Control Plane
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A Control Plane is a system component that manages control plane policy and coordinates control plane operations.
- AKA: Management Plane, Control Layer, Orchestration Plane.
- Context:
- It can typically manage Control Plane Configuration through control plane configuration stores.
- It can typically coordinate Control Plane Resource Allocation through control plane schedulers.
- It can typically enforce Control Plane Policy Decision through control plane policy engines.
- It can typically maintain Control Plane State Information through control plane state managers.
- It can typically provide Control Plane API Interface through control plane api endpoints.
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- It can often implement Control Plane Service Discovery through control plane registry systems.
- It can often enable Control Plane Health Monitoring through control plane health checks.
- It can often support Control Plane Authentication through control plane identity services.
- It can often facilitate Control Plane Orchestration through control plane workflow engines.
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- It can range from being a Centralized Control Plane to being a Distributed Control Plane, depending on its control plane architecture pattern.
- It can range from being a Stateless Control Plane to being a Stateful Control Plane, depending on its control plane state management.
- It can range from being a Single-Domain Control Plane to being a Multi-Domain Control Plane, depending on its control plane scope.
- It can range from being a Hardware Control Plane to being a Software Control Plane, depending on its control plane implementation.
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- It can integrate with Data Plane for control plane workload execution.
- It can connect to Management Interface for control plane administration.
- It can interface with Monitoring System for control plane observability.
- It can communicate with Security System for control plane access control.
- It can synchronize with Backup System for control plane state recovery.
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- Example(s):
- Network Control Planes, such as:
- Container Orchestration Control Planes, such as:
- Cloud Control Plane Systems, such as:
- Service Mesh Control Planes, such as:
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- Counter-Example(s):
- Data Planes, which handle data forwarding rather than control plane management.
- User Interfaces, which provide user interaction rather than control plane orchestration.
- Storage Systems, which store data rather than manage control plane operations.
- See: Data Plane, Management Plane, Software-Defined Networking, Orchestration System, Policy Engine, State Management, API Gateway, System Architecture, Distributed System.