since RFC 3292 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  98
   16.2   Changes since draft-ietf-gsmpv3-base-00  . . . . . . . . .  98
   16.3   Changes since draft-ietf-gsmpv3-base-01  . . . . . . . . .  98
   16.4   Changes since draft-ietf-gsmpv3-base-02  . . . . . . . . .  99
   16.5   Changes since draft-ietf-gsmpv3-base-03  . . . . . . . . .  99
          References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
          Author's Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
   A.     Summary of Messages  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
   B.     IANA Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
   B.1    Message Type Name Space  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
   B.2    Label Type Name Space  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
   B.3    Result Name Space  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
   B.4    Failure Response Name Space  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
   B.5    Adaptation Type Name Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
   B.6    Model Type Name Space  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105



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   B.7    Port Type Name Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
   B.8    Service ID Name Space  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
   B.9    Traffic Control Name Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
   B.10   Event Flag Name Space  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
   B.11   TCP Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
          Intellectual Property and Copyright Statements . . . . . . 108













































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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. The partitions of a physical
   switch MUST be 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 unless notified by a partition
   manager that the allocation has changed. 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 as
   defined in MPLS. Other variants of label switches include those that
   switch on optical lambdas or on time division identifiers as defined
   by GMPLS. 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
   labeled 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 including ATM, Frame
   Relay, MPLS Generic and FEC, Lambda, Optical Burst and TDM labels are
   defined in technology specific documents.

   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 normally based on service definitions found
   external to GSMP such as in Integrated Services, ATM Service
   Categories or definitions found in GMPLS.  Service models can also be
   defined in the technology specifc specifications or in seperate
   specifications. 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.  These values are
   defined in technology specific specifications.

   All GSMP switches MUST support a default QoS Configuration, the
   nature of which varies depending on the switch type. 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.



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   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 have been defined in several media types and are
   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.

   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



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   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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Vers  |  Sub  | Message Type  | Result|        Code           |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Partition ID  |            Transaction Identifier             |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |I|      SubMessage Number      |           Length              |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                                                               |
      ~                          Message Body                         ~
      |                                                               |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                                Figure 1

   (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



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   [2][3])

   Vers
      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. This
      version of the protocol is 3.

   Sub
      The sub 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. This
      subversion of the protocol is 1.

   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 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.



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      "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. This method of indicating segmented message has
      been deprecated and SHOULD NOT be used. The preferred method that
      SHOULD be used invovles setting the I flag and use of submessage
      numbering.  This is documented below.

      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 (Obsolete)
           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.

      The encoding is:

            Base Protocol Codes             0x000 - 0x0FF
            Packet Switch Codes             0x100 - 0x1FF
            L2 switch Codes                 0x200 - 0x2FF
            Optical Switch Codes            0x300 - 0x3FF
            TDM Switch Codes                0x400 - 0x4FF

   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



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      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 message with its response message.
      For messages initiated from a controller, the controller may
      select any transaction identifier where the first bit is set to 0.
      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 messages initiated from a switch, the transaction identifier
      can be set to any transaction identifier where the first bit is
      set to 1. For response messages the value is set to the value of
      the transaction identifier from the message to which it is a
      repsonse.
      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 in bytes 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.


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.



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   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, undefned 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, and
       will be designated with a x in the message diagram

   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 MUST
       be included in the message length field.

   4.  A success response message MUST NOT be sent until the requested
       operation has been successfully completed.


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
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   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 list of TLV label ranges are listed below:

         Switch Fabric Type     Label Type Range
         -----------------      ----------------
         Packet                 0x100 - 0x1FF
         Layer 2                0x200 - 0x2FF
         Optical                0x300 - 0x3FF
         TDM                    0x400 - 0x4FF

   The specific label types will be defined in the specific documents
   that describe the use of GSMPV3 on that switch type.

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

                                Figure 5

   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.

   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.



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3.1.3.1 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.

                                Figure 6

   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.

3.1.4 Extension TLV

   In order to provide flexibility many messages include a TLV structure
   used to extend the messsages.  In most cases these extensions are for
   technology specifc variations in the message, though they can also be
   used for optional extensions to messages.

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   All Extension TLV's 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|x|x|x|x|x|x|x| Message Type  |   Tech Type   | Block Length  |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                                                               |
      ~                         Extension Value                       ~
      |                                                               |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                                Figure 7

   x: Reserved Flags
      These are generally used by specific messages and will be defined
      in those messages.

   Message Type
      An 8-bit field corresponding to the message type where the TLV is
      used.

   Tech Type
      An 8-bit field indicating the applicable technology type value.
      The Message Type plus the Tech Value uniquely define a single
      Extension Type and MAY be treated as a single 16 bit extension
      type.

            0x00          Extension block not it use.
            0x01          L2 Switch
            0x02          Packet Switch
            0x03          Optical Switch
            0x04          TDM Switch
            0x05 - 0xFE   Reserved
            0xFF          Base Specification Use

   Block Length
      A  8-bit field indicating the length of the Extension Value field
      in bytes.  When the Tech Type = 0x00, the length value MUST be set
      to 0.

   Extension Value
      A variable length field that is an integer number of 32 bit words
      long.  The Extension Value field is interpreted according to the
      defintions found in the applicable technology specific documents.






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3.1.5 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:

      -  Invalid Message

      -  General Message Failure

      -  Specific Message Failure
         A failure response specified in the text defining the message
         type.

