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Control plane

In network routing, the control plane is the part of the router architecture that is concerned with establishing the network topology, or the information in a routing table that defines what to do with incoming packets. Control plane functions, such as participating in routing protocols, run in the architectural control element. In most cases, the…

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Network routingRouterNetwork topologyRouting tablePackets
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Building the unicast routing table

UnicastMulticastRouting protocolsIS-ISOSPF
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Routing table vs. forwarding information base

Hash tableData structure
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Protocol Independent Multicast
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Control plane

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Edges39
Triples10
Avg. degree1.95
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Control plane

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related to Building the unicast routing table · 6
Control plane → BGP, In, IS-IS, Multicast, OSPF, Several
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Control plane → part of the router architecture that is concerned with establishing the network topology, part of the software that configures and shuts down the data plane

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routing route plane table routes router information control data static interface also destination connected interfaces may packets protocols part subnet

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Control planeis apart of the router architecture that is concerned with establishing the network topology0.90text
Control planeis apart of the software that configures and shuts down the data plane0.90text
Generic Routing Encapsulationinstance ofare interfaces associated with tunneling protocols0.80text
Protocol Independent Multicastinstance ofrather than for a specific destination as in unicast routing.There can be multicast static routes as well as learning dynamic multicast routes from a protocol0.80text
Control planerelated to Building the unicast routing tableMulticast0.60section
Control planerelated to Building the unicast routing tableSeveral0.60section
Control planerelated to Building the unicast routing tableIS-IS0.60section
Control planerelated to Building the unicast routing tableOSPF0.60section
Control planerelated to Building the unicast routing tableBGP0.60section
Control planerelated to Building the unicast routing tableIn0.60section

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