[802.3_100GCU] FW: [STDS-802-3] +++ 802.3 WG INITIAL BALLOT: IEEE P802.3bj 100 Gb/s Operation Over Backplanes and Copper Cables D2.0 ballot
All,
Below is the WG initial Ballot Announcement from David Law, chair of the IEEE 802.3WG
Regards,
John D'Ambrosia
Chair, IEEE P802.3bj 100 Gb/s Backplane and Copper Cable Task Force
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From: Law, David [mailto:dlaw@xxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 4:34 PM
To: STDS-802-3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [STDS-802-3] +++ 802.3 WG INITIAL BALLOT: IEEE P802.3bj 100 Gb/s Operation Over Backplanes and Copper Cables D2.0 ballot
TO: 802.3 Voters, Observers and Liaisons
Dear Colleagues:
This is the announcement of the electronic IEEE 802.3 Working Group Initial ballot on the amendment IEEE P802.3bj 100 Gb/s Operation Over Backplanes and Copper Cables. Remember that voting, as well as attendance, is a requirement to maintain your IEEE 802.3 member (voter) status. Instructions for accessing the draft, casting your ballot and submitting comments follow this announcement. The ballot group for this draft is the IEEE 802.3 voting membership as of Friday 22nd March 2013.
BALLOT SCOPE:
As a Working Group initial ballot, the scope of the ballot is the complete IEEE P802.3bj draft.
BALLOT OPEN:
Wednesday 27th March 2013
BALLOT CLOSE:
Tuesday 30th April 2013 23:59 AOE
The Project Authorization Request for this amendment is posted at <http://www.ieee802.org/3/bj/P802.3bj_1212.pdf> and includes the following:
TITLE:
IEEE Standard for Ethernet Amendment: Physical Layer Specifications and Management Parameters for 100 Gb/s Operation Over Backplanes and Copper Cables
SCOPE OF PROJECT:
The scope of this project is to specify additions to and appropriate modifications of IEEE Std 802.3 to add 100 Gb/s 4 lane Physical Layer (PHY) specifications and management parameters for operation on backplanes and twinaxial copper cables, and specify optional Energy Efficient Ethernet (EEE) for 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s operation over backplanes and copper cables.
NEED FOR THE PROJECT:
Rapid growth of server, network, and internet traffic is driving the need for higher data rates over backplanes and high density, low cost twinaxial copper cables.
- IEEE Std 802.3 does not currently support 100Gb/s operation on backplane media.
- There is a market need for a lower cost, lower power, and higher density solution for twinaxial copper cables than 100GBASE-CR10.
Thank you for your participation in this ballot and careful review of the draft.
David Law,
Chair, IEEE 802.3 Ethernet Working Group
Phone: +44 131 665 7264
Email: david_law@xxxxxxxx
John D'Ambrosia
Chair, IEEE P802.3bj 100 Gb/s Operation Over Backplanes and Copper Cables Task Force
Phone: +1 717 256 1969
Email: jdambrosia@xxxxxxxx
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR BALLOTING ON: IEEE P802.3bj draft D2.0
Instructions for accessing the ballot documents, casting your ballot and submitting comments follow.
HOW TO ACCESS THE DRAFT
The draft is posted for your review for balloting purposes only, and neither the draft nor access information should be copied or redistributed to others in violation of document copyrights.
The IEEE P802.3bj 100 Gb/s Operation Over Backplanes and Copper Cables draft D2.0 may be downloaded from:
http://www.ieee802.org/3/bj/private/P802d3bj_D2p0.pdf
Username: 802.3bj
Password: ********
This document is posted in Adobe "pdf" document format and can be downloaded and printed if desired. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, it may be downloaded for free downloading from Adobe from:
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HOW TO CAST YOUR BALLOT
To assure your ballot is counted, please:
1) Send your ballot to: stds-802-3-ballot@xxxxxxxx
2) Paste the following line into the subject field:
IEEE P802.3bj 100 Gb/s Operation Over Backplanes and Copper Cables D2.0 ballot
3) Paste into the message body and complete the ballot form below:
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IEEE P802.3bj 100 Gb/s Operation Over Backplanes and Copper Cables D2.0 ballot
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___ APPROVE ALL WITHOUT COMMENT
___ APPROVE ALL WITH COMMENTS on SOME
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___ DISAPPROVE
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___ ABSTAIN, Lack of Expertise
___ ABSTAIN, Lack of Time
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HOW TO SUBMIT COMMENTS
Acceptable comment types:
E = Editorial
ER = Editorial Required (a binding comment that is part of a DISAPPROVE vote, therefore only appropriate for an IEEE 802.3 voting member) T = Technical TR = Technical Required (a binding comment that is part of a DISAPPROVE vote, therefore only appropriate for an IEEE 802.3 voting member)
1. Prepare your comments in one of the following two ways:
a. You are STRONGLY REQUESTED to use the comment tool at the URL:
<http://www.ieee802.org/3/WG_tools/filemaker/Generic_Commenting_Tool.zip>
To use the tool, extract all components into a folder and do not move any component from that folder as this will cause the executable to not work correctly. The tool is:
Comment_Tool_Generic_Solution.exe
b. To submit comments in text (ASCII) form, please use the form below. This will make it possible for the editor to properly record and track all submissions. Make as many copies of the template as necessary and submit as an ASCII text file or as part of your e-mail.
PLEASE NOTE: The ASCII method involves a manual transcription, hence you are recommended to check your comments to ensure accurate transcription when the comment file is made available. Please use the comment tool above if possible.
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2. Send your comments to: stds-802-3-ballot@xxxxxxxx and paste into the subject line:
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