      -  Connection Failures

      -  Virtual Path Connection Failures

      -  Multicast Failures

      -  QoS Failures

      -  General Failures

      -  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. Switch 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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Vers  |  Sub  | Message Type  | Result|        Code           |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Partition ID  |            Transaction Identifier             |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |I|      SubMessage Number      |           Length              |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                      Port Session Number                      |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |x|                       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                          |
      ~                                                               ~
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |   RM  |x|x|x|x| Recovery Type |       Recovery Block          |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


                                Figure 9




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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.

                               Figure 10

   Reservation ID
      Identifies the reservation that MUST be deployed for the branch
      being added.  Reservations are established using reservation
      management messages (see Chapter Section 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".

      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
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      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.

   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
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   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 described in Chapter 8.2 and defined
                 in detail in the technology specific specification.
                 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

   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.





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   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

   RM: Recovery Method Flag
      The Recovery Method flag indicates the type of Recovery
      information included in the message.  The values of RM are defined
      as:

            RM Value       Use of Recovery Block
            --------       ---------------------
             0x0           Message itself defines recovery connection
             0x1           Recovery block defined by reservation
             0x2           Recovery block defined with port and labels






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   Recovery Type
      The Recovery Type field indicates which type of recovery the
      resources will be applied to.  The defined types are:

            0x00         0:1             No protection
            0x01         1+1             Dedicated Protection
            0x02         1:1             Protection
            0x03         1:1             Restoration
            0x04         1:N             Shared Recovery
            0x05         M:N             Shared Recovery
            0x06 - 0xFF                  Reserved

   Recovery Block
      Depending on the RM flag, the Recovery block will be structured
      differently. The supported Recovery Block structures are:

      0x0  Message itself defines the recovery connection to be used as
           indicated by the Recovery Type field.

      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |   RM  |x|x|x|x| Recovery Type |        Reserved = 0           |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

      0x1  Recovery Block includes a reservation ID that is to be used
           for recovery purposes.  The Recovery ID can represent  either
           a single reservation or a reservation set.  All reservations
           used in the recovery block must be completely qualified in
           that the contain all the information necessary for deploying
           a connection.

      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |RM |x|x|x|x|x|x| Recovery Type |   Reserved    |     Length    |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |A|                 Recovery Reservation ID                     |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

           Length
                 The length of the Recovery Block in Bytes.

           A Flag
                 The A flag indicates whether the Reservation ID in the
                 next field is for a single connection or for a set of
                 reservations.


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                     0b1          Recovery Connection Set




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      0x2  The Recovery Block contains the port and label defintions
           necessary for establishing the recovery connection.   The
           recovery link will refer to the link defined elsewhere in the
           same message and will be setup with the same cababilities,
           service selector, encapsulations and traffic conditions as
           the primary connection.

      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |RM |x|x|x|x|x|x| Recovery Type |   Reserved    |     Length    |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                          Input Port                           |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                          Output Port                          |
       +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |x|S|x|x|                                                       |
      +-+-+-+-+                  Input Label                          |
      ~                                                               ~
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |x|S|x|x|                                                       |
      +-+-+-+-+                 Output Label                          |
      ~                                                               ~
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


           Length
                 The length of the Recovery Block in Bytes.

   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.

   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



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   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.)

   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.

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



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   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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Vers  |  Sub  | Message Type  | Result|        Code           |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Partition ID  |            Transaction Identifier             |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |I|      SubMessage Number      |           Length              |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                      Port Session Number                      |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |x|                       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                          |
      ~                                                               ~
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |   RM  |x|x|x|x| Recovery Type |       Recovery Block          |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


                               Figure 20

   When the value of either IQS or OQS is set to 0b10 then the following
   Traffic Parameters Block is appended to the above message:

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      |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.

                               Figure 21

   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 on
      such connections it SHOULD be ignored by the receiver. (Except in
      cases where the connection replace bit is enabled and set, the



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      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.

   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
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      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 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 Section 8.2].

      If a switch receives an Add connection request that has the R flag
      set with either the B or the M flag set, it MAY 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
   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
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   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.

4.3 Triggered Add Message

   The Triggered Add message is a connection management message used to
   establish a connection or to add an additional branch to an existing
   connection.  The connection is specified by the Reservation ID. To
   request a connection the Triggered Add message is:

    Message Type = 24

       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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Vers  |  Sub  | Message Type  | Result|        Code           |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Partition ID  |            Transaction Identifier             |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |I|      SubMessage Number      |           Length              |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                      Port Session Number                      |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |x|                       Reservation ID                        |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |   RM  |x|x|x|x| Recovery Type |       Recovery Block          |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                               Figure 22



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   The Triggered Add message establishes a connections based on the
   reservation identified the Reservation Id. The behavior of the
   Triggered Add message is similar to that of the Add Branch message
   with the exception that the arguments are contained in the hard
   reservation state associated with the Reservation Id

   If the reservation is incomplete a failure response MUST be returned
   with the Code field indicating:

            X: The Triggered Add could not be completed because the
   reservation was incomplete.


