
566 Chapter 11 Switches and Components
Nevertheless, a vendor hoping to supply switch components or dumb
switches who wishes to concentrate on hardware development rather than routing
and signaling software should think hard about GSMP and the opportunities it
offers for a generic, standardized, IP-based interface.
11.2 Separating IP Control and Forwarding
Many, maybe even most, implementations of network nodes recognize that
there should be some form of separation between the control plane components
that are responsible for running routing, signaling, and management applications
and the forwarding engine ...