control plane</strong> manages and configures the proxies to route traffic.</p></li></ul><p>The following diagram shows the different components that make up each plane:</p><figure style=width:100%><div class=wrapper-with-intrinsic-ratio style=padding-bottom:56.25%><a data-skipendnotes=true href=/v1.26/docs/ops/deployment/architecture/arch.svg title="Istio architecture in sidecar mode"><img class=element-to-stretch src=/v1.26/docs/ops/deployment/architecture/arch.svg alt="The overall architecture of an Isti