4.4 Bulk Add Message

   The Bulk Add message is a connection management message used to
   establish multiple connections or to add multiple additional branches
   to existing connections.  The connections are specified by the
   Reservation ID. All reservations referred to by the Bulk Add MUST be
   on the same port and must refer to complete reservations; i.e.
   reservations that are fully specified in terms of input and output
   ports and required traffic parameters. To request a connection the
   Bulk Add message:

    Message Type = 25

       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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Vers  |  Sub  | Message Type  | Result|        Code           |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Partition ID  |            Transaction Identifier             |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |I|      SubMessage Number      |           Length              |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                      Port Session Number                      |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |         Unused                | Result|        Code           |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |x|                       Reservation ID                        |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |   RM  |x|x|x|x| Recovery Type |       Recovery Block          |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      ~                              ...                              ~
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |         Unused                | Result|        Code           |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |   RM  |x|x|x|x| Recovery Type |       Recovery Block          |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


                               Figure 24

   The Bulk Add message establishes a connections based on the
   reservations identified the Reservation Id. The behavior of the Bulk
   Add message is similar to that of the Add Branch message with the
   exception that the arguments are contained in the hard reservation
   state associated with the Reservation Id. Additionally each
   Reservation Id, has a Result and Code field associated with it.  This
   field is used to indicate the success or failure of each individual
   action in the Bulk Add message.

   The Result and Code fields in the header are used to indicate message
   failure of a general nature, while the Result and Codes fields
   pertaining to each of the reservations is used to indicate the
   success or failure of the individual transactions.  In the case that
   any transaction fails, the Result in the message header must be set
   to Fail with the Code

   If any reservation is incomplete a failure response for that
   reservation MUST be returned with the Result field set to Fail and
   Code field must indicate the nature of the failure.

            X: The Triggered Add could not be completed because the
   reservation was incomplete.


4.5 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
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4.6 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.


4.7 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
   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.

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   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.

            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.

4.9 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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Vers  |  Sub  | Message Type  | Result|        Code           |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |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.

                               Figure 33

   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                          |
      ~                                                               ~
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      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.

                               Figure 34

   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.

   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.

4.10 Move Output Branch Message

   The Move Output Branch message is a connection management message
   used to move a single output branch of connection from its current
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   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.

      Message Type = 22

      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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Vers  |  Sub  | 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                       |
      ~                                                               ~
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |   RM  |x|x|x|x| Recovery Type |       Recovery Block          |
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                               Figure 35

   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.

                               Figure 36

   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
   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".

5. Reservation Management Messages

   GSMP allows switch resources (e.g., bandwidth, buffers, queues,
   labels, etc.) to be reserved for connections before the connections



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   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.

   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

      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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Vers  |  Sub  | Message Type  | Result|        Code           |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+



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      | Partition ID  |            Transaction Identifier             |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |I|      SubMessage Number      |           Length              |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                      Port Session Number                      |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |x|                       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                          |
      ~                                                               ~
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                               Figure 37

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




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      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.

                               Figure 38

   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.

   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:



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      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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Vers  |  Sub  | Message Type  | Result|        Code           |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Partition ID  |            Transaction Identifier             |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |I|      SubMessage Number      |           Length              |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                      Port Session Number                      |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |A|                       Reservation ID                        |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                               Figure 39

   The result of the Delete Reservation message depends on whether it is
   for a individual reservation or a recovery reservation set.

   A Flag = 0b0 - Individual Reservation
             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

   A flag = 0b1 - Recovery Reservation Set
             If the reservation ID matches that of an extant Recovery
             Reservations Set thant the reservation set is deleted.
             this will not, however delete the individual reservations,
             or the resources, that were included in that Recovery
             Reservation Set.

   Possible Failure codes include:

      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.

      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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Vers  |  Sub  | Message Type  | Result|        Code           |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Partition ID  |            Transaction Identifier             |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |I|      SubMessage Number      |           Length              |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                               Figure 41


5.4 Create Recovery Reservation Set

   The Create Recovery Reservation Set takes a set of existing
   reservations and groups them together into a single aggregate
   reservation.

      Message Type = 73

      The Create Recovery Reservation Set 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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Vers  |  Sub  | Message Type  | Result|        Code           |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Partition ID  |            Transaction Identifier             |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |I|      SubMessage Number      |           Length              |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |A|               Recovery Reservation Set ID                   |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |x|                       Reservation ID                        |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      ~                                                               ~
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |x|                       Reservation ID                        |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


                               Figure 42


      The A flag indicates whether the reservation ID applies to an
      individual reservation of a Recovery Reservation Set.  It must be
      set to 0b1 by the Create Reservation Set Message.


      TBD


      The Count field provides a count of the Reservation IDs to be
      aggregated into the Recovery Reservation Set


      The reservation ID has the same definition as given in the
      Reservation Message.


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.





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      Message Type = 32

      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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Vers  |  Sub  | 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   | X-Function    |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |           Event Flags         |        Flow Control Flags     |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x| Message Type  |   Tech Type   | Block Length  |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                                                               |
      ~                         Extension Value                       ~
      |                                                               |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


      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.

                               Figure 43

   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
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      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.

      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 = 0x1.  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.
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      Take Down:
         Function = 0x2.  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, 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 = 0x3.  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 = 0x4.  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 = 0x5.  Both internal and external loopbacks are
         performed.  Afterwards, the Port Status of the port will be
         Bothway Loopback

      Reset Input Port:
         Function = 0x6.  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
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         Number is not changed by the Reset Input Port function.
         Afterwards, the Port Status of the port will be Unavailable.

      Reset Flags:
         Function = 0x7.  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 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.

      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.

         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|C|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|



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                  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                  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,
                  C; Recovery Event   Bit  6,
                  x: Unused           Bits 7-15.

