Table of Contents

 1     Scope          
 2     References
 3     Definitions
        3.1     Terms defined elsewhere       
        3.2     Terms defined in this Recommendation           
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms             
 5     Conventions            
 6     Concept of a virtual switch 
 7     Overview of virtual switch interoperability testing   
 8     IOPT requirements of a virtual switch            
        8.1     IOPT requirements between a virtual switch and a VM              
        8.2     IOPT requirements between a virtual switch and other network equipment    
        8.3     IOPT requirements for control plane coordination aspect         
        8.4     IOPT requirements between a virtual switch and computing virtualization         
Appendix I – Typical use cases of a virtual switch    
        I.1     Virtual switch use cases on network connectivity          
        I.2     Virtual switch use cases on network security   
        I.3     Virtual switch use cases on QoS             
        I.4     Virtual switch use cases on tunnelling 
        I.5     Virtual switch use cases on control plane coordination
        I.6     Virtual switch use cases on reference points   
        I.7     Virtual switch use cases on computing virtualization compatibility         
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