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Dear Colleagues:
This is the announcement of the electronic IEEE 802.3 Working Group initial ballot on the amendment IEEE P802.3bq 40GBASE-T. 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 13th March 2015.
BALLOT SCOPE:
As a Working Group initial ballot, the scope of the ballot is the complete IEEE P802.3bq draft.
FIVE CRITERIA:
One of the responsibilities as a balloter is to ensure that draft is consistent with the 5 Criteria responses which are available at <http://ieee802.org/3/bq/5Criteria.pdf>. An Approve vote indicates your agreement that the draft is consistent with the 5 Criteria responses.
BALLOT OPEN:
Monday 23rd March 2015
BALLOT CLOSE:
Tuesday 21st April 2015 23:59 AOE
The Project Authorization Request for this Amendment is available at <http://ieee802.org/3/bq/P802.3bq.pdf> and includes the following:
TITLE:
IEEE Standard for Ethernet Amendment: Physical Layer and Management Parameters for 40 Gb/s Operation, Type 40GBASE-T
SCOPE OF PROJECT:
Specify a Physical Layer (PHY) for operation at 40 Gb/s on balanced twisted-pair copper cabling, using existing Media Access Control, and with extensions to the appropriate physical layer management parameters.
NEED FOR THE PROJECT:
With continued growth of server capabilities, network and Internet traffic, datacenters continue to require higher data rates for equipment interconnections. The IEEE 802.3 BASE-T family of technologies allows for seamless upgrade between older rates and newer rates. Currently, IEEE Std 802.3 does not support 40 Gb/s BASE-T operation. There is a market need for a low cost 40 Gb/s BASE-T solution with auto-negotiation capability for datacenter applications.
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 1631 563729
Email: david_law@xxxxxxxx
David Chalupsky
Chair, IEEE P802.3bq 40GBASE-T Task Force
Phone: +1 503 264 1777
Email: david.chalupsky@xxxxxxxxx
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR BALLOTING ON: IEEE P802.3bq 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 P802.3bq 40GBASE-T draft D2.0 may be downloaded from:
URL: http://ieee802.org/3/bq/private/8023bq_D2p0.pdf
Username: **********
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:
<http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html>
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 P802.3bq 40GBASE-T D2.0 ballot
This can be done with this link <mailto:stds-802-3-ballot@xxxxxxxx?subject=IEEE P802.3bq 40GBASE-T D2.0 ballot>
3) Paste into the message body and complete the ballot form below:
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IEEE P802.3bq 40GBASE-T D2.0 ballot
Your Name:___________________________
___ APPROVE ALL WITHOUT COMMENT
___ APPROVE ALL WITH COMMENTS on SOME
(All comments are non-binding)
___ DISAPPROVE
(Some or all comments are binding; a voter must attach specific comments for remedy)
___ 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:
IEEE P802.3bq 40GBASE-T D2.0 comments
This can be done with this link <mailto:stds-802-3-ballot@xxxxxxxx?subject=IEEE P802.3bq 40GBASE-T D2.0 comments>
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