   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.


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.

      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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | 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.

                               Figure 45

   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                       |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                               Figure 46

   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
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   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.

   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
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   "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.

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
   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
   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
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   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.

      Message Type = 48

      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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Vers  |  Sub  | 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.

                               Figure 47

   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:


      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+



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      |V|C|A|x|          TC Count     |        TC Block Length        |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                          Input Port                           |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                                                               |
      +                         Traffic Count                         +
      |                                                               |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |x|S|x|x|                                                       |
      +-+-+-+-+                  Input Label                          |
      ~                                                               ~
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                               Figure 48

   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.
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   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).

   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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | 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.

                               Figure 49

   The response for the Statistics message is technology specific and
   has the follwing form:

       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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Vers  |  Sub  | Message Type  | Result|        Code           |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Partition ID  |           Transaction Identifier              |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |I|      SubMessage Number      |           Length              |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                             Port                              |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |x|S|x|x|                                                       |
      +-+-+-+-+                     Label                             |
      ~                                                               ~
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x| Message Type  |   Tech Type   | Block Length  |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                                                               |
      ~                         Extension Value                       ~
      |                                                               |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


                               Figure 50






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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


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.

      Message Type = 52

      The Report Connection State request message has 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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Vers  |  Sub  | 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.

                               Figure 51

   Input Port
      Identifies the port number of the input port for which the
      connection state is being requested.

   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: Virtual Path
         The VP flag may only be set for ports that support virtual
         paths.  If the switch receives a Report Connection State
         message in which the VP flag set and in which the input port
         specified by the Input Port field does not support virtual
         paths, the switch MUST return a Failure response "28: Virtual
         Path switching is not supported on this port ports".

   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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Vers  |  Sub  | 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.

                               Figure 52

   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
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      multiple success response messages MUST be sent.  All success
      response messages that are sent in

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

                               Figure 53

   Flags

      A: All Connections

      V: virtual path
         For the first Connection Record in each success response
         message, the All Connections and the VP 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: Virtual Path Connection record
         The VPC flag may only be set for ports that support virtual
         paths.  The VPC flag, if set and only if set, indicates that
         the Connection Record refers to an virtual path connection.







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   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.

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

                               Figure 54

   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.

   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
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   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
   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.

      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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Vers  |  Sub  | 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                          |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |x|                        Max Reservations                     |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x| Message Type  |   Tech Type   | Block Length  |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
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      ~                         Extension Value                       ~
      |                                                               |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+



      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.

                               Figure 55

   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.
      In using the window, a controller MAY include both messages
      requiring an acknowledgement, as well as message that require an
      acknowledgement only after failure.  If the controller includes
      messages requireing acknowledgement only after failure, then the
      controller SHOULD use a timer to determine when to remove these
      messages from the window buffer. The choice of timer interval is
      an implementation specific value and is not defined in this
      specification.
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      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 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 Section 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.

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   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.

      Message Type = 65.

      The Port Configuration success response message has the following
      format:


       0                   1                   2                   3
       0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Vers  |  Sub  | 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                       ~
      |                                                               |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+






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      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.

                               Figure 57

   Port
      The switch port to which the configuration information refers.
      Configuration information relating to both the input and the
      output sides of the switch port is given.  Port numbers are 32
      bits wide and allocated by the switch.  The switch may choose to
      structure the 32 bits into subfields that have meaning to the
      physical structure of the switch hardware (e.g., physical slot and
      port).  This structure may be indicated in the Physical Slot
      Number and Physical Port Number fields.

   Event Sequence Number
      The Event Sequence Number is set to zero when the port is
      initialised.  It is incremented by one each time the port detects
      an asynchronous event that the switch would normally report via an
      Event message.  The Event Sequence Number is explained in section
      9.

   Event Flags
      Event Flags in a switch port corresponds to a type of Event
      message.

   Port Attribute Flags
      Port Attribute Flags indicate specific behaviour of a switch port.
      The format of the Port Attribute Flags field is given below:

                   0                   1
                   0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
                  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
                  |R|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x|
                  +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

      R: Connection Replace flag
         If set, indicates that connections being established by an Add
         Branch message with a corresponding R-bit set will replace any
         previously established connection if a clash between the
         established output branch and the requested output branch
         occurs [see Section 4.2].

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   PortType
      Port type values are defined in the technology specific documents.

   S: Service Model
      If set, indicates that Service Model data follows the PortSpecific
      port configuration data.

   Data Fields Length
      The total length in bytes of the combined PortType Specific Data
      and Service Model Data fields.  The length of each of these fields
      may be derived from the other data so the value of Data Fields
      Length serves primarily as a check and to assist parsing of the
      All Ports Configuration message success response.

   PortType Specific Data
      This field contains the configuration data specific to the
      particular port type as specified by the PortType field.  The
      field format and length also depends on the value of the PortType.
      PortType Specific Data is defined below.

   Number of Service Specs
      Field contains the total number of Service Specs following in the
      remainder of the Port Configuration message response or Port
      Configuration Record.

   Service Specs List
      The Service Specs correspond to the Input and Output Service
      selectors used in Connection Management and Reservation messages.
      Specifically they define the possible values used when the Service
      Selector (IQS or OQS) is set to 0b10 indicating the use of the
      default service specification model defined in Chapter 10.

