Cisco Networks: Engineers' Handbook of Routing, Switching, and Security with IOS, NX-OS, and ASA

© Chris Carthern and William Wilson and Noel Rivera 2021

C. Carthern et al.Cisco Networkshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6672-4_12

12. Control Plane

Chris Carthern¹  , William Wilson² and Noel Rivera³

(1)

Bangkok, Krung Thep, Thailand

(2)

FPO, AP, USA

(3)

APO, AE, USA

 

Now that we have discussed the chicken, let’s discuss the egg. In earlier chapters, configuration examples and details about several control plane protocols were provided. This chapter discusses what it means to be a control plane protocol, how these protocols interact, and how to secure the control plane and provides additional configuration examples.

The control plane makes the decisions that the data plane uses when forwarding data. Typically, when one thinks about the control plane, ...