Re: [STDS-802-3-400G] 400G nomenclature survey
Too many hyphens makes me say ³AUI!"
On 3/3/15, 2:19 PM, "Mark Gustlin" <mark.gustlin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Gary,
>
>I agree. Would prefer 400GAUI-8, etc. also.
>
>Mark
>
>From: Gary Nicholl (gnicholl) [mailto:gnicholl@xxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 12:11 PM
>To: STDS-802-3-400G@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [STDS-802-3-400G] 400G nomenclature survey
>
>Jeff,
>
>I tend to agree with you and I never liked the double hyphens. Personally
>I would prefer 400GAUI-8, etc.
>
>From: Jeffery Maki <jmaki@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: Jeffery Maki <jmaki@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at 2:59 PM
>To: "STDS-802-3-400G@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
><STDS-802-3-400G@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: [STDS-802-3-400G] 400G nomenclature survey
>
>All,
>
>It is a bit late to make a change in terms of messaging to the industry
>as a whole. Be prepared for people to ask what the difference is between
>CDAUI-8 and 400G-AUI-8 if we do adopt the change? We are in danger of too
>many hyphens.
>
>Eye test:
>400G-AUI-8
>400GAUI-8
>400G-AUI8
>400GAUI8
>
>Jeff
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Lusted, Kent C [mailto:kent.c.lusted@xxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Monday, March 02, 2015 11:17 AM
>To: STDS-802-3-400G@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [STDS-802-3-400G] 400G nomenclature survey
>
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>The survey closed at 10 pm Eastern time, Sunday, 1 March. A total of 65
>people voted online.
>
>The results of the survey are as follows:
>
>YES (i.e. change it to 400G-XS, 400G-MII-, 400G-AUI-n) 80.00% 52
>NO (i.e. keep it as CD-XS, CDGMII, CDAUI-n) 18.46% 12 no preference
>1.54% 1
>
>With regards,
>-Kent
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Lusted, Kent C [mailto:kent.c.lusted@xxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 12:30 PM
>To: STDS-802-3-400G@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [STDS-802-3-400G] 400G nomenclature survey
>
>Dear Colleagues,
>
>As many of you may already know, the P802.3by Task Force adopted "25G"
>Arabic numerals in place of Roman numerals for the AUI and MII interface
>designations. During the January interim meeting of P802.3bs 400G,
>several people asked me offline about extending the Arabic numerals into
>the P802.3bs Task Force
>
>In an attempt to minimize the impact to our valuable March Plenary
>meeting time, I prepared an online poll. The purpose of the poll is to
>determine if there is consensus to change the adopted nomenclature in
>P802.3bs from Roman numerals to Arabic numerals for the XS, MII and AUI-n
>interfaces.
>
>The results from the survey will be presented in the TF meeting during a
>short nomenclature presentation. Hopefully, the online poll will save
>the valuable Task Force discussion time to address more pressing topics
>related to the big ticket items.
>
>The survey link is: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8HZCMQB
>The close time for the survey is 10 pm Eastern time, Sunday, 1 March to
>ensure the data is available in a timely manner for the Task Force
>meeting.
>
>Thank you for your participation and I look forward to seeing you in
>Berlin!
>
>With regards,
>-Kent