   Service Spec
      The format of each service spec is given below:

       0                   1                   2                   3
       0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |         Service ID            |       Capability Set ID       |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

      Each Service Spec identifies a Service supported by the switch
      together with the Capability Set ID that identifies the parameters
      of that instance of the Service.  The Service Spec List may
      contain more than one Service Spec sharing the same Service ID.
      However, each Service Spec in the Service Specs List MUST be
      unique.




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      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 Section 8.4). The
         switch MUST NOT return a {Service ID, Capability Set ID} pair
         that is not reported in a Service Configuration response
         message.


8.2.1 PortType Specific Data

   The length, format and semantics of the PortType Specific Data field
   in the Port Configuration message success response and in the Port
   Records of the All Port Configuration message success response all
   depend on the PortType value of the same message or record
   respectively.  The specification of the PortType Specific Data field
   is given below.  For each defined PortType value the Min and Max
   Label fields are given in the subsequent subsections.

       0                   1                   2                   3
       0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |P|M|L|R|Q|  Label Range Count  |      Label Range Length       |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                                                               |
      ~                   Default Label Range Block                   ~
      |                                                               |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x| Message Type  |   Tech Type   | Block Length  |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                                                               |
      ~                         Extension Value                       ~
      |                                                               |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |  Port Status  |   Line Type   |  Line Status  |  Priorities   |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |     Physical Slot Number      |     Physical Port Number      |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+







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      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.

                               Figure 60


8.3 All Ports Configuration Message

   The All Ports Configuration message requests the switch for the
   configuration information of all of its ports.  The All Ports
   Configuration message is:

      Message Type = 66

      The Port field is not used in the request message.

      The All Ports Configuration success response message has the
      following format:


       0                   1                   2                   3
       0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Vers  |  Sub  | 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.

                               Figure 61

    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



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      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.

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

                               Figure 62

      The definition of the fields in the Port Record is exactly the
      same as that of the Port Configuration message [section 8.2].






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8.4 Service Configuration Message

   The Service Configuration message requests the switch for the
   configuration information of the Services that are supported.

      Message Type = 67

      The Service Configuration success response message has the
      following format:


       0                   1                   2                   3
       0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Vers  |  Sub  | 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.

                               Figure 63

   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  |



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      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                                                               |
      ~                     Capability Set Records                    ~
      |                                                               |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                               Figure 64

   Service ID
             The Service ID Field identifies the Service supported by
             the port.  The Services are defined with their Service ID
             values as described in section 10.2.

   Number of Cap. Set. Records
             Field gives the total number of Capability Set Records to
             be returned in the Service Record field.

   Capability Set Records
             The switch returns one or more Capability Set Records in
             each Service Record.  A Capability Set contains a set of
             parameters that describe the QoS parameter values and
             traffic controls that apply to an instance of the Service.
             Capability Sets are technology specific and MUST be defined
             in the technology specific specifications.  all Capability
             Set records are of fixed size 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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |          Cap. Set ID          |       Traffic Controls        |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Block Length  |                                               |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                                               |
      |                                                               |
      ~                         QOS Parameters                        ~
      |                                                               |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


                               Figure 65

   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.




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   Field identifies the availability of Traffic Controls within the
   Capability Set.  Traffic Controls are defined as part of the
   respective Service definition, see Chapter .  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
               +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
               |x x|x x|x x|x x|x x|x x|x x|x x|
               +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

             Each of the traffic Control Sub-fields have the following
             encoding:

             0b00  Indicates that the Traffic Control is not available
                   in the Capability Set.

             0b01  Indicates that the Traffic Control is applied to all
                   connections that use the Capability Set.

             0b10  Indicates that the Traffic Control is available for
                   application to connections that use the Capability
                   Set on a per connection basis.

             0b11  Reserved

   Traffic Control Sub-fields
             are defined in the technology specific documents.

   QoS Parameters
             The remaining QoS parameter in the Capability Set Record
             contains the values of QoS Parameters.  QoS Parameters are
             defined as part of their respective Service definition, see
             Chapter (--insert reference here--), and MUST be defined in
             technology specific documentation.


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.



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      Event messages have the following format:


       0                   1                   2                   3
       0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Vers  |  Sub  | Message Type  | Result|        Code           |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Partition ID  |            Transaction Identifier             |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |I|      SubMessage Number      |           Length              |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                             Port                              |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                      Port Session Number                      |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                     Event Sequence Number                     |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |x|S|x|x|                                                       |
      +-+-+-+-+                     Label                             |
      ~                                                               ~
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |x|x|x|x|x|x|x|x| Message Type  |   Tech Type   | Block Length  |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                                                               |
      ~                         Extension Value                       ~
      |                                                               |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


      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.

                               Figure 67

   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.



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   Each switch port MUST maintain an Event Sequence Number and a set of
   Event Flags, one Event Flag for each type of Event message.  When a
   switch sends an Event message it MUST set the Event Flag for that
   port corresponding to the Event type.  If Flow Control is activated
   for this Event type for this Port then the switch MUST NOT send
   another Event message of the same type for that port until the Event
   Flag has been reset.  Event Flags are reset by the "Reset Event
   Flags" function of the Port Management message.  This is a simple
   flow control preventing the switch from flooding the controller with
   event messages.  The Event Sequence Number of the port MUST be
   incremented every time an event is detected on that port even if the
   port is prevented from reporting the event due to the action of the
   flow control.  This allows the controller to detect that it has not
   been informed of some events that have occurred on the port due to
   the action of the flow control.

9.1 Port Up Message

   The Port Up message informs the controller that the Line Status of a
   port has changed from, either the Down or Test state to the Up state.
   When the Line Status of a switch port changes to the Up state from
   either the Down or Test state a new Port Session Number MUST be
   generated, preferably using some form of random number.  The new Port
   Session Number is given in the Port Session Number field.  The Label
   field is not used and is set to zero.  The Port Up message is:

      Message Type = 80


9.2 Port Down Message

   The Port Down message informs the controller that the Line Status of
   a port has changed from the Up state or Test state to the Down state.
   This message will be sent to report link failure if the switch is
   capable of detecting link failure.  The port session number that was
   valid before the port went down is reported in the Port Session
   Number field.  The Label field is not used and is set to zero.  The
   Port Down message is:

      Message Type = 81


9.3 Invalid Label Message

   The Invalid Label message is sent to inform the controller that one
   or more cells or frames have arrived at an input port with a Label
   that is currently not allocated to an assigned connection.  The input
   port is indicated in the Port field, and the Label in the Label



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   field.  The Invalid Label message is:

      Message Type = 82


9.4 New Port Message

   The New Port message informs the controller that a new port has been
   added to the switch.  The port number of the new port is given in the
   Port field.  A new Port Session Number MUST be assigned, preferably
   using some form of random number.  The new Port Session Number is
   given in the Port Session Number field.  The state of the new port is
   undefined so the Label field is not used and is set to zero.  The New
   Port message is:

      Message Type = 83


9.5 Dead Port Message

   The Dead Port message informs the controller that a port has been
   removed from the switch.  The port number of the port is given in the
   Port field.  The Port Session Number that was valid before the port
   was removed is reported in the Port Session Number field.  The Label
   fields are not used and are set to zero.  The Dead Port message is:

      Message Type = 84


9.6 Adjacency Update Message

   The Adjacency Update message informs the controller when adjacencies,
   i.e., other controllers controlling a specific partition, are joining
   or leaving.  When a new adjacency has been established, the switch
   sends an Adjacency Update message to every controller with an
   established adjacency to that partition.  The Adjacency Update
   message is also sent when adjacency is lost between the partition and
   a controller, provided that there are any remaining adjacencies with
   that partition.  The Code field is used to indicate the number of
   adjacencies known by the switch partition.  The Label field is not
   used and SHOULD be set to zero.  The Adjacency Update message is:

      Message Type = 85


9.7 Recovery Event

   The Recovery Event  message informs the controller when a recovery



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   event occurs. The fields are technology specific and defined in the
   relevant technology specific specifications. The Adjacency Update
   message is:

      Message Type = 86


10. Bulk Transaction Message

   A switch MAY support a bulk transaction capability. In a bulk
   transaction, several messages can be bundled together in a single
   transaction.

      Message Type = 13.

      The Bulk Transaction 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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Vers  |  Sub  | Message Type  | Result|        Code           |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Partition ID  |            Transaction Identifier             |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |I|      SubMessage Number      |           Length              |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |              Reserved         |           Count               |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                                                               |
      ~                          Message Payload                      ~
      |                                                               |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+



      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.

                               Figure 68

   In a Bulk Transaction Message, each of the message in the  payload is
   framed with a complete header and is acted on individually.  The
   response to the Bulk Transaction message contains the response
   message that would have been generated by each of the messages had it
   been sent individually.  Each repsonse message will have the
   apporpriate result and code field filled.



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      XX: Bulk Transaction message not supported.

   Any  message can be included in the bulk Transaction message except
   for:

   10.   Adjacency Message

   13.   Bulk Transaction Message

   64.   Switch Configuration Message

   If a prohibited message is included in a bulk Transaction message, it
   MUST be inclcude in the Bulk response with a failure repsonse.  The
   response code for that failure is:

      XX: Message type prohibited in bulk Transaction

      Note: While the indivdual message would fail, this would not
      constitute a falure for the Bulk Transaction message.


11. Service Model Definition

11.1 Overview

   In the GSMP Service Model a controller may request the switch to
   establish a connection with a given Service.  The requested Service
   is identified by including a Service ID in the Add Branch message or
   the Reservation Message.  The Service ID refers to a Service
   Definition provided in this chapter of the GSMP specification.

   A switch that implements one or more of the Services, as defined
   below, advertises the availability of these Services in the Service
   Configuration message response (see Section 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
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   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.

11.2 Service Model Definitions

   Terms and objects defined for the GSMP Service Model are given in
   this section.

11.2.1 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.

11.3 Service Definitions

   This section sets forth the definition of Services.  The following
   Service Identifiers are defined:

            ID Range         Service Type

            1   -  63        L2 Switch Services
            64  - 127        Packet Switch Services
            128 - 191        Optical Switch Services
            192 - 255        TDM Service
            256 - 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.



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   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.

11.4 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|
               +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+


      When set, this flag indicates that Usage Parameter Control is
      requested.

   D: Packet Discard When set, this flag indicates that Packet Discard
      is requested.

   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.




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   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.

12. 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.

12.1 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
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+



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      | Vers  |  Sub  | Message Type  |     Timer     |M|     Code    |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                          Sender Name                          |
      +                               +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                               |                               |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+                               +
      |                         Receiver Name                         |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                          Sender Port                          |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      |                         Receiver Port                         |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | PType | PFlag |               Sender Instance                 |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
      | Partition ID  |              Receiver Instance                |
      +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+

                               Figure 73

   Vers, Sub
      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, Sub = 1.

      The adjacency protocol is:

         Message Type = 10

   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.





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   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.

   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
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   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 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.





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   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.


12.2 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"
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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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12.2.1 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.

                               Figure 78


12.3 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:

   o  A controller can request a specific partition ID by setting the
      PType to Fixed Partition Request.

   o  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.

   o  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:

   o  An adjacency message from a controller with PType = 1 and Code =
      SYN SHOULD be treated as a partition request.

   o  An adjacency message from a switch with PType = 2 and Code = SYN
      SHOULD be treated as a partition assignment.

   o  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.

   o  An adjacency message from a controller with PType = 0 and Code =
      SYN indicates that the controller has not specified if it requests
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   o  An adjacency message from a switch with PType = 0 and Code = SYN
      indicates that the switch does not support partitions.

   o  An adjacency message from a controller or a switch with PType = 0
      and Code = (SYNACK || ACK) indicates that the session does not
      support partitions.

   o  An adjacency message from a controller or a switch with PType = (1
      || 2) and Code = RSTACK indicates that requested Partition ID is
      unavailable.

   o  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.

12.4 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:

   o  If PFLAG = 1, then a new adjacency has been established and the
      state SHOULD be reset

   o  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.


12.5 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
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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.

12.5.1 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
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13. Failure Response Codes

13.1 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:

   o  Invalid Message

   o  General Message Failure

   o  Specific Message Failure A failure response specified in the text
      defining the message type.

   o  Connection Failures

   o  Virtual Path Connection Failures

   o  Multicast Failures

   o  QoS Failures

   o  General Failures

   o  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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13.1.1 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.


13.1.2 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.


13.1.3 Specific Message Failure

   - A failure response that is only used by a specific message type

   -  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.

   -  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.

   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.




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   -  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.

   -  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.


13.1.4 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.

   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.

   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.

   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).





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   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.


13.1.5 Virtual Path Connections

   24:   Virtual path switching is not supported on this input port.

   25:   Point-to-multipoint 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 virtual path connections.

   26:   Attempt to add an 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 virtual path connections on the same point-to-multipoint
         connection.

   27:   Attempt to add an virtual channel connection branch to an
         existing virtual path connection. It is invalid to mix branches
         switched as virtual channel connections with branches switched
         as virtual path connections on the same point-to-multipoint
         connection.

   28:   Virtual path switching is not supported on this port. One or
         both of the requested input and output ports is not an port
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13.1.6 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.

   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.)


13.1.7 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.






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13.1.8 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.

   1:    Unspecified reason not covered by other failure codes. The
         failure message of last resort.


13.1.9 Warnings

   46    : One or more labels are still used in the previous Label
         Range.


14. 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.




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      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: virtual path switching is not supported on this input port.

      25: Point-to-multipoint virtual path connections are not supported
      on either the requested input port or the requested output port.

      26: Attempt to add an virtual path connection branch to an
      existing virtual channel connection.

      27: Attempt to add an virtual channel connection branch to an
      existing virtual path connection.

      28: Virtual Path switching is not supported port.

      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.



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      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.


15. Security Considerations
   [15][15]




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 16.  Change Log

 16.1  Changes since RFC 3292

   1.  Created base spec by removing all tecnolology specific
       information.  This will be put into another document

   2.  Changed from 8 bit Version number to 4 Version and 4 bit
       Subversion


16.2 Changes since draft-ietf-gsmpv3-base-00

   1.  Decreased size of results field to 1 byte

   2.  Increase size of Code Fields to 3 bytes

   3.  Partitioned message code space for Base Spec, Packet Swich, L2
       Switch, Optical Switch, and TDM Switch

   4.  Defined label type ranges to cover  Base Spec, Packet Swich, L2
       Switch, Optical Switch, and TDM Switch

   5.  Generalized discussions for port that support virtual path

   6.  Generalized discussion of conneciton merge functionality

   7.  Restored section on traffic control flags

   8.  Defined ranges for service types according to switch type


16.3 Changes since draft-ietf-gsmpv3-base-01

   1.  Added MSG 24 - Triggered Add

   2.  Added MSG 25 - Block Add

   3.  Generalized Capability Set definition for technology specific
       use.

   4.  Remove VPI specific text in Report Connection State MSG.

   5.  Removed reference to static partitions and added mention of
       Partition Manager notifying switch and controller of partition
       resource changes





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16.4 Changes since draft-ietf-gsmpv3-base-02

   1.  Modified transacton identifier to indicate whether it originates
       in the controller or the swtich.

   2.  Per 3.1.1 of the requirements spec deprecated the More result
       flag

   3.  Per 2.9 of the requirements steps removed restriction against use
       of the Replace bit with the Multicast of bi-drectional bit.
       Altered the requirement for Diagnostic message 37 from a MUST to
       a MAY.  This will allow backward compatibility with swtiches that
       do not support simultaneous use of the R flag with either the M
       or B flag.

   4.  Per 2.7.2 of the requirements spec added Bulk Transaction meesage
       13.

   5.  Per 2.8 of the requirements doc added reservation semantics to
       the connection messages, the port management message.  Added a
       recovery alarm message.  I don't think this is finished yet, but
       wanted to get opinions and wanted to give editors of the
       technology specifc docs a chance to beging to work with the new
       structures.  One thing that has not been added yet are error
       messages.  Also a recovery status function probably needs to be
       added. But there were so many changes already at this point I did
       not want to hold up issueing the draft while working on those
       issues.

   6.  Added reservation set message

   7.  Further defined delete reservation behavior to discuss deletion
       of sets

   8.  Modified port management message to use extended technology
       specific  functions


16.5 Changes since draft-ietf-gsmpv3-base-03

   1.  Added Extension TLV to configuration messages

   2.  Corrected Capability Set definitions

   3.  Move bulk message to before the Service model description.


Contributors



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   In addition to the authors/editors listed in the heading, many
   members of the GSMP group have made significant contributions to this
   specification.

   This version is also based on the work of A. Doria,  F. Hellstrand,
   K. Sundell, T. Worster who served as editors for the previous version
   of the GSMPv3 specification.

References

   [1]   International Telecommunication Union, "B-ISDN ATM Layer
         Specification", ITU-T Recommendation I.361, February 1999.

   [2]   International Telecommunication Union, "B-ISDN ATM Adaptation
         Layer (AAL) Specification", ITU-T Recommendation I.363, March
         1993.

   [3]   International Telecommunication Union, "B-ISDN ATM Adaptation
         Layer specification: Type 5 AAL", ITU-T, Recommendation
         I.363.5, August 1996.

   [4]   Sjostrand, H., Buerkle, J. and Srinivasan, B., "Definitions of
         Managed Objects for the General Switch Management Protocol
         (GSMP)", RFC 3295, June 2002.

   [5]   http://www.iana.org, "IANA Assigned Port Numbers", 2002.

   [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.

   [10]  Jamoussi, B., Andersson, L., Callon, R.,  Dantu, R., Wu, L.,
         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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   [11]  International Telecommunication Union, "Frame Mode Bearer
         Services, ISDN frame relaying bearer services and ISDN
         switching bearer service", ITU-T Recommendation I.233, November
         1991.

   [12]  International Telecommunication Union, "Integrated Services
         Digital Network (ISDN) Digital Subscriber Signaling System No.
         1 (DSS 1) Signaling Specifications For Frame Mode Switched And
         Permanent Virtual Connection Control And Status Monitoring",
         ITU-T Recommendation Q.933, 1995.

   [13]  International Telecommunication Union, "Integrated Services
         Digital Network (ISDN) Data Link Layer Specification For Frame
         Mode Bearer Services", ITU-T Recommendation Q.922, 1992.

   [14]  Rosen, E., Tappan, D., Fedorkow, G., Rekhter, Y., Farinacci,
         D., Li, T. and A. Conta, "MPLS Label Stack Encoding", RFC 3032,
         January 2001.

   [15]  Worster, T., Doria, A. and J. Buerkle, "General Switch
         Management Protocol (GSMP) Packet Encapsulations for
         Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), Ethernet and Transmission
         Control Protocol (TCP)", RFC 3293, June 2002.

   [16]  Doria, A. and K. Sundell, "General Switch Management Protocol
         Applicability", RFC 3294, June 2002.

   [17]  http://www.iana.org, "IANAifType - MIB DEFINITIONS", January
         2001.

   [18]  Anderson, L., Doolan, P., Feldman, N., Fredette, A. and B.
         Thomas, "LDP Specification", RFC 3026, January 2001.

   [19]  Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for Writing an IANA
         Considerations Section in RFCs", RFC 2434, BCP 26, October
         1998.

   [20]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement
         Levels", RFC 2119, BCP 14, March 1997.

   [21]  Conta, A., Doolan, P. and A. Malis, "Use of Label Switching
         Frame Relay Networks Specification", RFC 3034, January 2001.









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Author's Address

   Avri Doria
   ETRI

   Providence  02906
   USA

   Phone:
   EMail: avri@acm.org
   URI:

Appendix A. Summary of Messages

      Message Name                      Message Number  Status

      Bulk Transaction Message..............13

      Connection Management Messages
          Add Branch .......................16
             Triggered Add..................24
             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



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      Reservation Messages
          Reservation Request...............70
          Delete Reservation................71
          Delete All Reservations...........72
          Recovery Block Reservation........73

      Event Messages
          Port Up...........................80
          Port Down.........................81
          Invalid Label.....................82
          New Port..........................83
          Dead Port.........................84

      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.

   o  Message Type Name Space [Appendix A]

   o  Label Type Name Space (Section 3.1.3)

   o  Result Name Space (Section 3.1.1)

   o  Failure Response Message Name Space (Section 3.1.5,Section 13)

   o  Adaptation Type Name Space (Section 4)

   o  Model Type Name Space (Section 8.1)

   o  Port Type Name Space (Section 8.2)

   o  Service ID Name Space (Section 11.3)

   o  Traffic Control Name Space (Section 8.4)

   o  Event Flag Name Space (Section 6.1)





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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.

   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].

   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.

   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.

   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.

   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].

   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.

   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.



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B.3 Result Name Space

   The following is the guideline for managing the Result Name Space:

   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:

   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].

   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:

   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].

   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:






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   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].

   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.

   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.


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:

   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].

   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:

   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].

   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.




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B.9 Traffic Control Name Space

   The following are the guidelines for managing Traffic Control Flags
   in GSMPv3:

      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:

      All Event Flags are allocated through an expert review, i.e.,
      approval by a Designated Expert [19].


B.11 TCP Port

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






























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